the story of one of the most successful p.r. campaigns in the us. study after study has demonstrated that israeli perspectives dominate american media coverage what part of this can you get through your thick head is hamas a terrorist organization the only thing that you're going to say is what we want and if you don't say it when i go let you speak it would be very hard for ordinary americans to know that they're being deceived the occupation of the american mind at this time on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. logs the whole robin this is the al-jazeera news hour live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. the defense allegedly conducted

what they call information warfare against the united states several russians are charged with meddling in the twenty sixteen u.s. election marking a major development in the f.b.i. investigation. also a state of emergency is declared in ethiopia after the prime minister's sudden resignation. and u.s. school shooting victims are laid to rest repercussions occur over the failure to investigate a tip off before the attack. on the world models take center stage as they mean to campaign hangs over london fashion week. welcome to the news that the u.s. department of justice has outlined its most direct allegation of russian meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election laying criminal charges against thirty . russian nationals and three companies most worked at the internet research agency

nicknamed the troll factory though a prominent businessman with close ties to vladimir putin was also charged the indictment says that beginning in twenty fourteen russian activists used thousands of fake social media accounts to influence public debate ahead of the election and stage rallies in support of donald trump now the charges stem from the investigation by special counsel robert mueller who's been assessing whether the trump campaign colluded with russia the white house says the indictment show the trump campaign had nothing to do with russian meddling the president himself took to twitter saying russia started that anti us campaign in twenty fourteen long before he announced that he would run for the president he goes on to say that the results of the election were not impacted the trump campaign did nothing wrong no collusion by color is our correspondent following these developments from

washington d.c. it's a very detailed document like that once again raises more questions about how intricate the alleged russian involvement in the election actually was. well it's a very detailed indictment indeed more than thirty pages to pins down specific examples of the way in which this campaign was waged by this group of russian nationals and the three companies it tells of how they a used currency identity theft to actually pose as americans very very. intricate and the actual charges that they have been facing is conspiracy to defraud the united states and conspiracy to commit to wire fraud and bank fraud they copied a number of credit cards for example so certainly this a very very detailed indictment against these individuals and these organizations these three companies and the attorney general though say at this stage the

indictment makes no judgment as to whether the outcome of the election was affected he also says that at this stage there is no evidence that any americans involved in this campaign in any way this is what the attorney general had to say this indictment serves as a reminder that people are not always who they appear to be in the. indictment alleges that the russian conspirators want to promote discord in the united states and undermine public confidence in democracy we must not allow them to succeed the department of justice will continue to work a whopper to flee with other law enforcement intelligence agencies and with the congress to defend our nation against similar current and future efforts like this is just one part of a very large investigations one how does or how do today's developments impact on

the much larger investigation. well it is in a way just the beginning of this investigation rather than the end of it and very clearly donald trump does have something to fear despite his tweet saying that this is evidence of no collusion what it is is very detailed evidence of something that president tram denied vehemently for a long period of time that there was any russian involvement in the election itself saying that this was nothing more than fake news also what has happened is that president trump has at times been highly critical of the special counsel robert miller so have many of his republican followers with these indictments robert miller effectively becomes teflon any idea of undermining his investigation or even of ending it as some had speculated has now gone away and very clearly this is just the beginning of the process he's been focusing on these russian individuals and

organizations but there are a lot of tentacles he's been speaking to a lot of former members of the trump campaign and there's still a lot of detail a lot of information that will be coming out of this investigation in the weeks and months ahead. well for them we'll leave it there mark of course and continue to follow votes with you and the team there in washington d.c. . so i want all the russians saying in response well we sent classical haying to their embassy to find out. so far we haven't heard anything just yet from any russian officials who work here at the embassy in washington d.c. but we are hearing perhaps appropriately on facebook from a spokesperson for the russian foreign ministry calling these indictments absurd saying that thirteen people couldn't possibly have impacted the u.s. elections talking about the billions that the u.s. spends on intelligence encounter intelligence and said this is absurd yes with a question mark this will probably not help what is already pretty low point in the russian u.s.

relationship the president president donald trump saying that russia did interfere but that it had nothing to do with him it didn't impact the election he so far has been really unwilling to do anything to punish russia for what many people here in washington say was blatant interference in the presidential election but bruce fein is the u.s. associate deputy attorney general joins me now from washington d.c. good of you with us on the program i mean part of the indictment seems to sort of give with one hundred take away with the other the deputy attorney general confirming russian involvement but in politics all the way to trump staff from suspicions of colluding with russian activity in the use of us i mean so where does this sort of leave the investigation. well i think that you're absolutely right the deputy attorney general went out of his way to say that you know there isn't any american involvement that they've been able to unearth an investigation that's going to new for a considerable time and would be unlikely that he would say anything at all if he

has got in his back pocket the idea that with a little further investigation is going to find some kind of american connection moreover because all of the indictees are russian you know they're never going to be trials there's just going to be indictments there's going to be no challenge no further evidence that's if mitt they aren't going to give mr snowden back to the united states they're not going to give russian nationals back to the united states to try it's a little bit like an indictment that was issued several years ago against five chinese who for charged with hacking into american peters and they're still in beijing so they're not going to get more evidence out of those who are indicted they're not going to trade you know dropping charges for further information so i do think that trump has a right to feel comforted that they don't have any evidence of collusion and that after all was the reason why the special counsel was appointed but the special counsel also has authority to investigate crimes that arise out of the investigation itself that's perjury obstruction of justice that's where mr trump hasn't been exonerated whatsoever and i don't think that's

a good question so are you saying that the president isn't off the hook at the moment. absolutely he's not off the hook and remember he hasn't even been asked any questions yet and there's some indication that he may back away from his further earlier volunteering to testify under oath i think if we went to court he would lose i was involved in the nixon tapes case in the supreme court ruled unanimously a president can be forced to testify under oath and a criminal investigation you know that where there's credible evidence and i also think that there is a political downside a thing for mr trump and that is he's he's gone out of his way to praise mr putin he said he believed mr putin over his own intelligence agencies when it came to interfering with the election and even if it didn't involve his own people now that is basically been shown to be untrue whether or not into a crime is a different matter but here we have trump in my judgment very much embarrassed showing that his credibility is at stake when he says he would basically do it by

putin said i believed it when he said he had no no hands and if that is the case mr fine then how do you sort of place this parts of the investigation you might say the statement made by the deputy attorney general in the larger context of what we're already seeing for example the indictments against paul mother for michael flynn the former national security adviser because they are also implicated in having some sort of cold and hunt with russia which then sort of like mud sticks and has an association with the president. well that's true but i think that where this stands now with the next phase that we'll look at we'll be questioning mr trump and donald jr and others to see whether or not once the investigation was underway through firing of mr komi through collaboration in releasing a misleading statement as to what happened in june of two thousand and sixteen with

regard to meeting with the russians regarding mr trump's apparent efforts to have his white house counsel on the one hand tell that the attorney general should not recuse himself and disobeying an order that mr trump gave at one time to fire mr moore those are the areas in my judgment where mr molder will now turn his lights on but i want to go back to the the basic idea of the political element here and that is why would an a a special counsel issue an indictment he knows he's never going to go to trial he knows putin is not going to be doing this and even though it seems a little bit from on the fringes this is another step in my judgment that's going to antagonize inflame relations between the united states and russia because one of the end dieties as was pointed out is a close friend of putin and that means we can see an arms race that means nothing's going to budge in the ukraine a whole host of issues syria where i think there's going to be a return to a cold war mentality certainly in the short run and i think this indictment will

contribute to that but we see what does up in the coming weeks months for the moment bruce fein and the d.c. office thank you well optimism a renewal has been key themes of south africa's new president delivered his state of the nation address several of oppose a promise to the tired old government corruption of the south africans to put divisions behind the the speech week which sold the resignation of the embattled president jacob zuma. well one people committed to work together to find jobs for youth to build factories and roads houses and clinics to prepare our children for a world of change and progress to build cities and towns where families may be safe productive and may be content

we are determined to build a society defined by decency and integrity that does not tolerate the plan. of public resources no the theft by corporate criminals of their hard earned savings of ordinary people thank you for me to miller from cato. president still room opposed they used the beginning of his first state of the nation address to thank former president jacob zuma for what he said was his role in this political transition zuma resigned just two days ago but he also went on to talk about the importance of ethical leadership and also ending the looting and plundering of state resources certainly a striking the right note with south africans who had become disgruntled with the political leadership in the last few years accused of gross corruption much of from

opposers address focused on the economy development growing the economy creating jobs and specifically for the youth young people in south africa at least half of them don't have jobs there's a twenty six percent unemployment rate and rim of course is used this address to talk about how he will create jobs higher will boost investor confidence and business confidence in south africa he also touched on the work that will happen in the agricultural and mining industries know one area that has been very controversial for the government has been that of land appropriation without compensation the government has said that it would want to return land to pee to people well and was taken from them during apartheid and colonialism this hasn't been an issue that has been resolved adequately but it's one that roma says that he's committed to he's also used this address to ask south africans to remain

united and put the negativity of the past few years behind them. there rob matheson went to gauge reaction to robert poses first address in the new president's hometown ship of what it was the. cradle has high hopes for south africa's new president is known several rebel positions little boys two of thousands whose child has been spent on the streets of somewhere to give them a chance. gives the in. this country would tend. to settle and said well you know everybody went everywhere or when he grows up there are those e-cards and that those were two things that really do. it right when it came to their real things so they were doing that i think so much there has been described as the heart of africa it's

a mixture of cultures and religions this prosperity here hundreds also poverty people here say that ruffles a cancer it seems but only if he remembers where he's from but jacob zuma the man the ram opposing has replaced grew up in poverty too only to become mired in allegations of corruption there are those here who say that coming from so waiter may not be enough to prevent rival poles of facing the same thing. sitaram opposes first state of the nation speech also known as the sona has ranged from cutting youth unemployment boosting the struggling economy and helping industry and tackling widespread corruption i'm excited to see what cyril can do. i think his focus is not on command well it's on putting the country first for many many many positive things as you can hear the speech is ongoing and it's people clapping and not booing right so let's project it right you know how does sunday is it creates expectations but a more at ease when excited is

a lot more confident not extremely but i'm happy with what i have to fight. in soweto and across the rest of south africa people have heard from opposes promises they're waiting to see who can deliver rob matheson al-jazeera so what. plenty more ahead for you on the news hour including we're not going to act alone in the long we're not going to be us doing one thing in turkey doing another fearsome turkey agreed to work together on syria secretary of state rex tillerson attempts to mend frayed tines also countries blockading cattle stage a conference in germany as we found out what all is as it seems. and age is nothing but another but unless it's the world's number one budget federal returns to the top of the tennis rankings at thirty six joe will have those details.

now the head of the f.b.i. is facing calls to resign after the agency admitted that it failed to follow up on a tip about the florida high school shooter before wednesday's attack the f.b.i. says a person close to nicholas cruz called them in early january to report concerns that he may kill people but nothing was done in response florida governor rick scott says it's an unacceptable sayliyah nineteen year old cruz has been charged with murdering seventeen people in that shooting spree and he is live in parkland north of miami where the attack happened more clearly wonder what the fallout will be by this f.b.i. failure. well i mean one can only wonder what the people here who are coming to lay flowers and light candles to those that died here think

of this abject failure because this was not a vague tip off this was a tip off from somebody who knew nicholas cruz very well and was very specific it said that he is behaving erratically that he has weapons and has admitted a desire to go into a school and shoot people the failure here from the f.b.i. was at a fairly basic level all they had to do in this area when they received that tip was pass it on to the regional office in miami that wasn't done that's a major breakdown in communication a major breakdown in what the f.b.i. is actually supposed to do because it's here to protect the american people it is an abject failure and what i think the parents who've lost children in parkland will be extremely angry about the governor of florida rick scott has already called for the resignation of the head of the f.b.i. there will be major fallout here lots of internal investigations but still it doesn't bring back those that died here in parkland on wednesday but we are expecting of course andy the president to make a visit to the area do we know any more about that and who he's expected to meet.

well this is a very unusual situation normally the white house will issue a shuttle for what the president is doing where he's going who will see we know he landed in florida some three hours ago and i've been reaching out constantly to the white house to find out what the president will be doing today on friday and there is still no clear picture as to whether it's even going to come to parklane today or come here possibly on saturday it's just not known but i can tell you having spent the last three days here talking to lots of parents lots of students he will not be warmly welcomed here in this community people of simply had enough of politicians failing to act on gun control failing to show the guts to stand up to the national rifle association and do something about stopping young men like this getting hold of a off if he an assault rifles and walking into a school so i don't know when he does get here if he does get here today or it is tomorrow who he will meet who will see but i suspect if he does meet parents they

will have to be handpicked because almost everybody i've spoken to here is really angry at the inaction in washington d.c. in the inaction of politicians to do anything or even discuss gun control in any form or leave it there for now and they of course and continue to follow the day's events with you in parkland thank you. now a state of emergency has been declared in ethiopia the day after the unexpected resignation of the prime minister. the country seen a wave of protests fueled at least in part by ethnic divisions if barker reports. the streets of ethiopia's capital addis ababa appear calm but the country's political landscape is slipping deeper into crisis. of friday ethiopia's ruling coalition decided to impose emergency rule to stem a recent wave of anti-government protests there is no indication of how long the measures will be in place the announcement comes

a day after the sudden resignation of prime minister haile mariam to sell a new leader of ethiopia since two thousand and twelve he said he was stepping down in a bid to smooth reforms. the country's been troubled by years of unrest by ethnic groups of the m r a n r romeo regions who say they've been marginalized by the government a ten month state of emergency ended last year but failed to stop protests particularly by ethiopia's youth who have been calling for the release of political prisoners dozens of demonstrators have been killed and many more injured as skinned a neg is one of six thousand political prisoners released by the government since january in a bid to ease growing tensions. to be and could look at it with ethiopia as one large prison i say this because there is no democracy in the country this is a dictatorship we have to change big prison into a democratic state opposition leaders say ethiopia's ruling coalition has lost its

all forty that demanding all parties be involved in mapping the country's future. you know this country founded really. it is too big for one political group for one small group to run zafira hundred million people even with the resignation of the prime minister the government tight grip of the country continues and so inevitably will the protests leave barca al-jazeera so let's look more closely. to the prime minister's resignation in twenty fifteen hundreds of ethiopians were killed by security forces in antigovernment protests into the most populous regions romania and what are those protests spread across the country leading the government to impose a ten month state of emergency in october twenty sixth seen but the demonstrations continued into this year forcing the ethiopian government to release more than six thousand political prisoners. a shine is an ethiopian political analyst and

co-founder of a normal profit media organization set up by exiled ethiopian journalist joins me now from austin in texas very good to have you with us on the program if there's a state of emergency in ethiopia right now who's actually in charge of the country in terms of this council of ministers. the detail of state of emergency yet to come and we'll see in the next hour about the details but. that's what i say no the military is in charge what. point is here in the last couple of months as the military is taking unilateral actions without consulting or results the knowledge of the political leadership then no way can say we are in the defacto military was the incumbent president then disallowed was he just that

a puppet prime minister acting on the decisions made by the military and it's why we've seen so many demonstrations on the streets in terms of human rights violations and human rights demands yes in the last three years we have seen the ruling of parties involved in the internet of squabbling and i think then this is reduced and it's already over and political situation in the country and the prime minister is there he is the in the seat without. real power and i think now that is one of the reason is for certainly how much of an impact has or have the ethnic minorities the robe the m.r.i. had on this situation they've always feel disenfranchised from the decision making process in the capital and of the government and obviously it's their voices that

are being heard right now. yeah the impact is huge i can see. the second biggest population in africa. very diverse a community and there is ethnic tension across the country and it is the impact is very huge. but i think the military and not it would to. want. to own going abroad this is in different parts of the country because it's a public protest it's intensified and there will be possibly. by owners and. part of the more it's also. a threat for democracy the country is so boring from. you know shipping the last three tickets again now under the military in order to me is huge huge for the country part of that

a lot of the economy gus picked i think ethiopia is known or are just starting impressive economy gains in the last couple of years now foreign investment and even the local investment is going to be. affected. stubbornly that's also another sad story ok one other point is. u.b.s. and kind of stiffing the horn of africa but spitting is a peacekeeping operation in somalia and in south sudan now i think it best to but it's a bit in such operations or saw. afaik that in the longer term currently we're we have not seen such and of impact us but is a long term or in the medium term if your belt is not able to but it's a bit in the peacekeeping operations and just get over it your base or saw another

another catastrophic disaster for the region what we should see what does happen certainly in the weeks and months ahead for the moment aga shine thanks so much for joining us from austin texas. well still ahead here on the al-jazeera news more claims and counterclaims about the trumpet ministrations stance on new israeli settlements and what it means for the stalled peace process also. rebuilding the bricks and mortar of the soul the push to celebrate arts and culture in post eisel iraq. and we'll tell you what a record breaking ice skater has to do with a fictional bear those three towns and the rest of the winter olympics news coming up with jeff. hello big temp change is a back on the menu this is particularly for the eastern side of the u.s.

this big streak of cloud is a frontal system on this side it's warm weather not sun it's cold weather so on the front itself it's rain or snow depending on how cold his power high you are mostly we're talking rain really from texas through the appalachians and beyond the wants in washington later on friday will be not back to five degrees a cold front goes through won't stay that way and then we've got cold air behind i think you'll find him she's probably rise the next day washington's back up to ten the wintry weather is still around but it is confined to northern areas now so the plain states north dakota seems fairly snow that stretches back to montana and beyond maybe even northern california outbreaks of snow for the tops of the platter in the mountains. there's not much going on in the caribbean place and i know should there be ready this rather massive cloud approaching the north coast of venezuela which might bring a shower too otherwise it's daily passing clouds or maybe light schussel smaller caribbean islands and those showers amassed on the coast of panama and costa rica

over the continent of south america we've had some pretty vicious weather in both bolivia and iran rio recently but it's settling down. i was always telling you how famous he was going to make that's how he presented hello my name and body without manchester city's northwest representatives can. teach a course. actually do you remember that we had the special meeting about the nail and he said no. that's not the topic and you mean this is a common you know piece on the mainland city yet al-jazeera investigation foot wall of silence this time.

around two zero. it's. where ever you. welcome back to the i was there and use our arms the whole rom of the reminder of all top stories criminal charges have been laid against thirteen russians and three companies as part of a u.s. investigation into meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election and the indictment says they use thousands of fake social media accounts to influence

public debate in favor of donald trump. also ethiopia has announced a state of emergency a day after the prime minister mariyam of dylan to disallow and said he was stepping down the government struggling to call protest stemming from ethnic groups that feel under represented. and the head of the f.b.i. is facing calls to resign after the agency admitted that it failed to follow up on a tip about the florida high school shooter before wednesday's attack. people in that besieged rebel held on clave near syria's capital damascus a new aid supplies from enough trucks carrying a dent in eastern guta of wednesday the first delivery since november the u.n. says it'll feed to seven thousand people from months four hundred thousand civilians have been besieged in eastern guta by government forces since twenty thirty nine experiencing severe food shortages and medical supplies and constant

bombardment from the air and. regarding the aid they are joking with us and this is not a north everyone has only one kilo and this thing is not a north they're joking with us people are hungry and there is no quantity this is not enough for us. meanwhile the u.s. and turkey have agreed to mend relations and work together in syria u.s. support for kurdish forces has severely strained relations with turkey secretary of state rex tillerson saw for myself during talks in ankara rochelle has more. rex tillerson didn't receive the warmest of welcomes when he arrived in the turkish capital ankara turkey has been angered by u.s. policy which it believes threatens its national security and president. made that clear during a three hour long meeting with the u.s. secretary of state. in syria the united states has been arming and supporting the kurdish militia the y p g i heard he says the y. p.g.

is a terrorist organization that's killed dozens of talk of civilians and soldiers in recent weeks the support for the kurdish fighters has baffled the turks who say the americans should be siding with their nato allies and not with an outward group according to tillerson the disagreements over syria are being resolved on both ankara and washington will now be working towards the same goal our two countries share the same objectives in syria the defeat of isis. secure and stable zones and independent and unified syria to listen in his counterparts. announced that they did stablished a mechanism so that the true nato allies would be able to resolve all issues and that's a collaborates but no details were given and there's another problem this is not going away the continued refusal by the u.s. to extradite for no good in the mountains or cruises of orchestrating the tonight twenty sixteen felt. no name fed to one of the invited me in relation to food to

a girl and do we have evidence do we not have evidence can he be extradited or not rather than having these discussions in the press and in public we will have these discussions and work together on these issues thank you thank you very much us talk is the nations have probably never been worse off but rex citizens visits seems to have been a positive one with their message that the two allies will start working together again whether they will succeed only time will tell yeah i just. a german turkish journalist has been released from custody after being detained for turkey into the for a year then it's chair still awaits trial but may be able to leave taking soon take the state run news agency says h.l. is facing up to eighteen years in prison he was detained on suspicion of spreading propaganda in support of a so-called terrorist organization. brazil's president has ordered the military to

take charge of rio de janeiro's police as violence in the city threatens to spiral out of control it would be the first time the army has taken up such a role since the end of military dictatorship more than twenty years ago it's seen by some as a cynical attempt by president michel tamer to boost his low popularity ahead of elections later in the year but he says he has no choice. or even if it is out. organized crime almost took control in rio de janeiro state wished that it's a cancer that is spreading through the country and threatens the tranquility of our people that's why we decided to wish you the decree for federal intervention to ensure public security in rio de janeiro day one of the munich security conference has struck a dark tome of world leaders warning that the threat of a major global conflict is the highest in decades dozens of politicians and military chiefs are attending the three day summit as david chase reports the world has moved towards the brink of

a significant conflict the words of the organizer of the security conference in munich it was an opinion clearly shared by the police who thrown protective cordons around the luxury hotel where the event is being staged dozens of world leaders defense ministers and diplomats are attending a three day conference which provides a unique opportunity of a back room discussions away from the spotlight of the media democracy and freedom the values we hear in the west value most. are in decline are under threat. the west our societies appear to be weaker. than in the past the international order itself is stablished in the post world war period is at risk one of the key security concerns here has been the growing strain

between the united states and other nato nations faced with russia's role in the conflicts in both syria and ukraine. nato secretary-general was eager to try and diffuse the tensions but experience diplomats were putting the blame squarely on president trump. we see a more assertive russia but we. are we just pointed out at the same time for nato it is important to avoid a new cold war avoid a prevent the new arms race and therefore we continue to work for dialogue with russia i'm very concerned that president trump has not been a strong leader for nato he's the first american president says nineteen forty nine to be openly ambivalent about article five an attack on one of us is an attack on all he's been openly competitive with the european union so we're looking at a major sea change in least the rhetoric of the american president. the secretary general of the united nations took to the stage to warn that the middle east was

now what he called and authentically quite mild what i seek is changed clearly is that today the whole global middle east became a mess and became a mess with a number of different fault lines that are completely crossing each other and interconnected the fault line that remains between israelis and palestinians the fault line that represents the memory of the cold war that is still there the fault line between sunni and shia and if you look at these fault lines i described and it is clear that there is a very special position of a country like iran that has a fault line with saudi arabia and its allies a fault line with israel and the fault line with the united states it was a theme the emir of qatar picked up the middle east is on the brink he said it's time to bring it back he had a direct message to the gulf nations mounting

a saudi led blockade of his country how do you general relations been guided by a set of solid to governance and the rule of law we would not have seen nations with limited resources being a blackmailed into hurting their foreign policies for externally we would not have seen. exportation a world power or geographical constraints to satisfy the thirst for power now more than ever the opportunities for the real power brokers here to find a new way forward are vital all admit the world is on the brink of a major new conflict can they bring it back maybe change to al-jazeera unic. well that wasn't the only conference going on in munich another meeting not far away was organized by the countries that are currently blockading cattle but as hashim alba reports many who turned up were paid to be there a few blocks from where the world's most influential security conference is being

held another than to has taken place the country's imposing a sea land and air blockade on qatar invited journalists to attend their own meeting described as a conference to encourage sanctions against qatar when no one showed up organizers reportedly hired a p.r. company and the room was filled with young women who told us they were mostly from eastern europe one of them read the statement she had been handed by organizers i had sees this. as just what. i see. germany and. it actually. my eyes. in my eyes. in every way when asked by an al-jazeera reporter why they were attending the event

some said they were paid. one woman was presented as a senior analyst at a think tank based in washington d.c. but the translator laughed as he reacted to when she asked the united states of america the e.u. and india to stop buying gas from qatar. similar meetings continue to take place elsewhere in many european countries many of the events are said to have been august rated and financed mostly by the saudi led coalition that cut off diplomatic ties with qatar last june accusing doha of violence in extremism there are accusations dismissed by the qatari government as fabricated lies more than eight months since the start of the crisis the us the european union have called on the parties to set their differences aside by the

blockade in countries insist qatar must meet a list of thirteen demands that include shutting down al-jazeera media network downgrading ties with iran and closing a turkish military base that demands were rejected by qatar as violating its sovereignty. al-jazeera munich. oh yes president. prime minister at the white house next month the announcement comes as the u.s. tonight reports it's discussing the possibility of. legal settlements in the occupied west bank or white house correspondent reports. this is one of the major obstacles to mideast peace construction of israeli settlements in the occupied west bank more than one hundred forty built since nine hundred sixty seven considered illegal under the geneva conventions we have been very clear about this

that. additional settlement activity on restrain settlement activity does not advance the prospect for peace but earlier in the week the united states found itself dismissing reports from israel suggesting just the opposite that the two countries were discussing the possibility of israel and the mixing jewish settlements in the occupied west bank in a statement the white house said the united states and israel have never discussed such a proposal and the president's focus remains squarely on his israeli palestinian peace initiative the mere suggestion of u.s. support for annexation has intensified palestinian anger over the trabant ministrations peace efforts the december recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital shut down talks between the u.s. and the palestinian authority it's fairly well advanced still of a trip to the middle east aimed at shoring up alliances the u.s.

secretary of state claimed the u.s. peace plan being worked out by trump's son in law george cushion or and mideast envoy chasing green is progressing i have seen the plan the elements of the plan has been under development for a number of months but it appears the white house is distracted by ongoing questions about inappropriate security clearances among top aides and the. ongoing russia investigation the disparity really grown from syrian territory into israel and those tensions flared last weekend on the israeli syrian border with israel losing and steen while shooting down an iranian drone the white house appeared equally unfocused its press office not commenting on the escalation and till a day later you know the trumpet ministration which seems to have not just no vision but no sense of responsibility and really no understanding of what the stakes are they are dodging distractions that appear to be hurting president

trump's ability to manage the mideast peace crisis the white house has offered few details of its middle east plan including what it's likely to be released kimberly hellcat al-jazeera washington well before the arrival of a saloon twenty forty in the iraqi city of mosul the same for its cultural heritage home to renowned poets musicians and artists now as the city of the goes a long rebuilding process its own seed is making a comeback as charles stratford ripples. this. directly in the poem describes a family being forced to flee their home left. after the full of iceland mosul poetry can be read in public and music played again directly if you. call it at all we accompanies the reader only used. to describe what it was like

being a musician in the new iraqi city when i saw i was in control you know out of holdouts in the ideas of what i saw found out you're a musician you can be lashed her instrument would be destroyed i could be imprisoned even beheaded i stayed at home i grew a beard and was careful i would lock the doors and play quietly without using a pick i just strum the strings gently using my fingers instead the battle for mosul has been described as the most violent and destructive in iraq's history the u.n. estimates at least forty thousand homes were destroyed local government says more than forty two billion dollars is needed to rebuild the city and surrounding towns in nineveh province. this cafe has become a center for cultural life since license defeat like last year mosul was famous for its literature art and music before eisel took over in twenty fourteen if that nothing at all from michael on the reconstruction starts with we building souls

before houses we can put bricks down until our souls are restored after the catastrophe that happened to us to read is to be alive reading means new ambitions and new dreams. organizers say volunteers have come together and pooled their money to hold a book for the café look at the kind of narrow careful kid ahead of dallas the core idea is how to create awareness among the youth i saw used to burn books on philosophy history poetry and even some religious books but we found that many of the central lebanese books have survived we started of. more than three thousand books. and books. to the streets. we want to bring books to the people the pavement is a great place to because people are coming back was known as a cultural center with many writers and intellectuals. the u.n. says it could take more than a decade to explode that lay among the rubble making it dangerous for many of the

approximate million people who will. see the rebuilding of spirit its music poetry. to find out how this catch that i. thinking.

but but it's time sport is joe. thanks very much well for the first time in more than five years roger federer out will return to the top of the world rankings at the age of thirty six he'll be the oldest number one in a.t.p. tour history is after he beat robin has a full six six one six one to reach the semifinals of the back to open meaning he'll replace rafael nadal in the top spot when the new rankings are released on monday federer first became number one back in two thousand and four but this will be the first time he's been at the top since october two thousand and twelve. the women's world number one ranking was also on the line on friday but kelly was lucky did enough to ensure she retained her place in the top a she reached the semifinals of the counselor open the day and beat angelica seven six six one six three show now play patrick fitz of up for

a place in the final if not he had lost some i know how that would have returned to number one despite early a pulling out of the tournament with that injury. how its withdrawal means that wimbledon champion got binya macarthur receives a buy in to the final the full seat came from a set down to be caroline garcia two sets to one in the last eight so. it was. going to move. i. seven gold medals were won on day seven of the winter olympics impelling time but there was an upset on the flights as american mckayla difference bits to become the first alpine skier to win four golds at a single olympics came to an end to stem and has more. off to winning gold enthuse

days giant slalom mckayla schifrin was favored to defend her slalom title but the twenty two year old could only manage fourth and said afterwards that she'd been sick before her first run the gold medal instead winter sweden's food hunts daughter was i mean this is said think i'm sure when it k.l.a. several a talented girl so push or shit it's pretty funny it's bound to be there today but i don't see that said betty and there was me detail i was the best when they were live it doesn't matter which girl who was the seculars third or fourth. there was also a surprise in the women snowboard cross as the sport's most decorated rider lindsay finished but italy's mackellar more usually got the gold elsewhere on the slopes beller respect up their first medal. winning the women's aerial skiing austria's matthias mile one the main super g. going one better than his father helmet who claimed silver in the same event in one

thousand nine hundred eighty eight while switzerland's danio colonia made history as the first cross-country skier to win the same individual event three times in a row in the men's fifteen kilometer race. they want to be no food straight title for chick speed skater martina subway kolber as may first won the women's five thousand meter title it the netherlands six speed skating gold and there was plenty for the host nation to celebrate twenty three year old. skeleton by a record one point six three seconds. al-jazeera. now to a person that has everyone talking in japan at least a year zero can you he's a superstar in figure skating and the defending olympic gold medalists year zero seven lim picked record in the first leg of the men's competition in pyongyang on friday he can secure gold on saturday with a strong performance in the free skate there is a bit of

a strange fun phenomenon when it comes to using involves throwing winnie the pooh toys dozens rained down on to the ice after his performance on friday it started in two thousand and ten when he carried around a tissue box featuring the book character and it just kind of stuck well the end of day seven it's germany who can easily the medal table they have nine gold that's three better the norway and netherlands in second and third the united states and canada round out the top five. telzey have secured a place in the quarter finals the english f.a. cup they comfortably beat hull city four nil livia shearer actually scored his first goal in a chelsea shirt after his transfer from all small also into the last eight a leicester janie volatile with the only goal in their one no victory of the second to sheffield united now straight to have completed the highest ever run chase in twenty twenty cricket history they scored two hundred forty five runs to beat new zealand in oakland but the happiest man at eden park on friday was

a key student he went home thirty seven thousand dollars richer after snaring a one handed catch on the boundary easy and battered ross taylor only got six runs for his efforts. and that is all the sport for now more later thanks very much joe while london fashion week is getting underway it's expected to draw thousands of visitors but aside from the glitz and the glamour this year a big focus on social issues such as diversity and the welfare of models strutting on the catwalk i'm hayward was along to find out. under the watchful eye of london's fashionistas models to showcase the work of an emerging designer there's really no place quite like it anything goes his fashion has no boundaries and everything is documented diversity is one of the themes of this season's event along with trying to push the industry to better protect the women and men working

in it so it's about really working to grace environments to make sure they're safe places them to be that not always being photographed and you know it's a whole new to see the so many aspects of it but it's something we take very seriously fashion the times that we can seem purpose but the designers on the show know they're part of a growth industry one which employs nearly nine hundred thousand people in the u.k. and. away from the bright lights of the bomb why in the real focus of actually because of course like the fashion industry it's worth nearly forty two billion dollars to be a commie for big business little wonder then that the u.k.'s decision to leave the european union is one that's being closely watched so we're set to trace playfully where set set that really enjoys the freedom of movement in the famous people between hair in between and we're incredibly concerned in terms of what those hands breaks like but now the london special people putting the best foot forward

striding ahead and trying to stand out from the crowd and the hayward out you sirrah in london. found was also the right just to log on to our website at al-jazeera dot com for a full round of all of the global news stories but where covering i'll be back on the other side of the break with another full half hour of news until and thanks for watching the news out. was always telling you how famous he was going to make that's how he presented hello my name and body without consciousness it is northwest representatives can't

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