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a deal with government forces to repel the turkish offensive enough i mean. you can take back to do a message to the tyrants who turn on. israel's resolve israel's prime minister accuses iran of being the biggest threat to middle east security. fog and rain block efforts to locate the iranian plane that crashed in the mountains killing all sixty five on board plus. the afters red carpet turns black his movie star send a message on sexual harassment and violence against women. there's been another twist to the complex conflict in syria kurdish officials say they've reached a deal to allow syrian troops to enter freeing

a country spokesman has told al-jazeera they're calling on the syrian army to protect the city soldiers could enter the region in the next two days the move will mean syrian forces could directly confront turkish troops in africa where they've been carrying out an operation against kurdish fighters since last month turkish troops along with the free syrian army captured three villages in the region on sunday serious kurdish why p.g. has been one of the u.s. led coalition's most important allies in the fight against eisel in syria but turkey has been pressuring washington to stop backing the kurds i'm going to says they're terrorists linked to the p.k. k. the kurdistan workers party it's been fighting for more cultish autonomy some of binge evita is following the story from istanbul. when it comes to fruition this deal would not be a surprise because kurdish fighters the people whose production units are ripe e.g. have been in negotiations with the bashar al assad government for a number of days now sources have been telling us that there are sticking points

including the man with reconstruction of kurdish fighters into the city and government forces there giving up of heavy weapons by these kurdish fighters and giving up all of their military bases and manipulations going to one of those some of those points that they were agreeing to as were being asked by the syrian government the details of disagreement have not been made public or clear is yet but goodish tried to say that they've asked the syrian government to come in and help them to secure these areas against the turkish advances if an event syrian forces enter that border area between syria and turkey called free and where the fighting is continuing where turkey has launched the operation on a ranch to try and clear it from the these kurdish fighters if it is to be seen that how will turkey respond because turkey has been stating that the whole purpose of this operation is to clear its border areas of fight as richard calls terrorists and when and if syrian forces take over control of these areas and allow turkey and

promise to a key that they will secure these areas against any of what it calls terrorist activities what will be turkey's response then will it continue to carry out its offensive or will it agreed to the terms that will be offered by the syrian government. well this agreement highlights the increasingly complex situation in syria armed groups including kurdish fighters eisel and turkish backed fighters a tangled in a web of disputes as well as alliances with the united states russia and iran the kurdish why p.g. holds the area here in yellow which includes areas around the green area shows lines controlled by the fighters that turkey supports that advancing on are fleeing under the turkish operation all of branch president bashar al assad's government controls the area to the south he's got a complex relationship with white p.g. and difference with it on syria's future assad and said he wants to take back control of the whole country while the kurds want an autonomy as region in northern

syria well not even sure heidi is the director of the fata center at the fletcher school at tufts university he's joining us now from boston on skype thank you very much indeed for your time sir so the kurds want their own autonomy this region in northern syria and yet they're calling on the syrian government in order to. effectively instill a sovereignty or take part use their sovereignty to try to protect that area was to ideas seem very different and yet we have this strange alliance if you like should we be surprised by this. i am not surprised i'm not surprised that there's going to be. one. and. when every one of them and and the syrian regime has been ongoing. since the beginning of. rouge. so this is what surprising to me. the situation is certainly also not so right when it

is rising is the law of the on the american side. and. what is their intention and want is there and in syria you have you have one because it does seem that their kind of policy makes no sense or is not what is your goal i want to talk to you about the u.s. and russia as well in a moment but first of all let me ask you how do you think turkey is going to react to this alliance whether the turkey has no choice it's the biggest loser it's now about to go throw. the united states who is backing the kurds and i this is going to go to the white jeep. and it's also going to confront iran because the iranians also have been backing away from

this. and it's going to be going probably at the same time so turkey is it isn't like it's well it's supposed to be an ally of the united states but it does not seem united states is taking that into account on. let's talk about the role of the end of the united states and russia in this as well because russia initially seems to be allowing turkey to take this action within syria if not by giving it as its authority than at least by not reacting when it happened and yet of course as we know russia is a supporter of the assad regime so where does this leave russia and what pressure as you mentioned does that put on the united states to try to enter or at least contain what's going on here. well it's not clear whether united states wants to enter or can't contain what's going on here

because he posts or by the united states. if one wants to try to find what a smart policy is. policy the policy. we're still going to test is exactly the opposite of that because it is no way against the interests of its own allies in syria which are the syrian opposition against the interests of its own kurdish lives by by supporting the kuwaiti it is in no way undermining the can see who are part of the syrian opposition. i don't want you to notice that it's also on their mailing turkey's because the show. has no say in what's happening it's. basically. russia iran and the syrian regime that are calling the shots

and turkey is trying to do damage limitation given that it's been let down by. its suppose an ally in and nato nato ally the united states. that in shaadi is director of the fata center at the fletcher school of tufts university thank you very much indeed. as a prime minister has again taken aim at iran accusing it of being the biggest threat to the middle east at a security conference in munich benjamin netanyahu held up a component from what he said was an iranian drone that had been shot down by its forces near syria iran responded by accusing israel of being the main aggressor in the region or not from david chatter. these really prime minister benjamin netanyahu went straight into attack mode against iran as he took to the podium in munich issuing a direct threat to tehran israel will not allow iran's regime to put a noose of terror around our neck. we will act without hesitation to defend

ourselves and we will act if necessary not just against iran's proxies that are attacking us but against iran itself he followed up with a dramatic flourish that called all the delegates by surprise brandishing a piece of wreckage from an iranian drone shot down an israel s. space last week. and he had this message for iran's foreign minister mohammad javert i bought it here so you can see it for yourself mr zarif do you recognize this. you should be george. you can take back with you a message to the tyrants of her own do not israel's resolve the man who netanyahu called an eloquent liar iran's foreign minister refused to rise to the israeli bait he preferred instead to outline

a new plan to dampen down rising tensions in the region i prevent more conflict in the middle east. iran believes that our security in the persian gulf requires a french regional security architecture. we believe in and how proposed creating what we call a strong region rather than a strong man in the region thank god a question and answer session those are if expressed his frustration at israeli attempts to undermine the deal iran struck with world powers to stop its nuclear arms program and we achieved it in spite of him being implemented in spite of him and the world view to maintain that agreement in spite of his delusional attempts the foreign minister of saudi arabia was equally uncompromising about its main

power in the region we cannot afford to put up with the when the revolution and it turns out the reason iran to sanction for terrorism is because it supports terrorism thank you baer said the pressure on iran would continue until there was fundamental change the push against them will continue until iran change its behavior david chaytor al-jazeera munich yes america back from the british think tank chatham house explains the tensions between iran and israel. i think there is a dynamic now which is a very negative very dangerous they now make between all the powers in the region right now and specific incidents rhetoric which is quite extreme as we saw today can escalate it rather quickly into a clash whether it's by proxy or more directly bearing in mind that for the fill stime that and yell weese basically thirteen and very clear on not only it out of

iran in the region or with any and that both sides participate in the civil war in syria not only did it on hezbollah but if it's getting any worse or result feels more threatened to have a direct or directly attack iran this is this war for it's going to escalate rather quickly if they mean it if it's determined maybe both sides understand it is a matter of the terms but deterrence might be shifts where she screwed very quickly into action this is dangerous. funerals have been held for two palestinian teenagers shot and killed by israeli forces in gaza their deaths have been adding to the tension on the gaza israeli border following an explosion that injured four israeli soldiers on saturday israel blames hamas for the attack and carried out a ground in air strikes and eighteen hamas targets in southern gaza how did for such reports. a funeral for two teenagers killed by israeli fire near the gaza

border on saturday night. were both seventeen. israel says it fired warning shots towards a group acting suspiciously near the border fence witnesses talk to tank fire being used no palestinian armed group has claimed the boys as members they were laid to rest side by side sometimes father says his son was one of dozens who tried to escape the strip in recent years to look for undocumented work inside israel. or youngsters in daraa live in tough conditions not just my son everyone suffers here and they get tired all the hardships. well that just being marked here in russia today as a result of just one israeli operation what israel itself is calling a large scale attack on hamas targets here in gaza it's the largest such attack that we've seen since the twenty fourteen war and israel did strike it says eighteen separate hamas linked targets from the air on saturday night.

the israeli military says it targeted a tunnel being dug towards israel weapons making sites and military compounds one rocket was fired from gaza into israel striking a civilian house but injuring no one this latest round of violence the most serious in years began on saturday with the wounding of four israeli soldiers two seriously in an explosion near the border fence israel says that a virus was planted during this protest a day before reportedly hidden behind a flag which the israeli troops went to investigate. israel's defense minister avigdor lieberman has vowed to eliminate the attackers adding israel views hamas as responsible for everything that happens in gaza hamas says it's israel that bears responsibility for the escalation. i must another fighting groups who will not allow the israelis to impose new rules on the ground and we will keep practicing our rights to defend our people from israeli aggression two things have seen the situation grow more fragile in recent months the reaction to donald trump's

declaration calling jerusalem israel's capital and the continued deterioration the humanitarian situation which israel's army chief has reportedly warned could lead to further conflict but now the worst of the violence appears over but the conditions that created it remain in place all aware that more could follow are a force that al-jazeera gaza and more ahead on the news hour including. ukraine's opposition demands answers over the deportation of the file saakashvili plus. their icons of manila but find out why these many buses are facing a bumpy ride. and in sport a russian made less of the winter olympics is sent packing after being suspected of doping.

iran's president hassan rouhani has ordered an investigation into a plane crash that killed sixty five people there are some airlines jass disappeared from radar fifteen minutes after leaving the capital tehran it was traveling to u.s. sewage in the southwest having fog has hindered rescue efforts so far mohamed el baradei reports. distraught family members filmed there had bad street into one where fifty nine passengers and six crew members departed on their fateful flight. on the other side of the journey the halls of airport where the plane was set to arrive was full of people mourning so hard. i kept calling all morning but they wouldn't answer so i called my brother and he assured me they'll get here the plane is not behind schedule yet he said don't worry he called later it's had the plane had crashed the a seaman airlines flight departed from about airport into iran but disappeared from

radar fifteen minutes after leaving the plane was heading towards the city vs who's in southwestern iran it crashed into mt dena near the town of semi room in the mountain range rescue teams a struggle to reach the crash site due to inclement weather and rugged terrain there's no question the roads here are impassable vehicles are here and lots of people too when we heard about it around eleven am or noon we began searching all the villages in the area but we didn't find anything investigators have yet to determine the cause of the crash but some aviation experts believe heavy fog could have hindered the pilot's navigation decades of international sanctions and diplomatic isolation have left iran's airlines with aging fleets of passenger planes which they've struggled to maintain and modernize. you have fleets of aircraft in iran as a man airlines flies it's the only airline in the world that still flies commercially the boeing seven two seven try jet this is an aircraft which hasn't

even been made for over thirty four years and so you've got effectively a block on components of. the new aircraft which is simply left iranian aviation pretty much as it was well let's say round about nine hundred eighty iran suffered a number of aviation disasters most recently in two thousand and fourteen when a seven airlines flight crashed just after takeoff killing thirty nine people. since to her on curb its nuclear program its ordered more than two hundred planes from airbus and boeing with forty four billion dollars in the hopes of modernizing its commercial aviation committed by d.c. al-jazeera. in the u.s. the political fallout continues from the indictment of a group of russians accused of meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election the issues dominated sunday morning political talk shows president donald trump fired off several tweets rejecting accusations his campaign commuters with moscow

was when jordan has this report from washington. the u.s. president donald trump hasn't been seen in public since friday the day thirteen russian citizens and three companies were indicted for allegedly interfering in the two thousand and sixteen presidential campaign and for allegedly trying to throw the election trumps way on sunday the president took to twitter to blame everyone from hillary clinton to the media for the suggestion that his campaign colluded with the russian government to win the election something he has always denied i never said russia did not meddle in the election i said it may be russia or china or another country or group or it may be a four hundred pound genius sitting in bed and playing with his computer the russian hoax was that the trump campaign colluded with russia it never did the independent senator bernie sanders allegedly was also being supported by the

russian operation but he said on sunday the bigger problem is how trump is reacting what the real issue right now is how do we have a president of the united states not saying what everybody knows to be true russia or interfered in to sixteen they're going to interfere in two thousand and eighteen and we have got to do everything we can to make sure that they do not on the by an american democracy meanwhile a senior democratic senator said the indictment should alarm americans it's not yet clear whether the russians succeeded in actually changing votes what's clear is that they spent millions and millions of dollars and had hundreds of people working in a troll farm in st petersburg to intentionally undermine one candidate hillary clinton and support another donald trump. on saturday night trump also criticized his national security adviser mcmaster for not backing his view of the situation mcmaster had told delegates at the munich security conference that the indictment was proof of russian interference in u.s.

political affairs gen that master forgot to say that the results of the twenty sixteen election were not impacted or changed by the russians and that the only collusion was between russia and crooked h. the d.n.c. and the dems remember the dirty dossier you rainy speeches emails and the podesta company that tweet now has the d.c. chattering class wondering whether mcmasters job is in jeopardy given the president's predilection for driving out those who don't parrot his view of the world wrestling jordan al-jazeera washington so five years of widens a school shooting in the us have announced a national march on washington to demand action on gun control seventeen students and staff members died when nicholas clothes opened fire in a high school in florida with an a r fifteen style rifle student organizers of the march say they want to make the shooting a turning point in the national gun debate more funerals for the victims have been

held on sunday and as a march the nicholas cruz was declared low risk of harming others by a florida social services agency eighteen months before the attack the florida department of children and families made the conclusion after questioning him when they were allowed to to his violent social media posts the f.b.i. admitted on friday that it failed to investigate a tip off that cruz had access to guns and quote i desire to kill people. sudan's president omar al bashir out has ordered the release of more than eighty political prisoners who were detained last month their family celebrated outside one of the prisons where they've been held the group includes prominent opposition leaders that arrested after anti-government protests over the rising cost of food turned violent sudan's economy struggled in recent years in january the government devalued the currency and cut subsidies which led to the rise in prices.

supporters of the deported ukrainian opposition leader in the house saakashvili have marched through kiev to demand his return saakashvili was abducted from a restaurant last week he was thrown into a van and put on a helicopter from kiev to warsaw his supporters want him back to contest the presidency challenged ballots reports. by a movement that won't be stops by freezing temperatures and a deported leader trains opposition marches on which is the premier league we came here to change as chief in our country to make our thirty's work for the people and to support the people that's why we are here today. they swarmed onto the streets to protest against president petro poroshenko and supporters deported opposition leader mikhail saakashvili they want publishing called peached and a new election. this was the scene one week ago when saakashvili was seized in a key of restaurant more than

a dozen men in military uniforms grabs the politician and threw him in one of two white vans in seem to pummel. the former president of georgia became cranium in twenty fourteen but soon turned on his friend president poroshenko accusing him of corruption and this was how it was received. stripped him of his citizenship last year and deported him you have a loser mikhail will remain the leader says one opposition politician his support though is questioning his party the movement of new forces polls at least than two percent in the ministry of internal fears is to measure three thousand people who were at the rally supporters say it was more like ten thousand polish inker publicly ignored the rally he spent the weekend at the munich security conference. and there you have the new video people can't stand it. anymore because there's no

change the more time passes the worst we live poroshenko is dancing and having fun relaxing in the mall to eve he is a disgrace to the country saakashvili faces similar accusations in his native georgia his rivals have charged him with abuse of power he denies any wrongdoing but really wanted his citizenship now he is stateless and so his will to a continues from georgia to ukraine to poland he's now seeking refuge in the netherlands the home of his wife. in kiev they say his message will be heard wherever he seeks. charlotte dallas alleges iraq. a member of the european central bank's top policymaking council has been detained as part of a bribery and money laundering investigation and lots fear. is also head of the country's central bank his home and office have been searched but his prime minister will chairs an emergency cabinet meeting on monday but he says the

operations of the central bank will not be affected but still ahead on al jazeera infighting within zimbabwe's opposition as a mourns the death of morgan tsvangirai. canada has a reputation as a haven for refugees but north koreans seeking asylum have received a cold welcome. in sport a new world rally championship leader emerges from the snow in sweden. from dusky sunsets over the sprawling savannah. to sunrise atop an asian metropolis. alor the cloud is building again in china with a feed of warm and moist air from the south china sea for a couple of days now the temps in hong kong has pretty high of twenty five but of course you go to eventually turn that moisture into tired and then rain and where

the wind opposes just about here so you've got the winter in winter coming down and that really is not a wintry rain commitments to create clouds and then rain and it is cold enough snow really gives foster of rain in shanghai that seems unlikely still a warm probably sunny twenty four in hong kong this should be perfectly dry and sunny time the miss the south essentially into china but we have got the remains that it's hard to see of the tropical sarka and it may well produced a time share as they reach through cambodia possibly even as far west as bangkok rome's chart of the concentration of shares should really be in the southern philippines sort of way see bits of bone here as i said bangkok could could just see a shower virtually all of india and sri lanka here in nepal fine and mostly sunny but there is more rain and snow coming in to afghanistan. the weather sponsored by cats are a race. in india five million children have genius level i.q.

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you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour kurdish officials say they've reached a deal to allow syrian troops to enter a free and to help protect the city the move could mean syrian forces confronting turkey's troops who've been carrying out an operation against kurdish fighters since last month. israel's prime minister has taken aim at a run at a key international security conference accusing it of being the biggest threat to the middle east benjamin netanyahu held up a component from what he said was in a rainy and drone that have been shot down by his forces near sillier. and iran's president hassan rouhani has ordered an investigation into a plane crash in which sixty five people died assman airlines flight crashed in

a mountainous region in its destination in southwestern iran heavy fog has handed rescue efforts so far. now if you've ever visited the philippines is a good chance you've taken a ride on a jeepney there the iconic mini buses that have been the most common mode of transport for decades but a modernization project is threatening the industry and it's putting the jobs of drivers at risk to allow alan dogon reports from london. when i think of the philippines they often have the mind it is an offshoot of the american military jeeps that were left behind after world war two since then filipinos have made it their own. their unique colorful and have long been called the king of philippine roads. for decades they've also been the solution to the country's lack of public transport jeepneys are affordable and available but have also been blamed for the

city's chaotic traffic but. the philippine government wants more control it says it is time to improve the gene and industry it wants jeepney operators to start registering as corporations instead of running corporate tips independent and basically our weather station project. it can be the changing of. it in the improvement of. include being there operating conditions. it also wants to things out jeepneys their fifteen years or older government officials want you models they say they are safer and edgy efficient and environmentally friendly. it is unfair the assistance they offer is not even enough there is no other job in the world it can only be found here and it must be preserved. cheaply owners groups oppose the plan to saying the model that the

government is demanding is double the price and g.p. operators and workers cannot afford it the majority of g.p. drivers belong to the poorest sector of society they say forcing owners to upgrade without enough government assistance could mean an end to the g.p. industry all together. they said would. both that. and what did he do in the end he thought them i don't care about you you can all die in hunger isn't such a bad. there are nearly three hundred thousand jeepneys all across the country and many have been flying for decades but majority of commuters prefer jeepneys like this one. colorful and fast. the government says the plan to improve the g.p. is just part of a broader project to overhaul the chance point since. these are often

seen as a chronic moving art pieces that reflects a filipino in. a tremendous here to become a symbol of the government's neglect. dog and al-jazeera manila that i've been celebrations in kosovo's capital to mark ten years of independence from serbia security forces march through pristina as part of a weekend of festivities kosovo achieved autonomy in two thousand and eight after years of conflict at seventy's recognized by more than one hundred countries including the u.s. and most of the e.u. but it's yet to be recognized by serbia russia and china bug areas foreign ministries condemned and i knew all march by far right supporters to honor a pro nazi world war two general but only want to have despite calls from the government the us embassy and jewish organizations to scrap it the foreign ministry says anything glorifying the nazi way of thinking is absolutely unacceptable five

women have been killed when a gunman opened fire at a church in the russian republic of dagestan five other people were injured in the town of chris lee are police say a twenty two year old local man was behind the attack and he was shot dead by security services dagestan is a muslim majority region. church services have been held in zimbabwe for morgan tsvangirai the former office leader who died earlier this week from cancer the party has a new leader but there are concerns that infighting her cause divisions just a few months before the elections i don't want to answer has more from hadi. zimbabwe's president in a similar pays his respects to morgan sunken eyes family for years the main opposition leader was assaulted at arrested by police for demanding free and fair elections the ruling zanu p.f. party then led by robert mugabe charged him with treason and called him a puppet of the west the new president says it's time to end old rivalries it is

believed. that. the german i'm amazed elections in them are feeling all foreign partners in this scandal. here because they have to read the sadness in this can believe in. the clear view of reactions this is. when the election is held many believe the opposition must appear united it is to have any chance of winning the m.d.c. tea party has any leader nelson chamisa he will be acting president. who are the seamier party members talking. about his appointments they say they will make a big announcement after saying it as. this speculation the opposition could split if some key officials decide to walk away others hope that doesn't happen i must

admit. i think our leadership. our leadership and focus. not on superficial. good i died in south africa on wednesday some of his supporters say now. his body as home reality is sinking in the man known as the face of zimbabwe's opposition live long enough to see robert mugabe's downfall but it seems a not a united opposition rally is expected on monday to honor his life but a spinal three while is planned to choose day when he will be buried at his rural home. al-jazeera. eleven somali refugees who were held captive in libya have returned home many of them were tortured and some sold as slaves kucha lopez although yon has more. levin is relieved to be back home in somalia three years ago he tried to migrate to europe he never made it instead he was kidnapped

by smugglers in libya and sold as a slave. like an animal i was sold four times in open markets in libya the last time i was sold for ten thousand dollars i was tortured every day vivan story isn't unique annecy international released a report recently describing how somali refugees were being tortured in libyan detention camps it said they were held against their will by armed groups in exchange for money hundreds were reportedly sold for as little as four hundred dollars of far cry from the journey these migrants had hoped for. for two years i was in a libyan prison i spent fifteen thousand dollars and i still wasn't able to reach europe now i'm just happy to be back in country and see my family human rights groups say the european union strategy to stop refugees from traveling across the mediterranean has led to more people being stranded in libya the somali government has been successful in returning small groups of refugees home by how much the

government of somalia is committed to bring back its people who are in prisons around the globe we've been able to repatriate some somalis who were in libyan prison a month ago we released migrants from india and ethiopia prisons and brought them back to the country we will continue to do so but it's not going to be easy it took more than two years of negotiations to release libya and many more just like him are waiting to be given the opportunity to get back home. with a young al-jazeera. thirty five refugees are heading for the u.s. after leaving australia and run prison camp in the pacific island nation of navajo it's part of a resettlement deal reached between australia's government and the obama administration a man of mostly afghan pakistani refugees trying to reach is truly a illegally by boat held a no go until their cases are decided now despite its reputation as a haven for refugees canada has been deporting north korean asylum seekers and the

two thousand have been sent away since two thousand and thirteen because the government says they lied on their application forms reports from toronto. putting a brave face on pending deportation these north koreans came here through south korea which canada considers a safe country but on their refugee applications they said they'd fled to china. eleven years ago take him came here with his wife daughter and son now they have two more children canadian citizens deportation would be catastrophic. on the move . along and that notice means death to me i came all the way here for a better life and my family is well adjusted to life in canada and we think we're going to be separated it breaks my heart it was a turn on the other day in the. whole of my whole life i live there so i don't have any friends in south korea and all my friends are here. joe family could be broken

up to canada carries out its deportation order two children are canadian born the eldest came with his parents in two thousand and ten the joes admit they lied on their application but say they did it to escape a horrible situation. that i feel so desperate. it's our fault. they haven't done anything wrong they have to go through this separation because of us. the north korean refugees say south korea is definitely not safe for them north korea's spies could track them down they say yet canada has been deporting people like them since two thousand and thirteen those who remain have only begun to fight back if we are fallen by the moment they our family. they will be executed or de rozan to the labor camp the korean community in toronto has rallied

behind the refugees their lawyer has met canadian officials in what she says is their last chance to stay here an appeal on compassionate grounds to the minister of immigration there's been no response yet internationally recognized as a humanitarian and compassionate country accepting refugees from syria and all over the world and why my question should and the hundred fifty three many people. back an answer to that question is anxiously awaited by refugees who fled one of the most repressive violent regimes in the world daniel lak al-jazeera toronto many people consider gardening more of a chore than an art form but in costa rica one man's dedication has earned him global recognition for more than fifty years eventually stopped blanco sculpted trees in his home city gardens and are considered among the finest examples of

topiary in the world and a gala one to settle to see them. at the foot of the church of st raphael in costa rica central mountain range stands a testament to one man's vision over the decades the gardens of said i have been sculpted into birds and beasts by evangelist of blanco a man known locally as don lister all senor scissorhands. he began work here in one thousand nine hundred sixty four and never stopped. but one of the parks like my family is like my children my wife and my mistress and i love it and i care for it i come here at five in the morning to star wiring and i do this little love and it cation. is the gardens matures so has its reputation there are now more than one hundred figures here each beginning life as saplings planted by a gardener determined to create something unique many great works of art of being

created by individuals but few require the maintenance or dedication that all of this does eventually through spent the best part of his entire adult life on this one project but it hasn't gone unnoticed these gardens are now a symbol for the city they're tracked thousands of tourists every year and in two thousand and four they named the entire place after him. the city of socio was grown along with its gardens every day the park is full of visitors from around the world it's like a country house in england with the taipei next thing and i was thinking when i went round it's really good for the children because it's got elephants and soldiers and bulls and carts and stuff and they can kind of identify and stuff you have that sense of you are in a bit less in the end all be less of many time ago it's still the same is very nice i love it. in recognition of his work eventually still was given a national culture award and continues to inspire those around him as we go about a lot of that he's an icon for the people he's inspired the youth to follow his

passion to decorate and shape trees he has a lot of patience and passion for doing the. he retired a few years ago but he's continued to give us new shapes in our park. at the age of seventy nine evangelist isn't quite ready to hang up his she is he's looking for someone with the same dedication to take over and ensure his legacy lasts and gallacher al-jazeera pseudo costa rica or russian curling that a-list has reportedly left the olympic village and surrendered his accreditation after failing a drug test alexander crucial netsky won bronze with his wife and mixed doubles curling at the chiang winter games he said have tested positive for muldowney and it's a banned substance that increases blood flow and improves exercise capacity an athlete's crucial is awaiting the second result of a second sample expected later on monday. and i think testing in sanctioning the olympic winter games punching twenty eighteen is independent from the i.o.c.

therefore the i.o.c. cannot communicate on individual cases while the procedure is ongoing on the one hand it is extremely disappointing when prohibited substances may have been used but on the other hand it shows the effectiveness of the anti doping system at the games which protects the rights of all the clean athletes and more in the winter olympics still ahead but first roger federer in a hurry in the final all the water damage open.

the bob towards in london of wrapped up with two films winning the top accolades three billboards outside missouri and the fantasy film the shape of water but it wasn't just the movies in the spotlight that me two times up campaigns against sexual harassment of women made their mark of the ceremony custom stansell has more three i. the story of a brief mother seeking justice for the rape and murder of her teenage daughter emerged the big winner at the bafta is on sunday night. i do anything to catch your daughter's killer i don't rebuild boards outside one in five categories including outstanding british film and best actress for star frances mcdormand. when i was young actor in drama school i was told that i was not naturally gifted and i would have to work at it and so i did

i gary oldman one past actor for his portrayal of winston churchill in the war film darkest hour. so grateful for this incredible honor. and the shape of washer which led the pack with twelve nominations one in three categories including best director for toro. but politics was also center stage at these awards as the film industry reels from an avalanche of sexual harassment allegations which began last year those attending the bafta as were all black to show solidarity for the times up movement in addition to that on sunday more than two hundred british actors there's no entertainers signed a letter calling for the end of sexual harassment and abuse against women in the workplace not just in hollywood in the media but across all industries we need equality that's enough. says i think that their slogan is absolutely right time is up that's over. this actress joanna lumley host of the ceremony the

first woman to do so since two thousand and one but despite the time's up movement and the groundswell of support for gender equality in an industry heavily favoring men critics say women are still failing to make the mark at this year's bafta we can't help but look at the nominations in the categories this year through the lens of this campaign through the lens of this movement so obviously it becomes immediately apparent that you don't have any female directors despite gretta go wig . making the film. this kind of illustrates how you can have these amazing films directed by women providing these incredible performances and characters which then enabled the the the actors to be nominated in those catch categories but the people making the whole thing happen the overarching creative director as it were is completely ignored when it's female power to the people something

supporters of time's up hope will change as more voices join the movement on a global stage happenstance or al-jazeera london. now this time for the sport here's andy. we need to keep. the unit. back lost all her she has stayed on course for an olympic trouble the austrian won his second gold of the winter games in the giant slalom made it look all too easy someone who knows how small marcel her share began these games with a point to prove he could finish them out with three gold medals the austrian has continued to work his magic this time in the giant slalom the six time world champion winning his second gold medal in pyongyang chank her share is now cause

for hat trick medals with those they slam still to come as a mark in morning beauty tomorrow will be less is more and therefore i will take it easy tomorrow i will get some treatment and i will go to the gym and then prepare for the slalom as quickly as possible in order to then hopefully to get decent results in slalom finally you. can always in the brighton came gold in the freestyle slope style event bratton's brilliant first run that was too good for the rest of the field american negro but took silver with canada's alex song claiming the bronze super super happy has been a big dream for me and i go for a long time so i can play the. host south korea just missed out on another gold medal japan's knock wood yetta upset the home crowd by denying at least sound quality third straight limpid gold in the women's five hundred metres speed skating

final alexander i mean call has given ukraine its first gold medal at the p.r. lympics twenty nine year. the edge zonk younger in the men's aerials finals and it was almost deserved to four frenchmen marked africa the twenty nine year old had to settle for silver in the fifteen kilometer men's biathlon at the sochi games after losing out in a photo finish fast forward four years and focus was involved in another photo finish but this time his laundry was enough to secure gold with germany's. finishing second this is the fourth career gold medal making him the most successful french olympian of all time. all dizzy or no way on germany both have nine gold medals at the top of the medals table just three golds on offer on monday in speedskating box light and ski jumping roger federer

has just won his ninety seventh career title he lost only four games in a straight sets win over their goal to make the world torrance in rotterdam better has also returned to number one in the world rankings and at thirty six he's the oldest player to do so the twenty ton grand slam champion winning that final in less than an hour. i can believe it or not but ninety seven is tied. back to world number one after all these years. steffi one of those weeks i will never forget in my life so very very special. patrick of it's of a has one of the cats all consuming back into the world's top ten chip coming from a set down to beat gulping amy gertha in three sets and extend her winning streets of thirteen matches. rammer try to follow it up their three one champions league win over paris sanj man with a chaotic victory in the spanish league essential scoring twice in

a five three win over real betis despite this result rial still fourth in the table seventeen points behind leaders barcelona. thirty side rochdale more than held their own against tottenham in the english f.a. cup rochdale scoring a late late a call eyes are against the premier league team to grab a two two draw steve davis with the injury time goal the fifth round saw i will now be decided in a replay at wembley. i mean annual showcase for the world's best basketball players has got political the build up to the n.b.a. all-star game has become an unlikely focal point for debate on gun control the all star weekend is meant to look and sound a bit like this saturday's slam dunk contest is part of an event that brings together the top players from the world's best professionally but some leading names including kevin durant's and le bron james have used this global platform to talk about their desire for tighter gun control that follows the shooting at a school in florida last wednesday that resulted in seventeen deaths. we have

a kid who. was a legal. legally not able to go to to get a beer at a bar book or go buy. a car fourteen or bahari are big things like that how it doesn't it doesn't make sense. it doesn't mean i honestly agree with anything everything that's said at any given moment but the fact that these players. are not just basketball players they're multi dimensional they care about their communities and they care about what's happening in their country almost american sport is also seen soft and a fellow players making on failed political process for the last couple of years n.b.a. rights and jonathan sivits i think most fans now accept sports occasional collision with politics. i think that there is a small part of the fanbase that definitely had some fatigue to the protests but

this whole stick to sports movement you know it looks to be shrinking by the day because the protests were getting louder and they are more supported by these athletes in these sports. some fans also understand that you know these two worlds of politics and sports are essentially colliding right so i mean you had the president of united states use profane language to refer to these n.f.l. protesters and he also publicly with jewelled white house in fights at the chappie in golden state warriors even after they had said they didn't want to go so even when these athletes don't want to be involved in the political landscape you know they just kind of and up being involved terry novell masta the snow of sweden to take the overall late in the world rally championship the balance of becoming only the third known nordic driver to win this race you know phil is now ten points clear a five time defending world champion sebastian r.j.

he finished down in tenth. that is high sports is looking phenomenal ita. richelle carey is here in a couple of minutes with more on all these stories on robot us and thanks for being with me by for. news has never been more available it's a constant barrage of it with every day but the message is a simplistic you have the frain good logical rational people versus the crazy monster and misinformation is rife dismissal and denial of well documented accusations and evidence is part of genocide the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera.

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