also in the school will they arrested me at home at four in the morning the electric shock treatment was the worse that triggered a revolution. the arrest of those children sparked it all of which became a battle without and that was the beginning of beyond struggle in syria. the boy who started the syrian war this time on al jazeera. this is al jazeera. hello i'm daryn jordan this is the al-jazeera news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes no break for syrians in rebel held eastern guta activists released video of what they say are phosphorus bombs falling on the on play.

florida politicians approve new restrictions on rifle sales in response to a school shooting that left seventeen people dead. a case of attempted murder british police believe a former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent. and the e.u. warns the u.s. it may retaliate if washington imposes tariffs on steel and other many and. there's new video of what activists say appear to be phosphorous bombs being dropped on a rebel held on klav in syria the pictures emerged after eighty eight people were killed in another era assault on eastern ghouta and that's one of the highest number of casualties in a twenty four hour period since polls and fighting began ten days ago but syrian activists released a new video of the phosphorus bombs they said happened in a residential area in the town of how maria. you know all syrian civil defense says

there's been a gas attack in hammering on the town of suck at least fifty civilians including children infants have been affected well government forces appear to have seized more territory with eastern due to a step closer to being split into a warning you may find some images and zaina hadas report disturbing. civil defense volunteers are appealing to the u.n. security council to make this stop they are calling what is happening in eastern huta a bloodbath. rescuers are responding to cries from underneath the rubble and this case from a child. was something that you get me out of here this boy says. he survived. oh. well. it was but at least eight hundred syrians many of them women and children have already

been killed in almost three weeks of relentless airstrikes and bartman throughout the besieged and claimed. shot but anyhow we are the free people of eastern little we want to freedom and the downfall of this murderous regimes which has committed crimes against the people there are extremists and terrorists here they are the ones who are killing children and god willing we will remain steadfast. pro-government alliance is pushing ahead with its air and ground assault they have reportedly sent reinforcements hundreds of soldiers to join the battle rebels have lost territory but remain defiant. one of the main factions. says the people and the fighters in eastern will defend their land. the faction is also denying negotiating a withdrawal proposed by the russian military the russian defense ministry says some groups in eastern who are ready to accept the amnesty offer and leave with

their families the ministry did not name those groups and so far none have expressed readiness to leave even eastern civilians have not taken up the russian offer to evacuate many of them are afraid to cross into government controlled territory and many are afraid of permanent displacement western nations have criticised the attacks on the densely. populated opposition held territory but they have done little to stop them the united nations yet again using strong words against the syrian government and its backers russia this month it is eastern water which is in the words of the secretary general hell on earth next month or the month after it will be somewhere else where people face an apocalypse an apocalypse intended planned and executed by individuals within the government apparently with the full backing of some of the foreign supporters. it is urgent to

reverse this catastrophic course to refer syria to the international criminal court hundreds of thousands of syrians are trapped in a war zone many are on the move as pro-government units advance further into the enclave the central town of misrata is the next target government forces are approaching the town from the east and the west just a few kilometers of territory is separating those forces capturing mr will cut the enclave in half making it more difficult for rebels to defend their territory. beirut turkey is calling on the us to stop kurdish fighters from traveling to freeing in northern syria members of the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces are heading there to help fight off a turkish offensive against their fellow kurds ankara says the operation is necessary to tackle terrorism alan fischer reports now from gaziantep on the turkey syria border. it's not just in eastern guta we're fighting scars the syrian

landscape north of a green the syrian free army backed by the talks continue operations the intention to take the momentum near the city a strategic military target. all the villages and towns controlled by the kurdish people's protection units a very strategic for us we need to clean up this whole area of these terrorists who want syria to be divided syria must always be united and unified with the help of almighty and the heroes of the free syrian army the fighting in and around our friend provides a snapshot of how complicated the civil war in syria has become so why p.g. the kurdish militia enjoys american support when they're taking on i saw in other parts of the country they're now moving seven hundred fighters away from that battle to the front lines in our friend there they'll confront turkey's forces normally a u.s. ally the turkish government has told the u.s. it must use its influence to stop that troop movement. the u.s. says the fighting in a friend is not its concern. expect the u.s.

to certainly step in and halt the shifting of y. p.g.p. whitey forces from man bitch to affray they are forces under u.s. control this is almost natural rights whether they would do this or not is another matter but we took all measures necessary on the ground. in the border turn of jobless a car bomb killed several people it's still not clear who carried out the attack in an area which has been relatively peaceful for the past several months the turks are calling the operation african all the bright even to pushing a group they describe as terrorists the wipe far away from the border you salt and afghan city itself we start in the coming days all the world's been focus remains on eastern ghouta and the fighting there. alan fischer al jazeera in the truck you syrian border a teenager is now facing thirty four charges of premeditated and attempted murder after a u.s. school shooting seventeen people were killed and foremost student nicholas cruz

opened fire with an assault rifle last month in parkland in florida no dates been set yet for the nineteen year old's court appearance will enter a plea if convicted he faces the death penalty or life in prison without parole well that shooting prompted politicians in florida to raise the minimum age for buying rifles twenty one new laws and force a three day waiting period for all gun sales and allow some school staff to be armed the legislation now goes to the governor for approval and the gallagher joins us live now from tallahassee and so what more do we know about this bill and how significant is it. well don this is hugely significant for decades florida's been a bastion for gun advocates before the events of february the fourteenth it's almost on thinkable that a legislature controlled by the republican party would even consider some of these measures as you said among those measures are raising the minimum age to buying rifles to twenty one making people wait for

a three day period for all weapons and even increasing powers for police to seize the weapons of people they believe have mental health problems this is an incredibly significant thing also for the families and survivors of the parkland shooting they basically said look we're not going to get everything we want we realize we probably won't get a ban on assault weapons but we are united behind the politicians to take some kind of action in washington d.c. there's been nothing of any substance occurring over the last three weeks here in florida the politicians the lawmakers have decided to make a move in a direction perhaps unthinkable before february the fourteenth of course governor rick scott now gets this bill he said he will read it line by line he had some concerns about arming teachers bops the most controversial part of this bill and ultimately he could veto it and send the whole thing back to the house of representatives and the senate here in florida most people think that he will not do that if he does sign the bill into law those proposals will become laws within

fifteen days and under how is this ruling largely to go down then with other states looking to review gun control. well it's an interesting question i think you know if you went north of the border to georgia it's very unlikely that they would do anything like this it's all remember in georgia state lawmakers i started to try and penalize delta airlines who said that they would no longer on a contract or no longer give discounts to national rifle association members i think you know the southern states where there are going to advocates of plenty you won't likely see the kind of changes you've seen here in florida and ultimately governor rick scott is planning to run for senate next week so he's facing a political problem here because if he does back this bill it could have ramifications for his run for the senate but he's also wondering credible pressure from the people of florida the families the survivors of the park one shooting to do something and if he signs that bill into law it will be unprecedented in this

state and i got to go there in tallahassee and we thank you for lots more sort of coming on the news hour including treated like royalty but saudi arabia's crown prince also gets a frosty reception from protesters on his first official trip to britain plus. i'm wayne hay reporting from vietnam where we look at how this country has in just a few decades emerged from economic isolation and how it stands to benefit from a new multilateral trade deal and no name on no problem this forward reminds fans of brazil still has plenty to offer at the world cup even without their star player that's all still to come. british prime minister to resign may has defended the red carpet welcome given to saudi arabia's crown prince it's the first day of mohamed bin sound man's three day trip to the u.k. aimed at developing economic ties between both countries but critics say the

british government's turning a blind eye to human rights abuses in saudi arabia demolish our reports from london . muhamad been some man started off his u.k. trip with a visit to the queen who hosted the young prince of buckingham palace a sign of just how eager the u.k. is to bolster its ties with the saudi kingdom. children from the saudi king crab academy work busking to cheer on the palm prince a continuation of the massive p.r. campaign that included huge adverts across london announcing been ten months visits human rights groups however chose to focus on children by highlighting the killing of thousands in yemen by the saudi military an army under the direct command of m.p.'s as he's known but eleven million children in yemen who are dependent on humanitarian aid that's the entire population of belgian this is the world's worst humanitarian disaster so the trade deals for the nice things we have to remember that saudi arabia is a key player in this conflict the crown prince's visit is

a very controversial one in parliament the leader of the main opposition party question the prime minister what message she would become bring to the americans and man tomorrow is international women's day a chance to vote celebrate how far we've come on equality for women but also to reflect on how far we have to go not just in this country but around the world later today mr speaker the prime minister is due to meet crown prince mohammed bin solomon as she makes her arms sales pitch will she also call on the crown prince to hold the shocking abuse of human rights in saudi arabia her response the link that we have with saudi arabia is historic it is an important one and it's saved it has saved the lives of potentially hundreds of people. and i will be raising concerns about human rights with the crown prince when i meet

him can i just say there's a right only one gentleman started on the issue of international women's day i welcome the fact that the crown prince will be sitting down with as the guest of a female prime minister to build on that relationship the prime minister left parliament to meet with m.p.'s at downing street prince my mother when will you stop bombing innocent civilians in yemen when will you stop killing. the innocent civilians in yemen bridge behind me. as you can see this trip is not just the high profile one but it's also very controlled trade with the both the british government and the saudis not wanting to have clear access there is no press conference that took place this is the closest we've had to access to the crown prince and the big reason behind that is the widespread opposition and criticism that has been accompanying this trip. part of the opposition was demonstrated in

this protest outside downing street organizers here say the u.k. government should not be turning a blind eye to saudi human rights abuses no matter how much the crown prince pledges to invest they want their politicians to demand real change and reform in saudi arabia and not to cheer on what they consider to be propaganda aimed at punishing the image of a man who's knocked up many of his political opponents. al-jazeera london nato has signed an agreement with qatar to cooperate on military and security issues. as in belgium for talks with the alliance and the european union chief to mean been hammered out fanny was welcomed by e.u. foreign affairs chief frederica mckinney his visit to brussels follows continuing tensions in the gulf and nine months ago saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt cut ties with qatar. has more now from brussels. qatar officials say they are expanding their partnership with key international institutions like nato to and the e.u. with the e.u.

chief the qatari emir shift to me but how much of that he has been talking about the latest developments on the g.c.c. crisis but also about regional issues as you know qatar and the key players in the conflict of syria for example on the share similar views about how to move forward and what kind of well sure the opposite syrian opposition play in the future with nature the qataris have signed an agreement paving the way for nato a personnel to. get into qatar used a qatari military base of byler a date. for nato as operations enough guy but also in their. push against i still in the region and that's quite significant because as you remember back in june when saudi arabia these are lies start of the embargo on. the accused qatar for. sponsoring extremism accusations strongly denied by

qatar and now this partnership with no they don't have a qatari perspective is clear indication they are able not only to break the embargo but also to break any attempt by the saudis to put more isolation. or qatar british police say a nerve agent was used to try and kill a former russian double agent and his daughter so again you. remain critically ill in hospital after they were found slumped on a bench in southern england on sunday some of you get reports from salt spray. if it was a small city thrust into the global spotlight no one could have guessed that salt spray in southern england would be at the center of the attempted assassination of a former russian spy and his daughter anything unusual is treated with caution as investigators trace all the movements of the victims those probably at least forty people foreman stood outside of cordoned off the the front of the. doors where the

i believe it's come out from on the door to go in not sure they would get out but they were had all these light boxes they were see those four guards dressed up in hazmat going inside retrieving stuff in these boxes and put them outside in the cold area. yeah that's all that they didn't tell us anything these images show the former russian military intelligence colonel just days ago buying sausages and lottery scratchcards from a shop close to his home investigators are also looking into the deaths of scrip owl's family members his wife you passed away in two thousand and twelve of cancer his son alexander died while on the trip instead petersburg last year a stent simply of liver failure the fast moving investigation has indicated that both saturday ski pile and his daughter you were attacked with a nerve agent no detail as to which one but they are highly toxic in summary this is being treated as a major incident involving attempted murder by administration of

a nerve agents. as you know these three people remain critically ill in hospital. sadly in addition i police officer he was one of the first to attend the scene to respond to the incident he's now serving a serious condition in hospital investigators have for an open mind as to who was behind this attack in sold spree but already there have been murmuring accusations pointed towards moscow and if indeed it is proven. this was a state sponsored attack and that would have deep diplomatic consequences the russian government has denied any involvement but the incident bears striking similarities to the two thousand and six death of russian dissident alexander litvinenko who was poisoned by radioactive material police are refusing to reveal further details in this case but suspicions persist as to who's to blame sony vaio . sure lanka has imposed

a curfew on its central district after days of violence but its mobs have been sweeping through towns and villages burning muslim homes and businesses well that's prompted the government to declare a weeklong state of emergency u.s. president donald trump is refusing to back down on plans to impose tariffs on steel and on the minium imports he's due to sign off on the measure on thursday several countries of threatened to retaliate warning the move could start a global trade war is complete how could. the u.s. stock market did not respond well to news donald trump's top economic advisor is leaving it open rattled over fears of losing gary cohn's moderating influence in the white house cohn was the chief architect of trump's business friendly tax cuts but investors are nervous about the president's protectionist tariffs plan for for an aluminum and steel at a meeting of the world trade organization america's trade partners expressed

displeasure the european union has also announced plans to retaliate with tariffs on products like american tobacco and orange juice follows through with his threat if it does happen we would have to take measures to protect european jobs and workers thank you very much at a white house press conference on tuesday with sweden's prime minister was undeterred and lashed back at the e.u. threat but the european union has been. particularly tough for the united states and they make it almost impossible for us to do business with them and yet they send their cars and everything else back into the united states and they can do whatever they'd like but if they do that then we put a big tax of twenty five percent in their cars and believe me they will be doing it very long the position of trumps commerce secretary who clashed with cone trade policies with the e.u.

are out of date concessions made to rebuild a post-war europe don't make sense in the context of a strong modern european economy concessions that were perfectly reasonable to make to germany in one nine hundred forty five or trying to nineteen forty five don't buy existence anymore those are now very mature big strong economies and wednesday in social media trump continued to deflect fears of a global trade war arguing the us has lost more than fifty five thousand factories six million manufacturing jobs and accumulated trade deficit of more than twelve trillion dollars the white house says donald trump will make his announcement on steel and aluminum tariffs official by the end of the week just in time for a planned visit this weekend to the u.s. state of pennsylvania it is a key steel manufacturing state trying one in two thousand and sixteen and the republicans need to win again in this year's congressional elections can really

help it al-jazeera washington well the white house has some countries may be exempt from the new tariffs. we expect that the president will sign something by the end of the week and there are potential carve outs for mexico and canada based on national security and possibly other countries as well based on that process as. a idea and that would be case by case in country by country basis but it would be determined whether or not there is a national security exemption the revamps trans-pacific partnership trade deal will be signed on thursday in chile its future had been in doubt off of a drawing of the u.s. last year for the remaining eleven countries and forge ahead with the pact one of the biggest winners is expected to be that nom as wayne hall reports from asia. the oldest porcelain factory in vietnam hasn't changed much since it was opened in one thousand nine hundred sixty back then it was operated by the communist government

of the former north vietnam when the country was divided today it's united under communist rule but the government has embraced capitalism like most state owned enterprises this factory has been privatized and will soon move to a new purpose built industrial park and. moving to a new factory will help us develop you can see all our machines our old so will invest in more modern production lines for more than twenty years vietnam was torn apart by war it ended in one thousand nine hundred seventy five with the north defeating the south which was backed by the united states communism emerged victorious but the leaders soon realized that the centralized economic system had to change economy clearly was your best picture. the government embarked on a series of reforms to open the country up and allow market forces that now has one of the best performing economies in the world when vietnam began reforming in one

nine hundred eighty six its total trade was worth only six hundred forty million dollars a year it was really only doing business with the likes of china and the former soviet union just over thirty years on as its economic borders have opened that they get has slipped to more than four hundred and twenty billion dollars but some believe it could do even better and say the government must continue evolving to combat problems like rising inequality it coes by corruption. in an informal economy and vietnam must try to reduce it and now that now might create new intently to modernize economy the process is ongoing and reforms like increasing efficiency and breaking down bureaucracy may be pushed along by trade deals like the trans-pacific partnership some may question the pace but certainly there were direction of the reform is very welcome but some of that will need to be accelerated for for the domestic private sector to be able to grow more that it has

been so far that certainly the goal of this company which used to import its clay and export the finished products price fluctuations mentored eventually became a domestic supplier only d.p.p. and a new modern factory male aout to realize its goal of returning to the international markets wayne hay al-jazeera has on vietnam. lots more still to come here now just clearing. robin that's the value. of everyone else are drawn out in huge numbers a president preparing to hundred a power but it may be some time before his successor is found. and school's out but even having classes the bonus we examine the state of argentina's education system . and its border new formula one record is set before the series even started that story coming up later stay with us.

from flowing the island winds to an enchanting desert breeze the. welcome back across southern and eastern parts of china we've got some rain to contend with a flow coming in from the north so it's cooler roughly speaking than it has been and for her knowing vietnam is light be pretty wet at times and temp to strong at twenty one but probably feeling somewhat colder than not as a move the forecast of the twenty four hours system tends to push on through there we've still got some heavy showers for central parts of vietnam but really for eastern parts of china it should be fine there foods you at seventeen shanghai should be quite bright across the rest of indo china some showers likely for parts allies and maybe into southern parts of me a moderate young gone should be generally fine with temperatures in the low thirty's as we had ten southeastern parts of asia here we've got scattered showers across the philippines i think for coaching in borneo we could see wanted to downpours java looking pretty west at moment some storms are likely here you may

see some showers affecting singapore in kuala lumpur but northwards into thailand where the conditions generally ok initially but they head into friday certainly quite a few showers around the gulf of thailand but over in southern vietnam city should be dry and fine for south asia it's looking fine across much of the region but the search chance want to showers affect in sri lanka with highs of thirty in colombia . the weather sponsored by qatar and place. for the benefit. of. witness documentaries that open your eyes. at this time on al-jazeera.

too often on the streets of india really are victims but a new force is that plain. female police officers are combat sexual assault and domestic abuse. but changing society is a challenge and so is life behind the badge. coming soon. welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories this hour syrian activists are released video of what they say appears to be phosphorous bombs being dropped on eastern guta

apparently happened in the town of how maria eighty eight people were killed in the region on wednesday in another day of aerial bombardment. the minimum age for a rifle to be raised to twenty one in the u.s. state of florida it's part of a package of gun safety reforms approved by politicians after seventeen people were killed last month in a school shooting. and british prime minister to resign may as defended a red carpet welcome given to saudi arabia's crown prince ahmed din soundman is on a three day trip in the developing economic ties between both countries. the votes are being counted in sierra leone's hotly contested presidential election sixteen candidates are vying for the top job having to lead the country out of its economic crisis the result won't be known for some days but a runoff is widely expected manager supports from the capital freetown. president and asked by court arrives

a polling station to vote. after ten years in power he is quitting the political stage like three million other city leoni and his chosen his successor i am happy i have voted i am happy that's what's in civilian hands of turn out in huge numbers and the process is peaceful and the end of it the best man will emerge and civilian will continue supporting the new president there's been much enthusiasm for this election voters started curing accent just before dawn to choose a new president legislators and municipal officials. my religion is ninety four years old and was among the early voters. many of my contemporaries aren't alive i voted for everything to be as they used to pay thin people to afford the basic things of life. vote organizers say the election was largely peaceful

except for a few hitches in some constituencies. elections did not come. and really not on when all of. the election results are expected within the next week. the election data center is ready for the outcome the results of the presidential election will be correlated and announced here there will be a runoff if no candidates win fifty five percent of the vote something many civil unions say it's looking increasingly likely if that happens it's not clear if voters will again come out in large numbers as a first time around. al jazeera frito eight people have been arrested in connection with an attack that killed eight security guards and bikini fasten funerals of the victims were held in the capital ouagadougou two soldiers

are among those who died in friday's assault on the french embassy and army headquarters a manly base group linked to al qaeda said it carried out the attack the u.s. secretary of state is in ethiopia the first stop on his five nation diplomatic tour of africa rex tillerson is trying to bolster security alliances on the continent which has increasingly turned to china for trade and aid his visit comes to few months after president donald trump was accused of making derogatory comments about some african countries but brought him a clear bali's direct at brookings africa growth initiative he says to listeners visit a significant. if you look back to since the administration came into office you have at least one of the top three u.s. officials the presidents vice president and the secretary of state has visited other parts of the world except africa and terms of thin of the symbolism is

important but also it comes on the heels of the alleged that there are going to the comments that were made about africa and haiti so this would basically be the beginning of a dialogue that would kind of distort the kind of trust that is necessary to foster relationship between the u.s. and africa the opportunities on the continent and the needs enough that africa can strike partnership of different. different countries to the benefit of the african people as well as their own partners just to give you an example on the infrastructure for example which is critical for africa development recent estimates by the african development bank do financing need a hundred and thirty to one hundred seventy billion dollars and much of that is not funded yet so clearly there is a room there for both china to contribute but also for even u.s. companies with expertise in infrastructure to also contribute. well politicians in

the philippines are debating whether to impeach the chief justice. was accused of corruption but those against the move say she is being targeted for resisting the policies of president regard to target jamil and other reports from manila the trip just supreme court chief justice lawyer disorder in all was the first woman to ever lead the country's judiciary. in two thousand and twelve she was appointed as the new chief justice of former president been ignore keno just a few months after her predecessor was removed from office after being convicted in an impeachment trial her supporters say it has always been a hostile court she joined a group of supreme court justices who are appointees of former president gloria macapagal arroyo and i know no political rival or even of every one. of the institution that we are all. and that is the. among the

accusations against certain though is the non-disclosure of some of her earnings and she's also accused of taking unilateral actions which were not sanctioned by other supreme court justices but her counsel say these are baseless accusations and are not impeachable offenses under the constitution president but there have been eyes he's behind the move to oust serono but a few months ago the tear to challenge sidenote and another government official orbits month conchita carpio morale is to resign morales leads an independent agency that investigates corrupt government officials many here say that efforts to remove them may be part of a plan to intimidate the judiciary so the third to can wield more control as early as two thousand. already many. government. we would but congress in the. constitutional means

there ought to be resistance. we are after all a democracy and. best we can despite the challenges. we are doing what we can to be able to step up and act as a check and balance on the overarching overreaching executive department it is not the first time going to a government official has been subjected to such proceedings and there dictated the stanchest critic senator lie little lima is accused of protecting the illegal drug street she's now in their police detention and jamila joins us live now in front of the senate in milan where the impeachment trial would take place journalist so what are we expecting to happen today then. well daryn what is expected is that the lower house of congress will vote whether they will find probable cause to impeach the supreme court justice here in the philippines now if

we look at the support the president or the good that they're doing is getting what many here describe basically is a rubber stamp congress it is likely that she that they will actually find probable cause and they will move for her impeachment which will then start here in the coming months right here at the senate in manila but her supporters are saying this spike denials from the president that he has any hand at all in this they believe basically that this is part of a syndicated attempt by the president and his supporters basically to wield more control right now at the moment they're also pushing for a change in the constitution with a chance to tory powers that gives the president powers to legislate and basically to annex rules and this is one of the reasons they say why the judiciary members of the opposition should be much more basically careful about the kind of proceedings that are happening both in the upper house and the lower house and many

critics believe also that it is not only because of their day that the chief justice or any space in all of these issues from the moment she stepped in her supporters say it has always been a hostile court she has been appointed by a former president been you know aquino. together with other justices who had been more had more experience than her when it comes to managing the court so many believe basically that is also not just a question of credibility but it's also a question of leadership and popularity daryn. now the investigation into alleged collusion between donald trump's election campaign and russia has reportedly widened to include the united arab emirates u.s. media say an american businessman linked to trump and the u.a.e. is now cooperating with federal investigators has particle a. george nader has ties with the trump campaign and leaders of the united arab emirates and now robert

mueller the special counsel investigating potential russian collusion with the trump campaign according to the new york times f.b.i. agents picked him up in january at dulles airport and since then he's been cooperating giving important details about a meeting at a fancy hotel in the seychelles where he allegedly met with this man karylle dimitri of who just after the election told the american media he was excited about trump's when they're very impressed with president elect prompts position and said he wants to have good cooperation with russia also at the meeting erik prince the founder of blackwater and big backer of the trump campaign prince dismissed the meeting in testimony to a congressional committee saying under oath that he was summoned to the seychelles to meet with iraqi leader mohammed bin zayed and they just happened to mention there was an interesting russian he should meet he testified that he met demitra at a bar after he googled his picture testifying he didn't realize the fund he ran was

under u.s. sanctions or that he was close to the russian president because he said that would have used a lot of data on his phone and that would have been expensive prince testified that quote there were no other u.s. officials there he said he and dmitri have just talked about general business things over beer and prince complained to congress saying quote if there's all this rightful concern if there was actual collusion between the campaign and the russian government this meeting didn't happen until almost two months more than two months after the election so if there was all this collusion why would there even need to be any other follow up meetings so i don't get that timeline wise attorney melanie sloan believes pence lied to congress a crime in the u.s. and she disputes his claim that the whole reason russians wanted trump to win was because they wanted to get things it wasn't just to see trump installed so they could walk away and go on their merry way it was because they were a looking to. russia's relationship with the united states and probably probably have very ambitious goals adam added so they would continue to make efforts to work

with the trump folks to get what they want muller is also looking into a meeting after the election bin ziad apparently broke protocol by not informing the obama administration before heading to a meeting at trump tower the new york times says moeller has been asking witnesses about the possibility that through nader the u.a.e. funneled money from the to the president's campaign that would be a serious crime for those who give or receive it all involved have denied wrongdoing. al-jazeera washington now thousands of flights have been canceled across the northeastern united states as the region faces its second powerful storm in less than a week strong winds and snow lashed new york and neighboring new jersey where a state of emergency was declared about one hundred thousand homes and businesses in the area are still without power for last week's storm really a storm warning has been issued for most of new england with up to sixty centimeters of snow expected on thursday. now the fifth will the ocean summit is

underway in mexico the three day conference brings together scientists business leaders and policy makers with the aim of balancing the needs of human activity with the well being of our oceans well among the key issues will be how to prevent overfishing which threatens a third of the world's fish stocks delegates will also focus on plastic pollution and how a plan to reduce it might work a million tonnes of plastic dumped into the oceans every year if climate change is also on the agenda and how ocean of a lot of businesses can respond and adapt to rising sea levels well it is a custom as a campaigner for greenpeace she says reducing the amount of single use plastic must now be a priority. it is one of the greatest threats facing our nation with a rubbish trucks with the plastic entering our nations every single minute but equally we are seeing this huge wave of public momentum of political appetite to be tackling this threat at seoul's i mean where we really need to see action is

reducing the actual production. single use plastics of packaging things like bottles food containers even things like strolls and plastic cutlery is a single use plastic items that are designed simply to be used for about five minutes and then thrown away that risk of getting into our oceans so everyone can make a difference in reducing that plastic footprint but also calling on governments calling on businesses by their customers to say actually we need to be moving away from single use plastic we need to be ditching throw away packaging and we need to be exploring these reuse it will tentative that won't and so much harm. well teachers strike in argentina this week has turned the spotlight on the country's failing public school system it used to be one of the best in latin america but decades of under-investment have left many poor children struggling to get a basic education through reports. it is the first day of school in the area of what if. it is one of the poorest areas in the province with

a population of eighty thousand people. has been fighting for years for the government to open up a school here now what seemed impossible has come true and that's why she has come to pick up her daughter after class ready to go see we had nor school here and we had to send our kids very far away now at least we have the school but when it rains there's no class because the area is filled with mud the school is built out of containers which allows the children to attend class but is spite of efforts to get these children into a classroom many have lost years of study some have yet to learn how to read and write this is an example of how difficult access to education is in some of argentina's poorest areas there's over six hundred children studying in this containers and there is a very long waiting list people here tell us that they're hoping the government

will complete the project and build a proper school so with enough a donor has been helping children in this community have an education. these are areas with a lack of basic services that have poor schools with teachers on very low salaries who find it a challenge to reach them studying is an odyssey and we are talking of a basic right that every child deserves. education is at the center of the debate in argentina as teachers have gone on strike once again they are demanding an increase in their salaries because of inflation they have been taking to the streets in the last few days. and when. we are here defending public schools it's not. about the government has lowered the education budget demanding that they don't give. the government.

in the world including holidays and strikes so the consequences. of. the school system inequality from the very beginning and. better are the only way. to find.

welcome back now the international monetary fund the i.m.f. says the economic impact of a nine month blockade on qatar is easing its latest figures show the gulf crisis has actually helped the country to become more self-reliant sarah curran reports from doha. but. out of a crisis comes opportunity and for twenty three year old of the law it's this a new machine to make it cottons made from recycled paper it can produce as many as one hundred thousand of them a day meeting abdullah low be able to meet a boom in local production since the blockade after the gulf crisis we lost all our main costs almost because they are mainly from saudi arabia by land and u.a.e. but we never gave up on our business and we continued searching another new way to

run our factory also weighed the owns the only paper recycling factory in costa which has four times as many customers since the blockade started in june and the factory exports eighty percent of its recycled paper to the likes of china sri lanka and amman and plans on expanding world series added to this and it turned inside out and sent right inside on this machine his home prices say thirty seconds to end up with recycled paper but the wants to use is also recycled which means very little white face sovereignties and he said it takes the company things and it brings this in order in the case of this one time. more than three thousand new businesses have opened in carthage since the gulf crisis spurred on by a sense of national pride and a need to rely less on imports the emir of qatar is keen to implement self-sufficiency as soon as possible we didn't actually see the.

higher prices. of some materials. the challenges of the blockade are continuing but development bank says it has enough resources to support startups and entrepreneurs to take it from the idea stage access to for funding. investment access to markets and how we can take them globally little back in the paper recycling factory owner says a lack of trees in cotton helps teach the younger generation the importance of recycling and how the gulf crisis has helped him turn the wheel of fortune from one man's trash to another man's treasure side of al-jazeera the hunt. for example a sport that has far. thanks very much we start with football and italian champions eventis have booked their place in the quarterfinals of the champions league they've been taught them for three on aggregate tottenham were ahead in the second

leg at wembley at half time a goals from when zollo go in and. secure the comeback win. here is confirmation of that result to manchester city have also booked their spot as expected they lost on the night against basel but go through five two on aggregate. brazilian star oscar show brazil fans there's plenty to be positive about ahead of this summer's world cup even with neymar far from certain to recover from injury on time oscar who's hoping to get picked for russia was in great form for china's shanghai f.i.p. as they face south korea's also on high india in the asian champions league group stages the former chelsea man scored two impressive goals helping his team comeback twice from a goal down as i.p.g. took home a two two draw in the and remain top of the group with seven points and also in second there were four group games in the asian champions league on wednesday

japan's kawasaki from tal and melbourne victory also during group after group h. leaders could beat sydney f.c. while second place two one remain one point ahead of shanghai shun wah after both sides true joseph parker says he's relishing being the underdog in his world heavyweight title unification fight against antony joshua later this month eighty thousand people are expected in cardiff for the bout which sees both champions put their undefeated streaks on the lighting the fuse has gone no there's no more pressure on him there's a lot of pressure on him but he's still fresh ideas of being able to show that he you can come back from being down the ground zero so. it's. always going to be a tough fight so to get back and forth you know it's going this way for me that works for this one but i feel like it's. like it's a good time to be out of the city with.

the you. six north korean athletes have arrived in south korea as the country prepares to take part in the winter olympics for the first time last month north korea took part in the kyung chiang winter games this latest move comes a day after north and south korea unveiled a landmark agreement to ease political tensions on the panel. and october two thousand and fourteen australian shaun pollard was attacked by two great white sharks while surfing the then twenty three year old lost his left arm and right hand in the incident within a year pollard had tried no boarding for the first time and now he's getting ready to represent his country at the winter paralympics get i. i'm a professional athlete from. a little over three years ago

i lost my left. in a shark attack since then i have. the wives which i wanted to. turn to snowboarding and. definitely snowboarding has done a few that whole that surfing that if i leave probably almost four thousand ties from the nearest skiers or coming from bomber there's no it's not anywhere near a lot of i'm trying to go off to do down a lot of. oil just go down there and lots. all competing sports banks and snowboard cross on top second and it's pretty much the bottom of the hill wins if you buy stock in whoever gets out quicker and gets across the lawn when spot yeah if you stack it in the other god doesn't fall off and usually they're going tight when. losing a nominee and a lot of them trying has to do with cool strength and i'm down the gym

a lot strengthening that core and a con to get driven to push myself knowing that you know last and got about the best you can my diet i lost i get by using the prosthetic it took a while to learn and it took me a good couple wasteland out a bout of ties and even just can't dress to walk to get. everything figured out when it's right usually try to keep relaxed in or around the contests it's as soon as you're in the stock i kind of switch to rice mode and it's game on never really crossed on representing my country when i was younger and kona since. enjoyed being challenged and it's been a big challenge to try and get to the top level my family's really exhausted it's rewarding for them and myself to say that i've got these amazing opportunities that i have now. i'm just going to be happy to be represented on the big stage

the biggest thing i've learnt three more experiences you never know i have things are going to turn out you have to just have a big challenges and you'll be surprised what you can actually achieve daniel ricardo broke a track record in barcelona add formula one pre-season testing the red bull driver set the best ever laps and the new track was introduced in two thousand and seven defending champion lewis hamilton of mercedes with less than a tenth of a second behind ricardo followed by ferrari sebastian vettel. more problems for mclaren and fernando alonso as he was forced to retire because of an oil leak didn't didn't think it would get much done it was an optimistic plan but we got through it was good. they all sleep well tonight but yeah good bunch a lot obviously got some quick laps in there as well so it's a good day and that's all you sport for now more later for us thank you for that now police in russia have been displaying their softer side they've been stopping

women drivers just to give them a little flower power it's their way of marking international women's day celebration of the movement of female rights. stay with us i'll be back with more news at the top of the cinnamon.

i remember the first time i walked into the newsroom and it felt like being in the general assembly of the united nations has the so many nationalities. just that we all come to different places but it's one that gives us. the ability to identify the. other side of the world but we can understand what it's like to have a different perspective and i think that is a strength for al-jazeera. an act of youthful defiance we've ruled your turn next doctor also in the school will be arrested me at home with four in the morning the electric shock treatment was the worse that triggered a revolution. the arrest of those children sparked it all of which became a battle with als and that was the beginning of the armed struggle in syria. the boy who started the syrian war this time on al-jazeera.

the nature news as it breaks it's estimated ten million children of school age are still roaming the streets of baghdad with details coverage children what i'm off base and number of serious problems from chronic child malnutrition to extreme poverty from around the world trade money has lost us lawsuit in two thousand and ten by then he'd spent more than twenty million dollars in legal fees. at least fifty civilians including children infants have been injured in a gas attack in syria. alone down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up florida politicians approved new restrictions on a rifle sale.