we know that culture we know the problems that affect this part of the world very very well and that is something that we're trying to take to the rest of the world we have gone to places and reported on a story that it might take an international networks months to be able to do with united nations peacekeepers out there going i'm tired. we are challenging the forces we're challenging companies we're going to places where nobody else is going . u.s. president donald trump valves to keep the pressure and sanctions on north korea despite plans to meet leader kim jong il. sami's a damn this is

a live from the house so coming up we meet the families in northern syria of course in the middle of fighting between turkish forces and kurdish finds is. the pharmaceutical exactly of one star the most hated man in america finds out his fate for defrauding investors plus. i'm the clock reporting from an expedition in antarctica on the effort to turn the past the remote weddle sea into the largest protected area all or. donald trump says a deal between the u.s. and north korea on its nuclear program is very much in the making of a tweet he says if completed the agreement will be quote a very good one for the world the white house says there will be no preconditions to trump meeting leader kim jong un trump spoke earlier with chinese leader xi jinping by phone both agreed to continue sanctions until north korea take steps to end its nuclear program trump plans to meet kim by may mike hanna has more from

washington d.c. . it appeared that the us and introduced new preconditions when the press secretary said that the meeting would not take place unless north korea provided strong guarantees and took strong steps to indicate the authenticity of its position however subsequently administration officials said that mr sanders was not introducing new preconditions they said she was indeed emphasizing the consequences should north korea continue or resume nuclear or missile testing or interfere with the joint military exercises taking place between the u.s. and south korea but there's confusion underscores the developments that have occurred with president trump leaping headfirst into a potential face to face negotiation many expressing concern that negotiations such as these begin from the bottom up that the face to face meeting between leaders

comes at the end of a process not at the very beginning in addition some experts point out the north koreans have had decades of negotiating deals with various states the trumpet ministration new to the game they going to be at a disadvantage in any negotiation with the north koreans should it take place from the very beginning a gunman and three hostages have died in a shootout at a veteran's home in the u.s. state of california police in the until exchange fire with a man who barricaded himself in a room with his captives the veteran's home is the largest in the u.s. it houses more than a thousand elderly and disabled residents. the national rifle association has filed a lawsuit challenging a new gun control laws in the state of florida branding them unconstitutional the move comes just hours off the floor of this governor signed the bill increasing the minimum age for buying firearms to twenty one it follows weeks of campaigning by

survivors of last month's pogson high school shooting in which seventeen people died but also paves the way for some school stuff to be. i mean are a member and i was in a remember when i became governor i'm going to be an honorary member when i'm not governor i'm sure there's an array members that agree with the bills and they don't agree with this bill. and the you know but the way that i think about it i'm going to do what i think are common sense solutions common sense things as a father as a grandfather a governor is is we need to have law enforcement or schools we need to harden our schools we need more mental health counseling we need to make sure people that are going to do harm and think about we know we the people talking i mean we know we know they're out there talking we need to do something about it and and we need to take all these all of us everybody needs to take this seriously when somebody is threatening people. co-chairwoman of women against gun violence she says the n.r.a. could use the new florida laws to push its agenda for getting more guns into

schools. we're very concerned about this law being passed because of course it has a kickback in it for the n.r.a. in that they want to arm school personnel so i don't know exactly what they mean by that is that the lunch lady is at the coaches either way in a state where stand your ground is legal that means that if any of this school of the school personnel is says that they feel threatened by a student they can shoot to kill and legally get away with murder what we've seen in america before with our youth movements is that like during the vietnam war these young kids were seeing their friends come home in caskets and they said enough and now they're seeing their friends being carried out of their schools in body bags and whereas the rest of us in america not me personally but many people have sort of this this cycle of learned helplessness we've seen the mass shootings

the thoughts and prayers. the got the call for new gun laws and then nothing happens and we've just sort of gotten used to the fact that the n.r.a. gets to control everything and dictate policy from the white house but now these students are saying they don't have a learned helplessness response they're seeing this their friends are being gunned down and they're saying no we're not going to take it we're going to change this we're the future we're tomorrow and we're going to make this happen. five civilians have been killed in attacks by syrian government forces on parts of eastern halter on friday and the aid convoy crossed into the rebel held enclave bringing much needed food despite heavy fighting close to relief workers the delivering food supplies that didn't reach the area on monday when a convoy retreated because of renewed violence the syrian rebel group army of islam has agreed to release fighters being held as prisoners in the eastern water syrian state television showed thirteen fighters from the group formerly known as the

nasir front and their families starting to leave rebel held the rebel group rather says the decision was made after consulting the u.n. and international parties it's not clear if the deal will lead to a wider evacuation of fighters from other groups or civilians turkey's president. says his troops will soon enter the northern syrian town of africa in. the turkish military surrounded our three enough to seizing control of the key neighboring town of jindo rests turkey and allies syrian rebels trying to push kurdish fighters from the area al-jazeera is alan fischer has been with turkish troops inside syria in the southwest of didn't address. we drove into syria with the turkish army escort they decided where we would go the destination the village of dead one of the first retaken from cultish militia by the free syrian army supported by the turks in the operation and all of branch sitting in the shade

the children waited for the truck to distribute its boxes to date here has been the scene for a while in a small building a makeshift doctor's office treating a lot of minor injuries anything serious in the transfer to turkey for further treatment. for some who knew nothing but war. it's a new and frightening experience. then it was time to hand out the aid but i mean the family's name was called and someone stepped forward some merely tall enough to carry it all the people are standing here waiting patiently for the aid to be handed out but if they see waited long enough for the aid to arrive they don't mind waiting that little bit longer. each box is all in sugar and flour and sanitary products enough to last the family three weeks one. hundred m. an absence the f s a came we are receiving eight it is enough for us it's enough six years we lived under the y.p.

no one the aid material should be a little bit more because of the number of people here and the number of people in those families some of them received aid but one or two boxes are not enough for one family because they're all gathered in one house the turkish red crescent says it's doing what you can with what it has. up to but we came to the area yesterday and assess the needs of the village residents who are prepared food and hygenic material for everyone. every so often the growing shakes with the stone to the activity fire the big guns pointed so in support of the ongoing military operation the children told me they don't like the noise they may have grown up with the war but it's something they will never get used to. alan fischer al jazeera there balut not in syria a former u.s. drug company executive once dubbed america's most hated man has been jailed for seven years for fraud martin should crowley became notorious for massive increase

in the price of a lifesaving drug used to treat hiv aids kristen salumi has more from new york. martin shrilly apologized to investors and admitted he'd made mistakes as he sobbed and pleaded for leniency but his own attorney admitted sometimes he wanted to punch his client in the face for convicted of lying to raise money and then again to cover his losses the hedge fund manager was already famous when he was arrested for securities fraud for raising the price of a life saving aids drugs five thousand percent and then smirking his way through a hearing when called to account by congress it's not funny mr truly people are dying and they're getting sicker and sicker it's more the fact that he and tag and eyes journalists and mocked authorities on social media during the trial did not endear him to the judge she revoked his bail after scrawly offered his facebook followers money for a snippet of hillary clinton's hair john zack is

a former federal prosecutor who now works for new york law firm boies schiller flexner to sort of engage in that kind of conduct while your in a criminal trial is a bad idea because you once you get to sentencing you basically have an audience of one the judge and the judge is going to be looking at him and trying to evaluate what kind of person he is squarely who has been teaching inmates math in prison insisted he's a good person i've learned a harsh lesson he said in his sentencing letter a trial in six months in maximum security has been a frightening wake up call i now understand i need to change. his attorney argued he deserved eighteen months in jail or less but the judge handed down a seven year sentence she also forfeited seven million dollars plus of the man's assets including a rare wood ten clan album that martin scrawly once bragged about paying two million dollars for kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. still ahead on

al-jazeera. this does stops here. kenya's president and main opposition leader agreed to put aside their differences after a disputed election plus. and life after dancing how performers are getting a new four hold in professions after leaving the limelight. pink sky by the time my heart. or is the sun sets in the city of angels. hello again let's look at the weather across the levant and western parts of asia this time we've got a weather system just moving through more eastern areas across gaza stand through into an uzbek is down but we're going to see a big drop in temperatures as this system goes through so with

a southerly flow tashkent there twenty five move through to sunday by some temperature drops by ten degrees as that rain clears otherwise we'll find conditions around the caspian sea temperatures recovering slightly in back out about eleven degrees and is largely fine or in turkey and through the eastern side of the mediterranean with highs of eighteen degrees celsius expected in beirut here in the arabian peninsula and i think summer's already here to be honest thirty six degrees in mecca here in doha we're looking at highs of thirty one degrees and i don't see a great deal of changes ahead on through into sunday thirty two and in the early part of march are really quite high so interest and see how that all turns out in the weeks to come but as we head down into southern parts of africa it's looking fine for many areas really from namibia botswana southward into south africa further north we've got showers affecting parts of zimbabwe and some beer and those expected to continue as we head on through into sunday some heavy downpours likely for lusaka where expect

a top temperature of twenty six degrees the weather sponsored by qatar and he's. facing the realities of growing up when did you realize that you were living in a special place the so-called secret city getting to the heart of the matter why ease activists to live in jail just because she expressed herself hear their story on and talk to how does iraq at this time.

you're watching out just here and it's time to recap our headlines now donald trump says a deal between the u.s. and north korea on its nuclear program is very much in the making and will be good for the world the white house has ruled out any preconditions for a meeting between the president and north korean leader kim jong un they're expected to meet by may. five civilians have been killed in attacks by syrian government forces in parts of eastern alter on friday in a convoy crossed into the rebel held on five days delivering desperately needed food despite heavy fighting close to relief workers. a gunman and three hostages have died in a shootout at the veterans home in the u.s. state of california police in youngsville exchanged fire with a man who barricaded himself inside the room with his captives. kenya's president and main opposition leader have promised to begin a process of reconciliation they met for the first time since last year's disputed election which was followed by violence catherine sawyer reports. a

surprise public show of unity that has caught many of their supporters off guard president two who shiite and opposition leader. have agreed to by their political hatchet after two acrimonious presidential elections last year that led to the deaths of many people a mock swearing in as the people's president his refusal to recognize the leg of can yet as presidency and the government's hash reaction to what is swearing in cracking down on the media and opposition now the two say all that is behind them yes can we. need a standing. this country of kenya is greater than any one individual and that for this country to come together leaders must come together you guys must be able to discuss their differences you guys must be able

to discuss healy and openly what is our country what. is the reason and the cause. ethnic divisions and situations and we see a constituency many opposition supporters want to know what really was discussed behind closed electra justice that the dinka has been so passionate about the credibility of the presidential election and what about justice to the many people who died in the election montagne that what he and the president have done is provide leadership not do king ends agree on the other use of the differences and what they put in. millions of our children continue to be born and mounted into these differences people are dying out of these differences. my brother. and myself of them folk come together today to see this descent stops here this

meeting appears to have been positive times to coincide with the visit of the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson the u.s. has been critical of both sides in how they've handled the political situation. and hops want to show that already as well now they want to move the country forward and help your deep up make the. t.v.'s on a map to the president when he arrived we shared our concerns. and our discussions with the president about the importance of democratic institutions and kenya as a leading democracy in our forecast. we believe that their actions they need to be taken in kenya and that they need a correction actions like shutting down t.v. stations and threatening the independence of the courts they also discussed economic ties between the us and canyon and the fight against terrorism in the region catherine saudi al jazeera and ruby kenya. now neots cathy is an

independent africa policy analyst and former executive director for africa action he explains why the movies have a significant evidence is the you know contingency elections in august and the you know the back and forth and the instability the mr swearing self as the public the people's president they have been scenes i mean talks in discussions behind the scenes and by that i mean that even observers and policy makers in washington have been trying to quietly and curry the two to come together so yes it is a surprise but it is extremely. significant because if they can come together and there are many unsaid questions it could go iraq because you know mr odinga is the

head of the coalition and it looks like the coalition members were not involved he says that he's doing this i say statesman eyes on individual statesman so things could go wrong but if they go correctly it is significant it could bring you need peace to kenya and kenya is so very important in the region. a rally is being held in slovakia is capital but at this larger calling for a probe into the killing of an investigative reporter and his fiance the protesters want foreign experts to join police on the case young for jack and his fiance martino coos new video was shot dead in their home last month last unfinished story was on the activities of the italian mafia in slovakia and their ties to people close to the prime minister. document for two bins here that we want our government to investigate the murders with international expert and also we want

a new government a trustworthy government with no existing links to corruption in organized crime. french president emanuel not cause arrived in india for a state visit just a few minutes ago in new delhi vikram paid his respects to mahatma gandhi micron's brought a delegation of french companies with him on the trip it's aimed at strengthening trade and defense ties france is enjoying its strongest economic growth in six years but many companies are struggling to find qualified staff some economists are worried the shortage could slow down growth natasha partly reports. in the french city of cannot blitz another busy day at this building material supplier business is booming for the subsidy group that has outlets across france to keep growing the company needs more staff but it is struggling to find skilled workers. this fall says we have five thousand three hundred staff but two hundred and sixteen job vacancies we may need sales people

forklift drivers and tireless it's really hard to find people who are specialized in areas such as woodwork so it's difficult for us to recruit staff with the skills we need. the boss says the twenty years ago people joined young trained on the job and worked their way up but today that's rare because fewer people are attracted to industry. almost unity and we can't feel vacancies internally anymore so we must recruit externally the disc is we need are not always taught in training schools so there's a lot of available talent we train in the house but it's not enough. france is experiencing its biggest economic growth in six years but nearly half of its manufacturing companies find it hard to recruit staff even though unemployment is high experts say the labor shortage could slow growth there isn't clear

but even for growth in the next few months but as a liberal they g.'s can be a real drag for. the next few quarters the french government wants to fix the country's labor shortage and get more now people into world it's already reformed the labor allow the workplace to be more flexible and it works the bruce the number of training apprenticeship schemes like this one. teachers at this school near paris hope the government's focus on training will improve the image of apprenticeships and create more opportunities. for your variables to work and when a young person arrives at a company with two years of training like this they are much more attractive and it's what companies want for them of it of users and when i want to learn as much as possible here then one day i open my own company to what extent the government's reforms will ease the labor shortage will be clear for a few years but investing in this generation can only help the economy in the future natasha al-jazeera. fronts. the web l c an

antarctic is the coldest on the planet yet it's home to extraordinary ecosystem boasting an estimated fourteen thousand species from killer whales to starfish now there's a proposal to turn these rich waters into the largest wildlife sanctuary on earth in part one of our series on the whale see environment editor nick clark joined a greenpeace expanded vessel making its way to the sanctuary. it's a city near the end of the maritime history. in the main square in punta arenas but none miguel and looked out towards go across the strait that bears his dame from scott shackleton this is where famous antarctic expeditions came and sometimes returned and today it's home to the chilean and it's to cheat a signatory to a very important treaty preserving the integrity of the antarctic continent which

is a kind of international co-operative if you walk into the chilean and talk to institute you're presented with a map of the constant incredibly rich in resources from copper to oil to gold and a lot of nations would like to get their hands on that but they called because of the antarctic treaty which was signed back in one nine hundred fifty nine to ensure in the interest of all mankind that shall continue for ever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes and shall not become the scene object of international discord and so far. as the principle of spirit is a corporation in a really if you don't compare it maybe you can be or can do anything because this is an extreme. with extreme conditions. from point a right as to king george island on the fringes of antarctica it's well below zero

and the tourists off the cruise ships are on their way home. here with no king george island and downscale related so it's not. like you know. this is where the world's geography is turned upside down where russia neighbors chile along side it does not the nations research stations it is the antarctic treaty in action. survival suits are on for the trip from shore to ship. there is a ride out today. on board we're quickly on our way south bound for the site of the proposed ocean sanctuary an isolated wilderness of sea and ice home to an astonishing erev life campaign sort of is for the wealthy marine protected area proposal by the german government backed by the e.u. and that sort of starts about sixty four degrees described by everyone who goes there is pretty inhospitable i think that's the feeling we're going to have as we

round this corner the greenpeace expedition is taking in scientific studies of the ocean floor as well as an exploration of this remote outpost how far we get will depend on whether ice conditions and a good deal of luck nick clarke al-jazeera antarctica. and part two of our series on the proposed sanctuary breaks through the ice to what activists hope will become the western edge of the protected why they'll see that's on sunday right here on al-jazeera. professional dancers like many sports stars are elite athletes who has short careers but when injuries strikes or retirement looms few have lucrative indorsement deals to fall back on when they struggle to move into other careers for the british organization is helping make that transition a little bit easier catherine stance who has more from the. dancers captivate audience with their beauty and grace but it cheating that delicate

balance of athletic prowess and artistic expression takes years of training and seemingly endless personals. daniel davidson started training when he was eleven he's not ready to leave the stage yet but at thirty three he knows that pushing the body beyond its limits inevitably takes its toll it's hard on the body with the long hours we have to train constantly. it's you know is difficult but i feel like we emotionally exhausting aspects of the job is probably what makes me think more about what's next. like professional sports dance favors the very young and ironically it's often when dancers reach their artistic peak but the time comes to retire professional dancers careers to be very short. lived and. it's because their bodies can no longer withstand the rigors of their profession. because. they want to. that's where dancers career development steps in the

organization provides emotional and practical support helping dancers as they reach train in new fields it's a very all or nothing career and very often that's from the age of three up until thirty five so you can imagine when that time comes of perhaps when you're no longer in the same place and it's time for you to think about doing something else it can be incredibly daunting isolating and also people are so. everyone sure of what they hear they are what they are outside of a studio workshops like this help dancers looking ahead to retirement like tom clark who is struggling with injury and looking to pursue a career in photography while we get. more business in. the village hopes to complete this human body gives up. and really. after eight years on stage cabin mascot made his transition from the dance

studio to the design studio i was thirty at the time i knew i maybe had a few more. but. at that point i knew i didn't want to do it forever i didn't want to be an old dancer so that kind of made up my mind for me i can stop this and i can retrain in something else kevin turned to dancers career development for help four years later he owns a thriving fashion business. proof that a life of a dancer can always have a second act catherine stansell al-jazeera london. to take you through some of the headlines now donald trump says the deal between the u.s. and north korea on its nuclear program is very much in the making and will be good for the world the white house has ruled out any preconditions for a meeting between the president and north korean leader kim jong il and they're

expected to meet by may mike hammer has more from washington d.c. some experts point out the north koreans have had decades of negotiating deals with various states the trumpet ministration new to the game they going to be at a disadvantage in any negotiation with the north koreans should it take place from the very beginning. a gunman and three hostages have died in a shootout at a veteran's home in the u.s. state of california police in the ants village exchange fire with a man who barricaded himself in a room with his captives five civilians have been killed in attacks by syrian government forces and parts of eastern alter i made convoy crossed into the rebel held on played delivering desperately needed food despite heavy fighting close to relief workers the national rifle association has filed a lawsuit challenging new gun control laws in florida saying they're unconstitutional the country's largest gun lobby is upset the governor signed the

bill increasing the minimum age for buying firearms to twenty one the move follows weeks of campaigning by survivors of last month's part in the high school shooting in which seventeen people died kenya's president and main opposition leader promised to begin a process of reconciliation the pair held talks for the first time since last year's disputed election a rally is being held in some of ikea's kalpoe brothers slava calling for a probe into the killing of an investigative reporter and his fiance young c.x. last story was on the activities of the italian mafia in slovakia and its ties to the prime minister in a circle. french president emanuel is due to hold talks in a few hours with the indian prime minister narendra modi micron is on his first official visit to india the discussions are expected to focus on trade security and fighting climate change those are your headlines the news continues here on

al-jazeera after talk to al-jazeera stay with us. the continent of antarctica is facing multiple threats from climate change the overfishing tourism but now a campaign is underway to create the largest protected area on the remote borders on the wideout see stay with al-jazeera for a series of special reports from the greenpeace expedition and on talk to them on. the journey to europe starts here in a small bus station off the coast of west africa on the outskirts of gambia scapel banjul in their backpack they carry some money a change of clothes and perhaps a cell phone everything else they leave behind include.