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deserves it like. it's not enough to keep him as secretary of state the u.s. president fired his top diplomat rex tillerson admits the pair had many differences of opinion. a defiant russia slams the u.k. for issuing it with an ultimatum over the poisoning of a former spy and demands access to a sample of the nerve agent used. a rare visit to gaza turns nasty for the palestinian prime minister a roadside bomb the target his motorcade. i'm joined again. with the latest sports gets the better of sabrina as the williams sisters we knew that rivalry. in. the u.s. state rex tillerson has been fired by president donald trump on twitter and it appears he wasn't told about it beforehand in outspent and fourteen months so what

was often a rocky relationship to us and has repeatedly had to deny a falling out with the president including multiple denials that he called a moron they publicly disagreed over a number of issues including the iran nuclear deal. i wish rex tillerson well and as far as rex tillerson is concerned i very much appreciate his commitment that his service and i wish him well rex and i have been talking about this for a long time we we got along actually quite well but we disagreed on what you look at the iran deal i think it's terrible i guess it was ok i wanted the break it or do something and he felt a little bit differently so we were not really thinking the same. as going to a white house correspondent can really help get a committee not the professional profile casualty by any stretch for this imagination for this administration but he was flawed in what seems to be

a particularly brutal way. brutal and very reminiscent of the way that the former f.b.i. director james comey was fired also finding out on twitter and then learning from the news media well he was still acting in the role as the f.b.i. director very similar in the case of the secretary of state rex tillerson now the departing secretary of state which of course we're here expecting to hear from him shortly to hear exactly what happened it seems there is a difference of opinion about this fiery the president you hear there just a moment ago saying that he and rex have been talking about the departure for some time but in a statement from the state department press department there in fact saying just the opposite it quote the secretary did not speak to the president this morning and is unaware of the reason that he is being fired so certainly there is a differing of opinion particularly brutal as you point out if in fact he did find out as is being reported on social media that he was no longer in the role and as you heard from the president there a differing of opinion on

a number of issues not just the iran nuclear agreement but also on handling north korea the paris climate accord even whether or not to back the embargo against qatar now it will be mike pump ale the current cia director who will be filling the role as the new secretary of state when he is confirmed something we expect will happen in someone who the president says he works well with. work with mike from failed now for quite some time. prevent this energy from and this is the last you're always on the same wavelength. the relationship has been very good that's what i see that as secretary of state i'm really at a point where we're getting very close to having the capital and other things that i want but i think my front room will be a truly great secretary of state i have total confidence in mike mike from fail we

have a very similar sort of process i think it's going to go very well. so replacing my we have a hospital tell us a little bit about what that would appointment would mean. well just picking off what the president said they're picking up off of it rather similar and process one of the things that all three share in common is a favoring of rather harsh interrogation tactics this is something that has been a concern for many human rights groups into cluing human rights watch the american civil liberties union even some muslim groups who are concerned that all three have been in support of interrogation techniques for so-called terror suspects particularly when it comes to waterboarding for example we do know a little bit about the resume about gina haswell and this is what people are concerned about not only is she going to make history as the first female cia officer to potentially become now the director of the cia but there's concern that

she ran a cia prison in thailand that terror terror suspects under her watch for water boarded in fact i'll give you the statement from the american civil liberties union saying that she was central to one of the most illegal and shameful chapters in modern american history up to her eyeballs in torture running secret torture prisons in thailand and then covering up the crimes so obviously there will be a hearing to confirm her to this post and certainly there will be questions about some of those tactics but as you heard there from the president he seems to favor some of the positions not only of my pump aoe but also the shared tactics of jena hasp also certainly a controversy will individual to be heading up the central intelligence agency can be how could thank you very much. when it was a year and a half since donald trump took office dozens of members of his star have resigned or been fired so many have gone we can't name them all one by one here just

a few of the people who've left national security advisor michael flynn resigned within the first month of office admitting he discussed u.s. sanctions against moscow with the russian ambassador f.b.i. director james. he was fired in may while leading the inquiry into russian collusion in the twenty sixteen presidential campaign sean spicer the often ridiculed white house press secretary left in july chief of staff runs priebus was pushed out eight days later and white house communications director anthony scaramucci was fired in august he survived just eleven days in the job well joining us now from washington d.c. is political journalist sean zeller he's the deputy editor of congressional quarterly magazine thanks very much for being with us so does it does it matter this kind of revolving door what the white house or people going in and out so quickly. so far it doesn't seem to a mattered it's pretty surprising i mean if this were any other administration would think they were in a state of chaos but this administration has managed to retain the support of

republicans in congress if anything those who are conscious conscientious objectors the never trumpeters those are the people who are leaving congress like jeff flake the senator from arizona or bob corker the senator from tennessee leaving behind people who support donald trump or are at least willing to not publicly complain about him and meanwhile the republican electorate remains very much supportive of the president he continues to get high marks and in fact his overall approval ratings while still in the negative are have been rising of late i'm not about to listen in particular because i'm actually the rumblings have gone on for ages about how there was space between the state department in the white house and the two of them and fought it out why do you think want to move the engine and cause it to happen at this point. well what we're hearing is that president trump has agreed to this meeting with north korean leader kim jong un and it's

a fairly short turnaround they want to have this meeting in the next couple months and the state department's going to play a big role in organizing that in setting the agenda for the meeting and they wanted someone in there who has trump's confidence and that has not been rex tillerson certainly since as you mentioned this spat over last summer regarding tillerson is comment that trump was a moron a legit comment what about one player does he have the diplomatic sort of now still handle something as big as the north korea brief. that certainly is not diplomatic experience is not on his resume he's a former republican congressman from kansas he was on the intelligence committee which led to his appointment at the cia and the state department as a whole has has probably had the most upheaval of any of the cabinet departments and strong took office because tillerson came in there with the idea of

reorganizing the place and he dismissed a lot of the top diplomats there's been many key positions left unfilled including the diplomat who's supposed to be oversee that part of the world so it's a big question whether mike peo is the guy who can pull together this meeting but president on interim seems to like to do things by the seat of his pants and on the sleeve issue of this is the seat of the pants think you think in terms of global foreign policy there are areas that are an area of risk for that combination of pompei and trump i mean what about say the middle east is that something that you think could be helpful to have this new guy in place or do you think would you think it could be dangerous. well it seems like we're moving towards an administration that is more in line with president trump's combative approach his hawkish approach in all things and so we had recently gary cohen the economics

adviser who was a free market proponent who is a proponent of free trade he left the administration apparently over the steel and aluminum tariffs that president trump is planning to impose this month and and so we're seeing people leave or send who was. more dovish on foreign policy less supportive of the president's tweets and his name calling and him leaving in favor of mike peo who by all indications shares the president's unorthodox approach or at least is. more willing to tolerate it shows and i thank you very much indeed for your thoughts on the subject and share your time. well trump and tennis and regularly clashed over the middle east policy that is straight to the statement and head from the man himself tennis a little after noon time from air force one and also spoken to white house chief of

staff kili to ensure we have clarity as to the days ahead what is most important is to ensure an orderly of smooth transition dirt a time that continues to significant policy and national security challenges. is such affective at the end of the day i'm delegating all responsibilities of the office of the secretary to deputy secretary of state so all of them. my commission as secretary of state will terminate at midnight march thirty first. which way now and then i'll address a few administrative matters related to my out of hartcher and work towards a smooth and orderly transition for secretary of state designate my phone fails. i'm encouraging my policy planning team and under-secretaries and system secretaries those confirmed as well as those in acting positions to remain at their

post and continue our mission at the state department and working with the interagency process i will be meeting. the members of my front office team in policy planning later today to thank them for their service they have been extraordinarily dedicated to our mission which includes promoting the values that i've used being very important. safety and security to our state department personnel accountability which means treating each other with honesty and integrity and respect for one another. most recently in particular to address the challenges of sexual harassment within the department. i want to speak now to my state department colleagues and to our inner agency colleagues and partners d.o.d. and the joint chiefs strasse most particularly to my foreign service officers and

civil service colleagues we all took the same oath of office or your career employer or political point the we are all bound by that common commitment to support and defend the constitution. to bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to faithfully discharge the duties of our office as a state department we're bound together by that oath we remain steadfast here in washington and it post across the world many of whom are in danger place situations without their families. the world needs selfless leaders like these ready to work with longstanding allies new emerging partners and allies for now many of our struggling as democracies and in some cases are dealing with human tragedy crisis of natural disasters literally crawling themselves out of those

circumstances. these are experiences that no lecture hall in the academic environment what a think tank can teach you only about people going to the front lines to soar and they develop this god of talent to the minimal even in uniform i'm told for the first time in most people's memory that apartment state department is defense of a close working relationship where we all agree the u.s. leadership starts with diplomacy the men and women in uniform of the department of defense on the leadership of secretary madison general dunford protect us as americans on our way of life daily at home and abroad. as an all volunteer military they do it for love of country the do it for you and they do it for me and for no other reason. as americans we are all eternally grateful to each of them

and we honor their sacrifices. the rewarding part of having leadership in partnerships in place is that you can actually get some things done and i want to give recognition to the state department and our partners for a few of their accomplishments under this administration. first working with allies we exceeded the expectations of almost everyone with the d.p. r. k. maximum pressure campaign with announcement on my very first trip as secretary of state to the region that the arab strategic patience was over. and we committed the steps to dramatically increase not just the scope but the effectiveness of the sanctions that apartment undertook a global campaign to bring partners and allies on board in every country around the world with world with every embassy in mission raising this to the highest levels

at every meeting i've had throughout the year this has been on the agenda to discuss the adoption of the south asia strategy with the conditions of ace military plan as the tool to compel the taliban to reconciliation and peace talks with the afghan government finally equip our military planners with a strategy which they can execute as opposed to a succession of sixteen one year strategies this clear military commitment attractive the support of allies broadly and equipped our diplomats with a whole new level of certainty around how to prepare for the peace talks of the chief of the final objectives. and others what progress has been made much work remains in syria we did achieve important ceasefires and stabilization which we know has saved thousands of lives there's more to be done in syria particularly with respect to achieving the pace as well as stabilizing iraq and seeing

a healthy government installed and more broadly in the end target lobel campaign to defeat isis. nothing is possible without allies and and partners though. much work remains to establish a clear view of the nature of our future relationship with china how shall we deal with one another over the next fifty years and ensure a period of prosperity for all of our peoples free of conflict between two very powerful nations. and much work remains to respond to the troubling behavior and actions of the on the part of the russian government. russia must assess carefully as to how its actions are in the best interest of the russian people and of the world more broadly continuing on their current trajectory is likely to lead to greater isolation on their part a situation which is not in anyone's interest so to my colleagues in the state

department in interagency much remains to be done to achieve our mission on behalf of the american people with allies and with partners close by thanking hall for the privilege of serving beside you for the last fourteen months important to the three hundred plus million americans thank you for your devotion to a free and open society. to acts of kindness toward one another. to honesty and the quiet hard work that you do every day to support this government with your tax dollars. all of us we know want to leave this place as a better place for the next generation. i'll now return to private life as a private citizen as a proud american. probably off through your head sure marker three. god bless all of you god bless where god bless america americans are.

so restless and they're not waiting for any questions that from the media he said that he would be leaving the his office on march thirty first and his priority was to have an orderly and smooth transition his deputy is taking over from him now he stressed the matters of accountability and respect for one another in terms of the state department what it was achieving he also talked about leadership starts with diplomacy and he claimed credit in some ways for the progress on sanctions on north korea let's bring in our white house correspondent kimberly how kit kimberly so quite a dignified speech that he sounded almost quite quite nervous didn't he and he seemed to be using a lot of phrases that have had a kind of a hint behind them of the kind of thing that he perhaps hasn't had from the trumpet ministration. yeah i think that you you really hit it spot on in terms of your takeaway from this because i saw i thought the same thing if there was

a lot in what he didn't say specially at the end there when he talked about the values of the american people in the public in the support almost encouraging people to continue on in the face of what is a contrast and that is the actions of donald trump which tend to be brash sometimes humiliating and impulsive in nature i think it was really interesting that what we took away from this was the secretary of state essentially giving a bit of a d. brief to the american public of how he managed to accomplish certain policy goals in spite of the actions of donald trump as president he spoke there about how he felt he had advance the efforts towards peace in afghanistan working in syria rebuilding in iraq condemning the actions of the russian government which many believe donald trump has been repeatedly reluctant to do although we've just received a statement from the white house that donald trump is certainly echoing the words

of theresa may after having a phone call in terms of the use of that russian nerve agent but getting back to the secretary of state for a moment it seems that he was also speaking to the morale at the state department which there's been no question since donald trump has taken office there has been quite a bit of frustration over the large number of vacancies a decimating of the budget and sort of an ability or inability to do some very important roles and we heard rex tillerson talking there about just remember that you were discharged with an oath for your duties and that you were to defend the constitution although speaking to the fact that our insinuating that the president might be ignoring that at times these are. we're professionals that need to follow their instincts so certainly this was a very interesting speech on the back of the fact that we are told that

rex tillerson didn't know he was going to be fired today certainly it speaks to the elegance of a man who has certainly taken his role very seriously and wants to leave it with dignity and grace committee how could frank you very much indeed. russia has ramped up the rhetoric against the u.k. warning britain not to threaten a nuclear power the u.k. has given russia a deadline of the end of tuesday to prove it was not involved in the nerve agent attack against former double agent sergei script out and his daughter moscow's so far refusing to cooperate with the u.k. in its investigation our correspondent on a b phillips report. is this the lull before the storm the british government says it's looking at ways of responding to what it believes is now outrageous act by russia this is part of a pattern of behavior by that putin and his regime and you'll seeing this

reckless support for the use of chemical weapons all the way from syria to the streets of. our country. being encouraged by the determination of our friends to stand with us except that friends aren't so predictable these days the american president shortly after sacking a secretary of state who was highly regarded by the british government says it sounds to him as if russia was involved in the nerve agent attack but in moscow the russian foreign minister said britain was being obstructive refusing to give russia samples of the nerve agent so that it could carry out its own investigation. russia is not guilty but russia is ready to cooperate in the framework of the chemical weapons convention only the united kingdom takes pains to fulfill their legal obligations or cling to the same document is that london's luxury properties

luxury shops could britain target russians who spend money here an anti corruption group estimates more than a billion dollars of suspicious russian wealth is invested in u.k. property well it's certainly the case that some of the individuals that we've identified in this research are well known to the kremlin so if they were to find themselves subjected to police investigations by unexplained well for days for example then that would send a very clear message to the kremlin the corrupt individuals and their illicit cash and no longer welcome here british politicians want to send a message to russia that they won't tolerate what they see as a brazen attack on british soil but they also hope to cooperate with russia on issues like. iran and north korea's nuclear ambitions in other words russia's international significance presents britain with a diplomatic dilemma britain says it's ready to act but if this crisis escalates

western unity could come under great strain party phillips al-jazeera. the palestinian prime minister has escaped unhurt after a bomb exploded while his convoy was travelling in gaza palestinian authority has called the move an assassination attempt and blamed how must but it has denied any involvement very force it has more from gaza. the palestinian prime minister had come to gaza to demonstrate progress by attending the opening of a new water treatment plant. instead just a few hundred meters into gaza territory. visit became a demonstration of the level of insecurity here a powerful bomb buried by the road blasted the end of his convoy vehicles were damaged seven people were lightly injured. and his delegation pressed on to the water project where he said the attack would only make him more determined to return. they blew up three of our cars while entering the gaza strip this proves to

you one hundred percent that it will not prevent us from continuing our path toward putting an end to this division. to come to. that but that division between the palestinian authority dominated by fatah and its political rival hamas in gaza was once again on full display a palestinian president's office accused hamas of responsibility for the attack given its continued control of security in the strip condemned both the explosion and the p.a.'s accusation. these three written accusations can only achieve the goals of the criminals that targeted the convoy of. the bank suspects who wants to destroy the palestinian clans is the occupation. but some analysts suggest salafist groups aiming to cause political chaos were behind the attack on the crater itself shows you just what a sizable device this was the immediate impact obviously substantial the question

now is how far the shock waves of what happened here will carry over into the political process between fatah and hamas. reconciliation efforts have been stalled for months since hamas dissolved its administration last year so far there's been no full resumption of p.a. control in gaza with talks foundering on issues such as jobs for tens of thousands of hamas members and control of its military wings weapons we are living in by a lawyer in between there is a possibility of hamas or that defacto government and that a new government that's indeed not they walk in to. have it said it's possible. the palestinian prime minister arrived back in ramallah in the occupied west bank his spokesman accusing hamas leaders of declining an invitation to meet for gaza's people desperate for some kind of government to address a worsening humanitarian and now security situation of the weight goes on are a force that gaza still to come on the news hour scraping syria's war more than

a hundred people are allowed to leave the rebel enclave of. face more regulation shut down activists call for a change to the north facing gun manufacturers. and sport roger federer edges closer to six titles in california does it still have the details. welcome back we'll start by looking at weather conditions across the levant and western parts of asia the suffolk imagery shows a lot of cloud across eastern areas and we've seen some breaks of snow still some around during the course of wednesday but you see it's fairly patchy stuff because i stand through it as is becky stan tashkent i feel too bad temperatures there are nine degrees rowsley fine conditions around the caspian sea coast line back at

eight outside chance of a shower elsewhere little bit of rain rain but weather conditions not too bad as it moves through to thursday with winds coming off the mediterranean so temperatures what you'd expect really about nineteen degrees in beirut in lebanon here in the arabian peninsula has seen temperatures running above average would be for a period of several months and temperatures meca thirty six about what you'd expect but around the gulf states definitely warmer than usual thirty one and rising to thirty two as we head through into wednesday so less of across into southern portions of africa where we've got an area of low pressure moving it developing into a tropical cyclones double cycle thirty heading towards madagascan this is going to be very slow moving so we're going to see some large rainfall accumulations down the east coast elsewhere some heavy showers across some be in zimbabwe with lusaka seen some heavy downpours heise here of twenty six.

what makes this moment this era we're living for the show unique this is really an attack on the truth itself is a lot of misunderstanding a distortion isn't what free speech is supposed to be about the context is hugely important level wise to publish a bit of a cue to be offensive or provocative would even eyes people to setting the stage for a serious debate up front at this time on al-jazeera. our jews here. where every.

on one of the top stories. state rex tillerson says he will leave his post on march thirty first he was fired by the u.s. president on twitter trump cited differences in opinion on policy including the iran nuclear deal. russia says it won't cooperate with the bush investigation into the poisoning of a former russian double agent unless it's given access to a sample of a nerve agent used on him. the palestinian prime minister rami hamdullah has escaped unhurt after a bomb exploded while his convoy was traveling in gaza hamas has denied

responsibility. what trump is just touching down now in san diego in california to view border wall prototypes of the eight concrete and steel structures will be tested for thirty to sixty days to determine which design is best suited for the president's proposed border wall with mexico some experts estimate the wall could cost as much as twenty billion dollars and funding is yet to be secured let's go to rob reynolds now who's close to the u.s. mexican border in san diego so rob still a lot of people against the idea of a wall what sort of reception is likely to receive. well it's a mixed reception you can see behind me a small group of demonstrators who are in favor of president trump and in favor of a larger border wall on the border with mexico which is just a couple of kilometers away from where i stand the president's going to be here in

a little less than an hour and he will be as you say inspecting those border wall prototypes perhaps giving some input as to which ones he likes the best now there are demonstrations going on in another location here in san diego. that are against president trump and against the border wall as you know the president and california have not always gotten along in the state of voted overwhelmingly really for hillary clinton in the election in two thousand and sixteen a president trump has not visited the state since his election or since his inauguration which is quite unusual for recent american presidents and the state of california and trump in the white house have been at odds over everything from the border wall sanctuary cities to environmental regulation president will go to los angeles later today after visiting this area for

a fund raising event in beverly hills and it is likely that he will encounter some protests there but president trump is really going pretty much hopping around in the air from an airport into a helicopter and then to another airport and he's going to spend very little time traveling on the ground so it's open question is whether he'll actually see any californians protesters or otherwise and what about the california governor and various other officials what do they have to say. i know we got you back just asking actually about whether whether the governor there and other officials have been saying much about the visits have. yeah i apologize for the transmission problems we're in a kind of remote area the governor of california jerry brown has said that the federal government has essentially declared war on california that's over the dispute over sanctuary cities which is

a situation where local law enforcement in california is often barred from cooperating in various ways with federal officials especially federal immigration officials the pres the governor earlier this week in an editorial that was published kind of as an open letter to president trump said that he should come and visit more sites in california he said that california is all about building walls excuse me the opposite excuse me if the governor said that the california is all about building bridges rather than walls obviously a play on the border wall that is a cherished product project in the trumpet ministration and so the governor and his attorney general the officials in the democratic controlled legislature all say that they are firmly opposed to most of president trump's agenda and they will seek as much as they can to thwart it in fact the state of california has filed

twenty eight that's twenty eight lawsuits against various trump administration actions. thank you very much indeed. and the u.n. says nearly one hundred fifty civilians have managed to leave rebel held east and in syria groups have been allowed to leave under a deal struck between russia and the rebels in an area which has been under intense government bombardment the three weeks i don't fish reports. they've come from eastern guta slowly perhaps hesitantly most definitely the glad to be out and what about those they've left behind. we were about two hundred people living in a cellar without light or electricity and very little food it was impossible to leave because of the events many people decided to leave and head to duma and only forty of us stayed behind in that cellar and decided not to leave until the syrian army entered the city. my children would tell me dad

we don't want to die whenever they tell me this i cry tears of blood and pray to god to make me typing for them. others have been bused out of the area after the group reached an agreement with the united nations the russians and others around a thousand people need to leave for medical treatment the first batch of around one hundred have no left. to date has been agreed to take those who want to go to damascus or even approach to be treated and returned back once again to good the first batch consisting of around forty families have left to damascus for treatment the u.n. and the red crescent where their new batches of sick people will follow for treatment outside gupta the agreement to get injured people out of eastern good has been around for a little while the fact that the process is actually started will give encouragement to the united nations who obviously like to see the numbers increase in the coming days the fighting continues around the un cle which is no been split in three by

sitting government forces backed by the russians. it may not be as fierce as recent days but that's little consolation to those still trapped in sight. alan fischer al-jazeera on the turkey syria border. russia's president vladimir putin is widely expected to win a fourth term in elections on sunday despite frequent protests against him in the largest cities outside more liberal urban centers for many russians there's no one but it in all russia correspondent reports from the town of. real russia as you're often told here isn't found in the biggest cities for that you've got to turn up the car radio and hit the road leave moscow in st petersburg for a smaller places where vladimir putin support runs high on. so we've chosen

the town of glitch four hours from the capital that's a day. or two here it's where and alexander lived a couple in their eighties kind and hospitable and both staunch putin voters. but he is a very all honest man he would never say anything he didn't mean and if a person is all honest speaks genuinely and his deeds do good you can say only positive things about such a man they see putin as a strong leader and were particularly impressed by the recent state of the nation speech where he pulled back the veil on secret weapons development. of. lived through a tough history with this country we started our lives in a terrifying war there was starvation and losses and we understood this with our

countries the ninety's undermined everything so much uncontrollable times but putin slowly went in the right direction and brought us to the moment when we can see ourselves in a state able to take on a men's tasks again. after talking and evening routine watching the news unlike internet savvy youngsters older russians still get much of their information from t.v. most of it state controlled. there's a good reason why the support of people like alexander miller is so important for driving me apart in a mass because when it comes to actually showing up on election day pensioners of the most reliable voters in russia. not everyone here is so enthusiastic go. out on the frozen river volga ice fisherman waits patiently for the bites but when it comes to the elections nicholai isn't impressed with the quality of the catch. whom to vote for there's no choice no

candidates i think all vote for putin i'd like him to catch the thieves and mend our roads he's reinforcing the army at least something but there's no will to choose a soon as any candidate appears to slightly challenge him he gets drowned immediately such disenchantments backs up the view that putin's support may be brittle high only because of the lack of alternatives and worryingly for the kremlin state pollster vit c. arm just noted a twelve percent drop in putin's ratings in russia's big cities but alexander milos allegiance is steadfast in their long lifetime russia has marched to very different music. and they're happy with the man currently calling the chief. al-jazeera russia. the parliament in somalia has voted to ban a port company owned by the united arab emirates from working in that country as

well as a three way deal signed this month between the company d.p. world if you appear on the breakaway somali region of somaliland somalia does not recognize a land and is accusing the dubai based company of undermining their sovereignty has more capital mogadishu. it's not clear how this decision by parliament will be implemented somaliland husband largely independent all somalia since the one nine hundred ninety s. its own army its own police force its by chemical housemate makes its own molds its own hierarchy in government and has little to do with mogadishu but when we talk to so many government officials they will tell you so my land is not recognized internationally and i thought you still are somali enclaves so any entity that is coming to sign agreements must respect the somali government in mogadishu this decision by parliament is also about the portal. somalia in the region of portland

which d.p. world also warmer concessional thirty two minutes and they say both the boss and very pork deals with dubai ports world in the eagle this is also about the gulf crisis spilling over into the horn of africa the united arab emirates has been courting so malia says they imposed the embargo on. that to take its side but somalia has chosen neutrality and government officials say. they see the consequences for that position fighting has broken out in the turkish parliament after a controversial law was passed changing election regulations government and opposition politicians shoved each other traded punches and chased each other across the chamber your physician is unhappy with a new no which now is the electoral board to merge voting districts and makes

ballots admissible without an official stance. us gun law activists have set up a memorial on the lawn of the u.s. capitol building they've laid out seven thousand pairs of shoes in memory of the number of children killed by gunfire in the u.s. since the twenty twelve sandy hook school massacre a large scale nationwide walkout will be held on wednesday by students demanding tougher laws on gun ownership many activists are calling for gun manufacturers to face more regulations all be shut down entirely in florida where the park and high school shooting took place last month there are more than six hundred companies licensed to make firearms and we got a report from miami. spike's tactical in central florida has been making guns for almost twenty years here the right to bear arms is more than just part of the u.s. constitution it's a way of life the business specializes in making variants of the a r fifteen weapon the national rifle association calls america's most popular rifle these are all

variants of the air fifteen it was used in the marjorie stoneman douglas high school shooting in parkland but for gun rights advocates weapons on the issue i don't know why it took till this one for people to start talking and i do think that that the discussion needs to happen i just think it's going in the wrong direction. the the problem obviously is not guns the problem is people. on friday florida's governor rick scott signed a raft of new gun laws they include raising the minimum age for buying rifles to twenty one and allowing some teachers to be armed and a business person my job was when when something went wrong make something happen to try to do everything you can to prevent it again i mean you know you can't prevent everything from happening the world but gosh show weapon trying to try to fix it that's what we try to do here through time is running out the new laws of being challenged by the national rifle association which says the unconstitutional

. gunsmith barbro book like many gun rights advocates says the focus should be on other things we should be worried about mental health issues and not worry about gun control but who has guns you know again if you're mentally. unstable you know i don't think you should have a gun in the weeks since the parkland high school shooting the gun debate in this country has led to some changes the new laws here in florida were unthinkable before seventeen people were killed a reflects a shift in public opinion but the right to bear arms remains a divisive issue here and that's not likely to change anytime soon i think alec or al-jazeera miami florida. sharing a heritage. but not.

a half. lauren thank you serena williams returns the court after becoming a mother for the first time has ended at the hands of her sister williams renewed her professional rivalry with the elder sibling venus at indian wells on monday in their twenty ninth kerry meeting peter system that was the action serena williams is back in big time tennis and on monday she faced a familiar rival her big sister venus the indian world ground was the earliest the

two were meeting at a tournament since one thousand nine hundred ninety eight australian open a second round serena came into this match with seventeen seven career head to head advantage over venus. but on this occasion it was spruced close to the thirty seven year old williams sisters first six six three to venus. the older sister capitalized and race to win only lead in the second set but the thirty six year old twenty three time grand slam singles champion serena was not lying down though despite being down three love she fought back to ensure the second say it like the first would be a competitive affair. but ultimately the might would belong to venus second said six forward.

has a lot of focus that goes into airing their specially hence her opponent with a record like her town love of her so really it's about his focusing on the tennis i think i'm going to try to move by tournament. definitely not thinking too far in the future ready for the next time are you ready for that i have a lot to improve on you know. it's good that i doubt. to say that this is the best ploy i lost. my room for improvement is incredible so i'll just go keep saying you determine my goal is just to be better than the last i don't generally don't want to go backwards i just want to continue to go for it and i think as long as i can do that i'll keep getting there. so really williams will move down the back for mel b. this would leave us with within the families on are against on the start of service store but in the fourth round distended al-jazeera. meanwhile world number one and

defending champion roger federer eased into the last sixteen in california heat serbia's philip k. you know which six two six one in less than an hour the swiss who is being for six indian wells title this week will face freshman jeremy shockey next. the president greek football per club has apologized to fans after running up the pitch carrying a gun during a league match on sunday the incident happened after power cut a late goal ruled offside in their game against a k. athens it led to the greek government spending all top flight matches in the country indefinitely now a statement on the club's website has said it is saying that he is deeply sorry he added i had absolutely no rights to enter the pitch the way i did my emotional reaction stems from the widespread negative situations prevailing in greek football lately and from all the unacceptable non sports related events that took place towards the end of power a k all that could lead to uncontrollable situations my only aim was to protect

tens of thousands of pounds fans from provocation riots and human casualties. well a place in the quarter finals of the champions league is at stake when manchester united welcome severe to old trafford in about an hour from now the first leg of the last sixteen clash finished male male but just hearing your side will be feeling quietly confident they've only lost once at home this season in all competitions while their opponents have never won a champions league game in england and never reach the last eight united a bidding to reach their first quarter final since two thousand and fourteen. i think we're not one of the best teams in the competition but those seeing where a team arrives in the list. and this is going to help them sink when you are in the last sixteen. looks really really for when the team gets in the list you start smelling some of the finals

tuesday's of a champions league game against the sea is checked as yet scrum travel to roma shakhtar to one after the first leg if they go on to win it will be their first quarter final in the competition since two thousand and eleven. the it. up day four of the winter paralympic games has been a successful one for the neutral paralympic athletes thousand and given to the russian athletes who can't compete in their own countries colors because of a ban for state sponsored doping they won four medals in by at home tuesday catarina room yet seven leading the way with gold in the women's standing ten

kilometers is her third gold in pyung chang off to also winning the six kilometers biathlon and twenty kilometers cross country events it was also a third gold of the games for slovakia's henrietta farkas over the thirty one year old won the visually impaired combined event with her guide to add to her super g. and downhill titles and it is the usa who lead the way in the medal table with six gold medals but the n.p.a. ukraine and slovakia just behind with five golds each fronts complete the top five and that is all sport for now back to lauren in london drew thank you very much now mexico is famous for its highly patterned ornate indigenous clothing and the fashion world has taken notice major brands and designers have been selling clothing inspired by traditional designs but the communities where those designs originate say they don't often see the benefits from home and has more from mexico

city. it's taken as a cue of the same thing a lifetime to get to here when the pain seems to go right it so what he sees in his community have to mangle mexico flies off the page made flesh by his wife. this intricate dream world has been built up in the imagination of generations of to go across people. together the communities become famous for these tapestries now they're worried that their shared heritage is being exploited by big brands who use their designs but don't share the profits but i must proportionality. we can make anything we're asked to that we should be paying a fair amount that way we can get ahead generate employment here and be people right. a recent study by n.-g. o. impact concludes that a clothing brands of plagiarised indigenous designs. the spanish clothing firm mango used to design in this wetter after complaints they withdrew it from wrote

a letter pledging to help the community several indigenous communities in mexico have their own distinctive designs which are sold locally in shops and markets these are often poor people so when they see their patterns being used to mass produced or luxury clothing without compensation or recognition it really rankles. the problem is judging when the thin line between inspiration and plagiarism is crossed defining that by copyright is tough because the designs are often the cultural heritage of entire communities rather than just one person. congresswoman paolo félix says companies shouldn't see it is a legal question but one of moral duty guess what about us the government that has the most they need to get ethically responsible because at the end of the day it's just stealing that is staying out of mexican craftspeople we have to have that word in us to say you can't explode it is thanks in other countries and say they are

yours. it was going to get well it's a complicated picture but the very fact it's been watch more closely than ever may mean a fairer deal from its cruise cross people john homan. mexico city. that's it for me and the team for this news hour but i'll be back in just a few minutes with all the roundup of the day's news thanks very much for watching i think. the scene for us where on line what is american sign in yemen that peace is always

possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on set there are people that that are choosing between buying medication eating basis is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who is an activist and has close to the story joined the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera and the reported world on the. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of the days looking forward to full dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their countries have been truly unable to escape the war. winning the will of the people hinges on the mass media and state machine it's going to overdrive. but just who

can fill in saying. we just don't know yet where the lines will be drawn between what can be said and what can just that. some journalists decided to sacrifice their integrity for outside. their listening post on al-jazeera. the third is that i like rex a lot but not enough to keep him as secretary of state the u.s. president files rex tillerson citing differences of opinion.

and this is al jazeera live from london also coming up a narrow escape for the palestinian prime min.