moves out of syria and there are both six hundred thousand pages of material so that one day they can bring the outside regime to justice it puts a she will face all the charges it's a dead human face but it's a killer for us syria witnesses for the prosecution at this time on al jazeera. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call home al-jazeera will bring in the news and current affairs that matter to you. al-jazeera. a foreign policy shakeup at the white house former u.s.

ambassador john bolton is the new national security adviser as donald trump pushes on to h r macmaster. and. coming up. on fears of a trade war as beijing retaliates against donald trump's moves to introduce tariffs on chinese imports. clashes in the streets of prudes protesters demand your lections after scandal brings down the president. the palestinian teenager has become a symbol of resistance to israeli occupation inspiring other youngsters to stand up against aggression. there's been a major shift in the foreign policy agenda of the white house has introduced his new point man on national security matters while saying goodbye to the man he will

replace the u.s. president tweeted i'm pleased to announce that effective ninth of april john bolton will be my new national security adviser i'm very thankful for the service of general mcmaster has done an outstanding job and will always remain my friend. john bolton is a former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. he's been an advocate of military action on north korea and iran and wants the white house to take a tougher stance on russia in a twenty fifteen new york times opinion column a call for air strikes on nuclear facilities in iran both released a statement a short time ago saying it's an honor to be asked by president tom to serve as his national security advisor humbly accept the offer the united states currently faces a wide array of issues and i look forward to working with president trump and his leadership team in addressing these complex challenges in an effort to make our country safe at home and stronger abroad robert kelly is professor of political science and diplomacy it was on university in south korea he says chumps

administration is increasingly looking like a war cabinet it doesn't mean that we're sort of around the corner from a conflict but this does mean that president trump is going to be getting a lot more hawkish advice than he got in the first year and we're coming up on some big things like the summit with the north koreans for example the talks themselves will probably be a bust because there's only about two months to prepare for them in the issues between the united states and north korea are gigantic the strategic and political divisions are very large so i would be amazed the trump team which is sort of in turmoil right now right a lot of these guys are you could suddenly pull this together in the next two months my concern is i think what many people worry about is that at the talks with north korea go poorly trump will walk out and say you know that didn't really get us anything and done john bolton and say look i told you we should strike north korea john bones but on the record he said twice in last six months u.s. should attack north korea and he said this on the editorial page of the wall street journal major mainstream publication and that's what i think a lot of people are worried about is that you know john bolton will see only you know sort of a few meager diplomatic steps say they failed and then will strike stock markets in

the u.s. and china have plunged of a fears of a trade war between the world two largest economies beijing is hitting back at donald trump's order to impose sixty billion dollars worth of tariffs on chinese imports scott had a has more from shanghai. firing back china responded within hours to president donald trump's announcement of the tariffs beijing said it's planning to impose three billion dollars in tariffs of its own targeting one hundred twenty eight u.s. goods bound for china focusing on agriculture wine fruit nuts and pork products but also recycled aluminum and steel pipes this is china vowed it will not back down from a trade war while insisting the friction should be resolved through negotiations if the dispute continues china says it could damage the broader picture of cooperation between the world's two largest economies it's telling the us to pull back from the brink. it's

a destructive move china and the us so will trade lead i think it's going to escalate gradually it will damage the economic relationship between the two countries and that will have a negative impact on the global economy both nations have said they're going to start legal action through the world trade organization here in china's commercial capital shanghai there's growing concern over a trade war with the u.s. they're worried about jobs and they're worried about chinese businesses. so that may affect employment in china since export is a big part of china's economy there's a lot of low and industry for the many people's jobs at the penny on exports. so i watch a lot of news of course china will fight back but the point of doing business is that we both win it doesn't work if america is the only leader china has to protect its own interests to. the increased trade tension could prove to be a challenge for chinese president xi jinping who by

a measure passed during the national people's congress earlier this month can remain as leader indefinitely a big trade war with the u.s. could slow china's rapid growth critical to his long term vision it's got harder al-jazeera shanghai. syrian rebels in eastern goods have agreed to a truce in the southern part of the enclave the area was one of three parts controlled by rebels but fighters in iraq surrendered on thursday the latest ceasefire deal to place in bin and. and in duma for the north thousands of civilians continue to escape heavy strikes the fighters from her us are on their way to adlib which is the last rebel held province in syria russia brokered the deal and is involved in the gauche asians elsewhere in eastern guta. attend earlier this month in the areas undergoing. activists say dozens of people have been killed by white phosphorus. beirut. there isn't.

the rebel controlled southern pocket. that seems to be holding there were reports of violations overnight but in general it is holding. the rebel faction that is controlling this southern area. with the russian military the cease fire was agreed to allow both sides to quote finalize the talks this is according to. they're saying what they're seeking from the russian military. for the civilians but they are close to a deal and that deal is going to involve the fighters and their families and civilians who want to leave. in northwestern province of. this is what exactly is happening in the west of. to lay down their arms and more than one thousand five hundred people have already been bussed. up to seven thousand five hundred people are expected to leave these evacuation really

amount to a surrender of the united nations criticizes. displacement but we've seen in the past when the government to an area and bombs that into submission really have little choice. they had no other choice they were surrounded and suffering the civilians were really enjoying a lot of suffering hundreds more than a thousand people killed so the situation is catastrophic for those trapped inside these rebel pockets but we are expecting the russian military to announce a deal any time today rachel site is a policy an advocacy advisor on the syrian response office of the norwegian refugee council and she joins us on skype from very good to have you with us can you tell us experiencing what you see. so the norwegian refugee council alongside another a number of other humanitarian organizations is responding to the aback you ations

in displacement and we're assisting those who have been able to access safety outside of the eastern providing the most basics in terms of lifesaving humanitarian assistance and what we see is that the conditions in these these reception areas are woefully inadequate we've seen and arrival of over fifty thousand people in just the span of a couple of days people are thirsty they're exhausted they're hungry they've been without shelter food and basic assistance for over four years of siege at this point and we're on the receiving end of a lot of this displacement of a very. well chief detail that can you tell us what people have faced the same stories that they've been telling the experiences that have gone through you know people have endured four years of siege and been without access to humanitarian aid and education health care medical attention for a prolonged period of time and what they're telling us is that they're not only fearful of what they've just experienced but they're very concerned about what yet

to come and what they've endured in this evacuation process demonstrates a lack of options in terms of accessing safety relocation to areas that are outside of ongoing hostilities they fled amidst ongoing shelling and only through humanitarian pas can we really begin to see safe and orderly evacuations and many of the people that were serving have not been able to flee under these circumstances they've lost children they've lost family members and they've endured dramatic levels of violence particularly in the past couple of weeks in eastern so you think that all they want is to know that they say save got some sort of home to go to you obviously concerned about the conditions there what's going to happen to them after they've gone through this process where to for them. that's a critical question at this point i think we're not able to think long term at this point it's really day to day trying to meet the most basic needs people who are

malnourished who lack medical assistance and who have grave wounds and casualties as a result of the violence but i think there are a lot of looming questions about what the future holds and prospects for being able to return home what people tell us as we begin to reach them with assistance is that they are fearful about the future but that they do want to go back at some point and they're concerned about family members and friends who remain left behind in eastern who have fewer options in terms of access. and what we've seen in previous instances of the documentation is that there are often few options for those who lead in terms of being able to safely go back when the time is appropriate to do so and i think it's too soon to tell when that safe point will be is as ongoing has still unease demonstrate that violence is just too severe at this point to even begin to think about the future is going to ask you a bit about the violence and the security situation there are you able to get a sense of what it is at the moment all we just seeing polls all we likely to see more fighting can you tell. we've seen

a pause in certain areas but i think the duma in particular demonstrates that there is still ongoing very active and violent still it is and people continue to be displaced there's really no safe place in a lot of these areas because point families report that they've been sheltering in underground shelters in basements that even have not been able to be limited from the violence so there's a lot of uncertainty about about what the future holds but i would say that what we really need to see now is an immediate danger mediterranean pons across the entire enclave that's been split up into a number of parts and a lasting cease fire is really the only way to ensure that we are protecting civilians and being human suffering for those with a need to do good and elsewhere thank you for telling us about what's going on there rachel side effects. projects are taking place in prue's capital lima ahead of the swearing in of the vice president martin. he is due to replace president pendle pablo kaczynski who stepping down on wednesday following corruption

allegations congress is debating whether to accept the resignation of his car as arrived in the for the inauguration protesters want a new election and corrupt politicians removed but in a sanchez says more from lima. well these programs say they are your real self at the way that president barack obama she is game they have to they say it's a shameful thing for the country a president that had promised to love but there's very little they're also furious that congressman they say that the political class is all corrupt and they want all congressmen to leave the most. we are angry at so much corruption in the country we don't agree with the president's resignation because now there is instability so if there's no president congressmen should also have to leave all the corrupt congressmen should go to the pillar said look we're fed up we're tired it's about time the people rise to make a new constitution to have new leaders. well forty nine percent of the

would like for both sides rested in the assigned soul the president quite quickly how to take over the presidency and call for the general election that the sun like that will happen because the base not good he's got ice on his way to be a tool and he will be sworn in friday morning. so still ahead on al-jazeera the e.u. strays its support behind britain in the escalating rout over the poisoning of a russian double agent. has a mind of a bygone era iraq tries to get its rail system back on track. by the springtime flowering of a mountain leak. to the first snowfall on a winter's day. i want to play psycho science of spring breaking for across

northern parts of europe now but down towards the southeast still very cold we're seeing some heavy snow fall coming in just ahead of this system here we're pulling in the warm southerly winds has been purchasing that says hot of dust across places such as greece recently as warm winds bumping into the cold air but to sing copious amounts of snow fall in ukraine for example me seeing some big problems here these poor old stalks have been struggling to cope with the cold weather that we have still very much in place so the locals have been out putting down straw to help them cope and cussing out fish as you can see just to help them get through the next few days if not weeks we have got so the coldest air in place two celsius the top temperature in kiev still some snow in the forecast you know it is just around garia into rumania adult tend to fizzle out as it makes its way further north is but still very much on the cold side you can see clear conditions do come back in behind thirteen celsius with some sunshine full ripe thirty celsius little more

clout there into paris as that mild or rather across northern parts of london getting up to eleven degrees celsius as is the case in two zero so very wet around the western side of the med with possible snow for the pyrenees there with sponsored by cattle and nice. the scene for us when they're on line which is a very nice time in yemen that peace is always possible. it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people choosing between buying medication eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist and has posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera.

of our top stories this hour u.s. president donald trump has named foreign policy hard on a john bolton as these new national security adviser he replaces a chart macmaster and is the third appointee in just over a year bolton has been an advocate of military action on north korea and iran. china is planning to impose three billion dollars worth of tariffs on american products it is in retaliation to the u.s. president's order for sixty billion dollars of levies on chinese imports. and asian stock markets have plunged over fears of a trade war. protests are taking place in peru is capital lima ahead of the swearing in of the vice president martin. he is due to a place prison paid for all public. he stepped on a wednesday following corruption allegations. the european union has recalled its

ambassador to russia in protest over the poisoning of a former double agent in the u.k. earlier this month e.u. leaders in brussels back to britain's assessment that russia was likely behind the poisoning of sergei scruple using a military grade nerve agent the u.k. has expelled twenty three russian diplomats in response to the incident. i welcome the fact that the e.u. council has agreed with the united kingdom government's assessment that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the attempted murder that took place on the streets of seoul is free and that there is no political alternative explanation that russia or the threat that russia poses respects no borders and as he says it is a threat to our values it is right here in the council we are standing together to oppose those values. to be phillips joins us from brussels barnaby says race seems that the e.u. is now throwing its support behind the u.k.

right. it does seem that way yes to resume a got unanimous backing from the other twenty seven e.u. countries at a time when this was going to be always a serious test of british diplomacy because we're in the middle of brecht's it and in that context how much sway does britain still have with the remaining e.u. countries and also to dish lee jane britain has always been more hawkish if you like certainly tougher on russia than many other e.u. countries countries like greece hungry garia italy even have always been more amenable to moscow's point of view and yet that the british argument here has prevailed and the concern in britain is that the events insoles not just be seen as a bilateral london moscow spat but the argument that the british presented here was that russia's actions present a threat to the rest of the e.u. and the e.u.

seem to have bought that line so that is good news for britain what actually happens from here well the recalling of the e.u. ambassador from moscow it's symbolic but in diplomacy symbolism matters of course we think he's been recalled for a month it will be interesting to see that there have been reports on the sidelines of possibly baltic republics maybe poland maybe even france may look at expelling russian intelligence operatives from their countries as the british did from london this week and barnaby kelley u.k. expect any more good news there in brussels what's on the agenda today. well they will be talking about bricks it later today jane and for once it doesn't seem terribly contentious we expect that will be a rubber stamping all of the transitional arrangements agreement that had been

hammered out earlier between michel barnier on behalf of the e.u. and his his british counterparts that will cover a period of almost two years after britain formally leaves the e.u. in march of twenty nineteen britain has frankly given away on so many important issues how much money it's going to pay fishing quotas the rights of e.u. citizens that it's difficult to see that being too contentious then the talks are meant to finally from the british point of view move on to the future arrangement and outlines of what an eventual trade deal might look like and it's at this point that the british hope that e.u. solidarity which has been pretty strong in the brits in negotiations might begin to waiver that individual countries might say you know what we're germans and we really do want to sell our cars to the u.k. we're italians we want to sell them for second and the british may be able to make some headway there we'll have to see thank you another former president of south korea is in jail accused of corruption lee myung bak has been

placed in solitary confinement because prosecutors fear he may destroy evidence the seventy six year old successes also awaiting trial after she was impeached last year kathy novak reports from seoul. he's yet another former south korean president accused of abusing power prosecutors arrived at lehman buck's house in the middle of the night to arrest him over corruption allegations he denies the charges but in a written statement says he feels a guilty conscience and that responsibility lies with him not others he apologized to the south korean public as he faced prosecutors last week. when i stand before you with a tragic i offer my deepest apology to the people who are causing worry amid times when the economy is in hardship and the security situation on the korean peninsula is serious the charges against him include among other things bribery embezzle meant and tax evasion please accused of improperly receiving about ten million

dollars from people and institutions including the country's spy agency as well as samsung south korea's largest conglomerate corruption allegations were first made during the two thousand and seven election campaign despite that the popular former mayor of seoul won and became president the following year he faced challenges almost immediately with protests over american beef imports and later the killing of south koreans which was blamed on north korea after least served his five year term as president fellow conservative puck in hay was elected she was impeached and jailed last year a verdict in her corruption trial is expected next month. all of the seven former presidents who led south korea since one thousand nine hundred eighty have faced some form of corruption scandal either directly or because of allegations against their family members five including li and park have had to personally face

prosecutors mass protests that led to parks impeachment seem to demonstrate support for powerful politicians to be held to account and a recent public opinion poll taken before least ends trial found almost eighty percent of south koreans want to stern punishment. a shared understanding is being creative among the public and politicians the mechanisms should be built to check the absolute power reasonably and. i think it will improve one by one lee myung bak says he hopes to be the last south korean president to face this kind of prosecution kathy novak al-jazeera saw. a palestinian teenage girl who was filmed kicking and slapping an israeli soldier in the occupied west bank has accepted a plea deal i had to me will spend eight months in prison. why should greet to the deal. he is relentless in campaigning on behalf of his daughter

who will remain in jail until mid-summer as i'd say in the koran and this court is in the got there the corn. is not just not just and it's but of the component of the kobe or the system it's for to banish the bonus to not deny and ninety nine bears and of the. prisoners are guilty. either to me became famous after a video showing her slapping and kicking an israeli soldier went viral around the world she became a hero among palestinians but was vilified in israel here was a teenage girl who had publicly humiliated the army and deserved the harshest of punishments and even when handcuffed and shackled she continued to show strength of character saying defiantly in court there is no justice under occupation after entering

a plea bargain added to me was sentenced to eight months in prison and fined about a thousand five hundred dollars. there are about three hundred minors currently held in israeli jails and who like other to mimi had to appear in front of a military court most had to also enter a plea bargain to reduce their sentence or else face long term detention case is exceptional because it has attracted international attention but it's no different from other cases there's no trial because because this process happens the way. the balance is remand this is what ends the deal once that happens the next step would typically be the plea bargain once the plea bargain is there it means that the role of the court is minimized to actually just approving the plea bargain and that's what happens almost all of the time the human rights organization but salim says the conviction rate for palestinians in. military courts is almost one hundred

percent bassam to me is worried about his daughter and her mother in jail even there is a certain pride about the impact her case has it's broken the stereotype about what the stain is because they show a ballasting and there's an odd man holding. or making. being or have a knife but they see young blonde the blue. with him and with his hand slapped that the image over the bow of the probation which is of me added to me also received a three year suspended sentence but if the aim of her detention is to intimidate young palestinians it seems that she has only inspired many more to stand up against the occupation. in the occupied west bank plans are being made to

revive iraq's war damaged rail system foreign investment and expertise is needed but a modernize networks not expected to arrive what all the iraqis say was its glorious past and one can report back that this was once the pride of iraq but that central station. home to the real network the once reached far and wide across iraq to syria and connecting on to turkey as recently as two thousand and two iraqi railways began in one nine hundred twelve taking over small local built eight hundred sixty nine. the invasion by u.s. troops in two thousand and three and then the occupation and the war against eisel since have all taken a toll. a touch of faded glamour remains but we just two services a week to the southern iraqi city of it's a shadow of its former self. in two thousand and ten foreign investors came in the iraqis bought twelve new chinese trains but i solicit tax put paid to that

reinvestment and rebuilding plan. that so what happened after i still took control over the three major sunni provinces in iraq back then is the deliberate sabotage against the vital railways in the never had seen and the size destroying the trains and freight trains including the stations and associated workshops and buildings we are aiming to rebuild what was destroyed by terrorism in collaboration with the ministry of finance and planning and i.m.f. . critics say it's an optimistic assessment so far nowhere near enough money has been allocated for the rail revival a deal with the i.m.f. to provide five billion dollars for reconstruction has yet to be finalised passengers a few and even then the complaints are many. while we filmed the train broke down and the service was cancelled. by the moment.

the traders not even moved yet and then they told us it's broken down they told us there were no services we only take the trying to avoid car accidents on the road as we believe it's safer now the operating staff relocating us to other trains there's a lot of missed out when it comes to iraq the roadways the old remember them fondly and the young as part of iraq's history but with the road and travel crucially more convenience and it's unlikely that iraq's roadways will ever match their international. the best rail fans and government leaders can hope for is a regular and well maintained a mystic service that might be able to make a profit on al-jazeera baghdad. and again the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has named foreign policy hardline of john bolton as his new

national security adviser he replaces h. mcmaster and is the third appointee in just over a year bolton is a former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. he's been an advocate of military action on north korea and iraq professor robert kelly from percent university in south korea says trump's administration is increasingly looking like a war cabinet. nikki haley you want to bassett of the united states is as a woman walking at this point pump a zero the likely replacement ford secretary or secretary of state who has just recently fired is also a hawk on north korea iran and john bolton the new national security adviser is to this doesn't mean that we're sort of around the corner from a conflict but this does mean that president trump is going to be getting a lot more hawkish advice than he got in the first year and we're coming up on some big things china is planning to impose three billion dollars worth of tariffs on american products it's in retaliation to the u.s. president's order for sixty billion dollars of levies on chinese imports fears of

a trade war over at the white billions of dollars from the value of stock markets in the u.s. and asia syrian rebels in eastern goes have agreed to a truce in the southern part of the enclave fighters in another part harassed surrounded on thursday they are on their way to adlib which is the last rebel held province in syria russia brokered the deal and is involved in the gauche ations elsewhere in eastern guta and the tentative cease fire earlier this month in duma broke down the area is undergoing when you'd bombardment activists say dozens of people have been killed by white phosphorus the protests are taking place in cruise capital lima ahead of the swearing in of the vice president martin his camera his due to replace president kaczynski he stepped on a wednesday following corruption allegations the european union has recalled its ambassador to moscow in protest over the poisoning of a form of double agent in the u.k. earlier this month e.u.

leaders in brussels backed britain's assessment that russia was likely behind the poisoning of sergei scruple using a military grade nerve agent u.k.'s expelled twenty three russian diplomats in response to the incident as the headlines the news continues but first it is stream. as the u.s. has withdrawn from the trans-pacific partnership deal others has to be committed to it first small countries countries with small populations such as yours is this actually a better deal without ignited states signatories of the world's newest trade bloc challenges there. and here in the stream now live on due to the united nations estimates that by twenty twenty five two thirds of the world's population will face water stress

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