in west awful. it's the first harvest. since he returned to his farm five months ago he left fourteen years ago to escape the darfur conflict in western sudan but he says life in refugee camps in chad became unbearable. life as a refugee in chad was hard there wasn't enough food and there wasn't enough water there was no way to earn a living again we couldn't bear it so we came back to our studies abdur-rahim is one of nearly three hundred thousand refugees who have returned from chad in the past three years the war started in two thousand and three when ethnic tribes in darfur accused the sudanese government of marginalizing them the united nations estimates more than three hundred thousand people have been killed and three million displaced for those now returning home things are not the same. the farms have been destroyed by cattle we have farms where the cattle eat everything we plant and nothing is being done about it my farm goes beyond the stream but i can't cross the settlers there when you go there they'll stop you and

so you can't access your own land the un refugee agency says more than three hundred thousand sudanese refugees remain in chad waiting for what they regard as the right condition to go home. challenges in the aid sector in chad are driving more refugee families to return to dark for many are now back in the villages they fled when the worst started but after living as refugees for more than a decade settling back into their own lives is not easy the governments of sudan and chad and the un refugee agency came to an agreement on repatriation but aid agencies say there are many issues that need to be addressed but the key the key issue is that. this loss. and the lack of access to basic services and the prospects for social economic integration if these are not addressed then return a's have significant obstacles to be able to

have the ability to rebuild their lives in a job or way local authorities say they're working to address those obstacles and provide land for those who lost what they once had. or that they're not allowed. we have a name precious plain to provide services to those who have returned to their villages we have located three thousand plots of land for the return of these and will build a center to provide them with health services educational services economic support for them to restart their lauds abdur-rahim says he want to go back to chad and will continue to work on his farm ibrahim can only access part of his farm and wants the government to either find him a new plot or find a way to get all of his old one back he bought morgan al-jazeera janina west our ford. still ahead here on the news our political. as the constitutional crisis brings politicians to blows in parliament. in the united states plans to curb east cigarette sales talk to young people and in sports wall street. gives himself

a chance to reach the semifinals of the a.t.p. world tour finals in london paul will have those details in school so don't go away . i there we've got plenty of active weather across parts of north america at the moment you can see this huge area of cloud to not only is that giving us a lot of rain but it's also giving us quite a bit of snow as well as it pushes its way north woods will see more and more of that turn wintry so lots of snow there for the eastern parts of canada as we head through the day on friday by saturday that system largely will have cleared away but it won't be that warm behind it only one of the maximum and also a force in washington d.c. will just be knowing there's another weather system that's putting itself together across parts of the plains to do expect more snow hey but across that western coast

seattle should be fine it's a temperature of ten degrees above other towards the south you can see the clouds as i move a pulse and with america also dipping its way through parts of mexico and it looks like that will gradually edge its way south was as we head through friday and into saturday so the cooler weather making its way in him maybe one or two showers behind it this is the active area of cloud and a few more live downpours to b.c. during the day on saturday as we head down to a south america hey the weather has been very very active we've seen some landslides and posit per room we will say seen a few tornadoes in parts of argentina all of that is cleared away though they'll just be a couple more showers i think around parts of peru for friday. morning

. the latest news as it breaks the world bank says plenty of young migrants could be beneficial for. me with detailed coverage by turning back on bilateral ties with iran what president donald trump has done is to show people there will be no blurred lines between friends and enemies from around the world a big group of pro independents can act on the playstation but then stood on the side killing for placement.

welcome back you're watching the al-jazeera news hour with me said with a reminder of our top stories a group of republican and democratic u.s. senators have introduced a bill targeting saudi arabia over killing the war it's waging in yemen the build seeks to suspend the arabia and prohibit u.s. refueling of saudi coalition aircraft earlier the u.s. treasury and sanctions against seventeen saudis for their role in the journalist's murder. saudi arabia is seeking the death penalty for five suspects charged with murder in riyadh insists the prince. had no knowledge of the operation. and fall short of expectations of the suspects to be tried in turkey. british prime minister to reserve may is standing firm as politicians from

a conservative party launch a bid to remove her from office it's in response to her draft of all steel to withdraw britain from the european union hardliners say the deal makes too many concessions to the e.q. . so more now. alltop storage well she's murder world leaders and rights groups have been highly skeptical of saadi arabia's changing version of events because she was last seen alive entering the saudi consulate in istanbul in october on the second turkish security sources moved quickly to say they had information that he'd been killed there and his body dismembered saudi arabia rejected the allegations as baseless lies and insisted the journalists had left the building the same day a week later turkish media published the details of a fifteen member saudi team that had landed it is stumble on the same day that showed she disappeared and they were at the consulate before the journalists

arrived as international pressure groups saudi king solomon and later the crown prince told u.s. president donald trump they had no knowledge of what happened eighteen days after she vanished the saudis finally admitted even accidentally killed during a fight in the consulate royal court advisor. the deputy intelligence chief cd were sacked and eighteen saudis arrested and then a day later the story shifts again a saudi official says the team said to confront because she killed him in a chokehold after overstepping their orders saudi arabia has now charged eleven suspects of a question she is murder but one thing remains unchanged saudi rulers insist they have nothing to do with it the saudi foreign minister was questioned about the changing stories jory in his news conference earlier. i think the the story was evolving because with every with any crime you have

a theory that you develop in the beginning and then you uncover more evidence the theory changes and becomes more focused it's not that we changed our story it's that as us the information that was becoming available to the public prosecutor developed he was able to develop a version of the story. is the c.e.o. of gulf state and a little and joins me now live from washington d.c. on the surface it seems that the u.s. is doing something about it in terms of the sanctions that they are imposing on saudi arabian of course this breaking news now that a bipartisan group of senators really wants to put the pressure not just on saudi arabia but also on the white house when it comes to dealing with how this shifting story has indeed been shifting for far too long as far as some people in the

corridors of power are concerned. yes at the expense of the saudi government's credibility here the narrative about what took place in the will consulate last month has changed quite a bit with many contradictions. right now the trump administration vine's itself in a very difficult position they have to deal with pressure from lawmakers who want the white house to hold the saudi state accountable for the journalist's killing but at the same time this administration is so focused on pushing back against iranian expansionism in the region the trumpet ministration is very focused on lucrative arms sales and other geopolitical interests and economic interests in the region so the white house does not want to severely damage ties with riyadh specifically with mohamed bin selam on it's very clear that the white house has

gone to pains to give m.b.'s the benefit of the doubt but that's going to be increasingly difficult to do so moving forward indeed if you just focus down all of these sanctions and the way that the u.s. has targeted certain individuals who have yet to be proven guilty even in a saudi court of law what sort of narrative is the white house sort of laying down for the american public who seem to be perhaps more interested in the subject of coals which again as i say reece rate we've got less bipartisan group of senators now getting in on the act to make sure pressure is still that. well anti saudi sentiment has increased on the u.s. public since october two also we've seen rhetoric about the saudi leadership from u.s. lawmakers which is truly unprecedented especially when it's coming from senators like lindsey graham who throughout his career has been so defensive of saudi arabia

on so many occasions i think it's going to be very difficult for the administration to do what it seems that the administration wants to do and that is to convince congress as well as the u.s. public that the saudi government sneer it to is accurate of course according to this narrative the crown prince of saudi arabia had nothing to do with you know how she'll use killing last month but many people are very skeptical and believe that this narrative is false how do you react then to scenarios when you hear and i'm quoting as i did to a correspondent earlier the democratic senator ben cardin saying that he would quote again i remain concerned that the administration is enabling the kingdom of saudi arabia in its effort to protect crown prince mohammed bin salon from accountability of ever growing calls the turks haven't named him per se but they

continually say these alters came from a much higher level beyond an intelligence officer and they're really pushing the saudis to come clean because the turks continue to say they have the evidence they have the evidence. yes many who are criticizing the way in which this administration has responded to the case of jamal his murder claiming that the white house is going out of its way to defend mohammed bin so much on these recent reports that the trumpet ministration would consider extraditing. to turkey in order to get to the president of turkey to sort of calm down with the pressure on saudi arabia this is all very significant it's going to push a narrative here in washington that this administration largely driven by jerry cushion or in donald trump's special relationship with the saudi crown prince is

getting in the way of holding the state of saudi arabia accountable for the killing now that democrats will be taking over the house of representatives next year are these democratic lawmakers who have an axe to grind with trump anyway are going to have new investigative powers and i am convinced that they're going to try to use these powers to shed more light on certain dimensions of the cushion or in m.b.'s relationship and also the trump relationship not only with mohamed bin so i'm on in riyadh but also shaikh mohammed bin ziad in abu dhabi but we shall see what happens in the coming weeks for the movement offensive joining us from washington d.c. . the weakest of the midterm elections members of the newly elected u.s. congress all getting a crush coals on that new work environment also enjoyed with the chemical hill to meet some of its newest politicians. fresh from the campaign trail and the victory

parties the seventy three new members of the u.s. house of representatives gathered on capitol hill for orientation january third and the start of the new congress will be here before they know it i know what i'm getting into so and i also have a realistic understanding of how difficult the processes and we're not going to get everything done right away there's going to be a lot of resistance from the other side we have a very unpredictable president i mean clearly by not maintaining the majority we will have to be more selective in what our priorities are and the idea of finding common ground is not something that. i have a problem with much of the u.s. news coverage has been on the incoming politicians' youth or very liberal outlooks or on their ethnic and religious diversity one says she's going to use her newfound celebrity for good how it's all about support right it's all about. joining

together you know getting your allies together there's a there we have the largest group of women of color in this congress and i feel very strongly that we're all going to stick together on so many issues gun violence missing and murdered indigenous women climate change indeed most told reporters about their agenda education infrastructure and health care. has gotten what never came up investigations of the president donald trump and his ties to russia and all the hottest political topic on the hill whether nancy pelosi should become house speaker democrats were split in their response for me working class americans are very important in talking about property and economic justice is going to have to be something at the forefront and agenda said to be fair to my residents i have to have a conversation with her before committee where living in a very tumultuous area we need a strong leader she. a proven strong leader i think we need

a veteran who knows exactly the pathways to success and she's demonstrated that she knows that but for the next few weeks these new congresspeople will be spending as much time hiring staff and creating budgets as they will be finding legislative allies first steps before delivering on their campaign promises rosalyn jordan al-jazeera capitol hill. while staying in the americas hundreds of central american migrants traveling in a caravan have reached the u.s. border the asylum seekers gathered at the wall there the mexican city of tear water they were closely watched by border guards who were supported by u.s. marines. and guatemala is hosting a summit for leaders from latin american spain and portugal they're supposed to discuss corporation and trade but as the see in human reports the political crisis and the curriculum is overshadowing the event. the political and humanitarian crisis in nicaragua is artificially on the agenda of the our girl american summit

here in guatemala that is nicaraguans are here protesting against the presence of president daniel ortega to make sure that no one forgets that in fact this is going to be the very first time that daniel or take that leaves his country and comes face to face with his peers you know more than three hundred people have been killed most of them unarmed civilians in a nationwide demonstrations calling for take his resignations which began in april many of the protesters like this student say they've been forced to go into exile to avoid prison or worse we're trying to lead didn't know till all the people from all over the war that we are dying right now the people they love are men escape now people every day killing people every day the summit is being held at least ten blocks away it's the only venue that brings together leaders from all over latin america and the caribbean with the king of spain and the presidents of spain and portugal. the emphasis this year is on sustainable development and inclusion but

the regional migration crisis is also on the agenda ahead of next month's refugee and migration conference in america. the crisis in nicaragua could further destabilize the region and fueled a wave of central american migrants to the u.s. border because the. we're here to remind the presidents that without justice the leaders of this region will have no peace in the crisis in nicaragua is not expected to even be mentioned specifically in the final declaration of the i bureau american summit nevertheless it will be discussed by the heads of states and foreign ministers here with president ortega just what impact that will have if any is not clear. spoke about and strong because parliament after the speaker declared the country has no functioning prime minister or current that the recently appointed point. minister in the rajapaksa is no calling for a general election for the smith. and. the battle for

control of sri lanka has turned visited a little been thrown at the speaker of parliament along with many insults. karo jayasuriya provoked the fury of some m.p.'s by saying sri lanka has no prime minister or cabinet following wednesday's vote of no confidence in mahinda rajapaksa on thursday former president appointed three weeks ago defied the speaker by giving a speech anyway is a time to easily as you office after bypassing parliament and being sworn in by his successor president my three policy or a saner is failing so there's a new tactic. we want the election general election two years before one is june as soon as possible we have to go but election or something like that i was going to have a lot i mean is the best way to sort all of this out just to have an election yes definitely there is going the other way. the man the president says he's still

prime minister he's in charge of running away from a single supporters say it's time to take to the streets. again. and get on. with the speaker losing control of apollo and the government power lies to some civil servants of privately saying they don't know who's in charge and who can sign off on deals and projects. his political instability is pitching economy there are more than four billion u.s. dollars in foreign loans due to be repaid. against the dollar as investors withdraw foreign exchange. on his era and.

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now health authorities in the united states her voted restrictions on soles of east cigarettes targeting young smokers the proposals follow a seventy eight percent single yes they ping among young people as hydrogen castro reports. the u.s. surgeon general reports that for each adult who dies from smoking in america two teens or young adults become new smokers that's why despite

a decade's long anti-tobacco campaign aimed at young people three million high school students and six hundred thousand middle school students are now smoking in the u.s. and isa gretz are hugely popular feel like have them in their jackets like well hold on not just in like in class and things like by us law makes smoking or basic illegal for anyone under age eighteen get the most popular brand new cigarettes jewel is available in most convenient stores at least three within walking distance of this d.c. high school perry called the i phone of e. cigarettes jewels are shaped like a flash drive but each one has the same amount of nicotine as a pack of cigarettes the five main chemicals that we found are either shown to be cancer causing or thought to be cancer causing either in humans or animals dr mark rubenstein at the university of california san francisco was the first to study

chemical levels in kids who said they use easy gretz we don't know that these kids will continue to use for many years but should they we expect to see some of the same negative outcomes that we see with cigarettes in just three years jewel claimed a seventy percent of the e. cigarette market it launched with a marketing campaign that appeared to target a younger audience on social media now the maker of jewel says it's only targeting adults who want to quit traditional cigarettes i think the context is critically important this product was put on the market for adult smokers who are using a product that kills half of them the company was also the first to announce the removal of its flavored products popular with young smokers from stores but with sales up eight hundred percent. this past year it's unclear if jewel will be successful in curbing its own popularity and whether government regulators can stop

the rise of a new generation of smokers hi joe castro al-jazeera washington well it's time to support though his poll thank you very much roger federer has qualified for the semifinals of the a.t.p. world tour finals in london thanks to a straight sets win over kevin understand the twenty time grand slam champion came three six four six three. well i understand still goes through though that's despite austria's dominic tain giving himself an outside chance of reaching the final four earlier team thrashed cain is a korean straight sets the japanese didn't look too happy about it he'd actually beaten federer at his first group stage much but then last convincingly to anderson and now it seems six one six four the score to this year's french open runner up but both men are going home. it just went into the net wanted to show my. real self again basically because two days ago this was really big and. not feeling

good to to play such. in front of such a big crowd and everything so i wanted to. do a much better game again today and that's what i did did some adjustments tried to hire first serve percentage and. some things definitely paid off in the scores i'm happy that i got the rain spain fell to a late defeat against croatia and their packed night of your often a sions league action across europe on thursday the spanish had beaten the world cup finalists six nil in their previous match bit more even in this one under a crime rich putting the croats ahead in zagreb spain level two minutes later through daniel said by us then you had vice struck again for the hosts before sergio ramos made it to two from the penalty spot but right at the end you know if i scored again three two two couriers. plenty of other nations like much as well world cup semifinalists belgium are on the winning side against iceland there are

also home wins for greece and hungary while belarus and moldova or winners away from home bosnia and herzegovina draw in austria sees them promoted to two league a. international friendlies on thursday for you as well iran beats trinidad and tobago big win for israel over guatemala germany winning against the last world cup hosts russia and england beating the usa three nil in wayne rooney's comeback slash farewell match egypt anson is here face each other in africa cup of nations qualifying on friday house egypt to trying to overhaul their neighbors at the top of group j. although both teams have already qualified the ferries are three points behind the chin as ian's who have won all four games going into kick off in alexandria le bron james is closing in on michael jordan's points total as he moves up the n.b.a.'s all time scoring list le bron got a season high forty four points as his l.a. lakers beat the portland trail blazers one hundred twenty six to one hundred

seventeen on wednesday that saw him surpass format like a wilt chamberlain in hours thirty one thousand four hundred twenty five points in his fifteen year career of ron now just eight hundred sixty seven short of jordan in fourth on the scoring list but still a way of cream uphill to bars record of more than thirty eight thousand. armored humvees i'm happy we ever get another green beans are my name is mentioned some of the groups on the but it is game. you know it was the rights of my hometown of rock of rome of all chrome so in this business the civil. well the bronze home town of a crown is just down the road from cleveland his former team the cavaliers continue to struggle without him as they lost to the washington wizards bradley beal scored twenty points and auto porter at age fifteen for the wizards and one hundred nine hundred ninety five victory the cavs have twelve losses only to win so far this season and the bottom of the eastern conference that makes them the worst in the n.b.a.

right now india are through to the semifinals of the women's world t twenty taking place in the west indies thanks to an easy win over ireland on thursday but charlie rose was the top scorer with fifty one from fifty six for india to a sentence about after the irish won the toss in guyana indians posting one hundred forty five to six in their twenty overs in reply isabelle joyce top scored with thirty three but rather three wickets for twenty five runs help for a strict ireland to ninety three for eight of their overs india winning by fifty two runs at the providence stadium swank has cricketers have built a first innings lead over england in the second test data in candy so russian silver hits eighty five off one hundred seventy four balls their six coming off marine alley but the englishman got his revenge catching him out of idle rashid reaching three hundred thirty six all out a lead of forty six on england's first innings they were none fernand at stumps

before his exams had no so it's a huge go for we. have been there plain as a green it's a huge discover music begin to demand a vision if you're good because early morning in the n.h.l. defending champions the washington capitals went down to the winnipeg jets on wednesday it was all square heading into the third period before ben shirat scored a decisive goal for the jets carl connor then added an empty netter with a minute left to seal the three to one when the jets third in a row. elsewhere the chicago blackhawks snaps and game losing streak brant seabrook score the only goal of the game against the st louis blues while corey might twenty eight saves to end his first shutout and more than a year. or that is only a sport and i will have more later on thanks very much paul if you want. with means the whole robin a lot more news on the other side of the break until and thanks very much for your

time and your company. for many years i kept my past a secret but every time violent extremism is mentioned it bothers me. computor i believe that we were subpoenaed earlier how could i beat up other women what if they really had started a race war. our farm would i have gone looking in the mirror to confront the past x eight

a witness documentary on al-jazeera. to cope with driving in kabul you need nerves of steel and a strong heart the afghan capital has some of the most challenging driving conditions anywhere even though women are allowed to drive by law many men say culturally it is wrong. but is that me again there are lots of men here verby abuse you they block your car motorcyclists right alongside shouting bad things no one helps us when the taliban were in control women were forbidden to drive but outside of the main cities it is rare even now to see a woman behind the wheel society is changing albeit slowly but the women drivers of afghanistan there is a long road ahead before they are fully accepted. as migrants seek sanctuary on its shores the must choose rescue or deterrence. italy's anti immigration government has allied with the libyan coast guard in an operation often at loggerheads with n.g.o.s trying to save lives.

people in power is on board with both sides rescue at sea announces iraq. pressure builds on. murder u.s. senators introduced a bill seeking suspension of weapons sales to saudi arabia. and saudi arabia says it's seeking the death penalty for the alleged killers of the saudi journalist but ankara says the announcement falls short of expectations. the whole when you're watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in there also coming up an embattled prime minister to resume a draft deal to resignations by two british cabinet ministers.

and al jazeera brings you a report on russian forces training the army of the central african republic in a forgotten call.