separatist sentiment among its own kurdish population it's not clear if turkey will accept y.p. g.'s rule to be replaced by that of the syrian government but if it does its will demand guarantees that the y.t.d. is rendered ineffective. turkey's president has promised to thrive and the chief from syria his military has changed its posture strengthening turkey's hand a serious player is likely in gauging backdoor negotiations to prevent what could be a new conflict. on the turkey syria border sudan's doctors are going on an indefinite strike in the first of a series of work stoppages aimed at paralyzing the government of president omar bashir the restraint has been rallying for five days across several cities in anger over rising fuel and food prices as well as corruption at least ten people have died and there are reports that police have fired tear gas to disperse protesters in rwanda in north korea fun in a moment has this update from the capital khartoum. may all seem calm here in the

sudanese capital khartoum but the doors of the school behind me tells of a different story itself the story of a country that has been forced to issue a nationwide suspension to schools high schools and universities to try to prevent people from congregating because they're worried that there will be for the protests on top of the five days of protests that it's already witnessing over the past few days people have been going out to the street they've been complaining and protesting against the rising prices of market commodities against the fact that the government has been trying to increase the price of a local right from once a new sponsor threesome is pounds which to them is already an affordable and they don't want to see more price hikes but they've also been protesting about the government and its comic policies and reforms look at the polls the day after the economic situation in sudan and deteriorating living conditions and high prices no bread no fuel no medicine and all that has led to the protests in different parts of the country the protests have been going since wednesday and more cities are

joining every day it will grow our demand a sudanese is no longer improved economic conditions it's now a demand for the government to step down their. situation is suffocating one leaves the house in the morning and doesn't know if he should go to the bank or stand in the line for bread or go to work because there is no transport things have become suffocating at least ten people have been killed dozens have been injured and dozens more have been present now the government is saying that they're going to try to find full ways they're going to look for ways to try to ease the country out of this crisis but the people have been saying that they don't want this government they want a new government they want new policies they want new faces to take lead and that they're going to they're not going to stop protesting until they have better living conditions guaranteed for them still to come on al-jazeera a policeman pulls out his gun in paris during the weekends generally vest demonstrations a number of protesters is decreasing. and the bombshell salary cuts the land and

mexico's president in pop culture. and there there's one so where they're pushing its way across here if at the moment the satellite picture is showing all that camera king its way eastwards it's giving us a fair amount of rain and where it's hitting the coldest air we are seeing a lot of that turn to snow so more wintry weather over the next few days then mostly in the eastern parts of europe and here the temperatures really will be struggling over the next few days samal sky will stay below freezing for the entire time as we head through monday into tuesday and then kiev will see the temperatures drop as well as we head through chews day that area of wet weather will lead begin to push its way down through parts of greece and into turkey heavy downpours here strong winds as well and over the mountains in turkey we see some of that snow as well meanwhile for the west two miles for too much in the way of ice here but not

that war we're looking at a top temperature in paris of around six degrees and in london around eight for the other side of the mediterranean well here there's more in the way of sunshine i'm warm those well say howdy is will get to around twenty degrees for monday but we do have this area of cloud over parts of morocco that's edging its way eastwards and that could just give us a few outbreaks of rain at times the east of there is that area of rain that's making its way into the northern parts of turkey quite a bit of clown pushing ahead of it as well so we could see some of that around the coast of libya to. kidnappings and murders in crimea since russia's full stomach sation of the black sea. i don't understand why he was kidnapped. schools of crimea into tang's have been arrested. and killed

most believe by russian security forces. crimea russia's dirty secret on al-jazeera. or one of the top stories how nonzero at least two hundred twenty two people have been killed and hundreds more injured after a tsunami struck the indonesian islands of java and sumatra the u.s. president has announced he'll be replacing his defense secretary james mattis two months earlier than expected just resigned on thursday after disagreeing with the president's foreign policy of withdrawing troops from syria. and thousands of protesters are taking to the streets across the dawn on the fifth consecutive day

of protest over rising food and fuel prices. at papers for the democratic republic of congo's long awaited presidential election have arrived in the capital kinshasa up to four million papers were shadow to arrive by saturday to face those destroyed by fire last week a blaze in the capital left eight thousand voting machines damaged the presidential polls rishon a shadow for sunday had been pushed back by a week after in stories in the capital kinshasa and has more on the millions about papers that are needed for the country to hold the election. those four million people men who are that are in the country now which is a big relief to many people the voting machines that had been recalled from the different problems this we're told are already here technicians are reprogramming them now out of what the materials that were meant for other parts of the country are in the different regional headquarters they will be or are being transported to

the various then. eventually the polling stations as well but that's another big problem logistically this is a country that has a very poor infrastructure we're talking about places that you cannot get using a coal or even a bicycle you have to walk on this is also the rainy season of parts of the country as well and they've been a boy outbreak in the east so all these complications making it even more difficult for the electoral commission and it's also important to note that the government has refused all international help to call help financial help from the u.n. and other countries as well a lot of people really just watching to see how exactly this week is going to play out this is going to be a very difficult we could not had any word from the government or not had any what either from the president joseph kabila and this is causing a lot of concern here

a u.n. team has arrived in yemen sports city of data to monitor the cease fire that the team led by major general patrick chemists who are traveling from aden to home in exile of yemen's internationally recognized government over the past week the rebels and saudi led coalition have accused each other of breaching the truce agreed it talks in sweden last month. it's been two years since our they were journalists are saying was arrested and detained in egypt it hasn't been charged with any crime is imprisonment has been repeatedly extended despite international calls his immediate release alex could offer us report. for two years mcu sane has been locked inside an egyptian prison his right to trial denied his legal rights rejected the al jazeera journalist flew to cairo in two thousand and sixteen to visit his family after he landed he was questioned the detained without being formally charged he suffered a broken arm and was refused proper medical treatment egyptian prosecutors accuse

the kata based journalist of broadcasting what it describes as false news and receiving foreign funds to defame state institutions he strongly denies the allegations and so does al-jazeera echoing international outrage the un has been calling for his release rights groups have reported in our poll crackdown on egyptian journalists since the military deposed the first democratically elected president mohammed morsi in two thousand and thirteen the suppression has increased under former general now president of the federal sisi the committee to protect journalists say at least twenty media workers are being held in egyptian prisons hussein's detention has breached egypt's own penal code and since he's being held without trial for more than eighteen months the maximum period allowed for anyone being investigated for a crime he should have been released or taken to court neither has happened and two years in his family and others are waiting for justice alex to topless al-jazeera.

hundreds of protesters have rallied in lebanon's capital in anger at the political stalemate and worsening economy some scuffles broke out in beirut after a right place tried to stop the protesters from reaching government buildings demonstrations are calling for lower food prices and tax cuts as well as free medical care they also want the formation of a new national unity government more than seven months on from the last general election. french authorities have defended and aggressive police actions during saturday's yellow vest demonstrations in paris a video of a police officer pulling out a gun on protesters in the shells an easy avenue has been widely shared online critics say it was disproportionate the place say they were acting in self defense meanwhile president in one year mccoy is warning protesters will face the most severe legal repercussions possible bennett smith reports from paris. with just a few hundred yellow vest protesters on the shelves elisei on saturday night

a small number sparked a violent confrontation with police. as the policeman scrambled to save their bikes pulled a gun. the whole incident lasted about three minutes but is an indication of how quickly a quiet protest can turn ugly the. yellow vest protesters described as act six began peacefully on saturday and became a nonstop march through the streets of paris the aim is always to reach the elisei palace on the front door of president emanuel macro but with police blocking roads leading to his official residence the yellow vests just kept walking and walking. wounded if you don't it is clear that the response including judicial would be the most severe possible no it is calm and harmony that must prevail. many people here that we've spoken to not at all interested in the concessions present manual drawn up to make they say they don't go far enough but too little too late and they will

keep protesting right into the new year. for six weeks yellow vest protesters have been demanding relief from high taxes and more help for france's poorest the numbers of fallen from around three hundred thousand nationwide in the first week to about forty thousand this weekend. but it's with al-jazeera paris. two people arrested in connection with a drone disruption at britain's second largest airport have been released without charge flights were suspended for more than thirty six hours at gatwick on wednesday night after the drones were spotted close to the runway around a thousand flights were diverted or cancelled and one hundred forty thousand passengers affected tributes are being paid to the former leader of britain's liberal democrat party paddy ashdown has died aged seventy seven following a short illness is served as a soldier before turning to politics and also worked to uncover war crimes committed during the conflict in yugoslavia much of us were un reports.

he was a towering force and british politics credited with making the liberal democrats britain's third biggest party to have is the ashdown a conviction politician he devoted himself tirelessly to centrist politics for more than a decade and was admired across the political spectrum for his powerful oratory is it not now perfectly clear that what the government has to offer the country is not a continuation of the cure it's more of a poison born in india and raised in northern ireland he later served in the royal marines and special services his influence went beyond britain becoming the un's high representative for bosnia and herzegovina in two thousand and two where he investigated war crimes including the massacre of more than eight thousand men and boys in the town of seventy two during the conflict in yugoslavia he was a forceful advocate for international intervention he would later give evidence at

the trial of the former serbian leader slobodan milosevic he retired from politics in two thousand and one but remained a prominent voice campaigning vigorously against bracks it it's not my job to be popular he once said i'm goal driven my job is to get results. llopis of the yuan al-jazeera. the white house is warning the partial u.s. government shutdown could stretch into the new year after lawmakers failed to break the amp us over budget spending the shutdown began at midnight on friday after democrats resisted a request from president donald trump for more than five billion dollars towards his mexico border war. cuba's national assembly has agreed the wording of a new draft constitution and a referendum will be held in february to determine whether it will be passed into law the major difference is that it recognizes cubans rights to own private property maintains the country as a centrally planned economy ruled by

a single communist party after pressure from the catholic church plans for legalizing same sex marriage were removed. and the that is the fundamental laws we have approved reaffirms our revolutionary socialist path and allows the state and the people to work towards protecting our society it's reinforces the prevalence of the constitution that ensures inclusion equal rights and empowers the people over cuba's government mexico's new president is facing a backlash over a decision to cut the salaries and perks of the country's top earners including himself and his manner lopez obrador has also lifted the country's minimum salary by sixteen percent the biggest single increase in woman twenty years from home and has more from mexico city has. it all started with this from excludes new president without it we can't have

a rich government and poor people that's why the government's top salaries are going down. he's practicing what he preaches slashing his own salary by more than half and forcing others in the public sector to cut those two by next year's budget lopez obrador is more in a party has majority in congress and is backing his plans deputies and senators have reduced some of their own lucrative perks you could have given is that it i think it's necessary that we have an equilibrium between what a public servant and working person earns many have said that it's about training and we don't argue with that but a construction worker or night guard works longer and harder. it is no cuts the president's promising raises for the lowest paid public sector workers those who earn less than a thousand dollars a month but not everyone's on board with the changes will them five thousand civil servants have launched legal appeals the supreme court's also waited in temporarily suspending cuts for the judiciary and some other institutions but critics say the

judges themselves are part of mexico's gaping wage inequality the end around seventeen times that of the average worker this measure from the president schools a lot of debate from here in congress down to the streets for a lot of people a really happy at the what they see as an entitle political class and public sector a finally going to get their salaries slashed other people say this could open the door to corruption and a brain drain to the private sector and to corruption experts say cutting the most exorbitant salaries is needed but applying the measure across the board could backfire here consequences of cutting everyone salary is that even though it's a noble aim to slash the pay of high level bureaucrats the medium and low level ones who are specialists and technicians aren't going to have enough incentives to stay in public office and make the changes we need there are also worries that instead of taking the hit themselves those at the top could fire employees or trim

their benefits to fit the shrinking budget it's now up to the new administration to check that good intentions to turn into powerful change john homan how does it or mexico city. a space x. rocket to successfully launch from florida's cape canaveral it's the first u.s. national security space mission for iran musk's privately and space transportation company. rocket is carrying a u.s. military navigation satellite worth around five hundred million dollars. and a quick reminder you can catch up in time on our website dot com. and one of the top stories around jazeera at least two hundred twenty two people being killed and hundreds more injured in a tsunami on the international ends of java and sumatra it happened in the sindar

straight between the two popular tourist islands scientists say it was triggered by an underwater landslide after the end like crack a towel volcano erupted on saturday water crashed in land destroying homes and channels and roads there's and to thomas is in chile gone on jobber island with this update and there are already hundreds of rescue workers in that disaster zone in parts because of how close this nobby's hits to jakarta indonesia its capital where all the emergency services are based the fear malveaux is of a second tsunami if move all kind of activity causes more on the water landslides and that's why i'm here in chile going about five kilometers inland from the coast up a hill the authorities are saying that nobody should be along that coastline tonight in the dock in case another wife gets. the u.s. president has announced he'll be replacing his defense secretary james mattis two months earlier than expected mattis resigned on thursday after disagreeing with the

president's foreign policy of withdrawing troops from syria the deputy secretary of defense patrick shanahan is now due to assume the role at the start of twenty nineteen. sudanese police are reportedly fired tear gas to disperse protesters thousands of taking to the streets across the country on the fifth consecutive day of demonstrations rising food and fuel prices the country's doctors say they'll go on an indefinite strike. papers for the democratic republic of congo's long awaited presidential election arrives in the capital kinshasa up to four million papers were due by saturday to replace those destroyed by a fire last week the base also damaged more than eight thousand voting machines the presidential poll which was origination year old for sunday has been pushed back by a week. it's been two years since al jazeera journalist mahmud hussein was arrested and detained in egypt without being charged with a crime his imprisonment has been repeatedly extended despite international calls

for his immediate release there's the top stories do stay with us next up it's talk to al-jazeera of mores for you after that i was watching. me you see. in february heads of state top ranking government and military officials and leaders of international and denies a ship is traditionally gapper in germany the movers and shakers of the global geopolitical sea meet at the munich security conference to debate defense and foreign policy issues. in two thousand and thirteen then u.s. vice president joe biden said munich is the place to go to hear

a bold policies announced new ideas and approaches tested old partnerships real and new ones formed. with changing political dynamics among world leaders this and similar meetings and now taking on extra importance. of a new thought that you wouldn't. discuss it and. put together the sheen that as we see him in does it does need to. be quite how bad are the prospects for managing global tensions and trouble spots. what risks and opportunities lie ahead in two thousand and nineteen we'll find out more from wolfgang ischinger chairman of the munich security conference as he talks to al-jazeera. chairman of the munich security conference thanks so much for talking to al-jazeera pleasure to be here it seems looking at recent developments from the rise of the trump presidency

the rise of nationalism in europe brags it is the transatlantic alliance collapsing from within. not really is it weakening that well it has a problem. but quite frankly i can't think of a decade when the transatlantic alliance didn't have a problem of this or that sort but this is different there aren't problem is a little more severe than earlier problems because the current problem tends to go to the heart of the matter to the reliability of this. trans-atlantic community so it's not just about severity right this is for the first time perhaps that you since world war two you have to look with some skepticism or doubt or cautiousness towards the support from the u.s. well yes and no. i think you need to make if you want to be you know precise

you want to make a distinction between let's let's say the tweets and the action on the ground the action on the ground as far as u.s. participation in nato is concerned as far as the u.s. presence military presence in europe is concerned things are fine in fact. i would go as far as saying that the trumpet ministration is doing a better job being present in europe than the obama administration in the last eight years before trump so it's not all bad what is there you say that even with all the tweets the us president was surprised many people in the western alliance for his praise for russia's president well that is their oath or their career you know we were just going to say you would still say that's a better that's that's the downside that is where. doubts have been

created about the reliability of the united states as a major ally in this trans-atlantic community. but again let's make sure that we understand that there is a clear commitment by the united states in the military feel that the united states has not the certitude europe but you are right at the political level some of the words spoken some of the tweets tweeted have created uncertainties in the minds of many europeans that's bad is it just about what we hear from some of the leaders whether it's in the u.s. or leaders of some of the rising forces on the right in europe or is it also about the changing mood of the masses some segments of the masses in the west now see the political elites business of the as perhaps

a bigger problem than russia for example they see the press as the enemy of the people more than external actors. does western defense policy has it caught up with that does it still speak for the mind of the masses on security and defense issues my view would be that there is still a very wide ranging. agreement among elites in western europe european nato members and the united states about what needs to be done in a way you know we are joined at the hip in a number of areas there is no way for western europe to for example to defend itself when you think about nuclear weapons because the american nuclear umbrella has been the instrument of protection for all these many many many non-nuclear

weapons countries in western europe who are members of nato and you have no doubt that will continue. well i have no doubt that there is no practical reachable doable alternative to the us all the same thing well there since there is no alternative we have to do our best in order to make sure it will continue to exist and will continue to work but my my point is is are we at a point where europeans have to think of a backup plan a plan b. well i've always been if you don't want an alternative i've always thought that we should of course continue to look for as much. strategic sovereignty independence as is possible absolutely and for example in the non-nuclear field of defense in conventional defense we it's our own fault we europeans are totally dependent also on our big partner on the on the

other side of the atlantic we could create if we spend a little more money if we spend our our defense euro more efficiently we could be far more effective and efficient we could carry a significantly larger share of the defense burden if we did all that so that's our you know that's an hour to do list and that's possible when addition though to carry perhaps more of a burden when it comes to military budgets is there a need for the elites in the west to start dealing with some of the concerns of the middle classes which of from that perspective haven't been addressed appropriately by the current order here's an interesting fact i came across children in some u.s. communities now have a shorter life expectancy than their parents for the first time since the end of world war two it begs the question can the current order prevail whether we're

talking of security and defense without the needs of some of the western middle classes to be addressed all our welfare all our social expenditures all our accumulated wealth all our employment is worth nothing if we don't have security just imagine another war we are as we speak having a war in the heart of europe. let's call a spade a spade what's going on in ukraine is a war we have ten thousand people dead now since twenty four fourteen. and please don't tell me that this is not something that we europeans we in the transatlantic community need to worry about so as a precondition for making life better for the kids in america and for for creating a stable and safe future for all of us the first precondition is to make sure our

security arrangements work do you think that external actors like russia have succeeded in making connections with internal access in the us which are opposed to the transatlantic alliance modern technology the internet social media have created in our creating as we speak a totally new fabric of communication and of political relationships is that challenging for the current is generally established me that challenge technology everybody and believe me it's not only challenging for us what may be russia is trying to do to prevent in western societies i think the one who is. who is fearing this the most is president putin himself. he needs to be fearful of the virus of western democratic freedom entering

russian social life and he and he had to first he got a first impression of this when he ran for reelection in twenty twenty eleven and when all of a sudden in urban in large cities in russia people went to the streets wow that had never happened before so you know the virus of global communication of fake news of manipulation of news it works in all directions it does little communication like that always have to be a virus could not this technology open up better understanding and global cooperation well if we were in a cooperative mood as we promised to be in one thousand nine hundred when we signed the charter of paris and when we all agreed including the soviet union at the time that we would respect our borders and. and honor territorial integrity yes sure absolutely of course from the russian perspective they would make the argument

that actually it was the western side that didn't keep its word in not expanding further eastwards after the collapse of the berlin wall well there was never such a promise you look i mean i negotiated on behalf of germany with my american bridge and many other colleagues the nato russia founding act and we negotiated for the better part of an entire year never once in one thousand nine hundred eighty five ninety six never once did the russian federation raise in these negotiations the accusation that we should actually not even need to negotiate because we had promised never to expand it to russia negotiated with us in good faith the more delany's of nato enlargement therefore it is just simply a piece of fake news if we're being told today that at some point in the past somebody promised to somebody. that nato would an expenditure just not true will the rise of european nationalism perhaps undermine

a more integrated european defense and security policy it's not just about the dynamic between europe and the us or europe and russia as an internal dynamic that's going on we're hearing voices from within europe that are not very keen on multilateralism. you're absolutely right we are having a pretty tough fight about whether we can maintain. we in western europe a position as a bargain as a pillar of the liberal international order which is under rather dramatic threat today so where does that leave plans that we have from time to time from the french president or others talking about it's time to beef up and make a more common european defense policy or army and so on it's inevitable it's necessary. look if there is. a question mark about the

reliability of our american partners if we have a huge question mark about russian intentions all around is zone surrounding russia we have. military issues let me put it diplomatically. of course we need to hedge we as europeans we need to hedge against the possibility that there might be yet another. military issue coming our way that that is unfortunately the case i wish i had you had that if it's a portion of the masses a losing faith shall we say in multilateral action and becoming stronger in that belief for nationalistic or you know you know lateral action well i actually don't think that that's going to happen i have listened to too many doom and gloom predictions of the immediate you know the manners of the euro zone of europe

collapsing or are we already some might say seeing that with gregg's it we are saying no no we're not as you are losing faith and we're in the we're in the european project no we're not seeing it we are actually seeing that a number of countries have only one wish for their future and to become members of the european union breaks it is unfortunate it was a wrong decision. and it was wrongly presented to the british people i belong to those who believe it is a catastrophic mistake for all of us on the continental side but also for the british people themselves and i just wish it could somehow be reversed but that's for the u.k. of course for the for the british parliament for the for the people to decide do you buy into the analysis that says the rise of populism in the west the rise of nationalism unilateralism is leaving vacuums in other parts of the world like the

middle east where others are feeling it. well if one thing is true. we have been so preoccupied in. the european union with the fallout of the financial crisis for the entire last decade for the last ten years we've been we've been preoccupied with doing our own homework our domestic clean up job that you can't pay enough attention and the idea that the european union would define itself as an exporter of stability that was the original idea we had you know twenty years ago or so that has so far not materialized is it taking a setback now i mean you're here for the doha forum in doha qatar a lot of people from the around the world are here but this is a region that is plagued with a boy called led by saudi arabia in the heart of the gulf again

scott i mean surely that puts a strain on regional stability and security. which the west has an interest in oh absolutely and i am the first to say that the european union should be far more capable than it is today to speak with one voice and to defend. and represent the interests of five hundred million people that's the european origin the e.u. say in your opinion concerning the boycott well. let me go back a step first the european union needs to be able to define a policy with the all the issues of the middle east yemen syria. libya. and the list is of course much longer we don't have a consolidated clearly defined policy approach because in the european union on

foreign policy we still allow each and every single member to have a veto about every single issue that that is presented to our foreign ministers would you like to see the e.u. make a stronger call for an end to this boycott as a threat to regional alliance with the west well of course from the european point of view what is required for this region is a reliable security architecture the blockade or the dispute between qatar and saudi arabia and the other gulf states is extremely regrettable it's the last thing we need what we need is a united gulf what we would love to see is a united arab world. that starts thinking like we did half a century ago in europe about integration close corporation trans border

you know more trans border trade and exchange did the west let the arab world down though in a sense on that point when we saw the beginning some would argue of that process with the arab spring first having accountable representative democratic governments who could then work on integration from the perspective the true perspective of the interests of the masses rather than regimes and there is a feeling in this part of the world the west. didn't come to the aid of that democratic revolution an experiment as quickly as it should have do you agree with that i would admit that personally i belong to those who were probably too naive when the so-called arab spring program many of us thought ok this is the opening and from now on everything will be fine and this this part of the world will end up in paradise well we underestimated the forces that

were against such an opening. and we underestimated the weakness of democratic institutions and processes in many of these countries but now we know it's a reason to support the more surely not rather than to turn away from well we tried did we not i mean maybe we didn't do it in the right way we thought. for example that. it was going to be a great idea to create one or two shining examples if that was one thought over these last number of years if we could help. turn for example tunisia into an example of how these processes of modernization can actually be conducted in a peaceful manner for the benefit of the of the people that would be great well. that

inspiring to some experiments seem to have gotten you know further volatile a little bit but not. certainly not a full success has the killing of jamal khashoggi we can the west's confidence in saudi arabia in particular as a reliable partner in security and stability the fact. that in our current international climate it is apparently deemed acceptable by governments even of major countries that such activities as well as as the one you describe in istanbul or you know the. poisoning of a couple. of russian couple living in england. is acceptable or is not going to be punished by the international community this is awful this is one of the symptoms of that of the disintegration of our international system that you

could or should be an international investigation and i think that would be helpful to the saudi investigation has been credible so far with well any surge in the search investigation is going to be more credible if it is going to going to supported by an international effort and i think that emanuel mccall and other european leaders have suggested that to the saudi leadership i mean it's been how many weeks since the killing of saudi authorities still haven't accounted for his body that doesn't give a lot of confidence in the investigation doesn't. well i'm not going to comment on the investigation because i know nothing about it but what i do know is that as we speak the u.s. senate and the u.s. congress is deliberating what the right steps and what the wrong steps are going to be no country is for saudi arabia more important than the biggest nato

part that the united states if the united states takes certain steps that would be that would be setting an example if the united states decides not to do anything and just go back to business as usual that would be setting a different kind of example so i think in this particular case whatever the united states decides to do or not to do will have a. immensely important improve for for all of us if you think the u.s. should go for the sorts of measures which your country germany has taken germany has stopped sales to saudi arabia well i think u.s. should do the same i think the important thing is that we do something together it's not a great idea i think for one country or regardless of whether this is germany and other countries to take this kind of decision others taking no decisions third countries like the u.s. contemplating congressional action i think the the best way forward the best way to

work with saudi arabia is to develop one common position should that arms boycott well i think an arms boycott if it. applied throughout the western world would be in the extremely strong signal i don't really believe that that's what we're going to see i think the arms boycott by my own country was a strong signal but actually a signal of helplessness you know the dirt german arms exports to our a tiny sum of money compared to what else what other countries are exporting to saudi arabia is the transatlantic alliance breaking down not just in terms of european security but in other global issues we've seen differences between europe and the u.s. when it comes to trade climate change the paris accord even the iran nuclear deal

no i don't think so we have had important differences of view on many many issues in the past so the transatlantic alliance will survive this but with scars with scars because the tone of this debate including sometimes the words chosen by president drum himself. have turned out not to be helpful if you want to maintain an atmosphere of mutual trust we're not that far away from the munich security conference itself having its gathering what sort of direction do you expect the conference to take on some of these global challenges we're talking about well you know the munich security conference has developed into what i think is now the world's most important informal foreign policy and secure the platform each year in february in munich the beauty of munich is we don't

produce a communique we don't take decisions we use the time in munich for the leaders who gather there. to have meaningful discussions about whether there are maybe some possibilities to move forward and we expect to have. key leaders decision makers from the united states from china from the middle east i i know now that a number of. you know heads of state and government including from this region will want to come and speak in that's good but it's an informal club and that is what makes you know informal decisions so much easier than in a formal setting such as you know the united nations or in our case indeed you will need to wolfgang ischinger chairman of the munich security conference

thanks so much for talking to others here thank you. and. look the arrival of refugees is debated and european parliament's. but the journey itself is little understood. just. to syrians document the route that has claimed so many lives such into sanctuary padawan people in

power on al-jazeera. al-jazeera is a very important source of information for many people around the world when all the cameras have gone i'm still here go into areas that nobody else is going to talk to people that nobody else is talking to and bringing that story to the forefront. hello montaner nanda stories on it is there indonesians living near the are not krakatau volcano are being warned to stay away from the beaches amid fears of another tsunami on saturday giant waves crashed into coastal towns on the islands of sumatra and java killing at least two hundred twenty two people and injuring

more than eight hundred forty others andrew thomas is near the disaster zone and said this report. a concert by the indonesian pop band seventeen western java came to an abrupt saying when waves from tsunami swept away the stage musician plans. water followed up to twenty liters inland killing dozens and injuring hundreds more in because. if the morning so there are so forty three weeks a cave region you know under out the metre to a metre so this could have been much worse in these years meteorology and geophysics agency believes the waves could have been caused by an undersea landslide from the eruption of an crocodile that's a volcanic island formed over years from the nearby crocodile volcano search and rescue operations are now underway for survivors who were very strictly family kids i think it's we are people that are treated. worse because it's

a traumatic event especially given all of the things the indonesians suffered in the last you know four months in september more than two thousand people were killed by a quake and tsunami that hit the city of pallu on the odds of the way z. which is just east of borneo indonesia in the ring of fire it's it's it's there's always volcanic eruptions happening there always. sometimes there are tsunamis. and it's really no more active than normal actually it's just every now and then there's a confluence of events which unfortunately results in. people being kind of literally swept up in these disasters the number of casualties from this disaster over a holiday weekend is expected to increase as risk use reach affected areas and there are already hundreds of rescue workers in that disaster zone in parts because of how close is it's to jakarta indonesia its capital where all the emergency services

are based the fear malveaux is of a second tsunami move all kind of activity causes more on the water landslides and that's why i'm here in chile going about five kilometers inland from the coast up a hill the authorities are saying that nobody should be along that coastline tonight in the dark in case another wave hits under thomas out as there are children in the media the u.s. president has announced he'll be replacing his defense secretary james mattis two months earlier than expected but just resigned on thursday after disagreeing with the president's foreign policy of withdrawing troops from syria deputy secretary defense patrick shanahan is now due to assume the role at the start of twenty nineteen. sudan's doctors are going on an indefinite strike in the first a series of work stoppages aimed at paralyzing the government of president omar bashir demonstrators have been rallying for five days across several cities in

anger over rising fuel and food prices as well as corruption at least ten people have died of course that police have fired tear gas to disperse protesters in who are in north korea firing. ballot papers for the democratic republic of congo's a long awaited presidential election of arrived in the capital kinshasa up to four million papers were due by saturday to replace those destroyed by a fire last week presidential poll which was originally scheduled for sunday has been pushed back by a week. it's been two years since i was there a generous man what you're saying was arrested and detained in egypt without being charged with a crime is imprisonment has been repeatedly extended despite international calls for his immediate release the white house is warning the partial u.s. government shutdown could stretch into the new year after lawmakers failed to break the stalemate over budget spending democrats are refusing to agree to president trump's demands for more than five billion dollars for his mexico border. as the

top stories just stay with us crimea russia's dirty secret is up next on more news for you after that ifa. vs another type of. sobriety. which. people disappear when you have a mass. shooting here particularly in your book. how many stripes the category do you. believe.

didn't students are emotionally secure was it a girl or a good points. scored. to put on the school system the russian. the dissolute mother waits on the border between ukraine and russian occupied crimea. for news of her missing son to move. on yet but you but you might as well you were more than a little a prostitute as they used. their store a sailor but that all law says that i love me but you have. to more openly opposed russia's annexation of crimea in two thousand and fourteen. though his mother refuses to accept it it's likely he paid for his opposition with his

life. here is that whatever they do was to me was that almost like at what the e-mail question would have had about a transfer us. at that at the best day of the i would say it's. she's not alone in her grief humorous young counterman have disappeared following a rest. of the person her brother her for his sugarbush or more subset of her tortious your school record her literary super sort of church near here not since the doors were purple. were similar to do which. was so smooth and prepared. to run your motor and the person put on a bit of. a suit that is the community those are known for. russia is determined to keep its alleged abuse of human rights away from public

scrutiny. these disappeared other victims of a crackdown on the top population of crimea by russia since its occupation in two thousand and fourteen. as the only indigenous group still openly opposing the occupation russia sees this muslim minority as a threat well as resist not peace and chris get that and i thought that's that's that's a start as i see it. couldn't get that in the. new captain of the wright issue and i said his name came on us in this way. before the invasion of two thousand and fourteen crimea was a part of another country ukraine reformed when the soviet union broke up into separate states but many russians including the president vladimir putin were unhappy with this russia had retained important military bases in crimea and there

was also a substantial ethnic russian population in the black sea enclave. fact is that made the kremlin determined to take control of crimea. but in the final months of two thousand and thirteen things were staring in the ukrainian capital kiev. then president viktor yushchenko vits well known for his sympathies towards moscow rejected closer ties with the european union in favor of placing ukraine effectively under russia's wing. resulting protests brought hundreds of thousands into my down square in the center of kiev as well as other cities across the country. the russian media called all the protesters neo nazis and pro-government militia supported by snipers were

ordered to put down these protests with brute force. one hundred twenty one demonstrators were killed hundreds more wounded. the carnage quickly turned the tide against the end of cold which and he was forced to flee eventually turning up in moscow. on february twenty sixth two thousand and fourteen crimean tatars clashed with their russian neighbors outside the parliament in the regional capital some for are convinced the trustor was planned to grab crimea. and that it had the judges just didn't like if it was up to them but that was going to join up well but you know the school system was attacked. just like you that the rest of us what you. just did it was a video to. sit.

in the early hours of the following morning c.c.t.v. footage captured armed men without insignia on their uniforms the parliament building. next they took over the airports and blocked ukrainian military facilities. this was just the beginning. and that's ok this is the truth which. only shows can sure wish it on the appreciate. that you know that your descriptions could put a new front of. pressure. but if you were. moscow claim they were liberating crimea from right wing extremists they said had taken over ukraine. russian troops and to return of crimea to protect crimea people. here are always new on that see

reach going to our why. so it was. a good ratio protection of people. there we. couldn't move we. see it on the gridiron just a little. only some years in a big theater and then asked. if you. had you because a kid. has a ball given in the ceiling in the grass on the green the other well you can skip us but violent. to the movie in time to one of my daughters. forge them for the of could him to teach a different way of. steers and uses of c meeting what he stick in grozny really me and who would go with the season baby detailer. the russian forces have.