this is one of the reasons why hundreds of civilians have been killed in a series of massacres around the town of beni in the last four years it's not clear who is behind them the government blames a rebel group called the a.t.f. . or outbreak started in august and spread to the area around benny more than three hundred people have died. campaign rallies were allowed to take place there. and it's opposition candidates martin fraley through the biggest crowds i think this is the people that need change in this country most because the. war's war was a war of choice it is a must human sees the kids also want the abort consulate in this country that was want to change. there are about one point two million voters in the regions that will be excluded many of them support fire. congress catholic church which has played a key role in campaigning for democracy also question the decision says this is

that. within this is a dangerous decision and also we don't see a clear motivation for it why did they not decide this during the campaign when people were more exposed why only now i think there was a hidden agenda behind it. the elections being repeatedly postponed opposition and then millions of followers now question its credibility to even if it happens it's result may not be accepted malcolm webb al-jazeera kinshasa in the democratic republic of congo. weather next but still ahead on al jazeera face to face to form an egyptian presidents both ousted from power in the courtroom and then unprecedented plans followed by a historic game they try to make sense of volatile financial markets and the u.s. .

hello again and welcome back well here across the western part we're going to see conditions really begin to deteriorate over the next day that's all due to the system right here coming in out of turkey thursday a lot of snow here across turkey continuing and rain heavy rain across parts of the eastern med aleppo beirut jerusalem all seeing some rain in your forecast things are going to change on friday that system makes its way more towards the east so clearing up out here towards the west but over here towards tehran rain as well down towards quite city you may see a sprinkle of two there but baghdad you will finally start to see a break in your rain as well but it will be a little bit cool a few with the temperature there of sixty degrees we are going to see some clouds here across much of the arabian peninsula particular up here towards the north now those clouds will start to shift down here towards the south as we go towards friday we may see a sprinkler too but nothing in terms of accumulation dubey is going to be cloudy

with a tempter a few of about twenty five degrees and then over here towards parts of southeastern africa we're going to be seeing durban with a temperature of twenty nine degrees and as we go towards friday more rain across that area temps are coming down for you would twenty three degrees in your forecast johannesburg will be a rainy day on friday a twenty five degrees but cape town plenty of sun in your forecast with a temperature of twenty four degrees few. a policy imposed decades ago. is changing demographics across asia with far reaching consequences for creating a pool of socially disadvantaged young men so you have the system where people at every level will be get being given money money to agree destro zation money to get other people to be the story. here examines the politics of population control.

welcome back on this does a reminder of our top stories this hour president donald trump has used an unannounced visit to u.s. troops in iraq to defend his decision to withdraw forces from neighboring syria faced criticism for not visiting american soldiers abroad he insists he has no plans to pull troops from iraq. russia is accusing israel of endangering two passenger planes that hit targets in syria says syrian air defenses destroyed fourteen of the sixteen israeli missiles an israeli security official has confirmed the air strikes to the associated press saying they hit iranian targets. indonesia

has reviewed all flights around an erupting volcano which triggered a tsunami on saturday. continues to spew columns of ash into the air today is sent waves up to five nieces high along the coast at least four hundred thirty people were killed. two alstad egyptian presidents have appeared in the same court hosni mubarak has testified in the retrial of egypt's first democratically elected leader mohamed morsy over a jailbreak during the revolution that toppled mubarak seven years ago john holl has more. egypt's revolution may seem like a long time ago but its consequences are still unfolding those man. and man who wanted the whole ability the information i'm requested to provide here is related to the trial and what happened before it such information was delivered to me because i was the president and supreme leader of the military forces in

a car oh courtroom an extraordinary scene two former presidents adversaries in the events of early two thousand and eleven now appearing on opposite sides of the law the long time ruler hosni mubarak many called him a military dictator was deposed by the revolutionaries he gave evidence against egypt's first democratically elected leader mohamed morsi morsi who faced a death sentence until it was revoked is being retried on other charges along with fellow muslim brotherhood defendants they're accused of conspiring with foreign groups including hamas and hezbollah to orchestrate a violent jailbreak in the early days of the revolution but it was some say a third president the current leader abdel fattah el-sisi attempting a show of strength here to wield more power you see that he's telling the former president mubarak you must come to court and so we're seeing this power play that

sisi signaling to both mubarak and his people that i'm consolidate power and myself i am the eternal power in this state and the level of repression today's unprecedented and the economic situation is even worse the attacks on journalism and freedom of speech and pass and civil society egypt is quickly becoming governable. n.c.c. is a read of a counter-revolution in two thousand and sixteen egypt's highest appeal court overturned a life sentence handed down to president mohamed morsi ordering a retrial last year mubarak's own conviction on charges of negligence in office was overturned and he was released but it is president down sisi who now faces the possible outpouring of public anger the stagnating economy and the repressive. for almost eighty years egypt appears to have come full circle so now how does iraq. one of saddam's verging parties is calling for an investigation into the killing of

protesters during a week of anti-government demonstrations members of the popular congress party say seventeen people were killed after security forces used live ammunition at the protests but rights group amnesty international says at least thirty seven protesters died some sudanese doctors have now started striking while medical students have joined protests calling for regime change. says a leading figure in saddam's ruling national congress party he says protesters calling for the president's resignation have to follow the legal process put out of course yes a very limited demands by the position for bashir to step down or for the regime to be a top and the. reason now that the head of a national reconciliation government that has included tens and tens of part as a small part is and these parties are always with bashir bashir has been told

by the sudanese people don't want to end the ones who want to step down have to go through the right way which is elections in twenty twenty in april twentieth twenty to be having elections and everyone has the right to be nominated and we will accept that. the husband of a british iranian mother detained in iran is calling for her release written rattus made the plea on have fortieth birthday saying she needs medical help peter shop reports the british iranian mother turned forty on wednesday but her birthday says amnesty international will be a day of anguish rather than a day of celebration nazneen zardari radcliffe was arrested at tara an airport in april two thousand and sixteen the charity worker was later sentenced to five years in jail accused of spying charges that she and her husband richard ratcliffe

vehemently deny he used her birthday to appeal for her release she is innocent he says she's been wrongly detained for three years separated from her family in young daughter and she's broken no laws and he says she's now being denied urgent medical attention senescent in probably about two weeks ago now found against lumps in the breast this time she went into prison doctors said yes you need an urgent referral and then she's not been able to have it so we've been battling with a very notorious plan to happen i know she was pushing again this week as far as i know she's still stuck in prison or able to get. since obviously today today's her fortieth birthday that's been looming as a landmark for a very long time in that you know this is someone that as you say has been three years in prison and she's innocent on day one she said innocence and dana hundred ninety eight which is what today is amnesty international's birthday present for nazneen is a simple one a promise that we will campaign for her freedom for as long as her family needs us

peter shop al-jazeera. u.s. markets are still volatile after a run of losses in the weeks before christmas on wednesday the dow jones posted its biggest single day again rising eleven hundred points that's almost five percent the postle rebound followed a pretty christmas new zing streak chilled by slower global growth and political incessantly in washington strong retail sales and surging tech and and energy stocks helped to boost markets profits causes from the economic policy institute he says there are fears of a recession despite the market rally what we're experiencing right now is a is a period of extreme what we call volatility or highs and lows the markets seem so you know you know from very low one day to bounce back the next i think what's more important is to keep our eyes on the trend. overall the market still is down several thousand points from just levels of just

a month ago and to the year both the dow and the s. and p. five hundred off about seven and a half points seven half percent rather so that's a substantial loss of value of the course of the year i think that reflects concerns about the risks of recession going forward we know the government spending is going to shrink in two thousand and nineteen the trade deficit is already rising and you know i'm s.s.p. ject has projected it over the next two or three years the u.s. deficit trade deficit could more than a nearly double that is nearly double in the next tuesday years and that those two factors together are going to greatly curtail growth in the united states could be enough to push a center recession economists seem to think that's increasingly likely to happen. u.s. border protection has ordered medical checks for every child in custody after a second child died while in its care eight year old philip gomez the lawns are died on christmas day hours of to being discharged from hospital he was diagnosed

with a cold and fever phillipe and his father had been in u.s. border control custody since entering the country a week a seven year old guatemalan gal died earlier this month after being detained. the un is warning at least two million more than as well as are likely to flee next year neighboring peru says two thousand people are crossing its border every day that as mariana sanchez reports from lima new arrivals are facing stricter immigration controls. i mean it's going to buy you has been selling coffee on the streets of lima since she arrived from venice willing november the thirty two year old is qualified in food quality control but she's afraid she'll get in trouble for trying to work in an industry she knows well she missed the october deadline to apply for a work permit by just a few weeks i'm afraid we came here to work legally and to be in the country legally i don't want to do anything against the law to do so so-called foreign

police along with immigration officials are conducting inspections across the capital to ensure venus williams half the required permits to work out of the muzzle by the immigration chief. said the briefly detained some than a swell and for security reasons. sadly some people have committed crimes and that makes us sad because it affects the way peruvian see them and it also makes peruvians afraid. of the immigration office and many are rushing to apply for work permits before yet another deadline december thirty first says it won't issue any more after that they will try i haven't waited for the last minute but it's been very difficult because i still don't have a certificate from interpol immigration authorities say they've increased the number of personnel and office hours to help these venezuelans get their paperwork done fast but they also say eighty five thousand business will have missed their

appointments and twenty thousand have not picked up their approved permits. six hundred thirty five thousand in a swim and snow leaving according to official estimates. says she. lucky that she crossed the border in time to work legally. i pride in august they gave me to a point where you just know i don't know what will happen to those who get here after the situation in venezuela is a tragedy and officials say those who entered after tuber can only apply for asylum now but i mean. this doesn't guarantee a job that it but that i applied for asylum they gave me a paper that allows me to work but no one is accepting it as valid. on average two thousand in a swimsuit cross into every day but again officials say they will not issue work permits after december but for now they will keep the border open to those fleeing the deepening economic and political crisis back home but in

a sign just just. while the turquoise waters of lake atitlan draws tourists from around the globe but residents of one lakeshore town are hoping to draw more visitors through a project inspired by the work of haas and han the dutch artists are known for helping transform a rio de janeiro favela by painting it with vibrant colors david massa reports from santa catarina. the plan is renowned for its beauty now one lakeside town is drawing on the surroundings to transform itself into a giant work of art. it all starts with a fresh coat of paint families choose colors and designs inspired by the traditional hand-woven clothing worn by local women then they help to paint their own homes. because the house is going to end up looking really nice the result will be good and it makes a landscape here look it's

a big change from before and i hope more neighbors paint the houses. the cool women have led. since it launched two years ago they helped develop the color palettes and designs and administer the project. coordinator lydia coombe is says women have another key skill that's allowed the program to thrive and. i think that when women make decisions they seek consensus with this reidy helped us during the start of the project and that helps us keep the support of the community the weaving tradition is strong incentive. the patterns and colors of textiles are inspired by nature. she says women express their imagination through weaving and they are now able to share their talents on a different scale but i'm. for me it's special to see our designs on the walls of town and to say it's beautiful and take photographs to remember it it makes me

happy to see a traditional embroidery scene this. is attracting more tourists for visitors who've been here before the transformation is clear. not so many activities. like. industries and everything. feels like much more respected. than. the first project with kind in guatemala organizers say that once they complete the painting of the eight hundred fifty buildings in this town they plan to. spanned the project the other towns around. recently the project won an international design award showing how art can combat poverty and empower a community david mercer al-jazeera center at that you know what i'm alla.

and these all the top stories president has used an unannounced visit to u.s. troops in iraq to defend his decision to withdraw forces from neighboring syria faced criticism for not visiting american soldiers abroad he insists he has no plans to pull troops from iraq one year ago i gave our generals six more months in syria. and it turns out it was really a year and a half ago i should go get them. we need six months. and they said give us another six months i said go get them. then they said go ahead we have one more like period of six months as i don't. know. that i gave you a lot of six months and now we're doing it a different way. russia is accusing israel of endangering two passenger planes as it hit targets in syria says syrian air defenses destroyed fourteen of the sixteen

israeli missiles an israeli security official has confirmed the ass strikes to the associated press saying they hit iranian targets the u.n. says representatives of yemen's warring factions have achieved a breakthrough as a meeting in the key port city of her data retired dutch general patrick ahmed has been hosting the fast talks in the city between the saudi government and treat the rebels. indonesia has rerouted all flights around an erupting volcano which triggered a tsunami on saturday. continues to spew columns of ash into the air days after its creator collapsed sending waves up to five meters high along the coast at least four hundred thirty people were killed voting in sunday's presidential election in the democratic republic of congo has been postponed in three opposition strongholds until march the election commission says it delayed the vote and betty. over fears of violence and. u.s.

markets are still volatile after a major run of losses in the weeks before christmas on wednesday the dow jones posted its its biggest single day gain rising eleven hundred points that's almost five percent the partial rebound followed pre-christian of saluting street fueled by slower global growth and political uncertainty in washington those are the headlines more news off the witness. the marshall islands hold a toxic legacy from years of u.s. military nuclear testing. as the sea levels rise when used investigates the threats this fall. on al jazeera.

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