of the seventy social activists who were murdered in brazil last year the vast majority belong to the landless movement and the fear is that under the new government they will be targeted even further. an antiterrorism law is being debated in the senate could make that easier for decades the m.s.t. has been fighting for land redistribution and at times members have resorted to land occupations and violence but legal experts argue the current penal code is sufficient to punish those who break the law. to give the government now and in the future the power to declare any type of demonstration by political opponents as terrorism is very dangerous. back at the roadside shows of some vegetables they've grown. for every. other we go hungry a lot we trade things with our neighbors and that's how we survive by using the patches of land by the side of the road imagine if we had our arms actually. but

instead of land they're expecting a confrontation with a new president who's declared the estimated one point five million members of the movement a threat to brazil you see in human al-jazeera mato grosso brazil. the mother of a guatemalan boy who died while in u.s. custody says her son was healthy when he left eight year old felipe gomez along died on december twenty fourth after being detained by border agents while trying to cross from mexico to the u.s. speaking from a village in guatemala his mother says he reported that he was doing well every time he and his father called home during backtrack. i could never have imagined this he was happy when he left he called me and said he was at the border and he was having chicken for dinner and that's where the whole thing when he left he said i'm a little young but when i arrived them going to grow up i will study and look for

a job and i'm going to send you money and buy a codes for my mom the u.k. and france have agreed on a plan to do with migrants and refugees attempting to cross the english channel the plan will include increased joint patrols and surveillance and will be implemented in the coming days six iranian men with the latest to make the crossing washing up on a beach on sunday more than two hundred twenty people have attempted to the journey since november. on january the first new law comes into force here in the u.k. targeting the growing pay gap between executives and their employees even listing companies will have to monitor it with vale and justify the difference in salaries between the boardroom and the shop floor paul brennan reports as part of our serious a new laws for twenty nineteen. of the big glass and metal towers of london's financial district symbolize the success and sometimes excess of britain's top

companies while enforced public austerity has kept a lid on the average working wage the eye watering salaries and extraordinary bonuses of the top u.k. bosses have sparked outrage in twenty seventeen alone the salary of top bosses jumped eleven percent to four point nine million dollars over the past twenty years or so we've seen the pay of a foot see one hundred see go from about fifty or sixty times that the average week a work to war like one hundred fifty times now there's been no real justification for that in terms of company performance so i definitely think it is the case that there's been a major corporate governance or policy failure somewhere along the line among a string of high profile controversies in twenty eighteen with a ninety five million dollars bonus paid to jeff urban c.e.o. of the house bill de persimmon the public outrage cost him his job. the royal mail paid its new chief executive rico back a seven point three million dollars signing on fee despite seventy percent of

shareholders objecting and a shareholder revolt that bt failed to block a two point nine million dollars package for gavin patterson the departing chief executive remuneration committees have been required for a long time now to take into account paying conditions elsewhere in the company when setting executive pay and they have absolutely failed to do this from january twenty ninth listed companies with more than two hundred fifty employees must calculate unpublicized the pay ratio between the boss and the average worker the institute of directors supports the new rules although it says some comparisons will be more useful than others but if for the same company you'll seeing say the pay ratio increase from one year to the next so top exact a moving upwards at a faster rate than that of the average employee could give rise to legitimate questions in the sense that you're describing and if companies refuse to moderate themselves there is scope for further government intervention perhaps policies from

the government in relation to their procurement activities or in relation to the. tax system that would favor the companies with lower pay ratios and penalize those with the vast gaps that have become increasingly complex in recent years the new pay ratio regulations should strengthen shareholders ability to block excessive deals and could shame companies into actually complying but u.k. boardrooms have shown themselves to be remarkably brazen despite public criticism and more may yet be needed in order to rein in the worst excesses paul brennan al-jazeera the city of london. more than one hundred forty seven thousand security forces to be deployed across felt on new year's eve amid fears of unrest yellow vest protesters say they will be gathering in paris to keep up the anti government demonstrations and response police plan to place

a security perimeter. site of the annual new year's eve light show and celebration. still ahead this news hour we'll hear from a woman who has just made history in the ultimate fighting championship that's coming up in sport. and lauren term begins with but it does not in there no terrorist state poses a greater or more immediate threat than the regime of saddam hussein this is a regime that has something to hide they had prepared a significant propaganda for and guess what not one w m d shite was found in iraq since the one nine hundred ninety one iraq a deadly deception on al-jazeera.

al-jazeera. where every. now time for a spot where around a. thank you some might say well something like normal service has resumed for defending english premier league champions manchester city after two straight

defeats they beat south anson southampton's james ward prowse played a pivotal role in this one with the game poised at one one he had a penalty appeal turned down long as light scored an own goal that gave city the lead and then three minutes later sergio wraps up a three one win but the feeling of course there were. more aggressive. more with the bulls clearly very pleased we were more aggressive to attack to go forward to be verified with a good move of course we really knew how to work in that position so i think fifty meters always happen in the premier league always. at the end with a good group that result move city to within seven points of leaders liverpool those teams meet at cities they had stadium on thursday many nights he recorded their third straight win on the new manager early going to solve sharp bournemouth for juan and chelsea are in fourth after

a one zero win over crystal palace so we had to do. to have a good positions under the ball only in the infancy freeze so there was a rare interview and they think that. we played a very good very good match for it to five minutes well it's the start of the road to super bowl fifty three and the new england patriots have topped their conference their final regular season game was against the new york jets patriots quarterback tom brady threw for three touchdowns the pages winning thirty eight three because of the way the pages go straight into the divisional playoffs the first team to make its the playoffs ten years in iraq. now after losing to portland early this week the defending m.b.a. champions of banks are winning ways the golden state warriors beat the trailblazers in portland golden state coming through this game even after frustration getting the better his dollar at the end of the second quarter he threw the ball into the stands was ejected from the action for this hostile act plates option but more

focused in his throwing for golden state he's thirty two points helping the warriors to a one fifteen who want to fight. in phoenix the suns went down to the visiting denver nuggets denver's jamal murray scored forty six points made a career high nine three points history did not get to a one twenty two to one seen win then to sit on top of the western conference ahead of golden state. now in these characters are closing in on a first ever test series win in australia they've taken it sooner or later in the four match series with a one hundred thirty seven run win in melbourne just a bar months ago career best nine wickets in the match for india the final test that starts in sydney on thursday. the best thing about this win would be to bounce back again. like we bounced back once in england like your bones broken so they're free so i think that takes more mentally out a few than you're starting to see as well so i think that's why this this victory is more special to the bowlers because they've been so dire

a new zealand of moved up to third in the test rankings after hearing when i was trying to beat them by four hundred and twenty three runs for a full strength series victory that same having already beat in the west indies england and pakistan is this year our form of five white world boxing champion floyd mayweather is coming out of retirement to take on an undefeated kick boxer in japan the forty one year old will face kickboxing world champion tension now sukar we're now despite his background no kicking will actually be allowed in this three round concerts mayweather hasn't fought since economy grego more than a year ago boxing and m.m.a. right securitate davis gave us some idea as to what we might expect. i think there's a comparison here in many ways even though it is it's going to be a stand out fight nine minute fights massive car will be like a raging bull in there and floyd mayweather will have escaped like oh my comebacks a jewel toreador if you light. it many ways it's it's it is an

exhibition it's almost w w e in some ways even though they will have fights it doesn't register on the system it will make a lot of money and as you rightly say it will draw a lot of casual fans what is it twenty bucks to watch or it will do big numbers because floyd mayweather has a fascination they want to see this casual audience can this young box who's destroyed so many opponents who's undefeated who's twenty years old floyd mayweather sports you want candy land this have you have it on mayweather knock him out can he calls a sensation in nine minutes and that's what it's all about and it's a bit of fun at the end of the day but got both make a lot of money out now brazilian fighter amanda nunez has made you have seen history and white champion stunned chris cyborg with a knockout just fifty one seconds into the opening round and emmy for the whites senior unbeaten run of it she makes known as the first female fighter so when u.s.c. titles into white divisions joe johns reclaimed his light heavyweight title with

a technical knockout of alexander gustav's and it was his first appearance in seventeen months after serving a dumping ban my plan is to face everything head on to answer every question you take every day as take every polygraph to pay every penalty to do whatever i got to do to prove my innocence and roger federer is back in action of the start of the new tennis season he wants first match of the hopman cup team event federer started the preparations for his australian open title defense for a six one six one picture of a can win or he also i want to make stumbles much and people face serena williams when switzerland takes on the united states contests coming up on. ok that is how the school's looking for now let's get back to sue in london. thank you randy now to russia where they're celebrating christmas new rather unusual way a group of diverse have placed a christmas tree at the bottom of cats on

a lake they dive to six me says with a tree in near freezing warsaw before swimming around it holding hands just celebrate the ritual which states back forty years was rounded off with a toast of underwater champagne material will remain at the bottom of the like until orthodox christmas day on the seventh of january. i think i may say chance and for now for this news album i will be back in a moment much more of the day's news don't go away.

and. the arrival of refugees is debated in european parliament's. but the journey itself is little understood. to syrians document the route that has claimed so many lives searching for sanctuary to people in power on al-jazeera. it's a daunting climb to one of the holiest sites in bhutan tiger's nest ball astri seems to defy gravity every beauty's is expected to complete the pilgrimage to ensure peace and happiness what it became a democracy in two thousand and eight the time put happiness at the center of all political policy inspiring the un to pass a resolution urging other nations to follow betimes example but how do you measure it many brits are nice happiness is what we ensure it's if that is quantifiable but

by simply turning its pursuit into policy bhutan has done what no other country has . rewind returns to care bring your people back to life start with brand new updates on the best of al-jazeera documentaries there has been a number of the forms put in place since the program was filmed rewind begins with mohammad at the time. i was the global. and the other student i was very fortunate to be awarded a scholarship rewind on al-jazeera. for change of a sound a hit chain carrying big bags said to contain murdered journalist jamal khashoggi.

and this is from london also coming up oh. polling station stay open late into the night in the d.l.c. after a day of delays and frustration and a vote for a new president on palm and. shake a scene on course for a landslide victory and bangladesh for an election marked by eighteen deaths and branded by the opposition and it's been another eventful year for u.s. president trump we'll look at what lies in store for him in twenty nineteen. al jazeera has obtained footage from shortly after the murder of founded journalist jamal khashoggi the head of the alleged saudi hit squads mahara abdul aziz mature abd gets out of

a black van the consul general is residence in istanbul the van is also thought to have been carrying other members of the team who charles along with the tribe after the murder because georgie who was a prominent saudi journalist and former royal insider was murdered at the saudi consulate in istanbul on october the second later in the video you can see one of the members of the saudi team carrying bags thought to contain his body inside the building alone today with similar costello joins us now on the line from a stumble a second just explain to us a little bit about what we are seeing outside the consulate general's headquarters and why this is so significant. world so it is very important i mean it this week or is very significant because it shows where democracy bugger remains ended up because according to the t.c. camera captures that have been revealed to through international media and turkish

media by kirkus prosecutor's office and the its security. took a security we knew that from the pictures we knew that jamal history body was chopped into pieces put in some bag some luggage is and taken out of the conflict but. the investigation continues through the c.c. camera pictures but there was no information there was no clue evidence about where those look at just ended up now we see that those like you just came to the residence and according to according to the journalists who is what and who has published a book about jamal how strict is murder and who has been speaking about it at the camera pictures he also say is that the. it took the security told them that there is no picture of the bags getting out of the consulate residence so it seems like the last third the nation of samantha's she did but remains the consulate

consul general says that and probably they are still over there i guess the question most people will be asking cinema is why is this footage of pitt appeared now why is it being released now because clearly if it c.c.t.v. footage and must have been in the hands of the us sources right right at the beginning of the investigation. well two actually is a possibility that discusses democracy but the remains could still be in the council residence was always on the table when i spoke to the turkish officials during my stay in korea and also with the person during my talks with the prosecutor's office in istanbul yes it is it is interesting that this picture is released right now but we have also have to remember that there were at least one hundred eighty cameras planted in one hundred fifty cameras president a tip if rent locations districts of its gamble and these were thousands of hours

that the security and the police had to do technical analysis on what of course as you say the c.c. cameras. are surely over there by that a residence building but it seems like still turkey is trying to keep its upper hand especially to mount an international investigation and it still seems it is still true that turkey has more information when if it took you wants to put saudi arabia in the corner you know some of the turkish officials have always been complaining about the lack of collaborations by the south by the saudis especially by the saudi prosecutor's office and by the former foreign minister the other the latest statements regarding turkey. and it's it seems like a deadlock especially from the international perspective because turkish foreign minister is that that an international investigation it is time for an

international investigation but. the process in the united nations is moving a little bit slowly and so now are probably turkey trying to say that hey look at us we have more evidence and we know what you have done and we knew there was no way out for you and we are going to be chasing after this case we're going to be chasing after who gave the order for democracy just smarter and probably and the turks have some more information and some more evidence it seems us too. good to talk to sunoco cerner given that say the significance of this breaking news coming out of turkey with new c.c.t.v. footage from the east. many polling stations have stayed open late into the night after a day of disruption and delays in the democratic republic of congo's original

election numerous problems playing the vote for a successor to president joseph kabila he's been in power for eighteen years twenty one candidates were approved to run but the leading contenders are camillus chosen candidate ramazan it should dari and opposition candidates felix jessica heavy and martin fire the voting got off to a slow start due to torrential rain in the capital kinshasa and some polling stations took hours to open because of problems with voting machines and missing voter lists people cast symbolic ballots in three largely opposition strongholds where authorities delayed voting until march citing risks from a bola and ethnic violence but the president is still due to be sworn in next month when the last hour the main opposition candidate martin for you has been speaking he said representatives from his party were removed from polling stations and we want to know what he sees or good we're not going to learn on the

police station. and to. the scene. before come to the road. so most of the middle so i want you to listen we're taking the hour. to the police station. but all girls you could see the thing that's really hard to be in birds in birds. big. come webb has more from kinshasa. president joseph kabila dated early has left the democratic republic of congo from even eighteen years. this election two years over g.e. is to choose his successor my only concern is that we have this very every right. and. before the time out might be wrong. and this is the man he wants to take over

robbers on the shattering he's on the european union sanctions list accused of rights abuses i'll put the city i think victory is on my side and tonight i will be president. but the heavy rain hit the capital kinshasa didn't put people off. and there's no sign of a low turnout one hundred percent of eligible voters have already registered. but no fool have been able to vote there's a polling station inside this primary school it's got voting machines ready to go there's no copy of the electoral register here subsequently packed for the people inside we sit sunrise waiting to vote a big crowd of people outside as well they since his voting then people here blame the president of the electoral commission for not delivering it demanding their rights of votes. we were sleeping in two morning we're looking for which of bush we want to go anywhere. everyone here is showing their support for candidate number

four martin for you live here one of the main opposition contenders three of his strongholds have been excluded from the presidential poll the electoral commission says because of conflicts and the by the outbreak the. people in the eastern cities of benny and the tempo demonstrated last week when the electoral commission said they could. i when it came to voting activists made their own polling materials and opened their own polling stations him protest. thousands came opinion polls indicate that most congolese don't trust the electoral commission. when its president came to attack on a polling station in kinshasa was greeted with chants clearly given a big lie as saying that she had to recover. millions of voters across the country counties goofy contentious many congolese say they wanted to accept the

result they don't believe. malcolm webb and his era could shatter the democratic republic of congo. local media is reporting a large victory for the party of bangladesh prime minister sheikh hasina warm a leak of secured two hundred eighty one seats so far with six seats going to the bangladesh national party the opposition has already rejected the results alleging vote rigging and the government says at least eighteen people were killed in election violence around the country this after a campaign marred by violence and intimidation more than six hundred thousand security personnel were deployed across the country to ensure the vote passed peacefully shake a senior is the daughter of bangladesh's first president she's been accused of authoritarianism but on the her leadership the country has become one of the

fastest growing economies in the world she's alternated in power with her main rival leaders zia for most of the last three decades zia heads the bangladesh national party the largest in an opposition coalition and she is currently in prison serving seventeen years for corruption charges she says are politically motivated charles stratford reports from dhaka. voters cast their ballots alterna lection campaign described by the bangladeshi opposition as one of the most violent in this country's forty seven year history. probably heard about it we have a lot of hope in this election because we couldn't vote in the last one but this time we came to vote let's see what happens now the government deployed hundreds of thousands of security forces across the country an effort it said that was to guarantee a peaceful vote weeks of violence and what the opposition described as intimidation

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