doing push a bit with the withdrawal of u.s. forces. is the possibility and. also all the people who will pull the forces are both why they've been making this claim that they're facing on an existential problem. ahmed. thank you. now the u.n. envoy to yemen martin griffiths has arrived in the capital sana he plans to meet who's the rebels in an attempt to shore up a cease fire in the port city of data griffiths well ventral to saudi arabia where he will hold talks with yemeni government officials in riyadh the data is the entry point for the majority of course in yemen and more than twenty two million people depend on humanitarian aid to survive. thailand's first tropical storm in thirty years has left one person dead and another missing as rain wind and surging seawater trees and brought down power lines it's now we can to a tropical depression but the risk of flooding still remains florence louis reports

from coast somewhere in southern thailand less than twenty four hours after it made landfall public has been downgraded to a tropical depression the province of the concept appears to have been hit hardest by the storm die we live by my god but the only five or six minutes after the storm hit the roof was blown away. dozens of buildings have been damaged power supplies disrupted and streets flooded thousands of people way vacuity to ahead of its arrival a bad fall or there is wind and rain we have children in our family so we hurried here the head of our village urged us to leave as well. the tourist destination of coast and other islands nearby suffered no severe damage as the eye of the storm passed farther south than initially forecast. public it's unlikely to have

a long term effect on tourism or economic growth in the southern provinces financial losses will stem mainly from the fact that businesses have out to shut for a couple of days. already boat ferry and flight services that were suspended on friday have resumed there were fears public could be the worst tropical storm to hit thailand in thirty years that fear hasn't been borne out weakened as it made its way across southern thailand and by saturday morning it had moved into the ondemand sea florence al-jazeera. is to have for you on the program we're going to be live in hungary where protests are resumed against so-called the so-called slave law and the prime minister viktor orban. and in the bag turkey introduces a charge on plastic bags as it tries to reduce the amount of plastic working its way into the mediterranean.

hello again and welcome back well here in china we are seeing some moisture being pumped up from our tropical storm public here off just off the coast of thailand notice all the clouds right there on our sunday map we are going to see a few showers in the region as well but by the time we get to monday it's going to extend up more towards the north east and we may see a shower too over here towards for joe shanghai may see a shower or two but it's going to be very light there with a temperature of about ten degrees as to make your way over here towards parts of india well things not looking too bad but we are watching that storm did mention here making its way into the adamancy and brings a very heavy rains for the nicobar and the admin islands over the next few days we're also going to continue to see more rain here across parts of miramar and that can lead to some localized flooding as we go towards the beginning of the week for the rest of india really not looking too bad kokoda twenty nine degrees here on

monday and then very quickly as we make our way over here towards the arabian sea we are looking at clouds pushing in from the north the gulf is looking quite nice we are to be seeing doha at about twenty five degrees temperatures though do go up to about twenty eight by the time we get towards monday over here towards miska really not looking too bad for you with a temperature of twenty nine but heavy clouds are pushing into parts of yemen with sunnah it's going to be overcast a few with a temperature of twenty three. the book the arrival of refugees is debated in the european parliament's. but the journey itself is little understood. to syrians document the route that is claimed so many lives searching for sanctuary to people in power

on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick look at the top stories for you now to go shake it is in washington a working through the weekend to break a deadlock between the white house congress which has left the government past should be shutdown president donald trump has threatened to let the closure continue for years potentially unless democrats are now funding for a border war with mexico. members of the yazidi religious minority a pleading with the united states not to withdraw their troops from northern syria saying it would help i still potentially stage a comeback and at least one person has died after thailand was hit by its first tropical storm in thirteen years. and other news thousands of people are back on

the streets of the hungarian capital for government protests are rallying in budapest against the introduction of what many of doubt the slaves will labor unions and liberal activists are angered by the legislation introduced by prime minister viktor orban that boost the amount of overtime employers can demand much as of now snowballed into a call for the end of all bans rule and a change to how the country is governed. bright colored joins us live from budapest how big have the protests. then today. well a few thousand people are today on the streets of budapest supporting this approach as this is one of the largest protestant latest few weeks the protests started in mid december after the so-called slave all the overtime as a part of the labor roll was passed in the parliament also

a law about me sort of courts also papers the same day in the parliament and also with this law the people here who are protesting are not satisfied right now there are still speeches from d. and these ongoing the opposition the united opposition from the rest of the right and also from the left are organizing these protests today they are saying that two thousand and nineteen will be de year to offer resistance in hungary resistance of the regime of viktor orban and his party for this he said the protesters now are not satisfied is anything being done to bring these protests to an end. well actually actually not the government the prime minister viktor orban and his party feelers are ignoring the protesters they are labeling them that they are paid by the american multimillionaire who was born in hungary georgia shorrosh

they're also. governing party feeders also put a statement on today that this is the campaign for the e.u. election by george shorrosh who is a complaining for the party school wants to bring a migrant into hungary if we can remember hungary is also a country from a very tight approach again. the migrants and also puts on the sports lights and european union are of the union is criticizing conquering because of rule of law and also the democratic standards. so for now it doesn't seem that this brokers are anything. that could disturb or the rule of viktor orban and his political party will thank you very much mayor in a break on a joining us there from budapest will protests also happening in france where

thousands of so-called yellow bus protesters marched through the capital paris it's the eighth week of protests now calling on president emmanuel macron to step down the demonstrations initially started as a protest against a rise in fuel tax but is now a demand for all the government reforms the protests on saturday one mostly peaceful with only a handful of people engaged in skirmishes with police. firefighters are blaming faulty wiring as the cause of a fire in the northern polish city of causality that took the lives of five teenage girls it's believed the fifteen year olds were celebrating a birthday in what is known as an escape route and players are locked in a room and have to have to solve clues to find a way out poland's firefighting chief says the electrical wiring location was makeshift and too close to flammable materials and there was also a lack of supervision to brazil now the new president gerald sonora is deploying

troops to the northeastern state of say are off to a wave of attacks on banks and public offices that criminal gangs have damaged buildings and burned vehicles over the last two days it comes as forty tourists were robbed at gunpoint on a popular hiking trail in rio de janeiro both sonora swept to power with promises to crack down on crime or about in manly has more. it is brazil's most iconic landmark christ the redeemer towers over rio de janeiro seen by many as a symbol of peace but the trail leading up to it on coke about a mountain has become known for violent crimes dozens have been ambushed held hostage and dropped at gunpoint prompting taurus to think twice about visiting young was an anglophile bet as we know they've advised us that tourists were robbed yesterday so we didn't hike up we have our camera so we didn't go i didn't want to go because the people there day rob forty people and i started a bit scary as

a tourist you want to be safe you want to go you don't want to miss your cell phone your wallet your camera. it's not the first incident last year the area was closed after a polish man was stabbed the tram runs close to a fan at all city slum that is home to some of the poorest in the city. many fear that is a run by drug gangs and criminal organizations rising violence and red as you narrow has impacted the number of visitors in two thousand and seventeen there was a reported loss of more than two hundred million dollars in tours in revenue j.a. both scenarios swept to power on a promise to crack down on crime and corruption to fulfill his promise he sending three hundred soldiers to the northeastern state of seattle to contain violence by criminal gangs. for those although the national force has already been contacted the mobilization plan is in action and is about to leave scenes like this in not

unusual in brazil's northeastern state there's been a wave of attacks in the previous few months that's included armed robberies and the targeting of public buildings banks brazil has one of the highest murder rates in the world with tens of thousands killed every year both in our has vowed to take action but arming civilians experts say this will only fuel for the violence. al-jazeera the far right groups have faced off with counter protesters in one of melbourne's west popular tourist spots the demonstrations were held at st kilda beach under heavy police presence officers had to use pepper spray to keep both sides apart the far right groups were protesting against melbourne's youth crime problem which they blame on people of african descent they were opposed by demonstrators supporting multiculturalism now turkey has introduced

a charge on single use plastic bags in an attempt to clean up the mediterranean sea its water is a polluted with thousands of tons of plastic every year but plastic manufacturers say tenders tens of thousands of jobs and now risk so i'm concerned who has more from istanbul. like many countries worldwide turkey has a major problem with plastic waste turkey is your second largest plastics producer and six in the world. millions of tons are thrown away every year. often ending up in the mediterranean sea and littering turkey's coastline it is estimated one hundred forty four tons of plastics from turkey alone and up in the sea every day one are of every five fish has my for plastic in its digestive system and one million. birds are suffocating in plastic bags every year. the turkish government is implementing what

is called a zero waste policy turkish m.p.'s passed a law aimed at cutting the cost stemming from pollution in the long run single use plastic facts are the first target. from now on shoppers will have to buy plastic bags shops carts given the way face a fine farmer's market traders around sure have the new law will work it would cost too much for a customer how would we charge them everybody now keep the bags and use them again for the turkish government estimates every turk uses four hundred forty plastic bags every year with the new plastic bag tax that total is expected to fall to forty a year by two thousand and twenty five many people here are hopeful the new government's measures to reduce plastic consumption will be just as successful as the ban on smoking in public places a decade ago and more mentalist say the success of the new regulations depends on

troops being responsible citizens they need to be encouraged to avoid single use plastic packing and to help save the world from the dangers of pollution. plastic bag makers say the law could make tens of thousands of factory workers. redundant. bags can be recycled for maximum of three times the main problem is a lack of awareness and decomposing. turkic current the recycles thirty percent of its plastic waste within the next twelve years the government says it is aiming for one hundred percent c. now because although al-jazeera a stumble speculation is mounting that north korea's kim jong un can soon make a visit to south korea relations between the two countries have steadily improved that's also having a visible impact on the heavily fortified border that separates north and south and south korea correspondent robin wright travel to young island short distance from the north korean main and from its observation points you can clearly make out the

coastline of north korea just twelve kilometers away and at times of extreme tension young people in the island has found itself in the sights of north korea's guns eight years ago it was the scene of an artillery jewel that killed four people and wounded nineteen others the most serious clash since the korean war today the same waterfront is that peace following a year of diplomatic engagements between the leaders of north and south korea. for many of the two thousand people who live and work here things have never looked so good you know until the good things should improve for better than wanted out sorters manji and given that most feel of reconciliation things will improve but the fractious history of into korean relations makes others more cautious talking

to getting their going. with their track record and it's possible that they might change in an unpredictable way so i don't have complete trust. today the only sound of gunfire comes from the firing ranges of the marines who are based here. the shelters that people are taught to run to when the event of an attack are chained and locked. one of the houses destroyed in the attack has been preserved as a memorial the disputed maritime border has long been a flashpoint between north and south korea in addition to the shelling of twenty ten there have been deadly clashes between naval vessels near here but the remarkable improvement in korean relations in the past year is having a remarkable impact on the heavily fortified border separating the north and the south. guard posts along the demilitarized zone have been dismantled and the

numbers of weapons facing off against each other reduced. assuming the process continues the fortifications of young and could eventually become part of a bygone era rob mcbride al-jazeera young people island south korea. how much would you paint satisfy a solution craving try three point one million dollars. that's what a giant blue fin tuna sold for at tokyo's new ocean two hundred seventy eight kilos fish was bought at a record price by a japanese sushi boss who calls himself the cina king bluefin tuna is a prize for its use in sushi but is also on the wildlife wildlife fund's endangered species list. quick recap of the top stories now negotiators in washington

a working through the weekend to try to break a deadlock between the white house and congress which is left the government partially shutdown president donald trump has threatened to let the closure continue for years unless democrats allow funding for a border war with mexico democrats who control the house of representatives now have rejected trump's demand for five point six billion dollars to construct the barrier in response the president is refusing to support a bill that would fully fund the government even eight hundred thousand public workers without pay gabriel elizondo has mle it's also millions of other americans that somehow benefit from government programs that are affected for example thirty eight million americans get food stamps or these are government subsidies to help them pay for groceries or the working class or poor americans that program could potentially be threatened as long as the government remains shut down so it is a potentially millions of people that are being affected by this and millions of mostly lower income or middle class americans are feeling the brunt of it meanwhile

the first palestinian american woman to be voted into the u.s. congress is being criticized for using an expletive against president donald trump democratic congresswoman rashida tallied made the comment just hours after being sworn in calling for the president's impeachment trumps at the remark was a dishonor to tally and her family but the congresswoman says she stands by her statement. u.s. national security advisor john bolton is one syria against using chemical weapons as american troops for pad to withdraw from the country meanwhile members of the religious minority are pleading with washington to keep its soldiers in northern syria a report by the free as a de foundation is warning that the u.s. withdrawal would help i still stage a comeback and at least one person has died off to thailand was hit by its first tropical storm in thirty is still in public damaged houses knocked down power lines

and triggered flash floods in several provinces very services in airports have now reopened. coming up next the remarkable story of two refugees and their journey to safety in germany people in power stance now they'll be more news after that in twenty five minutes time. it's become one of the defining things of all times a tidal wave of humanity in search of sanctuary from repression or poverty in recent years millions have taken to the road in the hope that safety and

a better life while sway some manage it some don't but almost every journey is a tale of hardship insurance and great risk in this to call people in power special report where telling one such story to syrian refugees trying against all the odds to make it to germany. after weeks of exhausting nonstop travelling by sea and land. and georgia's have

covered over a thousand kilometers since climbing aboard a people traffickers boat in taki. on the road through the balkans and southern europe hungry footsore without official papers and running out of funds they've been forced to sleep in the open to evade police and border patrols. but now they've made it to a hostile. northern sabia the next step on the refugee trail finding a smuggler to take them back into the e.u. . then there's one year. or that your last four years or so that. i did out of was studying economics in aleppo university when the syrian uprising began arrested and detained by the assad regime he was forced to flee the country he met another syrian student in turkey and they've been watching out for each

other ever since then also been filming veges. after two days in the hostel a smuggler sends a car to take them to a safe house. the federal government. and you have to. go. in and see him. in the interim. obviously dart seen here with the red hat is this smuggler. sat back. then. internet. and. c

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their own way past the guards and then pick them up on the other side. forty minutes later and don't fit again they make a dash across the border to the clearing where they've been told to wait and i've been in a mob out of arrest me been in those day. the thought of until. now had to. be able to go. but is the hours passed with still no word from the smuggler it looks like they're going nowhere and with guards everywhere they have to keep deathly quiet. you see things.

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they run. to eventually reunite and support it's back on the subway and side of the border a bar trumpet helps raise morale but what they really need is a refund. thank you momo you got any money at the most saudi. government never going to shoot i don't really know my feet because it could be argued that if you look in the last time my sister was in the belly the number one on one. jacket. was the number was. i'm sure twenty one and. they might cause a lot of. the bulbs are the same at the water's. edge or the gauge here is a good standard for. night fulls unsupported

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another cold night on the streets ended on qantas food to hang around for another smuggler. heading back towards the hungarian border and a little place called can. syria and syria. first stop a bar in town recommended by other syrians. that the market was everybody's awareness this you want to thank you thank you thank. you. i'm sure. that's not what you wish. to. only morning. ended hours group set out on foot towards the buddha.

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