model. all. here. now is. people have gone to hear the mission of the national army sixteen. and i'm just your stories about telling it from the people's perspective what they think is happening in their. soldiers in. the national radio station while the president's abroad for medical treatment. also coming up the u.s. delegation holds talks in china to trade war that threatens to damage the global economy. forty years after the fall of the. struggles to move past the divisions

the brutal regime. in the world is underway. and you. have taken over the national radio station and say they're setting up a council to restore democracy they criticized president. of the country for medical treatment since october the soldiers cold for troops to take control of all modes of transport. ports. the message to the head of state. is that based on his health has reinforced doubts about the president's ability to handle the heavy burden of the responsibilities of his office. but things are good in the homeland has given us everything and made us

the people we are we cannot abandon it so the patriotic movements of youth of fence and security forces in order to preserve the integrity of the country has decided to take responsibility to stop the ongoing move to seize power by those who are on the night of the disputed election in twenty sixteen killed our young compassionate with the support of illegal and illegitimate institutions. in president ali bongo on them but has been in power since two thousand and nine before that his father ruled the oil rich nation for more than forty years and among the recently addressed the country in a new year's message from a hospital bed in morocco let's talk to our correspondent for me the mellow is recently in the band she joins us now from johannesburg in south africa so first of all just to clarify what is going on in the country right now have they officially declared a coup. well

a semi in news just coming in from french media and they have quoted the minister of information in the barn the government there has said that they have now arrested or what they are calling the mutineers saying that the government will have regained control of the country in the next few hours we did as you saw there from the what they're calling the patriotic movement of the defense and security forces of the barn and some reports indicate that this is a small group of soldiers we don't know to what extent this group is involved in the official military who exactly they are but they have said that there is a story in justice and there are complaints stem from two years ago in august thirty first after the election at that time when i lived longer was declared the winner and at that point opposition supporters had stormed parliament that also try

to a storm the head office of the electoral commission saying that the results were forty lent and there was manipulation and they weren't expecting the results at that point and they were also protesters that. i was in the last for me to continue talking about this though with allie consol to an economist and an africa analyst joins us live now from nairobi just to bring it up with the latest lines for me there was saying there are now some by the government that they're taking control back of the come here you have any insight for us or who exactly is in control right now. well i think you know we're looking at an incredibly fluid situation i would be inclined to discount what the government saying at this moment in time i think you know what we've witnessed here is a decapitation strike i think it's going to be very difficult for the government to reassert control i think you know had challenges he's he's off the pitch he's not

even in the country and therefore for the government to say they're asserting control who exactly is the government today. who is asserting control so it's a fluid situation sammy let's see how it plays out but what i can say is i think you know this whole concept you know the i think the family of of got on it has essentially been terminated but it might it might take a few days for that to come out. you know for me that was speaking about the election which most people felt that the president didn't win. and i think what we're now seeing is a crisis of legitimacy all across the continent not only in on you're seeing it in the sudan where the street is rising up you're seeing it in the d.r. congo where with all the advantages of incumbency the church is saying that the

president's preferred successor only had twenty percent so i think what what we're seeing is some kind of tipping point moment across the continent it's taking shape in different forms a key point in this might be the french troops that in your analysis alley won't posture of a taking so far absolutely. so you know the french of course got born as being part of from call for free it's been a key player in the whole french africa situation for a long time the nine hundred soldiers insitu emanuel metro and of course has his own problems with the street in paris at the moment but they are obviously a player in this equation and it will be interesting to see on whose side they care to fold i think given what micron's been talking about at this point in time i would have thought he would not want to pop his head above the parapet and be seen to be supporting one side or the other so my view is that they're on the sidelines

at the moment you know the cold is very very has the americans there as well who is sorry go go ahead ali well a finish a thought for the soldiers. no i. was saying that we've all moved we've got the nine hundred french soldiers and over his sleeve they have the wherewithal to to leave or the situation in one direction or the other we've also got trumped pre-positioned i think eighty military personnel into got bawden. for short notice deployment into the d.r. congo's so we got blocks of moving parts of the moment but i think you know. basically i think it would be very difficult for the president to regain control while c. is sitting in morocco it's just not possible and i think this is

a lesson for many african leaders across the continent they better invest in hospital facilities for themselves in situ because you can't remote control your country anymore next door cameroon's president spends eleven months of the in geneva that's obviously not going to be possible going forward but you know what tips it is always a difficult thing and i think yeah we've seen what looked like junior soldiers tip to the equation we should also remember paps that ali that these are all soldiers if it does turn out to be a coup that is successful they're talking about a national council for the restitution of democracy what exactly does that mean lies ahead for this country often a coup in africa doesn't turn into democracy. that's a very good point and you know we're seeing that in so many different places you you know it's not about the who who votes it's about who counts the votes on the

continent as joseph stalin famously said i think if we look at it in the medium term the will of the people has got to be has got to be addressed and we can't go on with these situations where the will of the people is subverted sometimes egregiously so i suspect that you know whatever happens that whether it's the french you put pressure on these soldiers and say you've got to give us a time line to a democratic process. i suspect you know we're not going to go the way that we used to go in the old days in some of these countries in west africa i i for one believe that the political process will have to come into play we'll have to see some kind of democratic situation develop and i think that will for be the end game it's a small country two million people it's very rich probably the full richest in africa but it's terribly unfair all all the benefits have been shed by practically

just one family in the background we've got young pain who probably won the last election on choice hiding behind some gotten it waiting to show his face so look fluid very fluid right across the continent east from from from west to east but really i think we've got to we've got things happening here which are all about the people these governments never delivered for their citizens the time the day of reckoning has arrived whether it's omar al bashir in sudan or joseph kabila or omar bongos family who had more than half a century to deliver something and couldn't even deliver a hospital time is up they've got to make way how they make way is going to happen fast it's going to happen in different ways but it's happening and you can see it in front of our eyes something is happening thanks so much ali khan coming in to

analyze it. delegation of u.s. officials is in china for talks aimed at resolving a trade war the us president says he's optimistic about the new round of negotiations last year the u.s. imposed tariffs on two hundred fifty billion dollars worth of chinese goods beijing retaliated and hit the u.s. with one hundred ten billion in tariffs of its own america's farmers car industry and small manufacturers have been particularly hurt by the levies both sides have agreed to a ninety day truce on imposing new tariffs which will expire in march russ feingold is an asia political analyst he says both sides have motivations to reach a deal. it's a positive that the talks are occurring in beijing and that the american delegation was willing to go there keeping in mind that there would have been a lot of preparation and the delegation wouldn't have gone if there wasn't reason to be optimistic that there are some there is room for an agreement if the

background or preparation had not been going well then the delegation wouldn't even be here now clearly both governments are facing pressure from industry to reach an agreement as quickly as possible we don't know if it'll be this week but economic pressures business industry pressures are clearly taking a toll on the governments and they're looking to reach the best deal possible there's a lot of speculation that china's g.d.p. growth is lower than the official numbers and that's more of all no one ever believes the official numbers but what's more of a concern recently is that the gap between the announced numbers and the eight actual growth could be significantly larger in recent months or over the course of twenty eighteen so now that we're heading into two thousand and nineteen and businesses across china or asia are planning ahead for this year and investors are looking at not just company performance but stock market performance as well there's certainly a lot of concern that the longer this is prolonged it's not good for business and

that's not just in china but throughout southeast asia as well as in japan korea and taiwan in northeast asia so there's a lot of incentive for the chinese government to reach an agreement and of course the united states is facing pressure from farmers and some of the other industries so there again the u.s. side also has the incentive. donald trump's national security advisor is heading to turkey after a two day visit to israel to discuss the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria on sunday john bolton said the pullout was conditional on turkey not taking a military action against kurdish fighters in syria have been backed by the u.s. military in the fight against deisel bolton says the u.s. troops won't leave until i saw is completely defeated he also said there is no timetable for the pullout which was initially expected in a few weeks we're going to be discussing the president's decision to withdraw or to do so from northeast syria in a way that make sure that isis is defeated it's not able to.

revive itself and become a threat again and make sure that the. defense of israel and their other friends in the region. is absolutely assured the u.n. special envoy for yemen is due to meet yemeni government officials in the saudi capital martin griffiths has already met who theory representatives on sunday and so part of an effort to convince both sides in the civil wars and fully comply with the cease fire agreement griffiths hopes the warring sides will agree to meet later on this month possibly in kuwait to follow up on the progress made in sweden in december. still ahead on al-jazeera we will rock you film about the british rock group queen wins the top prize at the golden globe awards.

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welcome back let's recap our headlines now the bonds government has reportedly arrested soldiers who took over the national radio station the soldiers had earlier called for troops to take control of all modes of transport weapons depos and airports the minister of communications told french media the situation will be under control in two hours. government representatives from the u.s. and china have met in beijing for trade talks and i did a truce on imposing new tariffs expires in march mr deal can be made. to u.s.

national security advisors heading to turkey to discuss the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria on sunday john bolton said it was conditional on turkey not taking any military action against kurdish fighters in syria. democrats in the u.s. are warning president donald trump will face legal challenges if he tries to declare a national emergency to build his mexico border war trump threatened the move if congress doesn't approve funding for it the impasse has led to a partial government shutdown now in its third week gabriel hours on the reports from washington. as donald trump emerged from the white house on sunday he was a president as defiant as ever in his position over five billion for a border wall where the government remains shut down and then there's a possibility of even more extreme measures to get what he wants i may declare a national emergency dependent know what's going to happen over the next few days

but i think we're going to. some very serious so. one day they would say we have sad border security we don't have border security we're going to be crime ridden and it's going to get worse and worse. over the weekend between the white house and staff members of key congressional democrats you know agreement many parts of the government remain closed eight hundred thousand federal employees either per load or working without pay if trump declares a national emergency along the southern border it would give him vast powers to do what he wants without congressional approval but even if he does this it's still unclear where he would find the money to build the border wall that he wants some have suggested it could come out of the budget of the defense department but democrats say that would be a mistake in this case i think the president would be wide open to a court challenge saying where's the emergency you have to establish that in order

to do this but beyond that this would be a terrible use of department of defense dollars that these republican strategist bradley blakeman says one of the main reasons trump was elected was his promise to build a wall so he can't back down you know a staring contest who's going to blink first and i think the president has the upper hand because he's made a fundamental promise democrats know it in the campaign he said read my lips in effect. we need border security a wall. republicans call it a wall democrats call it border security it's the same thing you're battling on. words semantics so i think it's the question of who blinks first that's the question as the shutdown intercede third week who will compromise and most importantly when so that the government can finally reopen give rosendo al-jazeera washington. the roman catholic archbishop of leon is about to go on trial charged

with failing to act on allegations of sexual abuse cardinal philip barber is the highest profile catholic cleric to be caught up in the paedophile scandal in france together with five others from his church she's accused of helping to cover up for another priest who abused the boy scouts about forty years ago cardinal faces up to three years in prison if convicted american network c.b.s. has broadcast an interview with the gyptian president despite a request by cairo not to wear it. as sisi told sixty minutes his country's forces were closely cooperating with the israeli military he also denied human rights abuses than estabrook has more. u.s. television network c.b.s. said the egyptian government demanded it not air an interview with journalist scott pelley in which egyptian president el-sisi said his government and israel are

cooperating in the fight against the islamic state of iraq and the levant would you say that this is the deepest and closest cooperation that you've ever had with israel side that is correct that the air force sometimes needs to cross to the israeli side and that's why we have a wide range of coordination with israel other than a slightly futile sequence it's been estimated there are about a thousand terrorists. with more than a billion dollars in u.s. military aid to every year why haven't you wiped them out when they measured up to stuff that went in and why hasn't the u.s. eliminated the terrorists in afghanistan after seventeen years and spending a trillion dollars l c c's comments could inflame public opinion in his country which regards the jewish state as an occupier of arab lands the two countries have a forty year old peace treaty and diplomatic relations but despite that many

egyptians still think of israel as the traditional enemy last year egypt's military denied press reports that it was cooperating with israel to root out isolate delineated fighting groups in the mountainous sinai region bordering the two countries it's been estimated the pelly also questioned about a human rights watch report that claims egypt is detaining sixty thousand political prisoners many of whom belong to the muslim brotherhood the political party o.c.c. outlawed i want to name i don't know where they got that figure i said there are no political prisoners in egypt and says whenever there is a minority trying to impose their extremist ideology we have to intervene regardless of their numbers. l.c.c. claimed any extremists that were being held would receive a fair. i own a contradiction for rights activists who say many are in prison and face long detentions c.b.s. says the interview with the egyptian president was taped

a few months ago but didn't say why it had been held until sunday dion estabrook al jazeera a government crackdown on fuel theft in mexico is resulted in a shortage from motorists present and there is money for example a dog who took office in december vowed to stop billions of dollars in petrol theft by gangs and oil workers authorities are now moving the fuel by tankers instead of vulnerable pipelines and that's led to shortages across several states. how's that petty theft we're talking about the robbery thirty years ago off more than one thousand pipelines daily of fifteen thousand liters in each how do they distribute all that sort of gasoline well there was an attitude of total complicity on the part of the mexican petroleum and injunctions been filed in a thai court to prevent the deportation of a saudi teenager who's barricaded herself in a hotel room in bangkok fearing for her life or half was detained while in transit

on their way to australia and she wants to claim asylum thailand's immigration chief says he won't send her back online who expressed fear of being killed if she was sent back to saudi arabia she posted this message on her twitter account i'm not leaving my room until i see u n h c our own land. one of the world's toughest rallies is underway in peru but this year it has a unique twist for the first time since the dakar rally switch from africa to south america will be hosted solely by one country argentina chile bolivia all pulled out saying they can spare funds that are sanchez reports starting law in lima. a last look at the vehicles and their drivers the toughest race in the world is on

with five hundred forty one competitors and three hundred thirty four vehicles. traditionally held in northern africa this year the latin american country of peru is the venue for the forty one year old rally it's until you can since ninety dakar he says he's made it to the finish line nearly every time now he says he'll need to be very focused on the piece it will be a very difficult even though it's a few a day i think it will be very tough and several of us already know peru and we already know how difficult it is among the competitors one hundred thirty five rookies who don't know what's it like to race in one of them dutch pilot was leap it and says he's trained for two years going from the motor cross just writing the writing after never again and writing together and that's big a big thing because you're writing. best for navigation. this one country rally will be special the largest group of women seventeen are racing

in various categories and for the first time a young man with down's syndrome you can run will compete next to his father although not particularly challenging those pilots will fail in the first. apparel love not because of the. nearly three thousand people will support a diverse mix of vehicles along the way. others will be there on mechanics because it is such a hard rally for many competitors the objective is not to win but to reach the finish line. we have to encourage the drivers and wish them well. many peruvians are thrilled at the five thousand kilometer very speaking ends in lima with. good ways that we could be held anywhere but having the race improve is wonderful because we have culture tradition and history to show the world. although

many critics say the dhaka ruins the cultural heritage for others the rally is an inspiration. and for proving a chance to showcase what their country has to offer and innocent to some to see that. hollywood foreign press association has handed out golden globe awards this year as talk on the red carpet was diversity well just on the screen but also behind the scenes whole challenge jan has more. the star showed up on the red carpet in beverly hills as the two thousand and one thousand awards season kicked off with hollywood's first major award show the seventy sixth annual golden globes last year was the beginning of an ongoing we're going up until everywhere it's safe for women so this year is time got time to work they're making an ass that's a double the amount of people from minorities the amount of women at the helm within this industry and within every industry and so simple to make sure that we keep the conversation going those conversations included unity in the united states

solidarity in the world and equality in the entertainment industry host sandro calling attention to one an expected blockbuster crazy ridge asians made over two hundred million dollars at the box office sad asian moms everywhere. i really want to sound like. the civil rights film green book took home three prizes. including best picture in the musical and comedy category and best original screenplay. it's got the movie and i want people to see this movie because this movie's united brings people together i thought prada. drinking. new regina king accepted the award for best supporting actress for if beale street could talk a film based on a novel by civil rights activist and writer james baldwin and directed by barry jenkins i love you with all my heart thank you for your empathy thank you for

telling stories so rich and thank you for giving us a film that my son said to me when he saw it that it was the first time he really saw himself if he changes sure he's for he could b.b.c. series a very english scandal actor ben whishaw used his acceptance speech to applaud the l.g.b. g.q. minority he won the best supporting actor award for his role as norman scott who took on the establishment with a coverage and a defiance that i find completely inspiring he's a true hero an icon and norman this is for you. the golden globes are handed out by the hollywood foreign press association and they're usually indicative of which films will get an oscar nomination bohemian rhapsody. this year's award show colonnade with the freddie mercury biopic bohemian rhapsody winning best picture in the drama category the full list of winners is on our

website on al-jazeera. and let's take you through some of the headlines here now and there are now. supposedly arrested soldiers who took over the national radio station the soldiers had cold for troops to take control of all modes of transport weapons depos and airports and those sort of communications told french media the situation will be under control in two hours from me the miller has more from johannesburg. in news just coming in from french media and they have quoted the minister of information and go by on the government there has said that they have now arrested or what they are calling the mutineers saying that the government will have all regained control of the country in the next few hours we did as you saw there from the what they're calling the patriotic movement of the defense and security forces of the barn and

some reports indicate that this is a small group of soldiers we don't know to what extent this group is involved in the official military who exactly they are but they have said that there is storing justice government representatives from the u.s. and china have met in beijing for trade talks a ninety day truce on imposing new tariffs expires in march unless a deal can be made president trump result to mystic about the new round of talks the u.n. special envoy for yemen is due to meet yemeni government officials in the saudi capital martin griffiths has already met a few representatives on sunday it's all part of an effort to convince both sides in the civil war to fully comply with the cease fire agreement those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera off the witness stay with us. on counting the cost it was the worst performing stock market of twenty

eighteen find out where china is headed in twenty nine t. brazil's new president has an economic challenge plus taxing times for technology giants and france at a profit warning from apple. counting the cost on al-jazeera. for weight but skewed view would be pieced. school no song. wait only clip oh please it's a backup a good no heaven ness on this one the pope or democracy bless i go to not going to feel so bad to.