with love. speaking out against intolerance and alienation she travels the world with the resolve of a grieving mother who lost a son but it don't do the generation. latifa a fighting heart a witness documentary on al-jazeera. government says it's arrested soldiers who took over the national radio station in a coup attempt while the president is abroad. i'm sami's a than this is al jazeera live from doha so coming up the u.s. delegation holds told sing china to end a trade war that threatens the global economy. forty years after the fall of the

camaro rouge cambodia struggles to move past the divisions. preparing for the worst trial run in southern england to make sure things go smoothly case of a no deal drugs the. government says its special forces have arrested soldiers who took over the national radio station in an apparent attempt the communications minister says the situation will be under control so the soldiers broadcast messages criticizing president alabang girl didn't and troops to take control of transports weapons that pose and. understand. the message to the head of state on a set of abate 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 too 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 put events and security forces in order to preserve the integrity of the country as decided to take responsibility for this 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. the president. has been in power since two thousand and nine the fifty nine year old succeeded his father omer bongo who died after ruling the oil rich nation more than forty years i live bongo was reelected in two thousand and sixteen in a poll marred by allegations of fraud he won by fewer than six thousand votes

his win sparked violence between protesters and police and parliament was set on fire the e.u. said it found anomalies in bongos stronghold province of auto agree where he won ninety five percent of the vote. made a minnow was in the one recently joins us now from johannesburg so bring us up to speed now with who exactly is in control of the country do we know from the or are we seem to have lost comms there with me though house will try and come back to later roger vo is the editor of africa international she says many people in the band have been unhappy since the two thousand and sixteen election. the immediate cozies that. president ali bongo has been has suffered

a stroke and as we all know he's not in a condition to to run the country he's been away for over two months now and they try to change the constitution so that he he had the appearance of ruling although he's not in a position to do so so that the clan can can continue having power over the country so and i think the major reason of this was is back to a twenty sixteen when. there was this read election where very apparently mr sharping won election and it was rigged so and nothing happened i mean that and could get away with it and he's been a catastrophic leader. enjoying you know traveling all around the country all over the world and leaving the country good around the drain and you know everything is

crisis education health care and everything so the young people want to do something about it or is go back for me the militia she was in the bomb recently joins us now live from johannesburg so first of all it's been a very fast moving day brings up the speed of what we know about who is in control of the country now for music. well certainly a very fluid situation sami and the latest reports indicate that those who might have been responsible for this attempted coup have been arrested and the government the minister of information the saying that they are restoring control in that country now some reports indicate that it was a very small group perhaps just five soldiers of which four have been arrested and one remains on the run now earlier when we had heard from on the of the angle

putative been the leader of that group here it said that he is from the republican guard and now it seems that that's the savory very same break up republican guard that secured this radio station that had been taken control of as well as a rested these soldiers so that the government saying that it does a plan to restore no malady. but a number of questions of course have been raised who is behind the coup what had led to it the this group saying that they had lost faith in the president ali bongo given that he had spent so many months away in morocco recovering after an illness and that there was this power vacuum and that they were wanting to restore democracy we haven't heard very much for many opposition leadership certainly nothing from the shontayne who stood in elections against ali bongo in twenty sixteen in recent months opposition and gabbana have been frustrated have have have a voice their concerns around changes to the constitution which many of us in

attempt to to reinforce the pongo dynasty in that country changes to the constitution that have transferred some power to the vice president and prime minister ultimately some would say to protect the pongo family especially while ali bongo is out of the country but still a lot of questions around who was behind the coup it seems. as if the reports are to believe that this group might have wanted to the public to stand up to rise against the bongo dynasty looking for public support but it seems as if the government then took swift action and it seems as if for now perhaps the attempted coup may have failed but we are waiting to see what comes out of the bar next door about the public mood where does the public stand do we know coming after of course quite controversial elections recently.

well looking back at those twenty sixteen really elections i mean there was a really close election a close contest between bongo and opposition leader john paying the difference of perhaps just six thousand votes at that point of course as we had heard earlier allegations of vote rigging fords and and so there was a significant portion of the governing society that was unhappy with that result we did see protests immediately after early pongo was announced the winner people at that point storming of the electoral commission headquarters as well as parliament when we were in the bonn the people we had spoken to there is a clear divide it seems there are many people in support of. many people used to this regime that the bondo family that they've seen for for five decades and they haven't seen anything else perhaps used to be complacent many would argue but if there was a result of the twenty six thousand election perhaps forty eight percent of the

vote going to sean ping that's a large percentage of japanese society looking for change they were moves in recent months by government to provide things like housing but there's also been a lot of criticism around education the lack of payment to civil servants despite the country being very rich huge oil reserves there has been a lot of issues around finances and just where the money goes a lot of criticism around the pongo family and people there connected to the elite of kabban a pin a fitting from the country's riches rather than a trickling down to the people who run from in a minute thanks so much. a 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 early last year the u.s. impose tariffs on two hundred fifty billion dollars worth of chinese goods beijing retaliated and hit the u.s.

with one hundred ten billion dollars of tariffs america's farmers car industry and small manufacturers have been particularly hurt by the levies both sides have agreed now to a ninety day truce on imposing new tariffs which expires in march pauline lugar's managing director of asia analytical where she covers china's political economy or she doesn't expect an agreement between china and the u.s. before march. well basically i think the americans are under less pressure than the chinese for the trumpet ministration it it's a question of is this trade war dragging on for too long what's going to happen to my want to base and things like that but for china it's very serious this trade fight has couldn't have come out of a worse time for china it economy is in trouble not just cyclical but structural it's got to get to that history times that of g.d.p. you n.p.l.

starved non-performing loans are. and all of the banks are in serious trouble worrying about what is going to happen next so china definitely does want to make an agreement as soon as possible there's no need for them to come to an agreement in two days or if they did to tell anyone about it they have got until march this troops and i think both sides are going to want to squeeze everything they can a during this this time to get the best out of you know the times that are remaining so i did not expect anything dramatic to be announced before march donald trump's national security advisor is heading to turkey now 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 any military action against kurdish fighters the u.s. military has been backing them in the fight against al saud falls and also said u.s. troops won't leave until the armed group is completely defeated yasser said there is no timetable for the pullout. we're going to be discussing the president's decision to withdraw but to do so from northeast syria in a way that make sure that isis is defeated and is not able to. revive itself and become a threat again and to make sure that the. defense of israel and our other friends in the region. is absolutely assured. now manado has more from down on the turkish syrian border. what dawn bolton and by extension ball chump are saying is it's business as usual no one for pulled their breath for an immediate quick withdrawal

of u.s. troops from city of that must have realized what's at stake not just keeping in check turkey and russia's influence in syria but also iran something israel is very close time about turkey has been reacting and reacting i'm going to need to bolton's comment that u.s. troops will remain is syria as long as these no guarantee of protection for syrian fighters will fall alongside their troops in the fight against isis the prime colleen a spokesman for the turkish presidency has said the techie has no problem with the kurdish population of syria but just the group's y p d n p k k who he says terrorist groups and he said if he's very rude of the united states to say that the cat is out of presented by what you call terrorist groups of course. the talks that will take place on tuesday at the presidency between bolton in the texas leadership i expect that to be heated and turkey has

a warm list of demands including and logistical support they would need if the case is that they would be replacing u.s. troops once and if they withdrew. the u.n. special envoy for yemen is due to me yemeni government officials in the saudi capital riyadh bottom griffiths met who see representatives on sunday he wants to convince both sides in the civil war to fully comply with the cease fire agreement griffiths hopes they will agree to meet later on this month possibly in kuwait to follow up on the progress made in sweden in december. thai police say they will not deport a saudi woman trying to escape alleged abuse by her family against her wishes. known was detained while in transit on their way to a stray the zero as she wants to claim asylum online couldn't expressed fear of being killed if she was sent back to saudi arabia earlier she posted this message on twitter and not leaving my own until i see you an edge.

i learned from the palestinian group hamas is taken over the management over the rough crossing between gaza and egypt the palestinian authority dominated by the father movement in the west bank decided to pull out all its employees from the crossing of the dozens of its members were arrested in gaza by hamas the two groups have been at odds and the change in management could affect how long the crossing stays open. small still ahead of al jazeera graces government goes in for crowd funding to keep its navy afloat. how wave of iraqi women is claiming back their place in society.

and the snow has been falling in hokkaido parts of northern honshu and the great tide doesn't look much but because the is so cold behind it that is what has been happening closing airports but this is normal winter stuff really on the lease side of bold so road to be modeled in tokyo thirteen degrees but we've gone subzero behind it where the cold air and the release is doubt about minus fifty five up here but the cold air is trying to leak out again so high temp is modest for in pyongyang minus fifteen but just above freezing in beijing is very still here's where it currently is not like good of course but you're used to that by now and here's the picture for when see more substantial snow in northern home church might come across the hills is heading down towards take care it is going to be feeling colder in turkey this is come wednesday so that's where winter proper law ease his one user weather we saw this yesterday this rain now streaking out from me in northern tali in towards central china and that tongue keeps going eastwards you should not be seeing any significant rain this town here this is not unusual

feature on the old nature it comes into contact with the cold there was substantial snow hand may well be that as you can see signs of it case no rain but large she's fine looking weather and there are very few shastra malaysia or indeed indonesia. in a four part series a russian filmmaker travels across his homeland to discover what life is like under putin many russians view push him into somebody with a difficult job rather than an authoritarian leader with imperial ambitions and many critics of protests are equally critical of the west meeting with russians from across the political spectrum under a neck or a soft discovers a complex attitude towards that country's leader and his policies in search of pigeons russia are now jazeera.

praga back you're watching on syria time to recap our headlines now bombs government says special forces have arrested soldiers who took over the national radio station in an apparent coup attempt the soldiers broadcast messages criticizing president badly bungled and he was called for medical treatments. government representatives from the u.s. and china have bets in beijing for trade talks a ninety day truce on imposing new tariffs expires in march unless a deal can be named. the u.s. national security advisor is heading to turkey to discuss the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria john bolton the said the pullout was conditional on turkey not taking any military action against kurdish fighters. more than one hundred trucks

are taking part in a trial in southeast england to prevent long queues at the falls of dover should the u.k. crash out of the e.u. with no deal some fear the lines could be as long as forty five kilometers the government says it needs to prepare for all eventualities the test involves trucks driving between the paul standard this used airports in kent to see where the traffic flow can be maintained john how has more on the trial run. well it was just twelve weeks ago now to greg's it day march the twenty ninth over there is live contingency planning taking place for the possibility now ever more realistic of a no deal exit for britain from the european union there is apparent deadlock in parliament particularly over to resume may's brigs a deal to be voted on in the next ten days or so if it's voted down no deal becomes as i said ever more possible that means customs checks at borders dover port of

course a main artery way to the continent they would be tailbacks queues of trucks like that forty kilometers along one of britain's busiest highways this is a contingency putting them all in an unused airfield in kent and then feeding them slowly along a secondary route through the kent countryside well there are two phases of this happening here on monday the first during rush hour this morning and evidence it has to be said of how it's all gone is not good a taxi driver i spoke to a short while ago said look there was such gridlock on that a two five six in the kent countryside if you lived here and this would have become a daily occurrence which under no deal scenario it quite possibly would he said you'd simply have to move you wouldn't be able to get to work you wouldn't be able to get to school. greece is asking its taxpayers to contribute above what they owe so it can buy new warships and they may have circle broad for money jones are up for us reports from athens.

greece is thirteen frigates form the backbone of its navy but they are now three decades old refitting them would cost more than half the price of a new fleet and without the capabilities so the heloc navy is looking for a brand new fleet and it's taking donations galligan fairly limitless though i call on great ship owners and greek citizens to contribute something from their surplus in a special account set up to acquire a new fleet of frigates and a new flagship greek defense spending has fallen by forty percent to six billion dollars during a decade of recession and even though it's still one of the biggest spenders in nato greece says it cannot afford new equipment and its traditional rival turkey now spends three times as much the problem is greeks already have the highest taxes in europe in an attempt to pay off the national debt and half the population still owes the government money. no i won't contribute the country has much bigger

priorities than buying weapons we need better salaries better pensions better health care and education all the things that make a country civilized and where greece has fallen behind the european union is a real union it will help with our defense complicating matters to former defense ministers are now in jail for embezzlement one of them for the contracts that upgraded the frigate fleet with greeks overtaxed at home the defense ministry is looking to greeks living abroad and the merchant shipping community these communities produced a rescue plan once before it was a donation of seven million gold francs that enabled greece to make a down payment of almost a third of the value of this crew in one thousand the george r ver of ball the name of its benefactor. and helped grease defeat the ottoman empire a second time and double its territory in the balkan wars now as then the navy wants to extend its range this time to cover its exclusive economic zone or easy as

well as that of cyprus where hydrocarbons have recently been discovered or supposedly one of the reasons the greek fleet wants to update in the last revised upwards is the fact that it's now being called upon to safeguard the easy between crease and cyprus which is in the east med very far from where it's used to prowling sensually becoming for what they call green water navy to a blue water navy greece has long relied on the generosity of individuals and greek ship owners are constantly helping the armed forces but fleet renewal costs many billions of dollars to cover it greece will need friends as well as family jumpstart ople us soldiers or athens. the incumbent prime minister of bangladesh shaikh sina is about to be sworn in after winning office for a third consecutive term december's election saw has seen his party win more than

ninety five percent of seats in parliament the opposition able to vote farcical and accuse the government of widespread rigging. celebrations are being held in cambodia to mock forty years since the fall of the brutal camero rouge regime around two million people were killed on their rule generally seventh is known as victory over genocide they all simply nation day school high learning falls from number ten. cambodian father and son reflecting on the darkest of times for this nation as it marks forty years since the fall of the camaro rouge seen by many here as a rebirth for the country. at sixty eight oatley is lucky during the four years the camaro rouge ruled cambodia from one thousand nine hundred five to seventy nine almost one in five people died that's nearly two million from either execution starvation or disease lisa says he still has to feed his family and was tortured

when he was caught. and i am thankful for what happened and you know what has happened it's the end my family from starvation. but at least the i don't feel that we had the freedom from the floor and we lost that authority to the vietnamese but some feel that regardless of the deep emotional and physical scars from the camaro rouge regime those four years need to be remembered through education and memorials like at one of the infamous killing fields just outside penn. it's already. so it's. very hard even though you want to change but we cannot change so in that it would be good to. transform. almost seventy percent of cambodia population is under the age of thirty born at least ten years after the fall of the camaro rouge now most of them feel as though this country is dark period it shouldn't and cannot be forgotten but that

the government and the nation must not dwell on the past leeson any met was born after the camaro rouge regime he now has a son all three generations are hoping for more on the. congo and i know i make an effort today for the next generation with my son to help them have much more than i did try not to compare things in the past too much because even in my time things have changed so much. the only surviving senior camaro rouge leaders were found guilty of genocide just two months ago by war crimes tribunals. while the brutal regime came to an end thanks to a vietnamese led invasion the government underlines the need for independence. forty years ago was a mistake for an interview and it was a mistake a cold war so that's why to prevent to have. a new young state i think so going to be an dignity and independent is a must and it's

a cambodian tradition to release birds to shed bad luck as the people here feel lucky the chapter of oppression and genocide is behind them many still are hoping for more more freedom and more opportunity scott either al jazeera phnom penh. china says it will allow u.n. officials to visit the western state of shin jang after global condemnation of its treatment of we go muslims beijing is being accused of in turning up to one million a week is in prison like detention camps forcing them to renounce their religion and native language some of been pushed into forced labor with little to no pay china says u.n. officials were welcome to visit the region as long as they respect proper procedures the government crackdown on fuel theft in mexico is led to a shortage of drivers president and the man who will oppose obrador who took office in december vowed to stop billions of dollars in petrol theft by gangs and oil

workers tankers are being used to move the fuel instead of vulnerable pipelines. how is that petty theft we're talking about that 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. the rights of women in iraq has come under the spotlight as more females take on bigger roles in society but activists say there's a long way to go before women are treated equally to men imran khan reports from baghdad. it's been fifteen years but finally the iraqi women's wrestling team is back on the mat. the team like many other sports teams was disbanded after the u.s. led invasion and occupation of iraq in two thousand and three but much more than that it's part of a wave of women taking bigger roles in iraq in society. unfortunately our society

does not accept women's sports but many iraqi women are defying these restrictions and adamant to bring achievements to iraq by raising its flag by women in international tournament and it's not just in sports in southern iraq a farmer embassador wants to revolutionize the farming industry. she's aiming to grow tomatoes and other vegetables in greenhouses without fertilizers in other words to be completely organic. as a woman i took up the responsibility to cultivate my lens and aim to achieve progress as a female farmer i want to break up the stereotype and restrictions on women in tribal society and will support the role of female farmers. rights activists are increasingly hopeful that things are changing for iraqi women but they still feel those in charge are resisting the change they turn to. and that woman.

among. women. women quality this is one of the. progress in iraq women make up twenty five percent of iraq's parliament they come from across the political spectrum and it's in shrine and in law rights activists say that is crucial and they're hoping that when. it will play an increasingly larger role in a rocky society iran card al-jazeera baghdad. i'm sam you say down with a look at the headlines here and on to syria now the bombs government says special forces have arrested soldiers who took over the national radio station in an apparent coup attempt the soldiers broadcast messages criticizing president ali bongo on them but while he was abroad for medical treatment mr understand.

the message to the head of state. is that abate on his health has reinforced doubts about the president's ability to handle the heavy burden of the responsibilities of his office. 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 and less a deal can be made in the u.s. national security advisor is heading to turkey to discuss the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria john bolton has said the pullout was conditional on turkey not taking any military action against kurdish fighters the un special envoy for yemen is due to meet yemeni government officials in the saudi capital riyadh martin griffiths met representatives on sunday he wants to convince both sides in the civil war to fully comply with the cease fire agreement type police say they

will not deport a saudi woman trying to escape alleged abuse by her family against her wishes for could no one was detained while in transit on her way to a stray v.o.a. she wants to claim asylum online could moon expressed fear of being killed she was sent back to saudi arabia. more than one hundred trucks are taking part in a trial in southeast england to prevent long queues at the port of dover should the u.k. crash out of the e.u. with no deal some fear the lines could be as long as forty five kilometers the test involves trucks driving between the ports and the disused airports you can to see where the traffic can be maintained. china says it will allow u.n. officials to visit the western states of after global condemnation of its treatment of we go muslims beijing is being accused of in turning up to one million we are in prison like the tension camps it's inside story now stay with us.

deadlock in the u.s. says the president threatens years of government shutdown if he doesn't get money for his border war but is the face off about a wall of the presidency and how's it changing american politics this is inside story. hello and welcome to the show i'm sam is a than buildout wall was a regular slogan for.