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a trial in southern england to make sure things go smoothly in case of a no deal breaks it. all celebrates a famous victory there i want to test series in australia for the very first. welcome to the program the bombs government's special forces have arrested soldiers who took over the national radio station in an apparent coup attempt the communications minister says the situation will be under control soon the soldiers broadcast messages criticizing president ali bongo on demba who's been out of the country for medical treatment since october. mr understand. the message to the head of state. is that rebates 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 home that has given us everything and made us

the people we are we cannot abandon it said the patriotic movements of fence and security forces in order to preserve the integrity of the country decided to take responsibility this stop the ongoing move to seize power by those who own the night of the disputed election in twenty sixteen killed our young compassionate it's with the support of illegal and illegitimate institutions. the president has been in power since two thousand and nine before that his father omar bonga ruled the oil rich nation for more than forty years and recently addressed the country in a new year's message from morocco well let's bring in anton lawson is a gap anees journalist who joins us on the phone from the capital lever of il i'm so we understand the truly does have not been arrested what more details can you tell us.

control now in. it was. five young military who tried. to lead. longing. for obviously been arrested already. you are going mover as been stopped already and to answer who exactly are these five young military officers what more do we know about them. yes there are many many silly name junk for the younger one do is was. adviser the adviser of the. republican guards and this isn't the military who was in charge of the security of the president and i think that the when he decides to take the. decision to move on to the general in charge of the republican guard was not.

was not informed of his situation if you mean you know you can manage your military will quite. frequently this edition is on control people. adopt. the bungle to be able to lead the country again because it was taken back in morrocco and. you want to stay in power aren't playing for a second do to keep your power after forty now fifty almost fifty years now i'm talking so what's the atmosphere like on the streets of the capital out of more troops and police yes there is many military troops and policemen he says troop. is immense reach of people in there to population and on and. went to young recently have them to come to these tweets on to to try to to to

to do the right to do cool nobody can use this it because you put pressure on you to find out everybody was in that the penny to just turn and everybody went to the shops or to the general center to try to get something to eat and of course ordinary people on the streets of gaza on many of them were unhappy with the election results in twenty six seen how the value feel about today's political upheavals. yes i think. the presidential election is two thousand and sixteen was. a big mess in the get go. i think that things are going to change now in government because people think that it is time for family members to just up to be on because they're too long and professional become for and for the contrary our country or country gave way to produce the country that may be only about twenty percent comes to the population i'm told lawson thank you

very much for your time let's bring in al-jazeera to meet the miller she was in dublin recently and joins us now from johannesburg for me to start just bring us up to date with what you're hearing there about events i mean it appears the coup leaders were arrested pretty quickly. those developments did happen quite quickly through the morning as soon as we had heard of the radio station being taken over by by the group of soldiers and as we've heard there for them so far arrested now they are part of the republican guard which is usually tossed with protecting the president so i think the indication so far is that there appears to be some sort of division within the military just how far those divisions go we can't be certain but i think that would be of concern to anybody watching and especially the company's government in terms of if this warrants any further concern and what happens next is this the end of

that sort of descent all or is there no merit behind the calls for public support we do know that it was a relatively small group that perhaps joined in this who attempt about three hundred or so people on the streets of the barn but our understanding also on the streets of liberal rather but our understanding also is that this is a nation that is quite apprehensive about taking to the streets given that there was quite a sort of a heavy response to previous protests both in twenty sixteen and even last year against the call changes to the constitution two years ago after elections and protests that took place then in response to the announcement that bongo had won those elections at least three people were killed at that time but certainly this move by at least a faction within the military would be of course speak of concern to the government is a government perhaps wanting to to now restore calm as far as possible not just today

but in the coming days and weeks especially as the president remains out of the country this of course bringing on what we saw happen in the early hours of monday morning and for me that you've traveled and worked for us in i mean this is the end of the bongo dynasty and what next for a country that's experienced so much upheaval and violence. there's been fifty years of this family being in control of this regime which is very much in the past been supported by countries like france japan is a very strong one of the closest african allies of france and so it has had that support some concern around the last election of course that was characterized by reports of of fraud and voter tempering but essentially enjoying that kind of support with regard to the attempted coup we've seen happen in the last few hours the african union france in this case has also come out to say that it

wouldn't accept unconstitutional regime change so that sort of criticism criticism coming out against this attempted coup quite swiftly but people in go by we do see a significant division if we look back to the last election that that that kept ali bongo in power there was a a forty eight to forty nine percent of vide between himself and john playing an opposition leader and even then as i said there were allegations of fraud there is concern around the electoral mandate of bongo and him continuing this dynasty when you have people in gabon complaining about the cost of living which is very high as well as the provision of housing we've seen the government make some moves in recent months to provide housing but they've been issues around the payment of civil servants mismanagement of the economy especially in a country that is just so or oil rich as a boy on the bongo family and those are the people they're connected to routinely

criticized of benefiting from these riches serving themselves only and that's not trickling down to the general population and there is certainly a call for change for me in johannesburg for me to thank you. now 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 talks 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 worth of tariffs america's farmers the car industry and small manufacturers have been particularly hurt by the levies but both sides have agreed to a ninety day truce on imposing new tariffs which will expire in march with pauline loom is managing director of asia analytic where she covers china's political economy 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 voter 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's economy is in trouble not just cyclical but structural it's got a debt to monterrey that history times that of g.d.p. you n.p.l. sobbed non-performing loans are up. and all 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 truce and i think both sides are going to want to squeeze everything they can a juror in 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 for u.s. national security adviser has arrived in turkey to discuss the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria john bolton was in israel on a two day visit where he said the put out was conditional on turkey not taking any military action against syrian kurdish fighters well the u.s. military has been backing them in the fight against eisel bolton also said u.s. troops won't leave until the armed group is completely defeated for fun of the dough has more on the turkey syria border. and by extension bonet saying it's business as usual no one profile for an immediate.

withdrawal. off u.s. troops from city of the must of realized what's at stake not just keeping in check turkey and russia's influence is syria but also iran something israel is very concerned about turkey has been reacting and reacting i'm going to need to bolton's comment that u.s. troops will remain in syria as long as these no guarantee of protection for syrian fighters will fall alongside their troops in the fight against isis brian kelly in a spokesman for the turkish presidency has said the techie has no problem with the kurdish population of syria but just the groups y p d n p k k who he says terrorist groups and they say 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 that he 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 withdraw a bunch more head of the news hour including greece's government goes in for crowd funding to keep its navy afloat. and how a wave of iraqi women talking about their place in society. and its board we'll have the latest on through where one of the world's toughest off road races is on the way that's all still to come. american network c.b.s. has broadcast an interview with the egyptian president despite a request by cairo not to air it abdel fattah el-sisi told sixty minutes there were no political prisoners in egypt and denied any human rights abuses sisi also said his country's forces were close to cooperating with the israeli military. u.s. television network c.b.s.

said the egyptian government demanded it not air an interview with journalist scott pelley it would spell a question egyptian president el-sisi 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 l.c.c. outlawed a lot of. i don't know where they got that figure i said there are no political prisoners in egypt 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 trial a contradiction for rights activists who say many are in prison and face long detentions. pelly also questioned about his government and israel 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. therefore sometimes needs to cross to the israeli side and that's why we have a wide range of coordination with the israelis other than a slightly futile sequence it's been estimated there are about a thousand terrorists. with more than a billion dollars in us military aid to every year why haven't you wipe them out when there's an up to start that will happen and why hasn't the us 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 deleted fighting groups in the mountainous sinai region bordering the two countries

. 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 dian estabrook al-jazeera reads the palestinian group hamas has taken over the management of the rafah crossing between gaza and egypt the palestinian authority dominated by the fatah movement in the west bank decided to pull out all its employees in the crossing of the dozens of its members were arrested in gaza by hamas but two groups have been odds and the change in management could affect how long the crossing stays open. now a new round of talks between yemen's warring factions may take place soon in jordan that's according to a senior official un envoy martin griffiths met the who things before heading to riyadh to ensure a recent deal reached in sweden is fully implemented as more peace in yemen won't be easy but the united nations envoy martin griffiths remains

confident it will one day become a reality griffith's destroying the region to ensure all the parties will implement the agreement reached in sweden last month the deal calls for the who the is to hand over control of yemen's red sea port of her data of the warring factions remain divided over who should step in and run the facility where much of the food aid comes in. the exiled government says it's ready to take over and move dismissed by the who these who don't recognize the government of president opt out of the bustle handy. we hope peace efforts kick off a gratian comes to an end tbilisi prevails in airports reopening. the un wants to bring yemen's rival factions to a new round of talks to discuss ways to improve the economy and tackle the

deteriorating humanitarian situation. on his arrival martin griffiths was shown children affected by the almost four year old conflict the war has killed thousands of people and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes yemen faces the worst humanitarian catastrophe in warden times according to recent estimates as many as eighty five thousand children may have died of hunger since the start of the saudi u.a.e. led war against the who theories the deal that was reached in sweden was the first breakthrough since the start of the war in two thousand and fourteen but the deal remains for a giant fighting has resumed in some areas and a prisoner exchange is on hold the internationally recognized government insists the who thiis must hand over their weapons and pulled out of the capital sanaa

before there's any final peace deal but the whole thing is who controlled most of the country remains adamant there are humans just have it leaders. are joining us now from some are is the yemeni journalist and political commentator hussein katie say how difficult a job does martin griffiths have in the saudi capital a man he was talking to the who these on sunday to salvage this fragile peace deal in her data nothing much came out of that is he likely to have better luck talking to the yemeni government based in riyadh. i believe he went to saudi arabia to the to the government under the saudi to bring them like what. you have said when he would because you have denounced the abstraction of the implementation of the ideal and he has spoken to martin griffin saying that we have withdrawn from the port to the saudi backed forces has refused to withdraw from east of where they as

it was agreed in stockholm after that it should have follow with that who they will withdraw from the city itself and then the saudi backed forces will withdraw from south of where they feel now the saudi has not actually done any of this and i believe that is in is because that the coalition forces south and east of where they are they are loyal to the united arab emirate most of them are from the south and they don't actually hide the government that's why they don't want any agreement to be implemented because they were so close they think to take what they did we know that saudi arabia leads the coalition against iran but to see so what influence do you think riyadh can bring to the talks what are the saudis want to see happen here. i think the saudi actually they do want to be indicted. because we know that the saudi actually they kind of deny that the are part of this war they call it a civil war so that they are the one actually who doesn't want to sit. side by side

with the hoti told about any deal they want only had it to do so because of the saudi will come into any agreement or if they sign any agreement this means that they are part of this war and they believe it was only the pressure on saudi arabia after the brutal killing of jamal khashoggi that have actually had some pressure from the saudi on how the government to sign the deal for data on who they the actually is is the last lifeline of millions of yemenis and if there is no. any withdrawal or if the deal will not be implemented in the coming five days this means that the twenty one days that was given by so-called deal for all troops to withdraw from this means that truce might end just i want to mention that in the last thirty forty five days the united arab emirates has sent three ships to walk up border bring in huge amount of new weapons that they are now bringing to the outskirts of the data and saying so where does this leave the u.n.

sponsored peace talks in sweden last month i mean who says seem to be linking their withdrawal from a day with the opening of a port but that's not part of the stock deal. that was to be honest with you there was some. agreement that they were not. made to go to the public for one of them is just to set a step to a been. voted on as well to pay the salaries of for one point five millions of yemenis and seems to be that the actually unhide the government is still refusing to do so and i believe the main problem now we haven't heard they just the . general patrick actually has in her they that he's not doing anything actually he should actually release a daily statement or we'll just take me on the situation data who is breaking the cease fire on who was obstructing they did otherwise i don't know what i mean was he's doing you know data the same so what are the options open then to martin griffiths i mean you mentioned that he could try and extend the duration of the

ceasefire from this you know from twenty one days or is the stockholm deal slowly dying do you think i believe it is not going to come back from saudi arabia with any clear message about the full implementation of or they that deal i think that we will we will see a big fight in who they die soon and i believe that the saudi led coalition actually is using. this truce to gather more troops in a day that we know that the supply line extended from. the hood a to about three hundred kilometers and it was under constant attack from the out of the forces so they i think they believe they might extend this deal is not only to keep are they that safe from any war but to bring more weapons to attack or data hussein out ok thank you very much indeed for your time sir. well the european commission has once

again said there's been no renegotiation of the break that deal that was agreed with britain's government was just twelve weeks to go until the u.k. leaves the e.u. commission president john crow younkers says the gauche actions are over but next week british prime minister to resign may is expected to put the deal to a vote in parliament she would put off a december vote after facing opposition from many m.p.'s and their own party will be setting out measures which will be specific to northern ireland will be setting out proposals for a greater role for parliament as we move into the next stage of the negotiations and we're continuing to work on further assurances on further undertakings from the european union in relation to the concern that's been expressed by parliamentarians more than one hundred trucks are taking part in a trial in south east 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 government says it needs to prepare for all eventuality is the test involves trucks

driving between the port and a disused airport in kent to see what the traffic flow can be maintained well in twenty seventeen double handed out one hundred fifty five billion dollars worth of trade that's seventeen percent of the u.k.'s total will dogo handles most imports of fresh food medicines and parts for time sensitive manufacturing like the auto industry bringing in safety checks something doble has no capacity to do could use a disrupt the trade in perishable goods to hold as more. well it was just twelve weeks ago now to gregg'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 to 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 eight to 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. china says it will allow u.n. officials to visit the western states after a global condemnation of its treatment of we get muslims beijing has been accused of in turning up to a million we go is in prison like detention camps and forcing them to renounce their religion and native language some of been pushed into forced labor with

little or no pay china says u.n. officials are welcome to visit the region along with their respects procedures right winter rains arrived in central asia welcome after months of drought is rob with a check on the last particular welcome in afghanistan i think contributed to that gold market collapse however i've got some pretty pictures we'll go for the good news bits here and this is moving part of the winter front which we see more obvious in other parts of the world often visit keep this time here's where we are now but this is just an example not much snow no funnel sunshine and it's playtime now there is more rain and snow to come it's just developing now it was just developing in afghanistan through. to go stand to to g.'s to and that's the picture you get by tomorrow but let me think back and say we more often visit places like levant and turkey where the same winter from develops an awful lot more energy and that's exactly what it's doing now we've seen on shore winds this is the picture in

gaza as of yesterday a bit further north lebanon this is beirut this is pretty poor and inland where it's cold start up in the bekaa valley of course it is snowing or i mention these because there's an awful lot of displaced people in this part of the world so when once again you see huge amounts of rain the green stuff or snow in these areas is just present once more this is the picture story whether it's huge amounts of snow for turkey and rain to most of the places and these these systems seem to come through every two or three days this is probably the worst time of year daryn. thank you very much for that time from the short break here on al-jazeera when we come back marking forty years since the fall of the camaro we talked to cambodia and still coming to terms with one of the country's darkest chapters and in sports one of the n.b.a.'s longest losing streak comes to an end and they will behave about story more on that stay with us.

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welcome back a quick recap of the top stories here this hour the bombings government says special forces of the rest of soldiers who took over the national radio station in a coup attempt the soldiers broadcast messages criticizing president ali bongo and demba while he was abroad for medical treatment. government representatives on the u.s. and china have met in beijing to trade talks a ninety day truce on imposing new tariffs expires in macho unless a deal can be made. and the u.n. special envoy martin gryphus in saudi arabia has possible effort to convince both sides in the civil war in yemen to fully comply with

a cease fire agreement. not dozens of a hinge of being deported from saudi arabia to bangladesh despite them being from neighboring me among the group of nearly fifty says they've been detained in jeddah for up to six years they entered saudi arabia on pilgrimage visas but overstayed to work though they are originally from rakhine state and may have lost saudi arabia send them to bangladesh despite not having citizenship. so joining me now from frankfurt is now when he's a ranger activist who has been communicating with those deportees in jeddah so what more can you tell us about these fifty ranger men and the reasons why they're being deported from saudi arabia thank you i believe they are now all on board in the flight to dakar the flight will take up from to die airport at five pm local time they were being deported from saudi arabia because their finger printing where it

just are as india and their bangladeshi pakistani and the police as you know that drawing days the response agreed and minority in the wall they have been in open prison for decades their genocide is ongoing their their citizenship is stripped obscene and i did eighty two and no one can have my passport to travel outside of myanmar they are not even allowed to travel from one town to another state so these people who are now being deported and who are now in detention center in jeddah managed to enter saudi with different possible through this model or so most of them out or to saudi arabia after two thousand and twelve violence in iraq a est to so. bad to live and to support their family in myanmar but as their fingerprint where register. the at and entry die aboard later fund they were detained at their video immigration check quine all rape there were i did you find a different nationality their claim as true and you were not

a sceptic at all the all the ready brought for embassy. to the detention center through the embassy refused but all of bangladesh stuck them ok all right yes so we know that but in saudi arabia for about six years or so do you know what sort of condition they're in. they were in large detention sentenced to a c. in just the initial they have above the fifty four and eight and they are not allowed to go to the one room from from one room to another they have some mobile phone with the internet so i could communicate with them i mean as you say you've been in touch with them but is there any kind of legal help open to these men coming up people against the deportation for instance according to the saudi laws since they are registered as a different nationality we can do anything but a legal ahead but we have been appealing to the saudi altar at these since last two

year and i have approached us all the all official diplo but but no one is ready to have so we are now in a process to approach the european government to appeal. appeal to all the ready to the european government just a final thought so what will happen to these men once they get to bangladesh then i believe they will be transported to the. refugee camp in the cultures of balls are this all that deported they are better much afraid of being detained again at the dock i am told i have also sent all that detail information to the un a senior production office in dakar i am sure that they are well aware of this deportation because bangladeshi media also have given some coverage so i believe they will be they will be put in the refugee camp they will not be detained again because by law they should accept in them by knowing that they are

really nice some way thank you very much indeed for your time thank you you thank. oh i just about top top story now the coup attempts in government speak to macquarie to delhi model he's a consultant who specializes in security and humanitarian law he joins us now from the kenyan capital nairobi reports of the coup leaders have been arrested how surprised are you that this takeover attempt was even made and was it doomed to fail from the start or thank you for having me surprised in a way because since the last election we thought some of the resistance on bongos family has been dying out and now. vindicating the surprise actually the coup is aborted the authors of the coup are us that and i think we are going back to the issue of legitimacy of the bongo formalise rule for the

past half a century and that is a critical question that born in gabo news has to respond to even if could it us will not bring legitimacy directly but a sim time the legitimacy deficit the longer family is facing in ruling the country continuously a question that has to be addressed and sorta better that's an interesting point you make because what impact is this going to have on the family as you say they've ruled for fifty years they're very influential but does this attempted coup indicate perhaps that their power may be waning. without question i think it's very difficult to be all thirty thirty and sustainably maintain power for a long time listener focus on the facts first the family has been ruling the country for half a century second. born is one of the richest country but one third of its

population is living in absolute poverty third french and the frank africa of enjoyment has been supporting the book of army for a long time but recently there are a lot of tensions that led actually to the search went on to being issued on the properties of bongos family in parties and in france and third china is interesting into the. music corner me significantly is one of the leading part of china and we know there is a shift in terms of policy on the u.s. in the western warned that now it's not a war on terror which is the priority it's rather the war on economy competition that is coming from china and to some extent from the tide that is being. extended by russia saw this shift also contribute to an extent but ultimately it's about the rule legitimacy of the gobble in these government visibly the population maori so

what about ordinary people in the bottom in many of them thought the twenty sixteen election was rigged there was all that violence parliament was set alight and now they're faced with yet more political upheavals. definitely i think like i sayed now there were a lot of costs regardless of how far the president has worn how much of the votes the house won but there is significant question on the legitimacy of the government and partly because there is no constitutional limitation on the president's big without questioning where the term limitation is. the only requirement for ensuring legitimacy but a sim time this makes it a family dynasty and actually this will lead to more crisis than

a rather than solution so it's very important for the political leaders the elite and also including the population to again reconstitute the system in go on to deal with this critical and fundamental questions of why did miss murray to delhi mara thank you very much indeed for your insight now celebrations are being held in cambodia to mark forty years since the fall of the brutal c'mere rouge regime around two million people were killed under their rule one job or the seventh is known as victory of a genocide day or simply nation day as it was called haida reports from phnom penh . cambodia and 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 c'mere 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 the the 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. i've been to so it's it's very hard even though you want to change it but we cannot change so in that it would be need 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's dark period 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 and it was a mistake a cold war so that's why to prevent to have. a new young

state i things are going to be and 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 men. we still are hoping for more more freedom and more opportunity it's got harder al-jazeera than. shake a scene or has been sworn in as bangladesh's prime minister for a third successive term december's election so has seen his party win more than ninety five percent of seats in parliament the opposition accuse the government of widespread rigging. greece is asking its taxpayers to contribute above what they owe so it can buy new warships and it may help them abroad the money john reports from athens. greece's 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 of 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 greece 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 of the greek fleet wants to update last revised

upwards is the fact that it's now being called upon to safeguard the easy between. greece and cyprus which is an east med very far from where it's used to prowling actually becoming for what they call green water navy to 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. friends . and the rights of women in iraq have come out of the spotlight as more females take on bigger roles in society but activists say there's a long way to go before when they're treated equally and one can reports about that . 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 a society that's unfortunately our society does not accept women sports but many iraqi women are defying these restrictions and adamant to bring achievements to iraq by raising its flag by women in international tournaments and it's not just in sports in southern iraq. 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 lead. aim to achieve progress as a female farmer i want to break up the stereotypes and restrictions on women in tribal society and will support the role of female foreigners. 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 that we are facing and that women. is that there is no political among. women. women equality this is one of the nor the hindrance of women 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 women will play an increasingly larger role in iraq iran card al-jazeera baghdad time for not a short break when we come back but all the sports. it was. and his cricket team celebrates on the historic test series win stay with us.

welcome back top of the sport and he's here thank you so much don all indian cricketers are celebrating a famous victory very cold the same of want to test series in australia for the very first time the fourth test in sydney finished in a draw and that meant in its look the series c. one no australian scored a century jury in the series while india manish five is an achievement saluted india since their first source australia seven seas ago. the need same will cain to share their fans they've got all the moves off the field as well in future bullets

and you will see some dancing at this point for now the national team i can some of the national team is failed to win a series in eleven at sams this win underlining their status as the world's number one seed look at. it's obviously a very proud moment more so because. for the last twelve months we understand what we have gone through as a team we understand the kind of cricket that we have been able to play and i was just mentioning the fact that after losing to us as well have been in the competition throughout the games that we have lost. so we understood as a team we are on the right track but the fact that the reward has come in the most historic cities for indian cricket is you know a cherry on top of the cake that their suppliers stood up in in the big moments or when our falling on a guy one of the good guys drag them back into the contest or when they are in front the good guys put the foot on us and took us out of the game like they did here in melbourne sydney melbourne. but we can learn

a lot from the why they went about it we're going to make sure we do. well earlier on we spoke soon indian cricket writer sonic horror who believes farah kohli's captaincy has been a decisive factor before a nation in history this is indeed a historic moment i can i can juggle some figures for you here in the year might in seventy one i did want to go still get some wonderful cricket in england and west indies and seventy one years later we have been able to go on good australia predictably speaking in terms of cricket we haven't really conquered anyone but it's still the fact that we have had a great group today we have made it three one in my opinion this is almost like a reuniting history and it was not been easy for indians to do something some great cricket there but the fact that we have been able to do it and very convincingly is great news this victory is extremely sweet because we had

a very poor for four months in england and one of the cities was squared up many people had started docking some of the batsman and bowl loose who had not for formed off the mark but i think thanks to read out clearly he's a young guy energetic broad and a great player and a great captain who is fully charged all back to the fighting he pushed the team to a great limit to make it to one and then me almost made it three one if the dogs of the skies had nobody to beat so i think we need to give it do we not and his boys. the l.a. charges have advance the n.f.l.'s divisional playoffs they beat the baltimore ravens twenty three to seven sane in a wild card game the chargers will now face second seeds to new england patriots. were there last was walker game so it was good to keep it going we know we're

a tough task next week but it was to it was typical of this team this year the way we want we wanted so many different ways ugly pretty defensively offers a void come from behind like a photo at the buzzer. so many different ways and there's a collective team went to a great opponent defending super bowl champions the philadelphia eagles just made it through against the chicago bears the best missing a last minute field goal as the game finished sixteen fifteen so the us is a crazy game and there's a tremendous team. you know playing here this is a crazy place to play and you know our differences are amazing just you know i read your first half two years you know we should remain friends i st do think it takes and there yesterday was really just still play the play was just a few games manage in the n.b.a. the oklahoma city thunder had their three game winning streak ended they were beaten at home by the washington wizards bradley bale school twenty five points

including seven in the third quarter whether which is that most of that damage let's have a sit around skate hit fifteen points today the wizards to a one sixteen ninety eight win. 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 switched from africa to south america will be hosted solely by one country that is peru. reports. a list look at the vehicles and their drivers the toughest race in the world is gone 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 ninth dakar he says he's made it to the finish line nearly every time now he says he'll need to be very focused but he's 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 sleep it and says he's trained for two years we go from the motor cross just writing it in writing you know you have to learn every geisha and writing together and that's big a big thing because you're writing. think 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 syndrome lucas about iran will compete next to his father along the way for the particularly challenging those pilots will fail in the first . song that made up our love not because of what.

nearly three thousand people will support a diverse mix of vehicles along the way others will be their own 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. three to five thousand kilometers. away could be held anywhere but having the race improve as wonderful because we have culture tradition and history to show the world. darker ruins the cultural heritage for others the rally is an inspiration. and a chance to showcase what their country has to offer and innocent. we will be live with. that rally. reaction from india's

historic series win in australia and they thank you very much indeed well that's it for me down jordan. back in a moment with more of the day's news. on counting the cost it was the worst performing stock market of twenty eighteen find out where china is headed in twenty nineteen brazil's new president has an economic challenge plus taxing times for technology giants and france at a profit warning from. counting the cost on al-jazeera. it's a daunting climb to one of the holiest sites in bhutan. 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 put happiness at the center of all political

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