central bankers about the same time but more importantly two cultures north and south america. very important points for. all protests against sudan's president omar al bashir. courses in the capital. again i'm laura kyle this is live from doha also coming up. the only way to avoid no deal is. a warning from britain's prime minister five days out from a crucial vote on the agreement with the. us president calls

a legal immigration a humanitarian crisis the democrats accuse him of sticking failed. and the new expression taking people inside the life and works of andy warhol. and antigovernment rally is underway in the sudanese capital costume keeping up the pressure on president bashir to step down just a few hours earlier but addressed his supporters in the city calling for unity and accusing foreign powers of stoking the rest and immigrations of spread across since mid december it began over the rising cost of food and fuel and government corruption has remained defiant. thank you no no sir your my we are all together hand in hand joining forces to maintain stability however some are adopting foreign agendas being operated by outside forces us to the saddam however we reiterate

those who are seeking power they are welcome however there is only one route to grab power it is the ballot box it is only through transparent free elections and it's up to you the sudanese people to decide. and i woke and has more from. president bashir spoke to his supporters today he basically called for this rally this pro-government rally to show the world that he still has supporters and the fact that that people have been demonstrating over the past three weeks demanding a regime change those people do not represent the whole of sudan so he came out today in a rally in one of the squares in the capital city harvest room and he said that those people who have been protesting have been infiltrated by what he called as a bit by what he described as traitors and they've been were being influenced by foreign agents now this is not the first time that the president has spoken since the anti-government wave of protests started this is probably one of the this is the sixth or seventh somebody he's been speaking yesterday he addressed the military and original state and he said that he will continue to hold on to power until elections come next year people once again came out to protest today just

a few minutes after the pro-government rally they've been calling for the downfall of the government they've been calling for a new regime they say that president i'm going to show you how it has been holding on to power for too long and then it's time he had the apartment interim independent council now people have been met with tear gas police had to has used tear gas to try to disperse the protesters with these seem to be very eager to continue with their momentum they held on to power they held onto to determination and they kept basically dispersing when police fired tear gas only to regather again and demand that the president resign something he said he's not going to do until elections come in twenty twenty. first prime minister driesum is insisting there is no alternative to her breakfast deal and she tries to persuade parliament to support it closes it now debasing the agreement which sets out the terms of persons departure from the european union that is supposed to happen in less than eighty days on tuesday night they suffered another setback plans when parliament made it more difficult for a new deal out. given this house is now rejected no deal will the prime minister

protect thousands of skilled jobs in the automotive industry and others and rule out no deal it is absolutely sensible for this government to pass a no deal and those preparations are even more important given the position taken by the right honorable gentleman with the opposition front bench but is opposed to any deal that the government goes yates with the european union it's even more important that we prepare for no deal the deal protect jobs and security and delivers on the referendum and he showed back it. following all the developments closely for us and jones about well underway in the house of commons is the first of many over these next few days and we've got m.p.'s presenting challenge after challenge for the prime minister and have breaks a deal. yes absolutely the

difficulties for the government and for prime promise of tourism may have very much begun with events on tuesday night as you described there a group of m.p.'s in parliament opposed to the direction the government is going in opposed to take the lead to the possibility of a default no deal outcome here very much ne a fight back marshalling a majority in the house of commons on tuesday night on an amendment that they won defeating the government complicating the government's ability to use taxpayer money to fund no deal outcome and continuing that fund fight back into wednesday with a vote to imminently on another opposition tabled amendment this one controversially allowed by the speaker john bercow has been an enormous rout over the last hour or so in the house of commons with pro-government m.p.'s saying the speaker has sacrificed his impartiality that he's provoked a constitutional crisis never that he's allowed this amendment to be voted upon what it would do if it passes he's forced the government to come back to parliament

within three days of that meaningful vote next tuesday if it loses that meaningful vote with its vision of a plan b. what on earth to do next and we know that that particular image that particular statement by the government would itself be amendable allowing m.p.'s to table their own vision of what would happen next including the possibility much talked about of a second referendum what all of this amounts to is a massive acceleration of the timetable now everyone very aware that the talk is ticking down and you could potentially if this amendment is passed in the next half an hour will say see a situation whereby at the end of next week next friday you've got to reserve may's briggs's deal rejected by fundament we know that the labor party intends very soon after that perhaps within a day or two to call a motion of confidence to try and trigger a general election they'd likely lose that but then immediately after that there is . the possibility that there could be a vote on

a second referendum which the labor party at that point would be mandated by its own conference to support it is an extraordinary potential acceleration of events here towards a pivotal and decisive decision that this country this government this parliament will have to take it's already being billed as the moment when parliament takes back control from the government over the brics it very crucial indeed jennifer thanks very much for laying it all out for us. now malta says it will allow to rescue ships that have been stranded at sea for weeks to dock shores maltese prime minister says the forty nine people on board the vessels will then be redistributed among states european union countries migrants are picked up by two german charities was making the dangerous mediterranean crossing malta and all other e.u. countries that refused to offer them a port of safety. as president of drug they're set to meet congressional leaders later on wednesday to continue talks on reopening the government republicans and

democrats appeared as far apart as ever in primetime speeches on tuesday night trump blamed his rivals for the standoff over immigration and again demanded money for his mexico border wall mike hanna has more from washington. the deadlock between congress and the white house continues democrats refusing to provide funding for a wall on the southern border president trump adamant he will not accept any budget bill that doesn't this is a humanitarian crisis a crisis of the heart and a crisis of the soul the facts though do not support the contention of a spiraling crisis wrists at the southern border in two thousand and seventeen was the lowest in forty five years the number of would be migrants detained last year was list them half of the total arrested in two thousand and seven every week three hundred of our citizens are killed by heroin alone ninety percent of which floods

across from our southern border more americans will die from drugs this year then were killed in the entire the vietnam war but this is contradicted by the drug enforcement administration which in a report last year said virtually all of the heroin sold in the united states comes through legal points of entry thank you and in a joint appearance the democrat leaders in the house and senate dismiss the address as nothing more than cynical korea mongering this president just used the backdrop of the oval office to manufacture a crisis stoke fear and divert attention from the turmoil in his administration the president's address and the democratic response has affected no change and at the weekend this will become the longest ever government shutdown in the nation's history mike hanna al-jazeera washington. well john heilemann has been following the journey of hundreds of asylum seekers from central america who are trying to

cross into the united states some to one and mexico where people feel that a fight by chance. we were in one of the impromptu shelters that been set up into one of mexico to try and help central americans trying to get across the border into the united states and give them some support and shelter this one's in the church we want we watch president from speech with them in the first reaction here was really people quite offended especially his depictions as some people crossing illegally as criminals he told stories about a murderer and about a rapist they said you can't just stick his head in that same bucket there's a lot of good people here trying to get that they were talking about why they've gone in this dangerous journey north of the president trump actually alluded to saying that things are so tough back home they didn't have a lot of choice even because violence because of the gangs the really terrorized vast parts of the countries where they live all because of poverty trying to escape

make a better life for themselves in the united states some of them are doing the virus soil and some of them. willing to jump over the fence hand themselves in straight away and then start the asylum process that way and some are simply saying that after really hearing about presidents' front poster and their chances of getting into the united states that way they're just going to try and pay a people smuggler and go across the border obviously that's been happening for some time now and it's what president from is trying in part to prevent by putting up this wall but illegal migration and apprehensions of the border have been going down for more than a decade i mean i states he will so i made a point the president about drugs he said that the war will almost pay for itself because it will stop vast quantities of drugs being trafficked over the border to the u.s. actually most drugs pass through ports of. tree. for

the president. the democratic republic of congo provisional election results could be and else within the next two days there was a person on sunday but the electoral commission said that wasn't possible to have data collection problems a widespread reports of irregularities when the election took place at the end of december. as the. saying that. could be. twenty four hours. behind me. being deployed in iraq and the area. this plane had been barricaded. inside that building counting some of those they say the

reason why it's taken because. they've. been made up of the. commission. that if that happens. and in the when that happens. that it could be violent. people are going. to be late. within forty eight hours but happening want it could be longer than that. the weather is x. and then hundreds of palestinians take to ramallah streets to find a social security scheme they say is too expensive. and a divided reaction in guatemala the government ditches a u.n. anti corruption investigation.

hello there it's certainly been pouring for some of us in china recently here down in the south we've seen one hundred millimeters of rain there in the average at this time of year is two so we're well above that that area of wet weather is extending further northwards as well and we're going to see some very heavy downpours over the next couple of days from this as well so there's that rain as we head through the day on thursday to the north we might see a fair amount of snow as that system hits the cold air that area of rain that stretches all the way up towards shanghai for friday very wet hair during the day for the south are generally fine to drive home paul twenty three degrees pleasant in that sunshine towards the west there's also plenty of fine droit weather to be found across many parts of india and across sri lanka the rossum show is just to the south of sri lanka though and they gradually nudging their way towards us i

think thursday should be more or less dry for most of us but as we head into friday we'll see that area of rain extend into us so more of us will see that wet weather now here in doha the winds are changing and so it is going to feel a lot fresher over the next few days the winds will be firing down from an also blustery on thursday and friday and the temperatures tumbling so a maximum just of twenty one degrees by friday and at night it will feel quite as well with a low temperature of a around fifty. i mean every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories and then of course there's donald trump told through the eyes of the world's jannah least that's right out of the script that calls for the annihilation of israel that is not what that phrase joined the listening post as we turned the cameras on the media focus on how they were caught on the stories that matter the most embarrassing a free palestine listening post on al-jazeera. again

you're watching al-jazeera as a reminder of our top stories this hour anti-government protesters are maintaining pressure on the president and while bashir to step down he addressed the forces in costume refusing to quit and blaming economic problems on gears of sanctions. insisting there is no alternative to have deal though she tries to persuade parliament to support it dozens of debating the agreement which sets out the terms of persons departure from the european union. and donald trump is set to meet congressional leaders for talks on reopening the government meetings being held

a day off to trump blame the democrats for the immigration standoff his rivals accuse him of holding the american people hostage. the u.s. secretary of state has made a stop in iraq on his tour of middle east capitals arrived in baghdad you need us as well as u.s. troops stationed i believe to discuss u.s. concerns about iran's influence on iraq a top u.s. diplomat is in the region to reassure washington's allies about trying to withdraw troops from syria. this is an exercise. in the years and in the world. this is the military but there is a lot. easier to be accomplished. and one com has the latest from baghdad this was an unscheduled visit but top of the agenda for both the americans

and the iraqis are two very different things the first thing for the iraqis will be carful cation on the u.s. role within the country itself the u.s. president don't trouble visited just after christmas he announced that he wasn't going to pull out u.s. troops from iraq he actually did speak to anybody within the iraqi leadership he made that decision on his own so the iraqis would be seeking clarification on that for the americans it's very much about the iranian role within iraq the society both politically and militarily they'll be seeking clarification on what exactly iran is up to here in iraq now iraq actually has a sanctions waiver to do trade with iran so the americans have long criticized that they're the ones that gave them the sanctions waiver but they have been very critical of it as well. turkey's foreign minister is insisting that his country will reject a u.s. request not to target kaddish armed groups in northern syria on american forces

leave that address the turkish parliament a day off to u.s. national security advisor john bolton reiterated that request in ankara olson's comments and get president of iran he says he will not compromise on kurdish y p g five as it regards as terrorists. middle east for the u.s. to be this intertwined with a terrorist organization makes leaving it that much more difficult we continue to hear different voices coming from different levels of the american administration everyone can see we've been fighting against terrorist organizations in the region from day one we need to prevent the white peachy from turning into a growing threat to our country we need to act against that. so i'm concerned the reports from in those in syria where in a town that was liberated by the turkish backed free syrian army a while ago a list on was bombed why are still borne by other coalition forces and it has been hurt a lot there with its people with its buildings and after it was liberated by the

turkish crack free syrian army the margaret in the long graphic has changed people who have moved out so far has returned and there is some other migration from other places inside syria a relatively normal life has begun as we are told because there are schools there is a courthouse there is a major risk that they call where the local council functions and there are local police forces that is mentored by the turkish turkish army members here and when there is a danger the local police forces here could interfere immediately however of course it was fear here is different to the kurdish dominated areas in northern syria and these people here in they most of believe that if a turkish military offensive is held against a pew idea and we have a controlled area. those places could be liberated and they can go back to their

homes like members or other places. embassies and consulates have been evacuated in the astray and capsule cambra and the city of melbourne after suspicious packages were delivered to them samples are being tested for hazardous material but there have been no reports of injuries some of the parcels are said to have contained a specials a banned building material that can cause cancer u.s. gyptian thai and italian diplomatic missions were amongst those targeted. palestinians are protesting against a controversial social security law which came into effect late last year it's aims to create a pension scheme for private sector employees who make up just over half of the workforce in the occupied palestinian territory because are expected to contribute seven percent of their monthly salaries and you're able to apply for retirement pension once they've turned sixty opponents say these want these auctions are too expensive for most workers and fair peoples contributions won't be secure high fossett has been asking people about it in ramallah. third month of these protests

now against the social security law and although the numbers are somewhat down today on what you've seen of the thousands of people in recent protests there are several hundred here today the numbers called largely by what has been a very rainy cold day here in ramallah the issue at hand here is this social security law which is. requiring a would require a seven point five percent contribution from employees in the private sector and more than ten percent from employers what people are concerned about isn't just the financial goodna that would impose on them and on the economy here but also on what would happen to that money can they trust that it would really would be used for pensions and other benefits in the future there really is an issue of trust against the policy in government in this case. the salaries aren't enough to cover a current commitments to duck to this money they say will get it back up to thirty

years contains provisions that are unfair to the employees. now wastdale under occupation like albury right now that israeli military forces are like any bearded. people that you don't like to see them and us need their money and that effort and that's going to happen in most parts of the world social security system could be seen as a fairly regular required safety net and something that society would be expected to contribute to people here aren't really arguing with that as a concept what they're arguing with is the idea that this is being drawn up in an undemocratic way by a government which hasn't had an election for over a decade they don't trust that government they say to deal with this money in a fair way not to use it for purposes other than pensions and other benefits in the future policy and government of course says that it has already. conceded

a delay in the imposition of this they are willing to talk about it and negotiate people here though they just want it scrapped and they say they will continue protesting until that happens. human rights watch says venezuela intelligence agents have detained and tortured military personnel he's of plotting against the government and its report details described being strangled deprived of food and electrocuted exhaustion pressure is building on president nicolas maduro exist up down is due to be sworn in on thursday for a second six year. prue's attorney general has resigned being accused of meddling in a corruption investigation into construction overbright. decision was aimed at protecting the independence of the prosecutor's office is ten years being mauled by allegations that he also favors in exchange for bribes. celebrations and protests in guatemala the government announced it was pulling out

of an international anti corruption forty nine months than expected the un back panel had been investigating top government officials and the family of president jimmy moralez reports from. outside the headquarters of a un backed anti corruption commission a group of court amal and celebrate they say the international commission against impunity in guatemala or seasick to short has unjustly imprisoned their family members and they want the panel out and thanks to guatemalan president jimmy morales they might get their wish. not that we are not happy helping our president recover the rule of law they have been so many violations of our rights we've been fighting for eight years and won't allow foreigners to keep trampling our country. throwdown for people who oppose cizik i'm arriving here at their headquarters they're setting off bombs grabbers waving their flags and bring up my peace signs

here on the wall i'm going to vote six days here are done. at one point police officers escorted staff out of the building a spokesman said international personnel were being asked to leave the country as a security precaution. on monday one of president said he would expel the anti corruption group. during its time in guatemala the commission has put national security public order to belittle and respect for human rights at risk. more than anything it has put it risk the sovereignty of the state of guatemala. in august morales announced he would not renew c. six mandate which was set to expire in september two thousand and nineteen days later he banned its commissioner colombian prosecutor says from reentering the country. analysts say morale is decision to expel the group violates

a constitutional order and international law. why is he doing this firstly he's being pushed by many of these political collaborates his who all being tried for corruption he's also received a lot of help from businesspeople who are being tried for corruption and probably the biggest reason the legal process is against him he's brother and the son outside of the constitutional court another group of guatemalans holds a quieter protest they hope that the country's top court will rule against morales decision i guess that has to be with him to the commission mafia like business being uncovered and that's what they don't like this is going on after the powers that existed since independence is the only entity that's been able to uncover corruption you know but even if the president's ruling is overturned there are fears he will push it through and set off a constitutional crisis what many see as this country's most effective weapon in

the fight against corruption could be coming to an end and guatemala's future hangs in the balance david mercer in guatemala city. of andy warhol is instantly recognizable and uniquely american but there's more to it than campbell soup. discovered a retrospective of his work in new york. from consumer goods to celebrities with a technicolor twist andy warhol elevated every day images to high art. his commentary on american culture is now on display at the whitney museum of american art warhols genius in my opinion has always been to ground what he does in both the language of the history of art and the language of commerce and commercial culture and to bring them together the first retrospective of his art in thirty years andy warhol from a to b. and back again includes his early work as

a commercial artist in the one nine hundred fifty s. illustrations that are beautiful in their own right and show a link to later works in both subject matter and techniques reproductive techniques the photograph is absolutely key to warhols work and there's no doubt that when he married painting with the silk screen he really changed things techniques that were considered groundbreaking at the time still seem relevant in an age of social media when we are bombarded with images and everyone it seems is seeking their fifteen minutes of fame and it was a series guns crosses and knives just have the the gun and the cross and of course the hammer and sickle curator donna de salvo says the darker side of that culture shows up in warhols later years reflecting the social upheaval of the late one nine hundred sixty s. and seventy's clued in the anti-war and civil rights movements showing us that these are just photographs so do we believe them we want to believe them but if you

think about it it's just a photograph so it really that feels very contemporary because we live in a world now where we can also talk about digitally altered in the jizz. causing the viewer to wonder what's real leaving no doubt warhols work still resonates christian salumi al-jazeera new york. watching us there are these are top stories and government protests as a main. taining the pressure on president omar al bashir to step down here dress his supporters in khartoum refusing to quit and again blaming economic problems on years of international sanctions. we are all together hand in hand joining forces to maintain stability however some are adopting foreign agendas being operated by outside forces to the sudan however we reiterate those who are

seeking power they are welcome however there is only one power it is the ballot box it is only through transparent free elections and it's up to you the sudanese people to decide. the british prime minister has just suffered another setback breck's its plans parliament has just voted to dramatically cut the amount of time to play has to present a plan. is rejected by politicians and not basing the brics it agreement which is unlikely to be approved let's put to a parliamentary vote in six days time. to make congressional leaders for talks on reopening the government meetings being held a day off to try the democrats for the immigration standoff his rivals accuse him of holding the american people hostage there is actually a state has made a stop in iraq on his tour of that lease capitals pompei arrived in baghdad where he met iraqi leaders as well as u.s. troops stationed. discussed u.s.

concerns about iran's influence on iraq some of. the years in the world. and. this is the military. turkey's foreign minister is insisting that his country will reject a u.s. request not to targets kurdish groups in northern syria once american forces leave . address turkish parliament a day off to u.s. national security adviser john bolton reiterated the request in time for. you have not with all the headlines more news considering here on al-jazeera a softer stream.

for you. is the biggest u.s. criminal justice reform package in years but is first step act really enough so they will look at what the new york means for u.s. prison inmates the kim kardashian effect i kid you not please send your thoughts and your twitter comments via you tube and online. thousands of amazing us federal prisons are hoping that the first step toward child change their lives the new law has already brought some real results for one man charles he walked free from a prison in kentucky on thursday he had been.