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online for you tube facebook live. thanks for joining us the united nations has been leading a flurry of diplomacy in yemen aimed at preserving a fragile truce around the crucial port city of. well the u.n. yemen envoy martin griffiths has been meeting both sides over the past week in a bid to keep the. her data is a vital source for humanitarian aid into the country and we will be crossing live to the united nations as soon as martin griffiths begins to speak for now we can cross refer to james bays he's our diplomatic editor he's joining us from the united nations james so what do we expect griffiths to be saying and what can we expect the un assessment to be of how well the parties are implementing the stockholm agreements. well the un security council about to meet in the next few moments is taking this extremely seriously they've asked very unusually for one week updates from martin griffiths on the situation on the ground

this is the latest one week update and it shows that the situation is still very fragile on the ground the un monitors yes some of them are in place according to this one week report thirty nine monitors have their visas nor in place in yemen another twenty eight there are still awaiting the visas u.n. says it doesn't yet have permission to take in flak jackets or armored vehicles that's causing it problems it also says that it has problems reaching some of the areas on the ground and clearly there are disagreements between the parties that reach that peace deal last month in stockholm on the redeployment of forces you can see martin griffiths being introduced there to the un security council he will be speaking very shortly also to be speaking you see mark lo cockies the humanitarian chief of the united nations i saw him just moments ago his assessment at the moment is that the situation on the ground in terms of humanitarian situation there is

more hope but actually practically on the ground nothing really has improved at this stage martin griffis as you see on the big screen briefing the security council by video link and martin gryphus the u.n. special envoy to give his assessment of the situation now to the security council. ok james well as we wait for martin gryphus to speak let me ask you this because do expect the u.n. so we wait for martin griffiths to be outlining what are his next steps in terms of pushing this peace for it and possibly arranging for another meeting between the warring sides certainly he wants to arrange another meeting he needs to have another meeting in place he also needs to get a new resolution towards the security council to come up with a new resolution because the existing one they passed only guarantees those monitors staying for thirty days and that time has not. will soon expire martin

gryphus speaking now. of the world are focused on the momentum generated at the end of last year for the peace process by the consultations in stockholm and the hope of a tangible improvement in the situation of the yemeni people as i stated to this council immediately after those consultations the success in stockholm was your success and i must start therefore by thanking the members of the security council for adopting that resolution to which you referred to resolution two four five one which endorsed the agreement authorized the deployment of the advance team to support and facilitate implementation expressed support for the continuation of consultations early this year including on the framework for negotiations and i believe that this resolution that you passed last month sends

a very clear signal of the international community support for the achievements that we were able to bring together and stop them and our plans. subsequently to build on the momentum gained today i will take this opportunity to brief on the implementation of the commitments made by the parties in stalker namely the agreement reached on the city and gov of her data and the ports of her data salif around isa second the executive mechanism on activating the prisoner exchange agreement and certainly the statement of understanding on ties but i would also hope to provide an update as to present on our preparations for the next round of consultations since the stock consultations and in the very recent days in this past week i have had the privilege of meeting

with president other. months or hardy and also indeed with the stronger leader of the medical pretty president hadi whom i met indeed yesterday in riyadh. warmly welcomed the proposal the progress made in stuck in the agreement made there to which he was the key decider and he confirmed to me in very real and constructive terms his hopes as we all have that this is an important first step towards a comprehensive solution to the conflict and i was interested just to to hearing a reflection of exactly those sentiments that i was in santa on sunday in my meetings up on my leg down here today who firmly told me in the no uncertain terms of the decision and commitment of his movement to implement all those provisions

that were agreed in stock erm so they both expressed a travel agent if either way forward. and to build up further on the progress made in subsequent rounds and i i would like us all to bear that in mind as i do when we look at the progress somewhat difficult some of it on the implementation of those agreements but i'm grateful to president hadi and of course i'm grateful also to set up the malick this enthusiasm for actually making stop permanent work and provide tangible differences on the ground for the people of yemen. was also echoed by other concerned parties in key member states i have had the privilege to meet since stocker and in particular in recent days and i'm grateful for their support and they know who they are i pleased to report that both

sides have largely at that to the cease fire we agreed in stockholm in her day the governor at that entered into force on the eighteenth of december and that there has been a significant decrease in hostilities since that. unfortunately perhaps unsurprisingly there has been some violence including in that just city and in the southern district of the government however this is remarkably limited compared to what we saw in the weeks before the stocker consultations and this relative calm i believe indicates the tangible benefit of the stockroom agreement for the people of yemen and it also illustrates the commitment of both parties to make the agreements work thanks to the swift authorization provided by this council through resolution two forty five one the united nations has deployed an

advanced monitoring team to her data under the leadership of my esteemed colleague major general patrick come out of the netherlands who arrived in yemen on the twenty second of december. and i should say here that. i think it's a remarkable achievement that major come at torrens of away from other commitments . and launched himself with his team into the region. very short notice to provide the to establish the the r c c the committee which will monitor those agreements and her data we're very grateful to patrick come out this rapid deployment has given a clear signal to the parties and the yemeni people of the international community's desire to turn the agreement into facts on the ground general command

has chad several meetings of the redeployment coordination committee with participation from representatives of both parties to oversee the implementation of the redeployments and the ceasefire as agreed in sweden on her data he's working with the parties on the details of the redeployment of forces again as foreseen in sweden the provision of security in the city and the opening of humanitarian access routes agreed in stock or the activation of the redeployment coordination committee which has happened. since since that arrival in late december of general come out is very very welcome and i urge both parties to continue to engage regularly and in good faith with general come out and his team so that the security arrangements and crucially the improvements in humanitarian access. can be implemented swiftly in line with what was agreed to stop air this will build

confidence of the poppies the yemeni people in the international community that what was talked about in stock can be a reality. mr president regarding ties as council members will recall the parties agreed instructor to the creation of mechanisms to reach consensus on how to address the situation in that city and government ties is of enormous historic significance for yemen as a whole and the city and its people have been a driving force in yemen's economic and cultural life for many years and to give the said proportion the government of thais has a population of two and a half million people and the city of thais has been divided by virtue of this conflict for some considerable time and the civilians in thais have suffered far too much for far too long and the destruction of the city has been dreadful and the flow of humanitarian aid of course needs to increase need to cross the line between

the parties and the people need the chance to rebuild and these are this is that we believe that joint mechanism the committee that i i will refer to or is there to produce i have taught since soccer with the parties and with many prominent tight cities including my office has met the governor yesterday and they all want the city to return to calm and for the people to have hope that the city will flourish once again and i'm glad the stock provides a potential platform for the server. we plan with the agreement of the parties to hold the first meeting of that committee as soon as possible ideally this month. and we also are working on a civil society mechanism including significant participation of women to support that joint committee in its devers. i'm hopeful mr president that what we

might plan to see in ties is something that we might also be seeing achieved in our data our data should not be the only beneficiary of the agreement that we made in sweden on the agreement for the exchange of prisoners we are working with both parties to finalize the lists a prisoner submitted by each instructor i particularly want to record our appreciation of the invaluable support provided by the international committee of the red cross in this regard and has agreed in stock and we plan to hold a meeting of the supervisory committee which includes both parties and i'm hopeful that this will take place in amman from which i'm speaking on monday of next week and this will be a step towards that day that we hope to see left of many many thousands of prisoners exchanged and released to return to their families.

i am grateful for the commitment and patience the both parties have shown since stopped their progress on some of the su's has been gradual and indeed somewhat tense. but there is a tangible contribution to the peace there are no doubt many hurdles to be overcome in the days weeks and months ahead but i would say here that the parties must not be diverted from their commitments through issues of delays or difficulties which are unexpected and i offer the support of the council in encouraging the parties to stay the course and to overcome together any challenges that may be encountered along the way and that we are here to help them. mr president i am under no illusion that these are very sensitive and challenging days for both parties and

for yemen as a whole the war in tin years in other parts of the country which is why we need to make progress quickly i call on the parties to recognize that these first steps need to be protected so that we can reach those other parts of the countries in due course the conflict continues to have a terrible impact on the economy and the overall humanitarian situation is and i know mark will be describing so in a minute it was unfortunate that we were unable to reach consensus on a way forward on the central bank of yemen while we were together in sweden and on the opening asuna port during those consultations in december but that these issues if so you are the news grid and you are listening to the un special envoy for yemen martin griffiths he's briefing the un security council via vague video link on the implementation of the stockholm agreements and james bays our diplomatic editor listening in to what martin griffiths had to say james and talk us through the key

points because he seemed to say that there has been some progress yet there are hurdles to overcome. yeah i don't about it as tentative progress he talked about the situation on the ground in as being much better than it was before clearly the ceasefire came into force but far from perfect he warned there would be delays in the process slightly going forward and that the security council was needed to urge all the parties to stay the course this is the the situation really that the u.n. has been reported ever since the cease fire came into phased into place that this is very very fragile and very much a first step they are talking about other steps he was just talking moments ago about the central bank an agreement to try and improve the economy on the ground there talking about tires another key province and city in yemen where they are

trying to get an agreement in place they're talking to about what was supposed to be a confidence building measure that was supposed to happen at the beginning of all this at the start of the talks stuck on talks which still hasn't taken place which is a mass prisoner exchange involving a mass airlift so some of the things that have been agreed at stockholm still are not in place the u.n. monitors some of them are there but not all of them and they only currently have a limited mandate of thirty days from when the resolution was passed by the security council at the end of december the u.n. security council the united kingdom which is the so-called penholder on this issue is trying to come up with a new resolution to endorse seventy five monitors for a much longer period to monitor the situation on the ground in data and we're going to hear shortly from the humanitarian chief of the u.n. marlowe caught my understanding is he will say that there's certainly renewed hope as a result of the agreements in her data but actually practically it so far hasn't made

much difference to the situation on the ground the humanitarian situation which remains dire all right well cross by. to you one more. speaks thank you for the time being let's cross over to adam barron he's a visiting fellow at the european council on foreign relations he's joining us live from beirut thanks very much for speaking to us you're listening in to what martin griffiths had to say adam baron he seemed to say that there has been some progress made when it comes to her data at least but yet there are hurdles to overcome what's your assessment of what he's had to say so far i think in general which you had was martin taking note of the progress that's been made well really hedging hedging his somewhat optimistic prognosis with the dramatic challenges that really lay out i think we have to be honest i think even based off of the low expectations that people had going into stockholm what was what the u.n.

was able to achieve did did mark a bit of a victory that being said there's quite a difference between parties agreeing to something in europe and actually implementing it on the ground and the key thing moving forward will be whether or not we have a pullout of the who it is from who data in a means that satisfies both the yemeni government and the saudi that coalition as for now we haven't seen tangible signs that that will indeed happen we've seen you know words from the who are these but we haven't seen anything truly concrete and for better or for worse it's the implementation of this pullout that arguably functions as a bit of a prerequisite for any other sort of diplomatic steps being being considered moving forward so how about it so are you optimistic at all about the implementation off the pullout for example they speak off. and i mean i think it's certainly true soon to write things off there's certainly still quite a bit of time it's certainly in the cards that being said i mean you know you've

had continued disagreements on whether or not what's happened so far constitutes even a positive step moving forward you've had continued skepticism particularly from yemeni government officials regarding whether or not the who will follow through with their commitments i've been told by you know my own contacts from the movement and but also from many international diplomats that this is something that will that will most likely move forward that they do believe that the who it is will end up withdrawing but until that doesn't did happen i would say the entire process is very much up in the air all right to adam baron we thank you for joining us on the newsgroup on al-jazeera now the us president donald trump has set a growing humanitarian crisis must be urgently resolved at the us mexico border in a televised address on tuesday he made a case for the border wall as a partial government shutdown enters its nineteenth day he says it will stop illegal immigration as well as the flow of drugs but this is not just political

rhetoric it's actually affecting americans so most of the eight hundred thousand government workers impacted by the shutdown haven't been paid and many aren't working at all well that's affecting essential services right across the country with low income communities bearing the brunt the program that provides more than thirty eight million americans with food assistance is running out of money and may have to make drastic cuts if the shutdown continues ninety five percent of employees in the housing department haven't received a paycheck since before christmas many of the u.s. is largest tourist attractions have been closed others have stayed open but with minimal staffing and help from volunteers to contain overflowing trash bins and toilets. john holeman has been following the journey of hundreds of asylum seekers from central america who are trying to cross into the united states he reports from tijuana and mexico where people feel vilified by trump speech. we were

in one of the impromptu shelters that been set up in three one a 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 there they were talking about why they've gone in this dangerous journey north that 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

asylum 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 president's ranch poster and their chances of getting into the united states that way they 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 that prevention's of the border have been going down for more than a decade in the united states he will so 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 entry into the united states this along with the lines of people and vehicles going through the wall wouldn't necessarily affect that but this is become a potent political symbol for the president and for his a. sort of but he's

determined with so that is the view from tijuana let's cross over to kimberly house at she's joining us from washington d.c. how is trump's speech being received there can really. well i it doesn't appear that is move the dial so in other words what we saw was not only the president but also members of the democratic party the leaders in the senate the house of representatives essentially in restating positions that we had already heard only doing it in prime time television so in some ways the reaction in the united states has been one of annoyance that they're you know people got stirred up expecting the president might even declare a national emergency and then this whole speech just kind of fell flat so there's not only that frustration but there's also this recognition that donald trump promised to come to washington to do washington differently and to break up the gridlock that has been gripping congress for almost

a decade some would argue in the immigration cases two decades and in fact what we're seeing is just more of the same essentially both sides digging in their heels refusing to compromise and those caught in the middle are not only those that wish to come to the united states in some sort of legal form or fashion those that are concerned about border security both sides say they're concerned about that but there seems to be no willingness to give in to try to achieve those goals instead it's just another political football back and forth and it's really about point scoring and winning and kimberly we know that the president is holding another meeting with congressional leaders that's going to happen in the coming few hours where we expect there. yes so what we're going to see are a couple of things the first thing is that the president's heading to capitol hill why is he going there he's going to be talking to republicans only because there are some that aren't feeling too comfortable with the president's position the start to be some cracks and fissures and this could certainly mean that the republicans would cave something that the president is trying very hard to make

sure doesn't happen so he's speaking to rank and file kind of rallying the troops he's going to go back to the white house where he then will meet with congressional leaders that will be happening a few hours after that this will be democrats and republicans once again getting down to business in the same room trying to reach some sort of compromise the president said a speech this could be done in about forty five minutes that seems overly optimistic considering the other talks have failed that have gone on for hours then the other thing that we're going to see in all of this is the president traveling to the southern border with mexico that is going to be happening on thursday is something the president says he didn't even want to do but his aides thought it would be a good idea what this is is another effort to try and persuade the american public to support the five point seven billion the president is looking for in this overall budget to try and reopen the government and end the government shutdown all right got it can really help to thank you for that updates. so here's the thing we

keep hearing about the political ramifications of the shutdown but there's also a human side to it all and that's because sarah will tell us about that and workers are sharing their stories online several what are they saying and what have you been seeing was so many and she durian and it's been going on since the beginning of the shutdown and the hostile for the us story is shut down the stories in fact many media outlets are asking people to share their stories and you can see how the federal workers are becoming increasingly worried and even fearful as each day goes by they're calling mortgage companies hoping for a paper ache they're reheating leftovers and switching off the heating even in their houses to save money and looking into loans or even unemployment insurance and that just gives you an idea that many people are also juggling more than one job for them to make ends meet they said these are very real stories others are also struggling to pay their rent like business owner jennifer mata she says she's got a small business she's been hurt badly and she doesn't think she'll be able to pay her rent she is likely to get evicted by next month and the shutdown has also

forced many to frantically turn to their banks for private loans to pay off those bills but also the science world isn't protected from all of this new jewels who works for nasa she actually works for the human exploration missions team and she tweeted this she said our flight may be over a year away but we really don't have time for this and we will miss model signs as a result and the u.s. office of personnel management they tweeted some pullets as they said for federal employees to send to their credit says this is the tweets here and this is just to give you an idea of the type of let's a sample letter that have been sending out for them for federal workers to send it to credits as mortgages mortgage companies and even that landlords but not everyone is convinced. they gave us letters for example they give you the gate is man's letter that ok you can present this to your creditor and let them know that you know the shutdown but you will get paid that creditor could care less about that

letter this is not my first sat there and i've been with the turnaround service over twenty five years i already know that letter means absolutely nothing to the creditor nothing it will still get reported out if you miss a bill. and it's also we're seeing a lot of stories on social media from those working at national parks in the u.s. the damage caused by the partial shutdown is actually forcing the likes of joshua tree national park to close completely to the public park ranges have been turning away visitors from several public areas and nature is and the shutdown is being blamed for the trees dying as well as mounting rubbish and even sewage problems but desperate government workers all taking things into their own hands some of them by turning to go fund me is the platform way you can raise money and they're doing that sue raise for food and even medical expenses and this just shows you hey if you have a look at it as the campaign is trying to this is one of many workers this lady she

does two jobs at the same time to try and make ends meet she says and she's managed to reach over ten thousand dollars there which is a bit more than watch you double what goal was and there's plenty of other examples of that but now on to cheesecakes because this website is called cheesecake very oversea to the shutdown a spin sets up in recent days by these ladies here she has let me take you back here because it says we bake with love to fall we bake with love when life gives you lemons make lemonade and these are the two sisters here they are federal workers and they said the situation they don't have enough money and they set up a cake business to raise funds while they aunt being paid and we have requested a special request if you see through that they go from a.j. plus team quitting on all federal employees to share with them their shutdown stories you can search on switzer for a.j. at a.j. plus rather and you can send them

a dark message on how maybe you've been impacted by the shutdown your story may even well feature in an upcoming a.j. plus video. you can also had to go to the home page of al jazeera dot com for a cheat sheet so to speak on the shutdown who's affected why it began and what democrats and republicans say so if you scroll all the way down you will find a list of past downs as well since the modern budgeting process began so read all about it on al-jazeera dot com here the news grid if you're with us on facebook five we have a video for you coming up from our colleagues at a takes us on the effects of climate change in the u.s. and then right after the break we'll look into allegations that venezuelan intelligence is torturing military personnel and accuse the falling against the government stay with us. i am. the end.

i there it certainly is a very wet for many of us across the middle east at the moment we've had this weather system with us and as you can see it's getting plenty of rain over parts of turkey but then dragging its feet further south as well so for some of us in syria and in lebanon it's also being very wet these pitches are from lebanon showing the flooding that we've seen in one of the refugee camps that now that area of rain is moving away and say for many of us it will be a good deal drier as we head through thursday more rain though pushing its way into the west and northern parts of turkey there as we head through friday same rain here and east elsewhere should be drawing back that the not with the warm we're seeing it's a temperature just a fourteen degrees a bit further towards the south and the winds that will change thursday here in doha as well so the winds firing down from the north bringing in some cooler air and quite a blustery day as well so twenty three the most well known thursday by friday only twenty one and the temperatures will be dropping during the night as well so it will feel quite cool particularly in the evenings and we had down towards the so

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here and these are the stories that are most read right now on our web site al-jazeera dot com and the top two spots in fact their own and the government shutdown so had to al-jazeera dot com to read much more about that. state that is the u.s. secretary of state has made a stop in iraq as part of this tour of the middle east my pompei our arrived in baghdad where he met iraqi leaders as well as u.s. troops stationed there they're believed to have discussed u.s. concerns about iran's influence on the country the top u.s. diplomat is in the region to reassure washington's allies about trump's plans to

withdraw troops from syria iran khan 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 trump 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 iraqi society both politically and militarily they'll be seeking clarification on what exactly iran is up to hit in iraq now iraq actually has a sanctions wave to do trade with iran so the americans of long criticized that they are the ones that gave them the sanctions way though but they have been very critical of it as well. human rights watch says venezuelan intelligence has

detained and tortured military personnel accused of plotting against the governments so the report by two rights groups comes a day before president nicolas maduro is to due to be sworn in for a second six year term human rights watch on for a penhallow examined twelve cases from twenty seven thousand and twenty eighteen they involve thirty two people detainees reported abuses such as beatings and as fixation the rights groups say the alleged abuses fit a pattern shown by venezuelan security during the crackdown on antigovernment protests in twenty fourteen and twenty seventeen twenty fourteen human rights watch says it's documented more than three hundred eighty cases of cruel inhumane or degrading treatment against government critics during that same period more than twelve thousand eight hundred people were arrested and since twenty seventeen more

than eight hundred civilians have been prosecuted well the venezuelan government has denied previous reports of torture and said it protects human rights let's speak to some our broader he's a senior researcher with human rights watch as america's division she's joining us on skype from one of cyrus thanks very much for speaking to us on the news with so human rights watch is making some pretty damning allegations against venezuelan security services just talk us through what stood out for you the most from this report. well these cases document not only abuses of detention and torture of military officials who have been implicated in these attempted coups or plotting against the government but also we are showing that the innocent on intelligence agents are going after the families of suspects when they can't find them so we have cases of the son or the mother or the partner of someone who can't be fined at home and is taken away detained and subject to the harbin

abuses that you were you were describing earlier and we actually asked the government of in a sort of for information about you know what exactly had these people done and what is the evidence against them and there was absolutely no response from an assault on authorities and have you gotten a response from the all forwards to this latest report on the allegations that you are putting forward. not yet and we don't know what they would say but it's impossible to defend what they're doing to these people these are family members civilians that have provided taxi service to someone who is implicated in an alleged conspiracy and these are the people that are being taken away and what's important to highlight here is that you know been a son has been making international news headlines lately because it's suffering a hard but humanitarian crisis is it's generating and it refugee crisis that's affecting the region but the truth is that the repression although it's not getting

to the headlines is as bad as ever insight into what and that's what we want to show with this report and you say that these cases that you highlight in fact might not reflect the true extent of what happens in venezuela because people are too afraid to speak. that is correct i mean people are sometimes afraid to report the abuses that they've suffered but what we know is bad enough and these cases as you were mentioning earlier are part of a broader pattern of abuse that we've been documenting in minnesota since two thousand and fourteen we've been seeing systematic abuses by even a sort on security forces including arbitrary detentions and torture and spitting it is a thousand or so you know paula jones tomorrow but just for the sake of time in twenty fourteen in fact there were six countries that requested an i.c.c. investigation of alleged crimes in venezuela how likely is that to actually happen

that was actually last year and it's ongoing the i.c.c. prosecutor it announced in february that it would begin this preliminary examination and it's now up to the core to the prosecutor to determine if the evidence that's out there including in this report amounts to crimes against humanity and it is the i.c.c. that has the power to prosecute individuals implicated in these abuses and send them to jail which is something that is necessary because there is absolutely no way that victims will get justice and benefit all rights and just to confirm you're absolutely correct that that request was indeed last year not twenty fourteen for the time being we thank you very much for speaking to us so tamara bruner. now a trial is due to begin for a former french boxer record on camera punching police officers at a yellow vest protest in paris so is back with that story because it's been trending online and front hasn't been off to the new year more than fifty thousand people resume they protest against the government now former boxing champion

christophe dating a joined in but things got a bit out of hand literally. so this video has since gone viral showing him lands and punch after punch as he pushed against every piece of says you can see that he's received a lot of support surprisingly was some even calling him a hero but some have also criticized him for attacking police officers now people actually don't know it was the boxer throwing punches until friend. and so french police identified him on suits and this is the tweet that they put out there they said for a boxing you do not respect a lot of rules we will teach you those of the penal codes now a fundraiser that's been on line on an online power form in france to help him with his legal fees raise over one hundred thousand dollars but the fund raiser has since been taken down the government's been quite outraged about it and former presidential candidate john newcombe suites of that it's forbidden to pay fines

through collection chrystal has not been convicted he says in the aim of the collection is actually to help his family now another french minister criticized the fund raising a party had to give police officer pays off and everyone must assume their responsibilities this fund is actually shameful kristoff handed him self over to the police shortly off to this is the video that he took before he went into cusses what he had to say. bridge i'm not part of the far left or the far right i'm an ordinary citizen i am french i love my country. and now it's come to this point with the yellow bass hit over and over again i confronted the police and got to a gas with my freedom and my wife for a moment the anger rose up inside me i reacted badly yes i reacted badly but i defended myself a many on standing by him like this yellow best support saw himself well played

a video a new chain he got the he was tear gas to react in a way that was completely normal the police can't continue to hit tear gas or use their flashbulbs against us if we keep killing and wounding civilians certain people will begin to react and we can't continue to suffer and humiliation of this violence and this fair about say has also been raised several times it's been said as well and it's a mistake that if you plan to stuff people it's important to understand that he's not being seen as a hero by many yellow vests they consider him a delinquent or even a terrorist spreading fake news and this is all because he stood up to police violence against yellow vests protesters that have suffered for months nonstop the yellow vests will not bow their heads anymore christophe is a national symbol and a hero so you can see some very divided opinions and will keep their cross-like as

they still is in custody but if there's any other stories you think we should be covering the hostages aging. so thank you let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world and guatemala is pulling out of an international anticorruption body nine months earlier than expected the u.n. back panel has been investigating top government officials as well as the family of the president jimmy more all it says the commission is interfering with the country's interim the affairs david mercer has more from guatemala city. outside the headquarters of a un backed anti corruption commission a group of celebrate they say the international commission against impunity. or seasick to short has unjustly imprisoned their family members and they want the panel out and thanks to guatemalan president jean morales they might get their wish . to helping our president recover the rule of law they have been so

many violations of our rights we've been fighting for and won't allow foreigners to keep trampling our country. for people who oppose. here at their headquarters they're setting off bombs grabbers waving their flags and peace signs here on the wall i get it so few days here. 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 president said he would expel the end to corruption group. during its time in guatemala the commission has put national security public order. and respect for human rights at risk but for more than anything it has put it risk the sovereignty of the state of course. in august

announced he would not renew the six mandate which was set to expire in september two thousand and nineteen days later he bandits 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 collaborators who all being tried for corruption he's also received a lot of help from business people 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 autoglass have been 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 out zero in guatemala city. the british government says it plans to provide certainly is certainty quickly if the prime minister is breck's a deal is rejected by parliament next week to resume a insists there is no alternative to her old as she tries to persuade parliament to support it the vote is set to happen unless that eighty days time and among the hundreds of palestinians have gathered to protest against a controversial social security law they're angry over a pension scheme that came into effect late last year farrah fawcett's been asking

people about it on the. over into the 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 got people concerned about isn't just the financial good not 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 palestinian government in this case. the salaries aren't enough to cover occurrence commitments to doctor this money they say will get it back up to

thirty years but the law contains provisions that are unfair to the employees. 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 effort and like what'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 argue with that as a concept what they're arguing with is the idea that this is being drawn out 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. if you're watching us on facebook live stay with us for another video from our colleagues at a.j. plus about asylum seekers in texas and coming up in a moment we'll hear from the african player of the year mohammad so a lot of stories coming up with joe right after the break.

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that's right yes he is the winner of the african player of the year award egypt's star player was selected for the award for a second year in a row he scored forty four goals for liverpool and help them reach last season's champions league final he also scored twice for egypt at the world cup and salah beat out fellow nominees liverpool teammate study of money and also food here emerick a balmy on the same three were nominated last year when sol also won the award he said he hopes to be back again in twenty twenty. i think. so. too you know. i don't always see myself. you know it's always been. like see you too much person. is not going to do it again so i put it in my mind i have to be here at this here.

time. thinking about it with something just. as much as it can be here next year so once the celebrations were over he posted this picture to his seven million twitter. followers and said good morning others were celebrating his victory tour announcing to their followers that they support the best player on the continent while some of the what came out of egypt given hosting rights for this year's african cup of nations fans in cairo feeling cautious there's some concern about the country being given the continent's biggest football tournament football has suffered since the arab spring in twenty eleven. into. do we truly have the resources needed for the organization was an egyptian i'm very happy and i'm very happy that event like this is taking place the person who she will be the next step to come up with an extent be a positive one be a step that can benefit soccer in egypt all because of the poor condition of

pitches the lack of an audience and the present security restrictions will things go badly given these issues will even happen this year and more used to come that's my opinion will have a positive effect or will be a burden they felt just became of the right time soccer at the moment is not going very well with regards to its audience security and state of affairs this i believe can greatly boost tourism and it will help bring egypt out of its current crisis. but how fans will watch games is another question cattle based b. in sports has announced it will stop its t.v. service in egypt egypt among four countries that imposed a blockade on the gulf state eighteen months ago being continues to be in dispute the saudi arabian based b. out q which pirated fifo world cup matches. now the ski defeat everyone is talking about u.s. olympic skier michela schifrin was denied a record equalling eighth win in the world cup slalom by a tenth of a second racing in dense snow full of the austrian result a flash how the hope of surviving the twenty three year old in an extremely close

finish race first than shifrin but it was just not enough lava is the first skier to beat the american in a women's slalom since the start of last season and in an interview with us ski and snowboard shifrin said i'm dead i'm done we have a short bit of time for some rest and some training before crump lats and that's really good because if we had to race tomorrow i don't think i could do it it's a bit mixed emotions yes fifteen hundred ths of a second is so small and there is some disappointment but i've also been ahead of petra by the same small margin and shiffrin went on to praise petra in a tweet posted a few hours ago saying it was a fight indeed congrats to petra looking forward to the next one but first some sleep since her debut at the olympics shifrin sleep patterns have got nearly as much attention as her when she reportedly gets ten hours of sleep every night and at naps to her training schedule she's even one to take naps on the side of the mountain and it certainly seems to be working all right that is all useful for now

peter will have more later back story so thank you very much for that update in the do it for this newsgroup remember to keep in touch with us on social media we will see you back here in studio fourteen fifteen g.m.t. on tuesday thanks for watching. the news you new immigration. and projects funded by european governments have seen a rapid decline in the migrant transport for people in power travels to agadez to explore the realities faced by the drivers left out of pocket and the migrants who are choosing to return home who would like to go back to the country where they're

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