so the much away the results from the democratic republic of congo's election are out but france is saying there's need for clarity about the outcome foreign minister john evolute realises the provisional results are different from what we've seen on the ground the election commission declared opposition candidate feelings to be the winner gupta this report. do you think. an announcement few had expected one that could set the stage for the first democratic transfer of power in the d r c since independence. thousands of phoenix just a katy supporters poured onto the streets to celebrate a surprise. just to carry would see his father lead congress opposition for more than thirty five years had a message of unity. oh you know i know how many of you find it hard to accept

but i say with sincerity i pay homage to president joseph kabila president of the republic today we must no longer consider each other as adversities or rather as partners and democratic change in our country. but he will have to contend with his rival martin file who has rejected the provision results. to suit you all those who learned of the truth of the ballot boxes especially to congress national bishops the past couple conference sankoh and the church of congo through your historical observations we ask you to reveal to the congolese people of the whole world the name of the person who really was our people's choice. the country with a history of coups conflict and contested elections has been on the edge there were allegations of widespread election irregularities including complaints of tricking advice lives the internet has been cut off for days in an apparent attempt to stop speculation about the results were. i police have to point we have to wait to

see what will come out from people context the results and hope that the process is going to be much longer a keen or the electoral process so that we don't i end up in a situation that. rising because people don't feel represented in the result that used to be in the release now it is quite a shock for everyone but it is that you're beginning. to vote that was two years over to you will finally see the exit of president joseph kabila after a.t.v.'s of power but are questions about how much influence he will still have i don't never takes the reins. to see. your secretary of state my pump is in egypt where he'll be giving a major speech on the trumpet ministrations middle east policy and stop in car it was part of an eight day tour of the region the cities where former president barack obama delivered his address to the broader muslim world where two thousand and nine a wednesday pompei was stopped in iraq to meet u.s.

troops and reassure government officials about america's commitment to the fight against eisel well my prayer is meeting with egyptian president officer l.c.c. and then later on thursday there's his policy speech where he's expected to address increasing pressure on iran and trump's decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria and also hold talks with the egyptian foreign minister about some some issue create ties between donald trump and c.c. have grown despite egypt's controversial human rights record egypt is one of the biggest recipients of u.s. foreign aid and is also one of four arab countries that's imposed a blockade on cutter a close strategic ally of the united states washington wants egypt on board for a broader regional alliance against iran and crucially for this excessive trump so-called deal of the century to resolve the israeli palestinian conflict. u.s. president donald trump has walked out of a meeting with the democrats after they again refused to fund a border war with mexican standoff has seen the government in

a partial shutdown now for two and a half weeks mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . the bill is passed another spending bill is passed in the house significantly ake republicans break ranks and vote to the democrat majority but there's little possibility this legislation will go to the senate republican leader there insistent he will not allow the passage of any bill that does not have the approval of the president who continues to insist he will veto any measure that does not include funding for the border wall you can never have border security or less you have a steel barrier a concrete floor whatever you want but without it you'll never have you can have the greatest challenge in the world you will never ever in a million years you will not have more secure capital the majority of federal employees who will not be paid this week would appear to disagree some being urged to speak out by democrats we are the faces behind this shutdown we are the real

people who work in the bureau of prisons and the transportation security administration and other federal agencies today doing so without federal pay. democrat leaders went to the white house for another round of talks but the meeting ended in failure when the president abruptly walked out then sending out this tweet in reference to democrat leaders of senate and house just left a meeting with chuck and nancy a total waste of time he says i asked what's going to happen in thirty days if i quickly opened things up are you going to approve border security which includes a wall all steel beriah nancy said no i said bye bye nothing else works it's cold out here and at the temperature wasn't much warmer in the situation room again we saw a temper tantrum because he couldn't get his way and he just walked out of the meeting the vice president asserted of course that democrats were blocking reopening the

government not president trump yes speaker pelosi that if he opened things up quickly if we reopen the government quickly would she be willing to agree to funding for a wall or a barrier on the southern border and when she said no the president said good bye. earlier the president walked up to the hill for a meeting with the republican caucus and tonight there was any division within the party the democrats have a lot of support there is tremendous republican support unwavering as you probably know thank you very much but the republicans who wavered and voted with democrats in the house sent a different signal that the standoff is no longer one on purely partisan lines mike hanna al jazeera washington there are reports say he drove his truck a yemeni government military parade in the his province with several people reported killed who the rebels have been fighting to get many governments which is

backed by the saudi military alliance or the attack comes a day after the u.n. special envoy for yemen updated the security council on his peace efforts diplomatic editor james bays has more now from the united nations. the u.n. security council was told a fragile shaky cease fire continues to hold in her data almost a month after initial peace deal was signed in sweden there has been some violence including in the data city and in the southern districts of the government over this is remarkably limited compared to what we saw in the weeks before the stockholm consultations and this relative calm i believe indicates the tangible benefit of the stock and agreement for the people of yemen and it also illustrates the commitment of both parties to make their agreements work. but special envoy martin griffiths seemed to be accentuating the positive in the public meeting when

later it went into closed session the council heard from major general patrick kamut the dutch general who leads the u.n. monitoring mission in who data he's giving the security council weekly reports the latest says the un's body armor and armored vehicles have not been allowed into the country there are many no go areas and the team of received death threats according to the un's top humanitarian official the situation for ordinary human is remains dire millions of yemenis are looking to ask for assistance and protection and we need to see more and faster progress on all the humanitarian elements of your resolution to make any practical difference to their lives the u.n. special envoy said sweden is only the start of the next part achieving a last thing political agreement will be even harder a former u.s. ambassador to yemen laid out the challenges ahead what he got out of stockholm was

in some sense though hanging fruit in some instances in fact they're wise. and issues that had already been agreed like the prisoner exchange so as so what's going to come next is going to be much more of a trial and there's talk here of fresh talks on yemen to be held in either kuwait or jordan but so far the u.n. has not felt confident enough to name a date james out is there at the united nations chinese president xi jinping has voiced support for a second summit between north korea in the united states north korean leader kim jong il an end of a two day visit to beijing on tuesday neither side provided much detail about his schedule what the leaders discussed but she has since told local media he hopes kim and donald trump will meet each other halfway on the side of denuclearization if they meet again. it's been forty years since the united states and china formally normalize diplomatic relations but the relationship between the two superpowers has

become contentious lately the late seventy's agreement between u.s. president jimmy carter and the chinese leader the things you bring brought about decades of peace ability and prosperity being and donald trump of the knowledge the historic milestone relations between the two nations aren't what they were a decade ago the true you has more from beijing today china and the u.s. are celebrating forty years of diplomatic relations at beijing's great to all of the people but when you look at the relationship and the state of it today there is not much to celebrate it's actually reached a low point according to chinese state media today they blame the u.s. squarely for this saying that the u.s. has persisted and a cold war mentality and is refusing to accept china's rise but for the u.s. it's much more complicated than that since trump came to power he's complained of unfair trade practices that has resulted in this long running trade war we saw a group of washington negotiators come to beijing this week to try to sort out

a solution the talks were reportedly constructive but no result was seen there has also been the long running conflict over the south china sea tensions over that particularly the parasail islands which china has laid claim to and is continuing to build military facilities on but the u.s. has said that there are many other parties that claim those territories including vietnam and taiwan and the u.s. has persisted in regular freedom of navigation operations in that area much to the hire of the chinese government and actually this week the u.s. sailed a warship very very close to the para cell islands so moving forward there is a celebration today in beijing but remains to be seen whether this relationship will be able to improve this coming year. as i had hair analogies are a necklace my daughter's dogs has a second six year term on thursday but there's an old ration is facing boycotts.

and concerns over the new technology that lets retain his read customers moos. hello again and welcome back well across south asia we are looking at rain scattered across much of the area over here towards the philippines to the north looking quite dry to the south we do expect to see more rain over the next few days so from friday to saturday it is going to be a rainy day for you down here across parts of jakarta rain is in your forecast as well with a temper there of about twenty nine degrees one here cross australia two thousand and eighteen was designated the third warmest season since records began and last week of course we were dealing with a heat wave across much of that area well temperatures are back on the rise especially down here across much of the southeast so for melbourne as we go towards friday we're expecting to see about thirty two degrees for you adelaide at about

thirty nine degrees then as we go toward saturday while the southeast is going to cool off a little bit but the southwest you are going to be increasing your temperature as well perth we do expect to see high temps are there of about thirty two degrees across much of north and south island of new zealand we're going to be seeing clouds in your forecast of the next few days auckland is going to be a warm day for you at about twenty five degrees christchurch those are going to be starting out here on friday at about twenty degrees for you there but as we go towards saturday those temperatures are going to be dropping as those winds come out of the south seventy degrees for you there in up to fiji thirty. in these year new immigration laws and projects funded by european governments have seen a rapid decline in the migrant transport trade 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

from this vehicle he got one bottle of white about one of the. europe migration on a zero. a reminder about top story and opposition candidate. has been declared the provisional winner of the long delayed presidential election the democrats a republican congress. result says. he'll be giving a major speech on the trumpet ministrations middle east policy. and.

the. president. meeting with the democrats they refused to fund a border with mexico. that. has seen the government shutdown now for two and a half weeks. it has been one hundred days since a matter of saudi journalist. rights group amnesty international is marking the date with a vigil outside saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul where he was killed the killing of the journalist widespread condemnation let's go straight to a correspondent. for us right now and tell us more about what's happening and more about this kind of apparently parallel investigations. well nic i'm listening to national as you mentioned they have a school vigil which just wrapped up in the past few minutes outside the concert

and if they read out a statement on behalf of the group essentially what the group says is that it defies little confidence in the due process that the saudi authorities say that they are taking in order to bring about justice and to hold accountable the killers of murderers of. and they've also reiterated their poll and i'm on that's an international investigation take place one headed by the united nations they said that sarky had previously expressed their desire to may be pursued that's channel in a bid to secure justice through statements made by the foreign minister away he said that it was a possibility to seek the assistance of the united nations on this he's now saying that it is high time that actually these words are translated interactions as you mentioned one hundred days since democrats took he was killed so now nobody has how been held accountable saudi arabia had said it began a trial for some suspects it didn't name who those suspects were it said it was

going to seek the death penalty for some of them without actually explicitly saying why or how so not what you see even though there are intelligence agencies like the cia and others who say they're fairly confident that it's was the crown prince mohammed bin someone who was behind the assassination of yet it seems that there's been no sort of accountability being sold from him and all of that essentially is what has made rights groups like amnesty international as well as the friends and family of speech of kind of say that there needs to be a new policy taken one that is led by the international community because one hundred days on and it really does seem that there is a risk that's all that anger as you mentioned that came as a result of the murder of her talks you could die down and that is something that the critics of the crown prince of saudi arabia say he's been banking on yes one hundred days on still no accountability but is it really likely to happen.

well i mean when you think about the power today about politics about interests about lobby groups than if you are about some carson you probably wouldn't say that about justice would be served but then again there are enough of. i mean there's enough evidence out there there's enough anger out there that's at least some sorts of rights abuse and could be leveled against maybe some of the perpetrate so whether it's going to be to keep our son behind it's on they'd be some of the fall guys rates and see from a human perspective maybe it's important to take a step back a little need to remember that away from the politics this is the story of a man who walked into a consulate to get married but ended up being killed and chopped up his family haven't even been allowed the basic rights of actually burying him and it's

important maybe to remember that human side of it when we're thinking about the justice in the sense that sometimes maybe that is what would be the trigger for people to realize their way from press freedom away from international politics this is a crime that's when you really think about it is unbelievable that it happened and that's why maybe even when we tried to reach out to some of his family they're still kind of reluctant to talk because of just how impacted they've been by this gruesome murder and of course all right jamal and shell appreciate that thanks very much indeed a leading figure in egypt's two thousand and eleven revolution has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison following a retrial i'm a demon was also fine three hundred forty five thousand dollars for inciting violence during protest the barak out of office and his first trial in two thousand and fifteen the received life sent along with two hundred twenty nine others convicted in absentia. at least three people have been killed in more

anti-government demonstrations in sudan protesters are angry about rising prices and the unstable economy they want president to step down even morgan has. was. for three weeks now this has been the scene in many parts of sudan people coming out to protest against president obama to bashir is twenty nine year rule and demanding that he step down. or what are you rather we are under a dictatorship for thirty years they have used religion to stand power now is the right time for people to come out and protest you can see them firing tear gas you could even be a weird agent we citizens just want our rights to eat and drink and live with dignity like anyone else in the world. on wednesday thousands came out once again to protest in on demand as they attempted to make their with religiously diverse templi to handle demanding that the president resign i was the

police responded to using tear gas i was in life in mission to disperse the crowd. as seen different than the one in the capital khartoum where the first pro-government rally was held since protests began in mid december president bashir addressed his supporters blaming the protest on what he described as external forces that you know. we are all together hand in hand joining forces to maintain stability however some are adopting foreign agendas being operated by outside forces in a means 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 but elections are more than a year away and those protesting say they want him to step down sooner rather than later one thing it's done is in a way a reflection of the state of the nation demonstrations against the government on one side demanding president obama to step down. and a pro-government rally on the other with the president and his supporters defined

in the face of those protests. rights groups say forty people have been killed in anti-government protests the government puts the figure at nineteen with protesters echoing slogans from the arab spring there are illusions that toppled governments in neighboring countries some analysts say the current state of the country could last for some time so. this will continue for a while until the government finds an economic and political solution because it's not just the economy of that has driven people to protest but the government has to offer some compromise or the demonstrations will continue. no and never in his twenty nine year rule have a protest against him lasted for. president bashir maybe determined to stay in power i think these protesters just as determined to see him go he will more going on to zero. dozens of countries a boycotting the inauguration ceremony for venezuela's president nicolas maduro

starts his second six year term overseeing the worsening shortages and soaring inflation and that's caused a lot of america's worst of a migration crisis as millions of venezuelans escape growing poverty as this report . people in one of the largest in latin america are desperate to anything to make ends meet. but those who are left here are the survivors because everybody's leaving we're not we're staying and trying to survive in any way we can. street vendors say the government is trying to stop them from making a living the government says the vendors charge too much and that it should be able to control their prices this is it and i meant there are there's this is difficult the government wants to ruin a saw he wants to control the country and make it cheaper and the police are taking everything away from us but how do we eat how do we live how do we sustain our families shortages of food and medicines and hyperinflation have forced over three

million people out of what was once considered latin america's richest nation nicolette motor begins his second term in office with an ongoing economic crisis and mounting international pressure his critics say that he's ruled it illegitimate because the elections last year were filled with irregularities and fraud human rights groups are also questioning the government's methods of clinging to power i human rights watch released a report documented cases of at least thirty two people with ties to the military who have been detained and tortured. brother is a surgeon who has been imprisoned for seven months he was in a relationship with a retired navy captain and was accused of treason lowered the other mortal my brother was beaten so many times his hands that he uses to heal people were broken he still has no feeling in some of his fingers he has done nothing wrong his only

mistake was to date a navy captain who the government says was in a plot. says was in a surgery in colombia when the government said he was buying equipment for the opposition on wednesday my builder lashed out at both the u.s. and then a group of other latin american countries who say he's really action was flawed and he's new time in office is illegitimate. a coup ordered by washington and the lima group is underway against a legitimate and constitutional government over which i preside the ball of aryan revolution has been getting prepared to confront and thwart any traitors who intend violence against venezuela but on the streets most people are more worried about surviving every day in a major economic crisis that analysts say we only get a worse. state of emergency has been declared off the prudes attorney

general resigned over claims of meddling in a corruption investigation into the construction john. i wrote a body says his decision was aimed at protecting the independence of the prosecutor's office his tenure as be marred by nike's ations of offering political favors in exchange for bribes president. has repeatedly called for him to resign as he tries to root out corruption across months and facial recognition technology have been on display at the annual consumer electronics show in las vegas but as rob reynolds reports there are some concerns about its unregulated use. hi rob cyber links face me can learn a lot about you at a glance rob you are male you're a sick piece that is the sixty five and you are surprised right now and like i'm stephen forty right now and i'm happy that the taiwan based companies advance facial recognition system will be deployed in stores so that retailers can target customers with products based on their emotional response to advertising become

post different ads to the person and furthermore it can also recognize that you are happy or you're angry about this so you can take some actions from the system to change the ad yeah like ending on your reaction yes exactly so it really calls this in the hansing the customer experience others might call it creepy rapid advances in facial recognition technology together with artificial intelligence are creating some concerns about privacy and the autonomy of the individual but there's a lot of opportunity for having the fish working systems be used in ways that personally i don't think would be appropriate but i think might be dystopian orwellian cyber link says it carefully protects its face data but in an era of ever more sophisticated hacking and unscrupulous corporate business practices facial recognition could be misused facial recognition is a technology which supercharges surveillance using artificial intelligence on the

purely benign if somewhat bizarre side sony makes a robot puppy which upon recognizing its owners face begins to hit them full on in digital adoration but amazon which owns the popular smartphone linked video doorbell system ring has reportedly applied for a patent on a system to identify so-called suspicious characters that's raising obvious issues to do with racial profiling these are cameras that are trained on the public when that kind of. it is deployed in communities surveillance is going to have facts on people of color on political protesters on on on immigrants that are really harmful many technology executive say just like cars and trucks have to obey the rules of the road for everyone safety technologies like facial recognition need

regulations to prevent abuses but so far most countries including the u.s. rely on the tech industry to regulate itself rob riddle's al jazeera las vegas. so this is a desert these are the top stories the opposition candidate feelings to be has been declared the provisional winner of the long delayed presidential election in the democrats or republic of congo. i know how many of you find it hard to accept but i say with sincerity i pay homage to president joseph kabila president of the republic today we must no longer consider each other as adversities but rather as partners and democratic change in our country runner martin has dismissed the results as an electoral couth out to suit you all those who learned of the truth of the ballot boxes especially to congress national bishops up

a school conference sankoh and the church of congo through your historical observations we ask you to reveal to the congolese people and to the whole world the name of the person who really was our people's choice. could reject categorically the result published by the election commission president president of trump has walked out of a meeting with the democrats after they refused to fund a border war with mexico he called the meeting a total waste of time and tweeted afterwards that he had said bye bye to the democrats the standoff has seen the government in a partial shutdown now for two and a half we. u.s. secretary of state my pump is in egypt where he will be giving a major speech on the trump administration's middle east policy he's meeting president i will fight and will later hold talks with foreign ministers some assure cre his stopping car as part of an eight day tour of the region the cities where former president barack obama delivered his address to the broader muslim world in two thousand and nine. it has been one hundred days since of murder of saudi

journalist jamal khashoggi rights group amnesty international is marking the date with a vigil outside saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul where he was killed the killing of the german spot widespread condemnation. there are reports of who the drone has struck a yemeni government military parade in the heats province that several people reported killed who the rebels have been fighting the yemeni government which is backed by the saudi military alliance. all right you're up to date with the headlines on odds are we've got more news coming up right after people in power africa. headlines warned the streets of melbourne australia are biased its citizens under threat by african gangs. but how we'll explain. when one east investigates on our desire.

to share in west africa has long been a staging point for migrants and asylum seekers risking everything to reach libya the mediterranean and then europe now and she trafficking was introduced with the help of the european union are said to be stemming that tide and reducing photometry from the substance of our desert but not everyone is happy as giuliana rufus has been finding out. a checkpoint on the outskirts of added this seven gateway into the sorrow.

of. it is here that business men matter me more sad dispatches vehicles that carry people and goods between egypt and libya. with the mortgages and. i think you know when the markets are. m r i g when it will. come that's not. three years ago pickups like these filled with migrants from across west africa passed this barrier on their journey to europe. today the flow of cars has become in me a trickle the nigerian government has passed a law that has made the transport of such migrants illegal. because it at us is. not. what the. course of incident but.

then we get after. the journey between egypt and libya is dangerous. and migrant desk and desert roads have been frequent. the new law will save lives according to the european union who pushed for its introduction. men like mad i mean who organized the migrants transport had previously risk those lives. today is the largest per capita recipient of e.u. aid including funds to train guards at this checkpoint. and as well but what about i don't know if you know the you know. but the e.u. has a vested interest it wants to stop african migrants from reaching europe and it's

been argued that by passing the law has helped europe move its most southern border right into africa. in return for managing migration me share is rewarded by europe with lots of development aid and if successful this is a model that could be exported to other countries around the world so we've come here.