the high of almost two million illegal crossings a year back in the year two thousand but it's still somewhere between four hundred thousand and half a million it's happening every year and the president believes this issue of national security heard there talking about it being a crisis other presidents have certainly felt that this is an urgent need before in fact democrats and republicans agree something needs to be done they differ on how to do it so certainly right now the president says as he left the white house he's almost set to arrive here in a couple hours or or less to talk to local officials about this certainly he said he'd like to resolve this through congress but that has not been looking optimistic therrien in fact the talks lasted about fourteen minutes we're told when they were meeting at the white house on wednesday and the president has not ruled out declaring this a national emergency what would that do well that would open up some money through the department of defense but it would also open him up to a huge bunch of court challenges there's no question that his political opponents would be challenging whether or not this constitutes not only crisis but

a national emergency as the president seems to be making the case ari can really really cross over to you when the president arrives for the time being thank you. all these five people are dead after houthi drone hit yemeni government forces at a military parade in the heads province a yemeni commander denied that there were any casualties but as reports they pictures appears to show otherwise that issue one hundred fifty billion away in his army but about. a deadly drone attack on a military parade outside the southern port city of eight. zero zero. two three fighters targeting troops as well as commanders from the saudi led coalition or the leading chaos in the minutes following the attack then the casualties can be seen as people scramble for cover oh. it comes as a blow to yemen peace efforts after cease fire was signed for the key port city of

haditha last month. it also comes just a day after united nations envoy martin griffiths told the security council that the greens had brought a considerable deescalation to the conflict the airstrike was carried out by a cost of two drone targeting the air base in the southern province of laos. this attack will likely raise new questions about iran's alleged role in arming to do thiis with drones and of the stick missile technology yemen plunged into civil war in two thousand and fourteen but hopes were raised last month that the country was moving towards peace after the two main protagonists agreed to a cease fire in her data to allow humanitarian aid into the country oh. for now this latest attack will only put a further strain on an already fragile peace process door such a pari al-jazeera. still ahead on al jazeera terrorism a's breck's it still faces

more headwinds in the british parliament ahead of next week's crucial vote that's. hello again i welcome back well this hour i want to take you over here towards the western part we have been seeing a lot of rain across parts of syria into jordan into parts of lebanon as well as we go towards friday not looking as bad as what we have seen we're going to see a break in the weather but you can see over here towards the west there is more rain that will be coming over the next few days and will we will be watching that as we go towards the end of the weekend till then could be seeing some snow in your forecast of the tension there of about five degrees well here across the gulf temperatures are coming down from what they were just several days ago here in doha we are going to see on friday but about twenty two degrees but the winds are going to be a problem and we could be seeing some haze as well as we go towards saturday it's

going to be the clouds starting to make their way across much of that area over here towards riyadh as well tom few of about twenty one degrees and over towards dobby how about twenty three degrees in your forecast and then very quickly down towards madagascar we are going to be seeing most of the island countries seeing some rain showers and they are going to be heavy over the next few days we could be even seeing some localized flooding across much of that area so the capital twenty four degrees here on friday as we go toward saturday twenty seven but up here towards tensity it is going to be rainy as well a mostly cloudy day few with the temperature there of twenty seven and durban a twenty six degrees for you. five families fight to survive in twenty first century america i live off my credit cards when i don't make enough money the last couple months it's been minimum balances can only keep their heads above water in a tough economic climate companies have had to lay off thousands of workers if he

wants to go to school he'll be paying for his classes and books and all of that he can do that on a walgreens down. and on and i'll just hear a. man . hello again the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. secretary of state my pompei own has argued the u.s. is a force for good in the middle east he's been outlining the trumpet ministrations policy on the region in a speech in cairo vowed the u.s. will counter any threat from iran venezuela's president nicolas maduro has been sworn in for a second six year term his ceremony in characteristic place in the presence

presence of hundreds of people including leaders from neighboring countries the countries in the middle of an economic crisis many residents have fled to neighboring countries affair with the drone has struck a yemeni government military parade in the province at least five people were killed the forty's but the death toll much higher the government says the attack shows the rebels aren't ready for peace. while the much anticipated results from the democratic republic of congo's presidential election are out but the leaders of the country's powerful catholic church are disputing the outcome of the election commission declared felix candy is the winner but another opposition candidate says the results are a fraud priyanka gupta reports. an announcement few had expected one that could set the stage for the first democratic transfer of power in the syncing dependence. causes of felix just

a key supporters to the streets to celebrate the surprise. just to carry would see his father called this opposition for more than thirty five years how did messi chief unity. i know how many of you find it hard to accept but i say with sincerity i pay homage to president joseph could be the president of the republic today we must no longer consider each other as a bursaries but rather as partners and democratic change. country. but the result has triggered protests goma and just to carry its rival modify hugo says the provision results were rate to suit you all those who learned of the truth of the ballot boxes especially to congress national bishops a possible conference sankoh of 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 others in the international community say the surprise victory is

a torts with other talents. we're very concerned about the situation in the democratic republic of congo because it seems that the results announced mr xi security being the winner cannot match the expected result. 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 lind's the internet has been cut off for days in an apparent attempt to stop speculation about the results why police have been deployed we still have to wait to see what will come out from people context the results and hope that the process is going to be much lot keener than the electoral process so that we don't end up in a situation that. rising because people don't feel represented in the result and just

being released now it is quite a shock for everyone but it is a new beginning for the vote that was two years overdue you will finally see the exit of president joseph kabila after nearly eighteen years in power but are questions about how much influence he will still have on whoever takes the reins. it's been one hundred days since saudi journalist was murdered in the kingdom's consulate in istanbul people have gathered outside the mission to remember him and vowed not to give up the fight for justice many questions remain unanswered i cood gave the order for his killing and why then i'll say our reports video just a few seconds long yet it's helped uncover a murder prompts hatched by one of the world's richest governments one hundred days have passed and security cameras recorded jamal khashoggi entering the saudi

consulate in istanbul never to be seen again after continually lying about what happened to the journalists you authorities eventually admitted he was murdered inside the consulate however tall now no one has been punished for the crime turkish investigators identified nine hundred suspects went to the country as part of a so-called hit squad it's included former diplomats and close aides to crown prince mohammed bin samantha and although intelligence agencies such as the cia have said they're fairly confident inside man was behind the murder of the journalist the kingdom has always denied his involvement instead blaming the crown prince's advisor saddam funny and general ahmed. the saudis say justice will be delivered but it'll be in their own way. that's we seems is through having secret court hearings that are closed to the media and international human rights groups where the accused on to name him to death penalties are sought seemingly

arbitrarily it is one of the reasons why the turkish government sees the culprits should face trial in istanbul and valves they will be tried in absentia even if saudi arabia refuses to hand them over all of them one issue instead of a subdued yanni according to turkish war because saudi arabia is not cooperating the suspect can be tried in absentia but without issuing a final verdict turkey can also defer the case to the united nations or other international bodies amnesty international is one of the groups calling on turkey to request an international independent inquiry into murder members of the human rights group held a vigil outside the consulate on thursday to mark one hundred days since his killing obviously the murder took place here in istanbul so it's right and it's important that the turks the artes keep up their calls for an independent u.n. investigation but really the international committee as a whole needs to commit to this investigation to ensure that that's what happens and justice is done it was reported that crown prince mohammed bin sandman was told

by president trump's advisor christian are not to worry about the fallout of the murder of course rocketry because it would die down within two to three months one hundred days on and it seems that there is a risk that the international community will forget about the saudi journalist who entered this building to get married but found it up being murdered and still no justice has been served. istanbul qatar has asserted iraq of supporting the efforts to rebuild infrastructure and cities destroyed during the fight against i saw the president of iraq met the emir of qatar in doha assam a binge of aid has more. iraq's government is looking for help to rebuild its cities that have been destroyed in the fight against isis and that was on top of the agenda of the meeting between the president of iraq and the emir of qatar could be constructed on the bilateral great constructions of iraq and the damage cities.

with the participation of qatar and. you know the reconstruction which is important and also we talked about the transition of goods and material from turkey through the through our harbors to. qatar the other issues that they discussed was relaxation of visa between the two countries this is in continuation of the iraqi president's tour of the middle east where he's also visited countries such as a kuwait iran saudi arabia turkey they have also discussed the issue of the g.c.c. blockade and the differences amongst all sides as the iraqi president has continued to visit these countries british prime minister to resign may have a deadline m.p.'s have given her three days to tell them what plan b. is if she loses next week's crucial votes labor leader jeremy corbyn is calling for a general election as the only way to break the political deadlock britain is due to leave the european union at the end of smarts has the latest from london. well

day two of the debate underway here leading up to that meaningful vote next tuesday on to reason may's break that deal the numbers looking against the government doing all it can to offer tactical concessions to different interest groups to try and rally support much of it dismissed though as window dressing in the mean time we've heard from the labor leader jeremy corbyn with his thoughts on what is to happen next addressing a crowd up in wakefield in the north of england we didn't learn too much new from him largely a restatement of labor policy he reiterated that his party would vote against treason maze deal he favors a different kind of deal with the european union staying in the customs union to protect jobs. and the economy he did concede though that there might be a need to extend the deadline the march twenty ninth deadline that so-called article fifty period but only in order to accommodate a general election if one is called one but labor would win and then go on to renegotiate the deal two important points to be made he did not rule out the possibility of going on to support the idea of a second referendum but only if

a general election could be was ruled out that is his priority i would hear cheve it well by tabling a motion of confidence in the government many expect that possibly to happen at the end of next week he wouldn't be drawn on the timing though saying simply that the labor party will call such a confidence motion only when it judges the time best to win it in spain twenty eight professional tennis players are hmong eighty three people are being investigated for match fixing police raids in madrid seized luxury cars and almost two hundred thousand dollars in cash the leaders of an armenian criminal gang are among fifteen arrests and hopes are raised for a second denuclearization summit between donald trump and kim jong to the north korean leader is a visit to china president xi jumping says he hopes kim and the u.s. presidents will meet each other halfway on nuclear disarmament if they meet again south korea's president says both washington and pyongyang must take bolder steps

towards peace hundreds of thousands of fish have died in australia after what's being described as an ecological catastrophe it happened in the darling river at menindee that's about a thousand kilometers west of sydney an algae bloom drain the oxygen from the water environmentalist say the river system has been badly damaged by over gates and climate change. the mayor of new york city is guaranteed comprehensive health care for everyone regardless of their ability to pay or immigration status some americans want to see the health initiative spread nationwide kristen salumi has more. a surprise announcement from the mayor of new york from this moment on a new york city everyone is guaranteed the right to health care we are saying the word guarantee because we can make it happen without bill de blasio

a democrat extended basic health privileges to more than a half million new yorkers half of them said to be undocumented immigrants. because if washington won't act then our state government should act but you know what we don't wait here in new york city we don't wait his polar opposite is the u.s. president donald trump who's led a migrant crackdown and the dismantling of obamacare millions of american families and i mean millions continue to suffer from obamacare health care coverage remains a deeply partisan issue in the united states the liberal wing of the democratic party has taken up calls to adopt a federally funded single payer system that would cover all americans rich and poor alike the fact is new york is already providing health care to the more than half million uninsured and i don't doubt demanded who end up coming to hospital

emergency rooms like this often after becoming gravely ill or injured and yet the mayor says he can expand coverage without raising taxes according to the mayor the plan will provide primary and specialty care from obstetrics to pediatrics geriatric and mental health budget experts say that access to regular medical visits can cut down on costly hospital stays in practice it is better for people to get primary care in coordinated care it's better for care inferi it saves money over the over the long run preventing disease should save money and emergency care is very expensive. the mayor said that all services will be on a sliding scale affordable for those who can pay something free for those who cannot and experiment the entire country will be watching christian salumi al-jazeera new york. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera secretary of state michael pay zero has

argued that the u.s. is a force for good in the middle east he's been outlining the trumpet ministrations policy on the region in a speech in cairo on peo vowed the u.s. will counter any threat from iran venezuela's president nicolas maduro has been sworn in for a second six year term his ceremony in caracas took place in the presence of hundreds of people including leaders from neighboring countries venezuela is battling hyperinflation and many citizens have fled to neighboring countries. of these five people have been killed after a whole of the military drone strike in yemeni government military parade in the province with the fighters have been battling the yemeni government which is backed by the saudi iraqi military alliance these are saying they killed scores of soldiers in the drone attack but a yemeni commander denied that saying everyone is safe u.s. president donald trump will be visiting the mexican border that's in the next couple of hours in a bid to drum up support for his controversial wall trump will hold

a roundtable discussion at a u.s. border patrol facility in macallan texas he's demanding nearly six billion dollars for his plan barrier to the south it follows a meeting on wednesday with democrat leaders that he called a waste of time because they're still refusing to fund the wall. this is a tremendous crisis at the border look at president obama's statements from the past numerous statements where it goes it right says this is a crisis you have human traffic you have drugs you have criminals governing it you have gangs demist thirteen we're taking them out by the thousand are bringing them back this is a crisis and they don't come in at the checkpoint which they do also but they go in between to check points where you don't have any barriers. for people who have been killed in the democratic republic of congo in protest the broke out after the election results were announced it happened in two quid secure the province several

police stations have also been burned there have been both demonstrations and celebrations after the opposition candidates felix just ahead he was declared the winner in the country those are the headlines inside story is coming up next then it's good news our i'll see you then bye bye. accusations of an electoral cool in the democratic republic of congo after three weeks she said katie is announced the winner of the presidential vote will there be a peaceful transfer of power could this mock a new beginning for the country this is inside story.

and welcome to the program for a two year wait for a new leader has come to an end in the democratic republic of congo but already a post-election crisis is brewing. the leader of the largest opposition party has been declared the winner of the long delayed presidential election to replace joseph kabila but a second opposition rival is denouncing the result as an electoral hold up and martin for you know is calling for protests now the provisional results from the electoral commission showed just under thirty nine percent voted for felix she said katie the leader of the u.d.p. yes martin for you know of the for citizenship and development party was second with nearly thirty five percent third with twenty four percent was emmanuel. candidates of outgoing president joseph kabila

a voter turnout was forty seven percent only around eighteen million out of forty million eligible voters cast a ballot so who is fully. the fifty five year old is a son of a katy the longtime opposition leader and founder of the union for democracy and social. who died two years ago for league spent his early life in brussels where he became a you d.p.s. activist after various roles in the party he inherited the leadership last year if his victory is confirmed he will only be the second leader to take power through the ballot box since independence from belgium is promising to fight corruption return the rule of law and fighting by rebels in eastern d r c we're bringing our guests in just a moment but first al-jazeera has more from kinshasa. outside the party headquarters of the k.t. it is a con the atmosphere his supporters is no maintaining their hold that he's made it

will be a new beginning for the country and single some kind of new direction in terms of economic recovery. really misstepped to security. in his country and our forwards in other parts of the capital kinshasa the mood is more subdued more quiet some margin for you he said in reading that she's like amy made some kind of deal with president joseph kabila which ultimately was he could be pulling the strings from behind the scenes he said to be still running this country and if it actually came to him that becoming a man who just does what he's told by. other challenges of course in terms of the rest of the country these economies he asked a deal yet to create jobs he has to also bring in private investment as well as

deal with ebola outbreak in the east the country yesterday with i'm racist also in the east of the country between militia groups and some. i suppose of the media he's immediate challenge is of course trying to unite a very divided country he only won by thirty eight point five percent of the far east means a lot of people didn't vote for him. as many congolese as possible for everyone not just those that want is and i suppose also importantly to convince you will watch the speeches of him who don't trust his motives that he's going to be his own man and he won't be a puppet president joseph kabila. planes as. well as spring in awe panel now from geneva on skype is benedict djoko historian and coordinator of the lee come. barely movement a civil liberties organization from paris. political consultant and economic analyst and c.e.o.

of innovation taskforce and in london indigo ellis risk untold tint at various maple croft welcome to the program thank you for being on inside story benedict in geneva how credible are the election results released by the electoral commission. and i think that inches. church has said that the result do not owe to respond to the world i have observed so i think that our the election as they call it. a problematic one out if. you look at the early church. reading of the numbers i think that our present president will house the service of its embassy. in paris is true that the catholic bishops conference of congo whose preferred candidate is not a secret it's martin for you know says it made verifications and has results that

are totally different from those of semi the electoral commission who in your view has the right the correct results that represent the will of the congolese people. i'm a be very clear with you i think the process has been all very chaotic and i'm not surprised to ever is of that give room for discussion so today we are in front of. what i call official body which is seventy which is that mr. warren this election and apart from that we have another group who says unfortunately it is not the data that we have i would say that beyond people beyond . election we have management of the country which is to my point of view the most important thing at the end of the message from the catholic church they say if a part of the election says that they are not they don't agree with the result they

can ignore the legal framework to try and contest the results so of the is going to be the right way indigo alice in london your farts this win by katie who leads one of the biggest and oldest opposition parties in the d r c is it really a shock was this election stolen from the congolese people as montvale new claims. i think ultimately what we're seeing various maple careful support this is that we are approaching this this age basically where this this is when has been completely fabricated a century what the opposition has won and it's in some ways the right result for congo we have not seen shattering being forced into a position where the congolese people definitely did not vote for him what we've seen is that if schedule is won but it is still not the correct result i think that's very clear i think the most important thing to remember about these results

is ultimately they are provisional and there is no guarantee that these results will be the final results there's no guarantee the constitutional challenge will not be confirmed i think that's the most important thing to remember as we're talking about this a lot of the media have been talking about the winning right but actually they are visually how is it that he's actually just been the provisional right if if these results stand as they are today if they stand what would that mean how how high is the risk in diggle of violence today if these results stand. i think actually what we've seen with sanker coming out recently and saying that they do not agree with these results i think that is important but ultimately the most important thing is that the u.p.a. ass who to be honest feel the most feel the most militant of the street activists that will say definitely coming out in kinshasa i think it will be a lot less a lot less violent than we expected to be ultimately. it doesn't mean that the

civil unrest will not be as widespread i think martin for you lose. kind of his support is spread wide across the country and that will mean that nationwide there will be civil unrest that will be violently or oppressed by security forces i think that's very man made clear with the history of congress that stands benedict in geneva as indigo points out it's very important to insist on this these are provisional results they're not the final official results. in his very first reaction the. praise does of kabila the outgoing president saying he considered him an important political partner and not and enemy was there a deal made between kabila and she said katie in your view as martin for you know is accusing them well i think that some of those maybe many of us and we also will generally. don't you know of these elections.

and these this is really a big problem i think focal these people because if we go with the president who are suspected of lot all the election is people walls ability in the country. this election is that you secured in a certain way i think was seen as a way to look at the lower. legitimacy because. his election as he says will dispute in two thousand and sixteen two thousand and eleven and if the election is mrs just that it was a lot disputed it would have that he was indeed was the president of the global so i think it's really important to think about the sunni because we see today people or so although not all the country and i think it's important is is so that that

are we truly saying by will we need to think about our new although there is too close elections. what will the president look like the legitimacy that. will last for cities alcatel paris you agree with that with us that does this victory if it's confirmed does it benefit in any way. the most important thing is that kabila is a citizen of congo or saw the results of the seeds so i think we don't need to frighten wherever in this country it's maybe the time for us to learn from his mistakes a measure that the country learned from it and then do better i do believe that it's more important to look at beyond the election that we had company now we have results of out of elections if it's there will be a need of governance which of the most important thing with a with or without this country will still exist so whether comes when you to

understand that the national is beyond people right indigo your thoughts on this there have been a lot of accusations of camilla and to security making a deal prior to these election results being announced is that the case and if it is the case once the results are confirmed what role for kabila in any future. government or the future of the d r c i think ultimately what we've seen is that it's become cut as completely untenable for kabila to do his intended let's say call it plan a of putting shattering and power after an unfair. rigged election because there's no doubt that these elections were going to be rigged they were going to be unfair the most surprising thing obviously is that it's been to carry this who's now been appointed this string paula i think there's no doubt that. he will be this this kind of puppet the only question is that the puppet master is the same but the puppet has changed rather so shattering was going to be the puppet and now it's to scotty has undoubtedly been some kind of backroom deal created how far

it will be succeed whether we'll see some kind of morsi transition where if more if he puts up quite a lot of fuss when it comes to promoting what could be tried to do that and that will be the issue how it plays out the transition also what of the talk america what role will he take he was important partner for to in the election perhaps the ultimate alkie tangay in paris doesn't agree with you indigo your response to that . none. of absolutely don't agree because it is just a lack of understanding out congo is organized we had three elections in one and we are not even mopping what are the results at the provincial assemblies and the coming soon is the election results of the election of the national assembly this will determine who is going to lead the country because we have parliamentary organization the power in one man's hand is completely finished even to second

himself knows that per constitution you will not have the same power then the poll be with the prime minister and the government that's what the constituent says unless people think just ok they will act and operate just not on the same way that could be that which i think will not be any way possible in congo again it's important that the international community understand that is a game changer this transition is something very important and who have a decentralized country and rule of power in different situations but speaking of the international community out and allow you to respond in just a moment indigo i want to play you a sound bite from the french foreign minister who downed provisional results he says they appear to contradict other tani's take a listen to. his initial only the elections were carried out with calm which is great but it appears the results to carry mr kerry as a winner do not conform with the results so we've noticed. that this possible

conference of congress may checks and announce results that were completely different firstly i think people should remain calm and avoid confrontations and clarity should be made on the results which are opposite of what we expected it. but addict in geneva how do you interpret this reaction from the french foreign minister did france have a preferred candidate in this election. you know when france is speaking i think we need to understand that this about their interest in two thousand and eleven i think though we have are the elections in the cold war whether congo is people we're seeing are there will as well though the world was told once again when you start is that if by the round to the you know. the least people have been calling strongs and the international community to help them get back their court and

trials didn't even arms straws i mean starliner thing are backed out i do take sound to listen to the appeal of the people so i think that for four hours to come today and talk about his election even though we know that they are problematic you build on what we know of in kabul the news of problems of of word and trust with elections things that politicians in the cult will do a lot most of the time we know we have this problem but i think it's it's a little bit awkward i would say for france to come to do it out of that initial also that will last maybe a person like. me so it'll be worth. while together with me so if i look a better person because there was security business and we know that most of western countries when they talk about the congo they mostly don't talk about the people

there mostly don't talk about the sufferings of the so little of the congolese people but the talking in the world are talking deals and maybe yeah we need to follow for you who was a better man for that ok and that's what they do exist there and let's hear from indigo on this indigo are benedict says francis speaking there out of interest what about the rest of the international community did they have a preferred candidate. ultimately i think the international community wanted to see a peaceful electoral process that reflected what the ballot box actually said and i think that's where martin feel it became the preferred candidate as soon as anchor came out and said that they they thought that he was the wenna i think that's ultimately the what the what the international community for looking were looking for i think benedict's right the way the the french the way the congo will really react to this french minister ariel statement is not going to make a huge difference i think france has lost a lot of respect within the congo they they do not wish to have

a repeat of the two thousand and eleven election where france came in and sent election observers i think the ultimate question is whether what the u.n. will say tomorrow so south africa in their role their new role in the security council have managed to push back the meeting on the congolese elections that was sheets take place on choose day they've they've pushed that back to tomorrow so i think the ultimate. kind of international community response will be tomorrow will see what they want to say how they will respond to this ultimately i do not think that they will say anything other than we accept this result because it is not a very clear that could be last had a hand in this for the eccentricities to see how the international community reacts to the unfolding situation in the meantime let's take a look at the challenges facing congo's new leader if affiliates choose that katie's win is confirmed he faces many challenges although the democratic republic

of congo is rich in mineral resources it's home to some of the poorest people in the world the united nations says ethnic fighting between government forces and on groups has displaced more than four million congolese securities volleying to tackle corruption mining profits were allegedly stolen by groups with links to president joseph kabila so a lot of challenges not least a security challenge in the east a humanitarian challenge as well. does katie have what it takes to deal with these various issues. what should be his main priority. i think the man and the most important think in congo is to be able to manage and to give governance of the country we have huge parts of the country which come completely under managed and no ministration i mean the first think the government should try and do is to try to bring services to the citizen were there are we have eighty percent of the our population in the rural area with no service at all and that's

where we have these groups because there's abundant places and i think the first think the government should do is to try to bring services to those we have been on the net for so many years second think we need to give activity economy activities to the people because with no activity in the in the rural area ever this kind of informal economy it is artist in our mining which brings money to the roots and there which gives money to the rebels and i think it's important for the government to have a plan for the next fifteen years to make sure that we know when to go today that's the most difficult thing we don't have a strategic plan i think we need to have a strategy plan benedict in geneva does he have a plan you know it's very difficult not to associate him with his father even longtime opposition leader he has little political experience drawing his political legitimacy from his father. how difficult will it be for him to govern in the

shadow of this father does it does he have what it takes to lead the d r c. i think that. maybe the oau reminder was the whole something james who's the senate when he was writing music and we learned most of the supporters and he himself said about love that people should take the below needs to. send him back to round out and i think this is the whole two thing to say here because what musical chairs that any further was saying is that kabul was an act of war now and i think that to say to do to talk about our economical development to talk about people that need effectively to to to indeed to or to be taken in charge without talking about the war who global it's a kind of it's problematic because this is the main challenge of course that is it is playing to how he will how willing and in cuba because the war still that is

a low intensity war but it is you know that we have been report we have missed a. lot of tries was forgotten about what was happening in the cold war the raids of the home. the children that will break it won't yield and all these new neurons that that rock from out on tree and we know that into well certainly don't like the ground in particular really very crude in that region let know that and let me break into banks conversation and put pressure on a lot of the these will be i think one of the main challenges of musicians that getting power willie and the war in the congo because when you come talk about it going on because the only talk about social problems. you fenech to solve that problem and you will in the conflict today a lot the response to the war ok i think that there's a lot of things to to say and know about the benedict our i'm going to bring in at indigo because we're almost running out of time in the show ending or benedict says

you cannot talk about economic development. in the democratic republic of congo unless you solve the security situation in the east your thoughts on this and also fatigues you see kerry has said he would fight corruption he would release what is called prisoners return exiles on the issue of corruption and good governance do you see him going after joseph kabila and his family at the moment herr a virus maple cough we just do not expect tish katty will have the political power to be able to kind of manipulate the the vassals of power enough to move anything away from kabila or his family as essentially we've we see a situation where if to scotty is confirmed as president he will just remain behind the scenes sorry kabila will remain behind the scenes behind his sketchy as he rules how long that situation will last is yet to be seen when it comes to economic verses ending the war in the eastern provinces the most important thing will be

infrastructure there is no possible way the economic development can happen without improvements infrastructure there is no way that people can be brought into the formalization of art as a mining for example without infrastructure that needs to be more investment in roads in hydro power plants we've seen in the three to sketch it will need to prioritize that if he wants to even come close to i think raising the capital needed to end the war and it's a province as it goes money is going to be all you want a little. benedict i'll give you the last word go on now i said don't how do you mean infrastructure negotiate well you didn't so this is the security problem because i think that it is important to. talk about that regime because we do not lend more than six million people but he'll just out there without we don't talking about them well let me just use for them lots of action and i

think this is illegal is really only. here legal questions need to be answered we're going to have. believe it then or should be really because we've run out of time thank you so much i'm not of questions and a lot of issues need to be addressed by the democratic republic of congo's thank you so much for being part of this discussion benedix joe cole. and indigo ellis and thank you as well for watching you can always watch his program again any time by visiting our website at al-jazeera dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com for a.j. inside story you can also of course join the conversation on twitter are as well i handle is that a.j. inside story for me fully back to one whole team thank you for watching i find.

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a headquarters in doha i'm dead you know brigades are coming up in the next sixty minutes. the good news is this the age of self-inflicted american shame is over opposing iran is front and center as my pompei a lays out the trumpet ministrations vision for the middle east in a keynote speech in cairo. venezuelan president nicolas maduro is sworn into office for a second term but major regional powers say his government is a legitimate. president trump threatens to declare a national emergency to build a wall ahead of his visit to the mexico border. in his army at all but. both the drone attack targets a military parade in the yemen. province of the heads killing five people. and i'm with all your schools including a turnaround for thailand just days ago they said they tell heavy defeats at the asian cup that the rules say.

hello the u.s. secretary of states might bump a zero has laid out the trumpet ministrations vision for american policy in the middle east he spoke of american leadership as a positive force in the region and of the need to afford strong alliances to contain iran repudiated the policies of the obama era say the us has never been the cause of the problems facing the middle east charles stratford has more. the u.s. secretary of state might play always touring the middle east almost described as a mission focused on shoring up support among arab allies against iran. since withdrawing from the two thousand and fifteen iran nuclear deal last year the u.s. has increased pressure on teheran which he accuses of being a destabilizing force in the region many middle east experts say pushing iran into a corner is a dangerous move but in the egyptian capital cairo america's top diplomat didn't

mince his words the nations of the middle east will never enjoy security achieve economic stability or advance the dreams of their people of iran's revolutionary regime persists on its current course america's economic sanctions against the regime are the strongest in history and will keep getting tougher until iran starts behaving like a normal country. middle east follows confusion about donald trump's withdrawal of a around two thousand u.s. troops from northern syria. the president's announcement schult arab allies as well as a u.s. political leaders and military commanders concerned that the battle against eisel in syria and the wider region is not over yet pompei i tried to reassure them president trump has made the decision to bring our troops home from syria we always do and now is the time but this isn't

a change of mission we were made committed to the complete dismantling of isis the isis threat and the ongoing fight against radical islamism in all of its forms. the u.s. withdrawal from syria is also having ramifications for american relations with nato ally turkey u.s. troops have been working with kurdish y.p. chief i choose who control a large area of northern syria close to the turkish border turkey considers the y. peachey a terrorist organization the president received type order one said the suggestion on choose day by u.s. national security adviser john bolton a protecting the white p.g. as a precondition to the u.s. troop withdrawal plan was a serious mistake it was very little if anything from pumpin about the story israeli palestinian peace process very little on the saudi and amorality led war in yemen that has killed tens of thousands displaced millions with millions more

threatened with famine and disease. pressure increased on president trump from both democrat and republican senators to end support for the saudi involvement in yemen after the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi many suspect crown prince muhammad bin solomon ordered a saudi hit squad to fly to istanbul last october that the united states is the main provider of saudi military assistance aid and support in the war in yemen so the the not united states is not an objective observer of the war of yemen it's an accomplice in the water of yemen. pompei was keen to lay much of the blame for what many describe as years of chaos in the middle east on former president barack obama's administration president trump has reasserted america's control as a force for good in this region he said we have rediscovered our voice. there are millions of people throughout this region who are grateful for the u.s.

led coalition success in the battle against eisel but there will also be many made nervous by a u.s. administration that blames the region's instability and the previous u.s. president on the wrong chance trafford al-jazeera for more on this we can speak to mohammad marandi he's a professor at the university of tehran good to have you with us on al-jazeera so pompei i'll put iran front and center at his speech in cairo saying that the nations of the middle east will never enjoy security achieve economic stability or advance the dreams of its peoples if iran's revolutionary government process on its current course your reaction to the. i think that most people across the globe know that the united states and saudi arabia they created the menace of wahhabi extremism in afghanistan in fact brzezinski before he died he admitted that they actually funded them before the

soviet invasion in order to encourage the saudi the soviets invaded afghanistan to create their vietnam for them so and then we had nine eleven then after that the united states and the saudi regime among others they supported al-qaeda again in syria in libya in yemen the same al-qaeda that carried out nine eleven so the hypocrisy i think is quite open for everyone to see the invasion of iraq that destruction of iraq the according to the u.s. defense intelligence agency document two thousand and twelve the united states supported the extremist groups their allies in the region or their client regimes in the region supported extremists in syria general michael flynn interviewer on al-jazeera english admitted that the united states took a willful decision to support the extremists in syria so the united states is. more guilty than anyone for the calamities in this region the holocaust in yemen but here's a sign there that history says well as other countries are using a. pump

a i said this in his speech he said the united states is working with partners in the region and beyond to stop iran's activities and its proxies en countries like iraq in syria in yemen and in lebanon as well as elsewhere and we know that the trumpet ministration is working to establish the middle eastern alliance what's known as me in part to counter iran does not worry iran at all and the leaders of the country. no because in iraq there was an elected government be americans try to impose a different prime minister a different speaker of parliament and a different president and the iraqi parliamentarians rejected that in syria the americans waged a dirty war and they failed in yemen and you know these were these are crimes against humanity that the americans just like what they did in nicaragua night in the one nine hundred eighty s. and their support for the contras and in numerable war crimes that were carried out

in latin america by americans and then in yemen we starvation of the people of the people of yemen really wanted the soul of the american dictatorship in power they would have collapsed the resistance a category mr marandi has announced there like i said does all this pressure worry iranian leaders know because the united states is becoming increasingly weaken the region the united states has. basically made every war in this region there they've created the wars and the people of the united states are tired of war but what and the reason why the farmers and pulling out of syria is because he well what about the people of iran because in fact the ayatollah himself the other day did acknowledge that the sanctions that have been imposed on the country by the united states are indeed pressuring iran and pump a zero in his speech said that there are i'm working on

a new pressure campaign to cut off the revenues of the governments that must be a worry for the people. well the difference between iran and countries like saudi arabia and egypt is that we have regular elections and the people in iran have been standing up to us aggression for over for almost four decades when the united states supported saddam hussein and gave him chemical weapons to use against the iranians the iranians prevailed when the united states imposed sanctions for of almost four decades and now the iranians continue to exist they thrive and they want to preserve their independence and we've seen that the united states has achieved nothing and i assure you that in a few months time if you interview me again iran will still be where it is and the united states will have achieved nothing in trying to bring the iranian people to its knees and on the other hand i think u.s. allies such as saudi arabia and mom have been someone will be in an increasingly

precarious position all right somehow my marandi i'm sure we'll be speaking to you again on al-jazeera for the time being we thank you. turkey's foreign minister muslim toughest says gains made in northern syria by an armed group formerly linked to al qaida will be reversed had to hide and sham has signed a cease fire with other rebel groups to take control of it led province. in an older here chip it's a fact that terrorist organizations are operating in italy and we did not bring these terrorist organizations to the region it was the regime it deliberately opened up the color doors for them to get to these radical groups have been attacking moderate groups we are certainly taking all the necessary measures to stop them mohammad video has more from gas happened turkey near the syrian border. talking foreign minister manouchehr was shocked to say style first served by hurting time in a sham. against other opposition groups including some supported by

turkey is meant to give the group more territory and influence something turkey would not allow he called the group a terrorist organization and said on qatar will ensure that the gains that have made including taking complete control of the province will be rust the foreign minister said they were in talks with russia to ensure that they act together to. carry out an offensive against the higher to tahir a sham which has gained so much territory in the past two weeks the group of which are toxin all positioned groups including the free syrian army which is allied to taki and eventually signed an agreement with the national liberation front another . turkish allied group something that gave it the complete control of it leave the province of course the foreign minister's comments come.