his and military commanders concerned that the battle against eisel in syria and the wider region is not over yet pompei out try 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 there was very little if anything from pumpin about the store while the 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. 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 and support in the war in yemen so the the not united states is not an objective observer at 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 they will also be many made nervous by u.s. administration that blames the region's instability in the previous u.s. president and iran chance trafford al-jazeera. well iran is headed back at pump as address the foreign minister mohammed job in saudi tweeted whenever wherever the u.s. interferes chaos repression and resentment for. are still ahead here and as are. the murder of crucial he is an atrocity and in the front two humanity members of the u.s. congress hold

a vigil for saudi journalists to motor soji one hundred days off because my. hello the snow is continuing to fall across parts of europe here's the satellite picture then showing the latest area of clouds sinking its way south as another one following hot on its heels so we are going to see some wintry weather during the day on friday and that will gradually make its way towards the north and out once more bringing us yet more snow but then that will actually peter around to by the time we get to saturday the out is looking a good deal dry up it's not going to last there because this next system is going to sink its way southwards and sunday is looking like we're going to see some very very snowy weather during the day now a bit further towards the south and the next system is making its way into turkey that is staying in the western parts of turkey for now but it's gathering strength

as we head through the day on saturday so on saturday it will probably be pushing a bit further south so for us in the northern parts of libya we're likely to see some of that what with the two before eventually that begins to pull its way eastwards as we head into sunday and monday towards the west fine and dry for us here are about to up at around seventeen degrees a bit further towards the south arm for the central belt of africa it's largely fine and dry it's also still very warm katsu up at thirty three degrees but to the south that's where we've got a few showers around and some of them are looking for all the heavy day in parts of kabul.

the reminder of the top stories the. high court has rejected an appeal by two reuters journalists jailed for illegal possession of official documents it's held up the seven year prison terms handed down to one lone chance to maintain their innocence. iran's foreign minister has dismissed my pump a speech on american policy in the middle east saying u.s. interference only leads to chaos repression or resentment speaking car the u.s.

secretary of state rally to deter terror groups reaching. u.s. president donald trump has traveled to the u.s. trying to drum up support for his proposed pull between the u.s. and his demands for five point seven billion dollars for projects have led to a pasta gulf which. friday marks the twenty first day of that shutdown it's also the day federal workers jute to receive their paychecks but without a last minute resolution about one hundred eight hundred thousand of them won't be getting paid and many are now facing tough choices and you've got a small from. this government building in the heart of downtown baltimore is normally a hive of activity its doors are now closed its workers furloughed and the impact on the streets close by is clear over the last few weeks mohammed although marie has seen his business declined sharply. he tells us he leave the area if things

don't return to normal soon if you see you know. now it's one o'clock like nothing here you know it's like you're only as good in the business. as the bin you know. darryl burton's been a federal employee for decades this isn't the first government shutdown he's lived through but the longer it lasts the harder it gets for his family or drop again in the car today or do our way to the weekend do i do buy groceries today or from the way to enough going to be a long from things that i can get a little bit cheaper in all twenty three thousand federal employees across maryland are either working without pay or of been furloughed it's one of the worst affected states and the impact is widely felt when this partial government shutdown ends there's a good chance that the eight hundred thousand federal workers will get back pay for those contracted by the government to rely on federal resources to provide services that can mean the difference between life and death the future is less certain

nevertheless we've met people here so committed to what they do that continuing to work not knowing where their next paycheck will come from native american life lines receives federal funding from a now closed government department staff to provide support for addiction mental health and vital medical services not that i can save everyone but at least being here they know that they have a home and a safe place to be and we won't be able to pry that. no worries me if there's no resolution by saturday this will be the longest government shutdown in u.s. history it's a prospect that many here and across the u.s. consulate to face gallacher al jazeera baltimore maryland. the united nations special investigator on human rights in north korea is in seoul on the final day of a five day visit. has held meetings with senior south korean government officials and if the people who have recently escaped from north korea he will report his

findings or recommendations to the human rights council in march what right joins us live now from seoul tell us what the special reference source said. that's right and that this is the fifth visit as he draws up his report as you mentioned there he's been talking to defectors also government officials he began with his briefing to join this he's been speaking in the past hour or so by praising everybody all the actors involved in the twenty eight hundred breakthroughs in dialogue and negotiations with north korea including of course the north koreans themselves but was keen to stress that peace and human rights go hand in hand you cannot have one without the other he says and the challenge for the year ahead is not only seeking progress on denuclearization on a permanent peace but also he says in human rights and on that north korea is still sadly lacking even to the point nick that this is as close as the special rapporteur can get to north korea despite repeated requests he is not allowed to

visit they're saying that he's not allowed even to exchange letters with the north koreans about human rights they simply won't talk about it so he has had to draw up his report largely based on evidence provided by people who've escaped the regime and it is a pretty grim picture still he says forced labor involving even children and of course the notorious camp system where more than one hundred thousand political prisoners it's alleged are being held with very grim conditions starvation torture he says being commonplace and the issue for the united nations is that in all of the rush to have dialogue with north korea to talk about denuclearization to talk about summits that the human rights issue is not being pushed enough we anticipate a response from north korea. as north korea has done in the past this criticism largely just bounces off they have criticized the work of the special

rapporteur saying that you cannot trust the evidence provided by defectors north korea has been widely criticised by the un there was a far more extensive report following a year long investigation back in twenty fourteen when motion was passed by the un referring to north korea to the international criminal court largely north korea rejects all this international criticism but you do get a sense that in the current atmosphere with all of the negotiations and diplomacy going on they are more sensitive now more susceptible to international criticism and of course it comes in a week when they've had this from the north koreans point of view the diplomatic success of kim jong un's visit to beijing this according to critics of north korea gives the other side of it paints a picture of north korea still as one of the world's most repressive regimes. thanks very much indeed robert reich reporting that.

so members of the u.s. congress have held a memorial to honor murdered journalist america's sochi democrat leader nancy pelosi has criticized the trump administration's response to the killing she says congress is committed to ensuring that those responsible for the murder are held accountable thursday march one hundred days since because soji was killed in the saudi consulate in istanbul where the saudi jealous was also remembered a tape memorial event on capitol hill in washington the speaker of the u.s. house of representatives nancy pelosi criticized the trip ministrations response that can my kind of reports now from washington d.c. . speaker after speaker asserted that the best way to remember jamal khashoggi would be to continue to fight for the freedom of the press against the many attacks being waged on it. why why am i here john important the press is important why am i here because it's personal the turn of the mob or all was set by the new speaker of

the house nancy pelosi who was sharply critical of the lack of faction of the trumpet ministration it responds to murder if we decide their commercial interest should override the statements that we make in the actions that we take then we must admit that we have lost our moral authority to talk about any atrocities anywhere anytime we must cariocas show his mission to defend the free press our strongest boer war against injustice in equity in oppression and members of congress are adamant that concrete measures are going to be taken to hold saudi arabia and the crown prince muhammad been the sole burn accountable when we return to do a deep dive on saudi arabia. iran etc it weighs on the kingdom on the.

all those who are responsible for the show she's a murder if. they refuse to hold him accountable and our conclusion is that he is responsible congress can and i think should pass legislation requiring sanctions against those who are responsible no matter how high up make up president trump would appear to believe that the whole issue of the murder of jamal khashoggi is over members of congress are adamant that they will remind him it isn't. lawyers of the former chairman of card company nissen say they plan to apply for bear loss to japan filed new charges against him carlos cohen is accused of underreporting is salary by millions of dollars he says he's been unfairly detained for almost two months and was fired by the board of nisson and mitsubishi but was kept on by running. because madeira is vowing to correct what he calls deep

mistakes during his second term as venezuela's president of the united states is among thirteen american countries refusing to recognize his presidency many condemn as a socialist dictatorship their own accuses united states of waging war against venezuelans hyperinflation and food shortages of course latin america's biggest ever migration crisis. the governor of the north east in the brazilian state of. refusing to back down on his prison reforms despite a wave of violence by criminal gangs. has transferred some inmates to other jails in this confiscating the phones as part of the new government's crackdown on crime and the governor in the state capital for the laser to get more on his plan it's. the authorities at the state security headquarters daily planned their next steps in the battle they know there's a need just began. the monitoring for further violence from drug gangs which

launched a wave of attacks across sierra after moves to curtail the power of their leaders serving time in jail. president jailed. troops they were welcomed by the sara state governor camille santana or the he's from the opposition workers' party . this is a moment of union in this country brazil should work together with the national government to tackle this problem there are painful consequences but we must work in that direction to win the fight against organized crime in brazil it was the governor's initiative to tackle the growing strength of the drug gangs starting in the prisons. as soon as we started reorganizing the prison system the attacks took place on the streets gang members reacted by trying to intimidate the state government trying to make us back off but we are doing exactly the opposite we are tightening our actions removing any kind of communication from inside the prisons isolating and transferring some of the prisoners to other states. the two main drug

gangs are the cell paolo base first capital command p.c.c. and the rio based red command that fight for supremacy often coordinated and fort within these walls. the irony is that these prisons were built to contain the captured drug members instead they've become recruiting and training grounds and even power bases the author said that that must end. their initial priority is their fight in the jails however the state is also dealing with the gangs on the streets while implementing social programs to try to lure youngsters away from the lucrative but deadly trade so what's going to be stark criminal groups born inside the prisons so for decades we didn't have a proper policy to debate or improve the penitentiary system that was never prioritized not only here but in the whole of brazil so when the state decided to act against these gangs didn't react as strongly but the street is even stronger

the violence affects many layers of brazilian society the attacks and sadly frightening away investment especially in the vital tourist industry why do. i see a reduction of fifty percent of the about the shrimp i'm selling these days the beach is quite empty especially for this period of summer holidays in brazil. the focus now is back behind these walls but few expect to stay there for long that you find there al-jazeera for to listen. to the little to recap of the headlines here on al-jazeera and many miles high court has rejected an appeal by two reuters journalists jailed for illegal possession of official documents it's held up the seven year prison terms hunted down to wall and charged and maintained the instant. lately in the last year or eighteen months the feel of nationalism in the nation has really increased so when you talk to most people in myanmar they will say that these two men were traders

they will say that the outside world doesn't understand what's happening on the inside of myanmar but again when you look at the international community it's something that's been very very much condemned because there are two journalists there doing their jobs and they say they were set up the news organization they work for reuters says that they were set up by these police officers iran's foreign minister has dismissed my pump a speech on american policy in the middle east saying u.s. interference only leads to chaos repression resentment speaking car the u.s. secretary of state rallied its allies to deter terrorism to influence in the region president donald trump has traveled to the country's southern border trying to drum up support for his proposed will between the united states and mexico it demands for five point seven billion dollars for the projects have led to a partial government shutdown sudan's security forces are being accused of attacking injured protesters while they were receiving treatment at

a hospital in london misty international says officers fired live bullets tear gas at patients many of them a believed to be hurt at wednesday's anti-government demonstrations where three people were killed members of the u.s. congress have held a memorial to on the mud a journalist. democratic leader nancy pelosi has criticized the troop administration's response to the killing she says congress is committed to ensuring that those responsible for the murder are held accountable thursday mts one hundred days was killed in the side of consulate in istanbul. nicholas would err is vowing to correct what he calls the deep mistakes jury in his second term as venezuela's president united states is among thirteen american countries refusing to recognize his presidency many condemned as a socialist dictatorship but there are accuses the united states of waging war against venezuelans hyperinflation and food shortages have caused latin america's biggest ever migration crisis. right up to date with headlines here and i was there

we got more news coming up right after inside story. accusations of an electoral cool in the democratic republic of congo after she is announced the winner of the presidential vote will there be a peaceful transfer of power could this marks 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 announcing the result as an electoral hold up and marching for you know is calling for protests now the provisional results from the electoral commission showed just under thirty nine percent voted for katy 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 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 katie the longtime opposition leader and founder of the union for democracy and social progress who died two years ago for league spent his early life in brussels where he became. to this 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 east india are seen 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 busy celebrating. 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 is the tragedy. of their dog and his country and our country fords in other parts of the capital kinshasa and the mood is more subdued more quiet somewhat monson 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 is said to be so wanting this country and 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 economy he asked deal yet to create jobs he has to also bring in private investment as well as deal with ebola outbreak in the east of the country yes q what i'm racist also in the east of the country between militia groups and some. i suppose in 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 walters and this was also important to convince you a lot of speeches of them who don't trust his motives that he's going to be his own man and he won't be a puppet president chosen of. planes as. well as fring in our panel now from geneva on skype is benedict djoko is historian and coordinator of the 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 at various mabel 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 we aren't just going to. church. that the result do not owe to respond to the world i have observed so i don't think that our the election as they call it. is a problematic one out if. you look at the early church being the numbers or i think that. the president will have the service of its image. in paris is true that the catholic bishops conference of congo whose preferred candidate is not a secret is 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

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 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 usually go from work to try and contest the results so of the is going to be the right way indigo alice in london your farts is 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 montelena claims. i think ultimately what we're seeing here 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 although 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 sketchy 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 our vision of the home is that he's actually just been the provisional right if if these results stands 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. d.p.'s 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 much 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 result. 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 journalists. who want to. let 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 just people walls ability in the country. this election is the chance to get 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. if the election is mrs just that it was a lot disputed it would have been that he was indeed was the president of the gullible so i think it's really important to think about the sunni because we see today people who are civil but not all the country and i think it's important as is so that that are we truly saying well we need to think about. all where there is to fill those elections. what will the president look like. 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 and make sure that the country learn 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 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 that is undoubtably being 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 then that will be the issue how it plays out the transition also what of the talk america what role will he take capsule 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. of absolutely don't agree because that 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 pole 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 in 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 to 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 doubts these provisional results he says they appear to contradict other tallies take a listen to. his initial the 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. this possible conference of congress made checks and announced 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 was all right but it did 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 coalition people we're seeing are there will go over the world was told once again when you suggest that if by the round to the united nations police people have been calling strong and the international community to help them get back their forward and draws didn't even arms straws i mean starliner think they are backed out to take sound to listen to the people so i think that brown's to come out today and talk about his

election even though we know that they are problematic you build or we know that in kabul then he's a problem of of word and trust with the elections things that politicians in the cult will do a lot most of the time we know the heart of this problem but i think it's it's a little bit awkward i would say for prince to come to do it out of that initial also that will last maybe a person like. me sort of to meet. together with me so i look a better person because there was security business and we know that most of western countries when they talk about the congo the most i don't talk about the people to mostly don't talk about the sufferings of the of the congolese people but in talking in the world to talking deals and maybe yeah we need to follow for you who

was a better man for that and that's why do you stand let's hear from indigo on this indigo are benedict says francis speaking the arab interests 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 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 as 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 a 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 to 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 the security challenge in the east the humanitarian challenge as well. does he 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 can completely under managed and not 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 is 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 another 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 heavy the longtime opposition leader he felix 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 you need to know maybe the oau reminder was the whole something that you

didn't use the senate when he was writing needs to be learned most of the supporters and he himself said about love that people should take a below needs to. send him back to round out and i think this is the whole two thing to say here because what mr she said any further was saying is that kabul was an act of war now and i think that just saying to do it would sort of bar economical development to talk about people that need effectively to to to indeed to or to be taken in charge without talking about the wall in kabul it's a kind of it's problematic because this is the main challenge of course that it is playing to how how willie and the war in kabul because the war still there is a low intensity war but it is you know that we have been reported we have been used to. a lot of tribes who spoke about what was happening in the cold war the raids of

the home. the children that will break it won't heal and all these minerals that that rot from all countries and me not the influence that meant only countries like iran and in particular really very bad rule in that region let know that and let me break into bank conversation and put pressure on a lot of the these will be i think one of the main challenges of music is that getting our willie and the war in the congo because a new contact about economics because that will only talk about social problems. you fenech to solve problems and you will in the conflict today a lot of response to the war ok i think that this is a lot of thing 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 ended 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

for the kate he 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 hara virus maple cough we just do not expect that to carry 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 that 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 he will need to prioritize that if he wants to even come close to i think raising the capital needed to end the war and least 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 on how do you mean in infrastructure negotiate while you do 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 we don't we don't talking about them we are well let me just use for them lots of action and i think this is illegal is really only cool to hear legal questions in advance and we're going to have. maybe then or should be because we've run out of time thank you so much i lot

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 slash inside story you can also of course join the conversation on twitter are as well to handle is that a.j. inside story for me fully back to one whole team thank you for watching my friend was it. was. it could be the biggest lie in history. as powerful nations and great for territories under the oceans twenty one geologists are secretly plotting your borders. as the struggle for resources in prince of hearts some of the world's

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president donald trump visits the border with mexico to make a case for funding to build a steel barrier. iran high on the agenda as u.s. secretary of state might bump a heads to bahrain the first gulf stop in his middle east. so many miles high court has rejected the appeal of two reuters journalists who were arrested while investigating the killing of ten muslim or hindu men in rakhine state in two thousand and seventeen the court has maintained the seven year prison sentence handed down to well known in charge. the pair maintained their innocent i'm a frame by police let's go straight to scott height limits following the story from bangkok scott tell us the latest nic well yeah this all came down within just the last hour or so and a sense of what the court said the high court and yangon said that they're up

holding the ruling they rejected this appeal saying that there was enough evidence that they were innocent in this and they also went on to say that the suitable punishment of seven years should stand because of the severity this coming from the high court and yang of this case because there were what could have happened with these documents they say could have harmed national security so that's why the high court says that they were jack did the appeal and said that they will maintain because we knew there was a possibility there could be could be a reduction in sentence but they say they're maintaining that seven years because of the severity of what happened and soon after this the editor in chief of reuters news agency made a statement. today's ruling is yet another injustice among many inflicted upon why lone and shaw so they remain behind bars for one reason those in power sought to silence the truth reporting is not a crime and until meehan maher writes this terrible wrong the press i mean mars is

not free and the inmarsat commitment to rule of law and democracy remains in doubt scott is that it is just nowhere else to go now they have to serve the term well there are a couple of options although they're remote at this stage and there's really no indication that these are possibilities one is the defense can appeal to the supreme court in myanmar's capital in april and then there's also the possibility that the leader of the country on song suchi the de facto leader she's actually called the state counts or she can issue a pardon those are two options out there though there's really no indication or word if those will come through next has been a huge amount of international support has been there on this case. hasn't applied any pressure doesn't seem to make any difference. well there is but you know you look at the international pressure that's been put on myanmar there really has meant a reaction to if you will there really was a change of. dialogue or any shifting in dialogue with on song suchi or the

leadership in myanmar in relating to the condemnation of these two journalists being put behind bars and what's interesting because you know we've gone over to myanmar repeated times over the last several years to cover the range of crisis then to also cover this court case and what's very interesting when you're in yet more and you talk to people there they view this as something where they do view these two gentlemen as you know this is a national security threat they see them as traitors also there's been a very. decided increase in nationalism inside myanmar so it's a very different kind of view when you get inside so as far as what international pressure and condemnation about today's friday's rejection of this appeal and then what's been happening up until then you know it's a kind of plays much differently internally but will external pressure change that we haven't seen it really do much with unsung suchi so far but let's see what happens moving forward if they do i go believe that thanks very much indeed scott hyde the reporting the u.s.

president has been to the country's southern border to drum up support for his proposed wall separating the united states from mexico donald trump is demanding five point seven billion dollars for the war which he says is needed to stop an influx of crime a standoff over funding has led to a partial government shutdown this loss to nearly three weeks could be helicopters more now from mcmullen in texas. this is one of the places u.s. president donald trump wants to build his border wall mccallan texas the busiest stretch for illegal crossings from mexico into the united states i want to thank everybody trying to make sure all the progs run display like drugs and weapons seized at the border as he met with officials macallan for a photo op designed to convince skeptical americans additional money for his border wall is necessary trump argued those organizing the illegal crossings are the real criminals victimising the migrants they have women tied up they have tape over their mouths electrical tape usually blue tape they call it. powerful stuff not

good truck has been criticized for calling the latest influx of migrants into the us a crisis at the border on thursday truck tweeted the speech of president obama also calling the situation a crisis in twenty four teeth as waves of children arrived in the united states we now have an actual humanitarian crisis on the border that only underscores the need to drop the politics and fix our immigration system once and for all it's certainly not impossible to enter the united states illegally especially here in macallan texas while this fence is very very tall this one right beside it is not if you're physically fit if you can swim across a river through this thick brush scale a four metre concrete wall over the razor wire you're in should be happening in our country that's what trump says he wants to stop her but his push for five point seven billion from congress to reopen the government and direct

a steel border wall has become a dueling narrative for or against the president. along the streets of macallan there were signs of protest but there was plenty of support for the president as well. trump says he still hopes for a deal in congress to pay for his wall but he's not ruling out declaring illegal immigration a national emergency freeing up already approved funds to get what he wants can really help kids al-jazeera mccallan texas well back in washington u.s. government workers have taken to the streets in protest over the partial shutdown hijack castree was that. impact of this partial government shutdown is twofold first there are those government services that are being unfilled filled in some of the most vulnerable americans in just a few weeks time would begin paying the price of this is not resolved they are the recipients of the federal food stamps who depend on that benefit to feed their

families but more importantly and more immediately at this moment the more than eight hundred thousand federal workers who are going without a paycheck because of a shutdown and they are marching now to the white house finally calling out president trying to find names it is his responsibility to reopen the government congress even doing his job right now mcconnell isn't doing his job as senate majority leader and then of course the president you know this is he's going to not sign the bills progress has already passed legislation to reopen the government he won't sign and that was the resoundingly answer for every person i spoke to at this protest they say the president is to blame for this federal shutdown and that is why they are going to the white house to demand that he reopens it with or without wall funding trump has claimed otherwise he has actually said he believes many third rule workers agree with what he is doing that is not what the unions representing these workers are saying in fact some have even bought

a bottle lawsuit against the federal government making saying that it is against the fair labor as act to force federal workers to go without a paycheck and some to work without a paycheck however any sort of legal resolution may take years and these workers are demanding a solution now to sit on the where security forces are being accused of attacking and to protest while they were saving treatment at a hospital in. this international says officers fired live bullets into gas at patients many of them the believed to have been injured wednesday's anti-government demonstrations where three people were killed the protests have spread across two done since mid december let's take a. we're going to speak now to elizabeth from nairobi sudan researching for all amnesty international thanks for joining us here on the program seems extraordinary almost unbelievable that security forces would attack hospital patients tell us more about what happened thank you very much as this is

really a horrible situation which took place. on the night and so for january. second the forces actually followed up with a sort of inside the hospital and i thank them and i also saw him in just as they used as a light from a nation an horrible situation and i think even in conflict situation i think in hospital that's considered a war crime and you're also calling for the release of a man who was shot and injured in protests on december the twenty fifth this guy called yes ali who sustained serious injuries but he's been arrested in not receiving treatment for it you know is that right yes yes and i've actually he was in jail on that twenty fifth of december during a protest in khartoum. he was taken to a hospital for mine days and then. discharged from the hospital on the set of

january he tried to do travel back to his work in the united arab emirates on the fifth of january but the security forces are arrested him. despite his injury which is serious and that is he wants to follow up medical treatment in united arab emirates and he's still in detention we spoke to his family and they're really concerned we're not allowed to see him. as we don't know where he's here he's we have about an incident that the response that you've been talking about from security forces during these protests it's been the norm is this what's been happening across the border. well regardless of the news actually lethal force since the beginning of this protest in december. in. a tactic that is used. in different cities in nearly a courtroom and other towns and cities across london and we reported that there is

almost over four fourteen people who were killed a similar number of also injured since one thousand of december and also the use of tactical mass everest is happening all over the country and till today. senior political activists senior political leaders they are detained and instilling the tension in even the minister of interior couple of days ago admitted that they are received over one hundred people because you will know that you say that more than forty people have died the government say i believe it's less than twenty people have died while of course the governments are than usually try to minimize the number of the casualties but this is the numbers really see from inside sudan and also confirmed by her.