two weeks time the first of the month of course is when people pay for their housing their rent or their mortgage and they simple believe they simply will not have that money if the government does not resume operations and they get their paychecks before then merriam thank you very much heidi joe castro with the latest from washington meanwhile in the state of texas democrat julian castro has launched his challenge for the twenty twenty us presidential race the former mayor of san antonio and secretary of housing under president obama launched his campaign with a call for national unity and fairness as the grandson of a mexican immigrant castro's often cited his family's history while criticizing trump's order policies so muz from ecuador now a fire to drug rehabilitation clinic has killed seventeen people and left twelve others injured the blaze in the country's largest city was started by patients who set mattresses alight while trying to escape police are looking to arrest the owners and operators of the building. protesters have marched in belgrade against

alexander and his government part of a growing protest movement against the serbian president who critics say has tightened his control over the media and serbia's institutions the demonstrations include some thirty opposition parties and organizations they started after an opposition politician was attacked in november. well to france now where around eighty four thousand u.s. protests have been out on the streets of the country in a ninth weekend of demonstrations against the government please five water cannon and take gas at protesters near the uk to triumph in paris interior ministry says more than two hundred forty people were detained the protesters are angry at the french president's economic reforms emanuel has promised billions of euros in tax relief and is due to launch a national debate on choose day to address the protesters concerns. the sent us this update from paris. thousands of protesters marched across paris and they have congregated here the altar trail just behind me which has become something of

a symbol of this yellow vests movement and police are at the moment firing tear gas they're trying to move people away from this area dispersed the crowds if you look behind me you can see the police there they're all eighty thousand police deployed across the country security has been boosted as the government tries to crack down on what they say some or the most violent elements in the protests so far they have been peaceful most of the protesters are of course peaceful and that's why the police are here to try and control and manage the situation but it has been very difficult for them over the past few months to think these protests have been very unpredictable now the government response has been politically to try and open protestors more concessions more financial concessions they're launching a big national citizens' dictate to get people move of course and politics next week but people here say that's not enough what they want are more taxes to be scrapped they say they want more to be done for poor people they say the president

only cares about the rich and without is there a live from london more still ahead on the program protesters in leaderless lebanon say that caretaker government is failing to take care of the country also. hope that your nose and close your eyes. head musical hamilton takes the. american founding of a home to help raise money to hard hit or to me. and i was about to get hot again in victoria and south australia there's not much going on from satellite picture point of view far from the growing. clouds and therefore showers and storms in top end but we do get late day showers in new south wales maybe in the interior they discrete are quite vicious temperatures on sunday not

hard thirty one in a lake or present reliever twenty nine in camera and middle twenty's in person doesn't change an awful lot in person c. but we do see you in interior breeze thirty seven adelaide as well way up in melbourne too and that sort of heat combined with any residual mush will produce the late day big thunderstorms and occasionally be hail as well you're a couple of wet days coming through new zealand i suspect you can see it coming in here on the satellite picture so that gives you sundays for cross the rains coming to south island twenty two in wellington you avoid the rain to probably after dark and that's true for the north as well but there it comes through on monday the temperatures drop as a response to seventy in wellington now we might be mid winter in japan the korean peninsula but the active weather has backed off for a while it's actually quite mild ten degrees in tokyo and five in pyongyang and for most part it's also very sunny.

rewind returns appear bring your people back to life i'm sorry with brand new updates on the best of al-jazeera documentaries there has been a number of reforms put in place since the program was full rewind continues with also darkness we were following orders we send young people to fight these wars put them in the most complex situations you can imagine and have a midwife and the systems rewind on al-jazeera. welcome back to you with al-jazeera other top stories this hour in the democratic

republic of congo presidential candidate modify you to his office the constitutional court to order a recount of votes in the election he is challenging the victory of his opposition rival felix to. the new york times says the f.b.i. opened an investigation into u.s. president donald trump in two thousand and seventeen it followed his dismissal of james komi as head of the bureau which prompted concerns trump might be working on behalf of russia and the u.s. government shutdown has entered its twenty second day making it the longest in american history eight hundred thousand federal employees are going without pay as republicans and democrats failed to reach an agreement on the order of war with mexico. well in all the stories we're following an eighteen year old saudi woman who fled her family over fears for her life as a arrived in canada raf mohammed out of the noon flew from thailand to toronto via seoul by in canada agreed to give her asylum off to intervention from the un this several days after she barricaded herself in

a hotel in the bangkok airport to avoid deportation and took to twitter seeking help and protection my counterpoints now from toronto. the langham arduous journey from saudi arabia over the eighteen year old states through the arrival doors accompanied by the canadian foreign minister the size of the media contingent a reflection of the massive public interest generated gave you a very wise. and weary brain you need and want need you to leave it seems arrive at home but she's had a very minor arm and a ring tyranny and so she would prefer not to question today so you can see the theory and women in real life and she is now going to go see you then you know then rush couldn't step back through the doors to begin the first

phase of the new life who wish to go to college and study architecture the canadian decision to grandson jury is likely to worsen already fractured relations with saudi arabia back in august saudi arabia's serve a diplomatic ties following to maidan criticism of the kingdom's human rights policy then in october the murder of jamal khashoggi saw an upsurge in demands for canada to council a multi-billion arms deal with saudi arabia this deal is now being reviewed. the foreign minister though insists that the protection of human rights is more important than diplomatic relations or any trade deal you really need to see are you going to. replace this fine despite what. you were involved in this conversation that's going to treat an entity on it i'm glad that you bring able to. see mark recchi you see

a pretty cheap plastic unique cigar and offering to the person late last year it was the snow stage from a hotel room in thailand that. couldn't century the power of social media confirmed at an example perhaps for others seeking their freedom by khan an al-jazeera toronto. mean one hundred who escaped her own family before setting up the free hotz free minds organization in vancouver she welcomed drive to the country and says her story will inspire others it is saudi arabia and women who really feel like the situation that they're in right now is so brutal is so dire that they're willing to take unbelievable risks to escape and even if their chances want out of one hundred they're willing to take it they of course you know raf is a success story and they know of the other stories they know of the two girls that

were duct taped and thrown into a river in new york they know of all of these situations and those stories scare them but knowing about ruffa knowing that she succeeded is going to give them that boost that they need in order to you know find the courage and find the strength to work for their own freedom to fight for their own freedom. well now to lebanon where the political limbo there is provoking growing anger about the economy and the rising cost of living lebanese haven't had a proper government eight months cannot agree on how power should be divided in the sectarian society and protesters are accusing the government of using intimidation to silence dissent so to hold the reports from beirut. all marsh baro is struggling to pay the bills for his mother's cancer treatment the twenty seven year old is not receiving help from the state that is why he joined this protest against the caretaker government which is not making important decisions access to free and

proper health care is just one of the many problems face. i. cannot afford to hospitalized my mother every month they didn't admit her in the hospital also she needs four different medicines and the ministry of health only provides three i have to choose whether to eat or pay for her treatment but protesters have rallied outside government ministries demanding what they call their basic rights because. nobody cares about it. because. the fault of hospitals it is hard to attract crowds in a country controlled by sectarian political parties many lebanese rely on them for jobs and financial support and it seems intimidation tactics are being used to keep

people silent we were distributing brochures about. to us and try to. stop us from from at syria. first the world bank says seventy percent of the population of six million people earn less than ten thousand dollars a year many find it hard to make ends meet because of the high cost of living. public anger is growing as economic conditions worsen fiscal reforms are needed but seven on has been without a functioning government says elections in a politicians are fighting overseas but many here believe even if those politicians agree on the government's formation little will change the same political elite remain in charge nonsectarian civil society groups are trying to make a difference to the system has been here for decades that's true that's correct they are very powerful they know how to play within the system they know how to turn things into their advantage by playing on sectarianism we will never accept

defeat we will always make things the same pressure we always work on next and next and next elections we will get somewhere for now the balance of power is not in their favor they can only hope that their appeals for change are heard santa. fé route. now three days before the push parliament votes on the governments breaks it deal a country remains deeply divided over the imminent breakup with the european union left wing protests have been washing through london though demanding another election and then in northern england a separate event the government to hold a second referendum on the membership for printing reports well. with just days to go until teresa mayes breck's a deal is voted on the volume and the tension is cranking up. this demonstration in london attracted a wide array of left wing protesters with a wide range of political grievances this was anti austerity not

a brics it rally at all but it's certainly bret's it which has brought matters to a head. on three years of ashes starting they want to push us over the age into our present montijo rights ritual signage our economy and southward oh public services so the solution is very straightforward on shoestring we want to treat maize. labor is not seeking to overturn bricks it's unfair to try to deliver a different rex's i what is clear effort size by all the different events taking place across the u.k. this weekend there is still no single coherent principle everybody can unite behind . in the northern city of sheffield campaigners for another referendum have been pressing their case you have the right to be heard and they must listen to the voice of the people as people now look at the exit understand what it means and

realise that this great country in truth has made a terrible mistake and at the same time government minister chris grayling warned that the biggest mistake would be not to go through with grex it we risk a break with the british tradition of moderate mainstream politics that goes back to the restoration in six hundred sixty he told the daily mail newspaper it will open the door to extremist populist political forces in this country of the kind we see in other countries in europe. opposition figures quickly denounced grayling's comments as gutter politics but the route illustrates the bitter divisiveness of the current political climate and the uncertainty out this will be resolved all brennen al-jazeera central london. after two hundred sixty two years alexander hamilton has made it home to the caribbean the broadway musical hamilton telling a strong story of the puerto rican born u.s. founding father has premiered in san juan the production is raising money to help

the island which was badly damaged by hurricane two years ago this is president trump suggest redirecting disaster relief funds for puerto rico to fund his five billion dollar border war with mexico. reports. transported from broadway to a performing arts seem to in san juan and new audiences experiencing the pop culture phenomenon hamilton was moved a lot of things to the spirit with the people tonight the response when you speak with. the stories come full circle alexander hamilton lift the caribbean after it was devastated by a hurricane in the eighteenth century he became an american founding father and the first treasury secretary in the musical has returned to support puerto rico still reeling from hurricane maria and twenty seventeen nearly three thousand people were killed and much of its infrastructure destroyed in how this island has come out of

devastation and come out of really just nothing and rebuilt and coming alive again i feel like seeing the math on it was so powerful or like i get emotional this thinking about the whole don't know can close your eyes hamilton has taken politics from the stage to the president creation in man well miranda has used the success of the play winning a living tony awards in the pulitzer prize for drama as a platform his the cost addressing vice president elect mike pence and twenty sixteen urging the administration to our poll american values are going for. the warm are actually. pretty broken. since broadway debut in twenty fifteen miranda a new york native of puerto rican descent has lobbied for the u.s. territory he joined a chorus of criticism of president trump accused by many of not doing enough to

help the victims of hurricane maria and on friday reacted to trump suggestion to reallocate funds from hurricanes and floods to boost the southern border wall. the fires that. the worst just in the british sounds like they say the crux of the slow going to. let a person there right so tonight i think that's absolutely monstrous it's an emotional homecoming for miranda who's bringing politics to life all raising money for puerto rican arts over the show's two we cry was shallow bellus al-jazeera. just a quick look at the top stories for you in the democratic republic of congo presidential candidate modify your lewis as the constitutional court order

a recount of votes in the election he is challenging the victory of opposition rival felix to shake a day and claims catholic church electoral observers but his vote share it over sixty percent i'm hoping that the constitutional court we called the electoral commission to. tone the ballot paper out because that's what the law says we are totally disagree with the result that has announced that if they are fabricated nothing to do with the truth. the new york times is reporting that the f.b.i. opened an investigation into u.s. president donald trump back in two thousand and seventeen it followed his dismissal of james komi as head of the bureau which prompted concerns trump might be working with russian intelligence trump reaction on twitter saying the former leaders of the f.b.i. were corrupt. meanwhile the u.s. government shutdown has now enters its twenty second day making it the longest in

the country's history eight hundred thousand federal employees are going without pay as republicans and democrats remain deadlocked over president trump's demands for five point seven billion dollars to fund his orderable with mexico a fire in ecuador has killed seventeen people and left twelve others injured the blaze in a drug rehabilitation clinic in ecuador's largest city of keeler was started by patients who set mattresses alight when they were trying to escape police looking for the building's owners. a saudi teenager rafael commune has landed in canada where she's been offered asylum in and says she's playing an abusive family in saudi arabia and fears she'll be killed if she returns there a story has prompted a social media campaign to end saudi arabia's strict male guardianship laws. and the french government says more than eighty thousand yellow vests protest as march through towns across france in the ninth weekend of demonstrations police five votes are counted in tear gas near the arc de triomphe in paris as well as that

original demands for tax reductions the protesters are now calling for constitutional reforms those are your main headlines this hour stay with us for rewind the heart of darkness more news coming out from doha that's it for myself and the team in london by. capturing the moment in time snapshots of the nights the stories providing a glimpse into someone else's well it's nice. to see around.

hello and welcome again to rewind i'm dead. back in two thousand and six when we launched al-jazeera english we set out to make the kind of documentaries other channels just wouldn't do and here on rewind we're revisiting some of the best of them to find out how they came about and the story behind the story today we're rewinding to two thousand and eight and a disturbing film about one of the most shocking atrocities of the vietnam war the midline massacre it was a major war crime and once it came to light the story sparked international outrage adding to the growing pressure in america and around the world to bring an end to the war in vietnam in march one thousand nine hundred sixty eight charlie company a platoon of american infantry landed by helicopter on the edge of the village of me lie near the northern coast of south vietnam the platoon believed the viet cong

forces were in the area but they faced no resistance yet five hundred four innocents women children and old men were brutally dragged into ditches and machine guns in the special film reporter josh rushing a veteran of the marine corps himself took a former member of charlie company back to. i for the first time to meet survivors of that horrific atrocity and now fifty years on from the massacre itself today's rewind is a moving emotional return to the scene of one of the most shocking events of the vietnam war from two thousand and eight here is heart of darkness. these grenades and killed all of. the banks. they ordered all of the families to sit or stand in the dish and then they shot after five minutes they shot the second time they heard weeping they shot a third time. for the fourth and my six year old son and i we lie down and news the

rights to cover. three or four bodies were found on the. backs of that day march sixteenth one thousand sixty eight when the dispute an army photographer captured moments of the bloody assault. when the story would have been leaked out more than a year later there was an investigation twenty five members of charlie company and their officers were charged. with murder there were few trials only one person. was found guilty he was never punished. charges against most of the soldiers were eventually dismissed. the what is know is the war that remains an open question. some of them is who slaughtered unarmed villagers who may want to buy their

memories. but for those who crawled out of that crush of blood and bone the horror is still fresh and. i'm the only one left when i was eleven years old. is reminded of the dead every day it's his job not only does he bear a deep from a bullet that narrowly missed killing him. he's the director of the museum dedicated to the victims of the massacre and the caretaker of what is left where they live. kong takes us to the place where he had with his family in an underground shelter a place where they all lay dying how long did you stay down in the shelter. from eight in the morning until four in the afternoon surrounded by his memories congress spent years wishing for a way to understand why the soldiers committed the crime that has devastated as

a life what would it be like for you to meet a soldier who actually participated in the killing to come back and it meant that here. i would ask him a question. why would he kill ordinary people women and children and women with babies in their bellies we con doesn't know it now but he will soon get the opportunity to ask that question can she'll still cherishes that they did snapshots of the day he left home to join the army it was all he ever wanted to do he was a skinny very young looking nineteen year old that was october one thousand nine hundred sixty six six months later he was in hawaii eagerly learning how to be a soldier and six months after that he was in vietnam. part of charlie company first battalion twenty of them charlie company was assigned the task force barker a special unit created to search out destroyed because operating around the central coast. it had been a dispiriting couple of months for the u.s.

military the tet offensive the suitcase on surprise the power that it was wanted for charlie company the losses have been personal booby traps and mind to take on a third of the comrades one of them the day before so in the morning a mark sixteen helicopter machine guns lay down suppressing fire and three with orders to kill everything that moved fanned out across the rice paddies and into the hammocks that collectively made up the lie. they encountered no resistance whatsoever but perhaps a desire for revenge filled their hearts and clouded their consciences perhaps as a military command that measured victory by body count. perhaps it was a mentality that regarded every vietnamese as less than a person really an enemy in embodiment of communist. the greatest i was here we get a sense of what was going on that morning he was a bicycle tracks. and bare feet fling away and then that is

a distinct print of an american combat. one of the men who wore those boots is about to set foot here again. i'm josh rushing. kinchela is returning to me live. never before has a soldier who participated in the massacre come back. almost forty years after he was charged with murdering nine be timmy's villagers here he will face is past we landed on the west side but while we pushed into the village we took the the east side where how far off would we all have way. we know way too far away. first left then. we secured. probably the northern part of the predator so you would come around on their kid has trouble recognizing the village today even locating the rice paddy where chopper landed in a little bit further to the south is this day stuck with you. the incident

has forty years ago when you were on the helicopter what were your orders hours before we came in was to kill everything in a village and so as you approach the village what did you find and find you know it was quiet i saw a lot of people running off to the north. and i really didn't understand that he has forgotten or blocked a lot of the details. remember the the ditches the canals you know i never saw a canal i never saw this that i never saw it in the village really you know. so like a lot of the stuff i was describing never saw no not at all i'm never even dreamt about yet i. can says he would like to go inside the museum were photographs of me life the time might bring it all back to know or not oh yes.

i still part of hodges there's corridor. with her and she's ok when you have a kid's name. i noticed step a faster when you went past this one it's not hard for you to say no really what really bothers me is this one. not so much the shooting but this one point by the hair on a woman by water because. i saw some things that i really like and. to me look for a word. the human eyes. and . i just don't like that. right

ken i don't get. what you don't get between killing. and dehumanizing so yeah it's just like. there's acceptable ways to kill people and there's ways around . can claims he was mystified by the granite wall of the dead i never saw that many people in that village and that number in the middle there and it was listed on the wall the entire doki family parents and four children you don't hear. till this moment no one knew that one child your old dodi and had escaped horribly wounded she ran away and has never returned till now. ironically the only structure in the village has been rebuilt as an example of what was destroyed is the one the long tell your family.

how can you ensure cope with having inflicted that kind of pain. yes to defenses the first is dark it's the moment it's the opportunity it's the knowing that. probably nothing's going to happen to me the second is familiar i was a soldier following orders. and i believe that's how i dealt with that. everywhere you can for i was unarmed. that are that's true but you have any hesitation about killing unarmed i people i definitely have has days about killing one of the issues. that i shoot. i say that i shot until i realized what was wrong and when you say you shot you mean you shot

villagers i'm not going to say whether i sat villages or are in a small statement given during the investigation of the massacre another soldier recall seeing ken firing at villagers while saying i don't want to shoot them i don't want to shoot them but i have to because were ordered to bring ken and cong together kinda face called sorrow kong to ask the questions that have tormented him all his life i'm march sixteenth one thousand nine hundred sixty eight at six am u.s. helicopters landed on the rice fields of our beautiful village mr kong i was here that day back in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight when the helicopters landed . and when the soldiers came they started killing everyone was to kong i was part of the americans that landed here in the helicopters and i want to apologize to the people of me i i'm sorry that it happened.

i ask myself all the time why did this happen i don't know. an angry feeling are rising up in my heart. the u.s. soldiers killed my mother my older sister and my younger brother. how did you feel when you shot into civilians and killed was it hard for you like i say the only thing i can do now is just apologize for. how many people did you kill that morning i don't know. i don't know i don't know. i don't i don't even know if i killed anyone. that's not a reasonable answer your soldiers put all our people together in one place and shot directly at them you said you don't know whether you've killed anyone i cannot accept it. i wasn't with that group i was in and outside the village. you stayed back at the edge of our village but my house my family was located at the edge of

the village so maybe you came to my house and killed my relatives. in vietnam we.