because it hinders that and also the president is as a no fear of leaks from within his administration and having fewer people know the details of these sensitive discussions may to him be more of a protection mechanism for show ok castro live in washington heidi thank you. still occam on the news hour. it was a disaster waiting to happen the government was well aware of the risks of liquefaction here in this area but did nothing to inform the people i'm stuck fast reporting from where thousands died after a heavy earthquake in september. also had braced for battle turkish backed forces prepare for an unexpected and expected offensive park me in northern syria and support the iraqi teenager who's inspired this team to a place in the knockout round of the asian.

parents couples in france during a ninth day of yellow vests protests place fought with demonstrators in central paris tear gas and water cannons were used to push back those who threw rocks and other objects at riot police demonstrations began in november over plans to increase taxes on fuel which were later shelled. following the story for us in 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 first movement and police are at the moment firing tear gas they're trying to move people away from this area dispersed the crowd so if you look behind me you can see the police that 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 to 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 they had to try and control and manage the situation but it has been very difficult for them over the fall few months because these protests have been very unpredictable now the government response has been politically torn off the protesters more concessions more financial concessions they don't think big national citizens to pay. to get people more of a voice in politics next week the people here say that's not enough what they want are more taxes to be scrapped they say they want to move to be done for poor people they say the president and he cares about the rich with just three days before the british parliament votes on the government's practice until the country remains deeply divided over the evident break with the european union or testers marched through london demanding a general election and in northern england a separate event urged the government to hold another referendum on the issue all right and reports well the road. was the one. with just days to go and so teresa mayes breck's

a deal is voted on the volume and the tension is cranking. 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 trying years of ashes starting they want to push us over the age to draw our precious one month deal price in retro signage our economy and savard up public services so they're sure lucia's very straightforward on shoestring we want to treat maize to you. labor is not seeking to overturn bracks it's unfair to try to deliver a different rex's i what is clear effort sized by all the different events taking place across the u.k. this weekend but that there is still no single coherent principle everybody can

unite behind. in the northern city of sheffield campaign as 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 rex's understand what it means and realise that this great country in truth has. made eight several 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 screenings comments as guts of politics but the route illustrates the pits a divisiveness of the current political climate and the uncertainty out this will be resolved with brennan al-jazeera central london

a saudi teenager who fled her family because she feared for her life has arrived and her new home country hamann a canoe and flew from thailand to canada after it agreed to grant her asylum the eighteen year old garnered international attention when she watched a social media campaign from a hotel room in bangkok pleading for help i can ask for from toronto. along an arduous journey from saudi arabia. the eighteen year old step through the arrival doors accompanied by the canadian foreign minister the size of the media contingent a reflection of the massive public interest generated state you know that everyone . is out. and hearing the news media and what's needed in steve that seems to buy a new phone but she's out there even on and they are here and and so she would prefer not to take questions today so you can see the area and greet

them in real life and she is now going to go seeing her new post then rush couldn't step back through the doors to begin the first phase of the new life her wish to go to college and study architecture. the canadian decision to grandson tree is likely to worsen already fractured relations with saudi arabia back in nor has saudi arabia severed diplomatic ties following to maidan criticism of the kingdon's human rights policy then in october the murder of jamal khashoggi saw an upsurge in demands full canada to counsel a multi-billion on's 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 with any c.r. . to. replace. this time when.

we were involved in those conversations as trees can stand in this class i don't mean for evil to come. and see my friend you seem pretty blessed u.n.h.c.r. and on fifty two percent to sling life here it was this message from a hotel room in thailand that. couldn't century the power of social media confirmed and an example perhaps for others seeking their freedom mike hanna al-jazeera toronto. that is the founder of free hearts free minds an organization which helps and officials have left islam she says raha story will be an inspiration to other women who feel trapped. knowing about roughen 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 and it's not just women in saudi arabia but it's women in iran as well who are being imprisoned for removing the scarf off of their head it's women in pakistan it's women in iraq it's women in egypt it's women and in all of those countries where they're fighting for their basic rights and they feel like they're not being hurt either in their countries or by the western and international community so rough is a success story because it lets them know that they are being heard women in saudi arabia have a completely different circumstance than any of the other women that i've mentioned it is the worst possible situation they are actually living in an open air prison women have guardians that gives them permission for anything they can even leave the home without this male guardian giving them permission to do that they can't open a bank account they can't you know go to the doctor they can't do anything in fact

they need their male guardians permission in order to go to the police station to report that they are being abused in some cases by their male guardian so it's an absolutely repressive barbaric law that these women are willing to risk their lives to escape at least nineteen people have been killed in a coal mine collapse in northern china at athan in the city of new and cianci province as crews were searching for two trapped miners sixty six others have been rescued and airlifted to safety it's unclear what caused that collapse. the secretary of state has lashed out at venezuelan president nicolas maduro describing his government as illegitimate by compost as washington will work with other countries in the region to restore what he called real democracy to the country and as well as opposition is also challenging the legitimacy of mentor a second term stories about reports in caracas thank god it's been a day since day one of mother little was sworn in for his second term in office and

already members of the the situation controlled national assembly took to the streets to denounce him as a super of the executive office scene and that his daughter is one of the millions that have left been his when in the past year she says families shouldn't be forced to leave apartheid as soon we don't have a poly trail right there is the polo guy in them because we don't have but maybe if it's our food to go out we don't have security in the streets the demonstration was small compared to the massive ones that happened in two thousand and seventeen when thousands took to the streets to protest against mandalas attempts to disregard the national assembly for most of the people here and this is a first step towards opposing what they call it the dictatorship of precedent nicolai model they're also calling on the armed forces to rebel against the government even though the military has played a crucial role in a war child the socialist revolution was the precedent of

a national assembly is one why you don't he was elected last week and now says he's ready to become the interim president and called for new elections he told al-jazeera he first needs the support of the armed forces and the venezuelan people for deciding to hand them the guy uniforms or the strength of the people is crucial in this process when we have people that were forced to leave the country others to teams murdered and even tortured nothing to stop us it has not been easy for us we are survivors and we are in resistance he was at the end of this with all. station has called for a demonstration on january twenty third and promises the national assembly considered to be in contempt by the administration will be in charge of defending democracy in this country international pressure may also help but analysts say it is not enough then they go super early to go clinton says the need to force the government to negotiate the international community plays an important role but

it's not enough there has to be a true leader that can connect to the masses to force majeure to negotiate you need a population ready to defend their rights. says this is another attempt orchestrated by the united states to generate chaos if. this is a show to try to destabilize the country they are a group of kids who control the opposition and want to play to create chaos it's the same group that carried out the street protests and every day they will have a new show. but many of those opposing the government are desperately looking for someone that would show them a way out of the crisis that has forced millions of venice women's to emigrate in search of a better life. joining us live from merida as well as from venezuelan analysis dot com we appreciate your time so much so i think that you say that secretary mike. has crossed the line.

last our guest ok we will try to reconnect with him do keep it here in the meantime let's obama the rest of the day's news still ahead on al-jazeera all tell you how south africa's president is trying to reverse the ruling a. falling popularity. caretaker government is failing to take care of the country and sport liverpool control of the race for the premier league title. from the waves of the cells. to the contours of the east. we have not got the crisp nights in the beautiful sunny but cold days certain central and southern charm of the you might expect so quite

a cloud in the skies streaming out from the west now it doesn't usually represent very much but cloud it is it was same so disappoints by day and it much eventually turning to rain we think a little bit of rain will develop with this feed of moisture during monday might just catch the edge of it in hong kong the crowd the motion that is interesting he would say for the middle of winter it should be a really dry period should feel dry as well as a lack of southeast asia now what they will bits of white you see this not much to be honest might see big showers in southern philippines in borneo and down towards jakarta but this is a lot of green to look at our i suspect this could be more sunshine between the you see in the shows that the air admitted late is the wet season but mostly suppressed . poor you money think couple of dry days though it would of course feel humid now we have got clouds streaming across the north of india and pakistan and afghanistan that will bring a little bit as snow mostly is not to the south the kashmir valley the niggers

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in the most complex situations you can imagine and have them make life and death decisions rewind on al-jazeera. watching our. top stories right now on the democratic republic of congo's presidential election is challenging the official result. of the constitutional court describing the. president. in new york times report that the f.b.i. opened an investigation to find out if he was secretly working on behalf of russia

the paper says the investigation began in may two thousand and seventeen after fire then f.b.i. director james comey. criticized the report on twitter saying there was no proof. a saudi teenager who fled her family over fears for her life has arrived in her new home country. and then flew from thailand to canada after to create a grant her asylum. turkey has carried out military exercises at the border with syria had been expected offensive on the northern city of. it's currently held by u.s. backed kurdish fighters a secretary of state says he is hopeful an agreement can be reached with ankara to protect kurdish troops as american forces are. the late into zeal of reports. preparing for battle these men are members of the free syrian army as hamza brigade they are allies of the turkish military are on a war footing and preparing for an offensive on the kurdish out city of mn bridge

in northern syria these fighters say they will not be left behind to mom and ask with or without the u.s. withdrawal we will complete this military offensive that we are ready for leadership's order. mendacious controlled by the u.s. backed kurdish why p.g. turkey considers it the syrian branch of the kurdistan workers' party or p k k which it recognizes as a terrorist group. enduring so if the spray gate are syrian kurds who say the white cannot be at the kurds legitimate representative in the war in syria. most of the kids fled to germany iraqi kurdistan because of the y.p. g.'s oppression they force you even girls for military service on the front lines they charge on affordable taxis. many people in a way as liberated by the free syrian army support the military offensive

surrounded by the p.k. cambridge forces and the populations living in fear of more places liberated in the why pigeon is gone we can have a better business life this is a mountain the turkish military has been based there since old bob was liberated in early two thousand and seventy it is one of two military bases which will coordinate the expected upcoming offensive on the eastern side of the euphrates river and the city of. turkey stays kurdish civilians will not be targeted but some people in members are not convinced not funny. since we learned the u.s. will withdraw many of our friends fallen teared to join managed military council to defend our city we will protect ourselves. of course we have for years now we live in peace with really perform our religion but when other groups come there will be corruption. day and night the turkish army continues to strengthen its forces inside syria sending

a message that the offensive could start soon. al-jazeera northern syria the sudanese government says the number of people killed in weeks of protests has increased to twenty four after two people died of their injuries in the hospital rights groups put that number of casualties actually much higher amnesty international and human rights watch say at least forty people had been killed since demonstrations started last month rallies began over rising food and fuel crisis but have since grown into calls for the president omar al bashir to step down and end his thirty. police in ecuador are seeking to arrest the owners of a drug rehab clinic that caught fire killing eighteen people they say patients at mattresses on fire to try to escape the treatment center in which lack the necessary permits to operate the victims all died. thousands of people have demonstrated across colombia demanding the resignation of the chief prosecutor. martinez accused of covering up bribery linked to south america's biggest ever

corruption scandal from. holding flashlights housings of colombians gathered in various cities demanding their country's attorney general step down. to math genius is accused of covering up the regularities in bribes paid in colombia by the brazilian construction giant target rich at the center of the biggest corruption scandal in the region we colombians are tired of seeing the powerful steal money and nothing happening our institutions our justice system kept captive and we want them back i q e two forces were unable to prevent protesters in front of the attorney general's headquarters taking down the offices flag and burning it. in two thousand and fifteen martinez was the legal advisor of colombia's biggest financial group owned by luis carlos said immune to the country's richest man. partner with the rich winning

a one point six billion dollars contract to build a major modern way but in a series of documents. then the auditor of discovered more than thirty million dollars in legal payments and informed my team is about them yet in a dramatic twist pisano a son in a third witness have since died and what are said to be suspicious circumstances while martin is became the man in charge of investigating the crimes other branches admitted in a plea bargain with the united states the partment of justice being eleven million u.s. dollars in bribes to colombian politicians but that's just a fraction of the total amount of rights he has allegedly hate hearing and yet czerny general denies any prior knowledge of the payments and continues to reject calls for his resignation. prosecutors have pressed charges against high ranking officials in a number of countries including former presidents while in colombia only mid-level

officials have been charged martinez has recused himself from two related cases but many fear a complete and impartial investigation will not happen in colombia as long as he remains in office but. the issue is that practice financed the presidential campaigns of the two most important political parties in colombia they paid x. ministers congressman if the attorney general falls the entire structure of holes with him. or their mother. just days ago peruse attorney general resigned under increasing public pressure after he dismissed two leads prosecutors in the scandal demas powerful political backers continue supporting him but it's unclear if you'll be able to withstand the growing calls for his removal. south africa's ruling african national congress has launched its for elections in may at the launch and our own presidents are obama promised to create more jobs and

address racial inequality the vote in may is seen as a test of whether a house a house or a verse of the crimea and sees popularity and minimal of reports from. africa's president and leaders of the african national congress aim to shore up support. at the climax of a week of unofficial election campaigning. at the launch of the party's manifesto cyril ramaphosa continued to play out the idea of a new dawn for south africa. as the african national congress we're knowing i want twenty nine thousand. election manifesto we do so and a crush on a moment in the history of our nation. after a period of died out in uncertainty we never minded a moment of oath and the promise of a new beginning for a party watched not only by corruption scandals but infighting between rival

factions aligned to either roma or former president jacob zuma the a.n.c. has used this event to highlight some of its achievements as the last election and its future plans for south africa but for many here it's much of the same from a new party president competing with the formal eda he's popular in this province there were concerns about how reports i would be received was in a tall is the home of former president zuma who resigned last year trying various corruption scandals involving him in the a.n.c. thunderous applause greeted zuma as he entered the stage with distinctly few a cheers for the president from our forces presidency however appears to have regained some support nationwide one survey shows sixty one percent support for the ruling party its closest competitor the democratic alliance trails with fourteen percent the manifesto appears to continue previous government policies including

free university education for students from poor and working class backgrounds and promising a more inclusive economy but a closing loop being the big one how they are led to the bible was the raw data bieber was allowed there probably given access to health and education but the emphasis on what has been wrong to do away with the quality of those services is what is wanted. from a force that acknowledged that corruption has weakened south africa's public institutions and went on to say it would not be tolerated as the a.n.c. winds up its one hundred seventh birthday celebrations and the launch of its plans ahead of the general election in may delivering results such as improve. when the economy and creating jobs remains a priority so does united front with factionalism remains a major threat to the agency's election success. al-jazeera president i'll

turn now to the story we've been bringing you on venezuela u.s. secretary of state has lashed out at president nicolas maduro describing his government as illegitimate joining us live. and from there as well analysis dot com we appreciate your time very much so illegitimate those are strong words do you think sex trade pump air has gone too far what is definitely not surprising and it is strange ironic that a government the u.s. government which was elected by winning less votes and its competitors in two thousand and sixteen feels it has a moral superiority to throw around these sort of words about other governments and this sort of description by on bail is more closely aligned to following the u.s. interests in the region then based on any sort of concrete reality on the ground the independent electoral observers here in venice way it may all describe the elections and free fair and transparent including the number of u.s.

mayors and another number of other represented based in washington and other parts of the world so you do call these elections a little illegitimate shows that they haven't read the letter of porcelain studied the actual what actually happened in the elections there already have done they would have come to that and there are countries in the ration though that that agree that say that they do not wreck will not recognize a second term for nicolas maduro well it's very it's in the interests of a lot of countries here in the region especially those which follow the the washington line at the moment colombia and brazil in the strongest sense to push this and even its way in rhetoric to promote their own policies but is it any good is it is it anti venezuela or anti and nicolas maduro those don't have to be the same thing. correct if it's against the bolivarian project which began in one thousand nine hundred nine here in venice florida i'm sorry say that again. there

that i'm being pushed by the washington aligned countries is i opposed to the bolivarian project which began here in one nine hundred ninety nine in venezuela ok so considering what washington is saying that might be saying and what certain other countries in the region are saying. how do you think this will affect al nicolas maduro leitz it's important to remember that there are huge amounts of countries across the world which effectively recognizing the government of lincoln or some other of the elections and the venezuelan legal process is there's a handful of governments which have failed to recognize him as president but these are called far outnumbered by the governments which do recognize them including some very important ones russia china and if you have it so i think the govern the new government of nicolas maduro but also you have to focus on those countries which want to work with venezuela rather than putting up brick walls against them.

and thank you so much for joining us and thanks for your patience with some of our technical issues we appreciate your time no problem. macedonia is urging greece to sign a deal to end a decades long name on friday macedonia parliament approved an agreement to change its name to the republic of north macedonia but it still needs backing from the great parliament athan says consistently blocks copius entry into nato and the promise to lift its veto if macedonia changed its name. these days together with our friend the republic of greece we will reject the isolation and the misunderstandings and to get confirmed this is story called decision i'm convinced that the lawmakers in the greek parliament also recognized a great role in this historical moment i believe that the greek parliament will find strength to come to an agreement but far more important are the citizens firstly we make new friends also greece makes new friends north macedonia. is

growing anger and lebannon over the worsening economy are calling for reforms but the country hasn't had a working government for eight months and they know how to reports and they were. 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 lebanese face. i am an employee with a low somebody and they cannot afford to hospitalized my mother every month they didn't admit her in the hospital also she needs four different by dissonance and the ministry offered to 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 we need because.

nobody cares about it and nobody has any plan for us i then in the movie that the. because in the throes of it is hard to attract crowds in a country controlled by sick terri and political parties. 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. us and try to. stop us from. 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 and. fiscal reforms are needed but. without a functioning government. politicians are fighting overseas but many here believe

even if those politicians agree on the government's formation little change the same political elite remain in charge nonsectarian civil society groups are trying to make a difference in the system for decades that's true that's correct they were very. good in the system to turn things into their advantage by sectarianism we will never accept defeat we will always make the same pressure we will always work on next and next and next elections and we will get somewhere for now the balance of power is not in their favor they can only hope their appeals for change are heard santa. fe route thousands of people are feared dead in southeast nigeria after a petrol tanker exploded a crowd scooping up fuel from the overturned vehicle and cross river state when it blew up play said the number of day could be as high as sixty thousands of people.