now that the deal has been approved in the former yugoslav macedonia the man has no room for ambivalence his political survival is at stake. last year's stance split the party and some independent greeks m.p.'s will support the government bringing it closer to a governing majority in this week's vote does seem confident that he can get three hundred fifty one votes and by pic he has already one hundred forty five m.p.g. so he needs another seeks and he clearly believes that he can pick up a few votes here and there in order to get to the one hundred fifty one threshold. the deal is meant to end the twenty seven year dispute and lift greece's objections to its neighbor joining nato and the e.u. . on friday the former yugoslav macedonian parliament approved a constitutional amendment to officially change the country's name to the republic of north macedonia now it's up to us to find a majority in the greek parliament to ratify the deal jumpstart ople us al-jazeera

athens catholic church has already paid out more than three billion dollars in sex abuse compensation now it's facing a federal investigation out of service kristen salome has met some of the survivors . in the diocese of harrisburg at the first in a series of meetings bishop ronald gaynor explains to catholics what's being done to stop clergy abuse and help victims including setting up a compensation fund i hope that this is a beginning it's one step to move forward for a better safer catholic church but it isn't enough for the forty sisters five of whom were abused in the diocese by the same priest they want all perpetrators and those who protect them to be held accountable in a court of law carolyn was still in diapers when her abuse started in her family's case there was evidence in the church paid a one million dollars settlement in exchange for not press. charges or talking

about the case last year when the pennsylvania attorney general released a state wide report on clergy abuse the forty's learned that the church had received another complaint against their abuser and done nothing that was validation to me for us and that's what victims are seeking they're seeking that moment in court it wasn't just the four unease the report found credible evidence that statewide some three hundred priests had abused more than a thousand children and that the church had a pattern of covering it up the revelations have led to a federal investigation and at least a dozen more states are now compiling their own reports in pennsylvania victims have been lobbying elected officials to suspend the statute of limitations in older cases and give victims two years to take the church in their abusers to court but legislation has gone nowhere amid fears lawsuits would bankrupt the church in new york churches have already made more than two hundred million dollars in payouts

camille bureaus oversees the awarding of funds for several dioceses and. these programs have afforded these victims an outlet a place to go an avenue to seek some sort of compensation and it mission what happened but elected official mark razi who was raped by a priest at thirteen believes changing the statute is the only way to hold the church accountable this is about the haruki. aiding and abetting known perpetrators of that allow this to go on and that's why i'm bad is that this has to stop courtney says she was heartened by what she heard at the meeting not from the bishop but from other catholics a lot of them are voicing that you know they're going to withhold their their financial contributions raising the pressure on politicians as well as the church christian salumi al-jazeera. harrisburg pennsylvania coming up in sports the

disputed decision that helped japan progress and to the knockout rounds of the asian. markets. culturally i believe that the muslims had a far greater effect on europe than europe on the middle east. the crusaders forward ferociously because they failed to recognize the moment you had arrived and

that it was in the the list campaign of colonization that exploded religion in the name of the cross of the crusades an arab perspective the final episode liberation this time on a. homeless hungry has become a criminal offense around the fining people living on the streets and a whole reports. the sleek clean boulevards of budapest this is how an increasingly also tyrian government wants them to look no refugees or illegal immigrants and no no homeless people either we are just trying to enable our author

of his to step up against something which we believe is against human nature and human dignity and we would like public spaces to get their meaning back and operate as they were intended it's not a decision the government took lightly a previous attempt was ruled a violation of human dignity by the constitutional court so the government changed the constitution itself all of which is heartbreaking to people like youngish torak youngish lives in a caravan after he lost his home his job even his family when a house fire and no insurance left him with crippling debt. i'm afraid of it i can't say better i'm afraid it could happen any time. i wake up every morning scared that someone may knock on my door and say we can take your stuff away go elsewhere the government did sists it's looking after the people being swept off the streets but we take care of them we provide shelter provisions and all the

support that is required not say social workers but they believe that the shelter system is mounted an assault on this problem heather and the government still thinks about opening some new show there is about the numbers show that there are more than thirty thousand people even homeless in hungary at the moment there are eleven thousand shattered places. cycling through the city volunteers carrying food and blankets search for those who've not made it to a shelter for the night in a railway station underpass where dozens once slept they find just three people. too many people in this in the shelters so there is a one hundred person and their way is there more than one hundred thirty yards or so it's a too crowded and overcrowding in the shelters so the volunteers means many homeless people have gone into hiding making them even more vulnerable to the elements

shelters like these this one is a private facility barely come close to meeting the needs of the homeless on the streets and while it's obviously a good idea to get people off the streets in below zero conditions like this and volunteers are doing what they can that's not the point behind the government's decision to criminalize homelessness in hungary one social worker described it as projecting power over the powerless jonah how al-jazeera budapest for saddam was part. thank you very much qatar through to the knockout rounds of the asian cup the twenty twenty two world cup host beat north korea six knelt to book their place in the last sixteen and. scored four goals in the line and he's top of the tournament scoring tarts with five north korea have now can see the ten goals in two games off to losing their open to saudi arabia for nail is the first time ever that qatar have won their opening two group games at the asian cup we need to get the three

points to go through. apart from the three very good result. and happy to qualify for the next room we need to start to prepare for the next one the does going to be a tough one because i play saudi arabia on thursday that game will decide which team goes into the knockout rounds as group winners lebanon and north korea have an outside chance of going through as one of the best placed teams. a group effort japan who are less convincing in their match against oman but the former champions held off their opponents to win a second straight match. which he scored the controversial penalty in the first half enough to send japan to the last sixteen but eight consecutive time. japan will be joined by back to stand in the knockout stages they are comfortable

for now when is over neighbors took mine is done it was but is the second straight victory in the tournament. scored twice with an impressive display to help his team go top of the group. tottenham have missed the chance to go second in the english premier league spurs were beaten one nailed by manchester united at wembley marcus russia with the only goal of the game or has now won six straight games since replacing those a motive in your as united's manager. say nine points behind leaders in liverpool second in the table manchester city play wolves on monday united are now back in realistic contention of four top four finish qualification for next season's champions league. for us it's three points. and we have to beat them today if you're going to have a chance to catch them. ten points behind them now with seven and seven points

touchable thirteen impossible to difficult now we've got a chance of barcelona star in our midst it has become the first day league history to school four hundred goals that goal it came against bar lewis was also netted twice as to a three nil victory to say five points clear at the top of the spanish league messes nearest rivals christiane are now those called three hundred eleven times during his time with the real madrid the new england patriots are one way to away from reaching the third straight super bowl five time when tom brady led his team to forty one to twenty eight victory over the los angeles charges in the divisional playoffs the patriots will now face the kansas city chiefs for a place in super bowl fifty three. all straight is it one that managed to avoid a mass pileup to claim victory

a sightly and down on the classic in adelaide the majority of riders a word taken out of contention by a crash just why the meters from the finish he won was able to steer clear of the chaos to win this title with a tie. to federer says andy murray's decision to quit tennis has hit his generation of players hard said rose speaking on the eve of the australian open a grand slam event where mari has reached a final five times o'mara says he's hoping to retire off to wimbledon later this year but mitt a persistent hip injury may force him to end his career before that such a one year old has won three grass them titles and to him pick gold medals of course i hope that he can play good history no doubt and he can keep playing beyond that and you know really finish to where you want to stretch and wimbledon that's what i hope i hope for him but of course i mean i. stop guys hard you

know because we know and they very well like him you just see him struggle so much and go through so much pain is. it's very sad and he did it hurts me you know as as you know he's a longtime friend colleague driver you know i've. nurtured a very. good relationship with him on and off the court. the ak is the defending women's champion the set seed is facing her own long term injury fight after being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis last yeah i think you just always tried to figure out what's working and what's not and and then you listen to the body and you try a few different things for me it's just you know just all the time making sure they can massage treatments. shots and do everything even more thoroughly than maybe in the past and then just listen extra you know and i'm

feeling good one day. and then you take an easier and the doc o'reilly is living up to his fearsome reputation as a race and to its second week spanish rukia laura and so santa leno had impressed during the first five stages of the riders suffered a race ending crash on the dunes of the curvy and desolate in the car competition two time champion also loudly else carter has held onto his overall lead event finishes all thursday. and that's i suppose from we'll have more later on top of the news hour keep it here more news on the other side of the break.

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of regional security. i'm richelle carey this is. coming up anger and frustration in zimbabwe as the president doubles the price of fuel. after nearly four decades on the run a former communist activist is extradited from bolivia to face murder charges in italy. and position later remains defiant after being arrested briefly for questioning president nicolas maduro. has arrived in riyadh on the latest leg of his not only store will be holding talks with saudi crown prince. and it's expected to include the murder of journalist.

tara few hours ago after calling on countries in the gulf to end their dispute saying it's gone on for far too long has more. mike bomb paling qatar with a message to the gulf countries and their dispute the west political crisis in decades for the gulf cooperation council president and i both believe the ongoing dispute in the region has dragged on too long and the dispute benefits adversaries and harms our mutual interests the emir of qatar shave to mean been hammered out than he greeted bomb peo after discussions with qatar's foreign minister said mohammed but i'll get a man out of fannie both countries say they are keen to consolidate trade and military cooperation that includes expanding the largest u.s. military base in the middle east and the date near the capital doha is home to the forward operating base of u.s. central command. and then we have discussed all the issues of interest for our

countries regional issues starting with the gulf cooperation council and the peace process in the middle east as well as the reconsolidation in afghanistan as well as other issues such as syria and counterterrorism. landed in qatar from the united arab emirates after visiting egyptian and behave in his flying to sandy arabia which have all imposed their eighteen month long land and sea blockade on qatar they accused the title funding extremism allegations strongly dismissed by a qatari leader as america's top diplomat has also visited jordan and is due in a man and kuwait on his middle east tour it's being seen as an attempt to rally support among key players in the region to counterbalance the growing influence of iran and i don't think that the administration plans for dealing with iran by

virtue of trying to organize a larger coalition are going to work simply because most states do not agree with us in our policies canceling the joint comprehensive plan of action that would have prevented iran if implemented from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon. the u.s. is due to host a conference in poland next month to discuss ways to curb iran's activities in the region and ensure middle east stability the u.s. is keen on building a bridge an alliance to counter what it considers to be a growing iranian influence in the gulf but that may be impossible as long as the diplomatic crisis in the g.c.c. continues. doha al-jazeera senior political analyst more on the show some entered into what might come here will be discussing whether harvard and someone in why the u.s. secretary of state's visit is so crucial. in particular he is now secretary of state. but when the gulf crisis first broke he was the rector of the cia and i'm

sure he would be looking and b.s. mohammed missile man in the eyes and would say we know we know what you've done how you manufactured the crisis with qatar and went on to blockaded on the basis of false information and in the process tried to deceive or present meaning thrum in order to take your side against qatar i think it's very clear for secretary book on pale former director of the cia what exactly went down here just as it is. quite obvious for his successor mrs hasp of the director of the cia today how riyadh or who in riyadh is responsible for the murder of journalist in the saudi consulate in istanbul so all of that knowledge all of the information is available to the secretary of state when he meets his counterparts or when he

meets the crown prince and the king of saudi arabia just as he did yesterday by the way when he met the crown prince and i would not be the question is whether he would be using that information the american leverage with the saudis and the him or ickes in order to end those misplaced to say the least those reckless policies carried by riyadh. in riyadh pompei as expected to bring up other sensitive issues many online are hoping that human rights will be among them or he'll mohammed has more. well iran and the wars in yemen and syria are expected to be discussed so is a backlash against the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi and this opinion piece in the new york times is attracting not so social media attention the sister of a women's rights activist jane who is currently in a saudi jail gives a detail account of assistance or deal who's calling on pompei or to raise the

plight of all activists in saudi jails she describes how sister jane has spent months in prison without being charged with she says she's been beaten water boarded given electric shocks and threatened with rape now do jane was arrested last may along with six other well known activists for what prosecutors describe as posing a threat to state security she is well known for her campaign to lift the ban on women driving in saudi arabia and that ban was lifted a month after her arrest in the new york times article his sister accuses royal advisor tani of law fing while he watched the torture being carried out she says on various occasions he threatened to rape and kill her then throw her body into the sewage system qahtani has been accused of orchestrating the killing of jamal khashoggi. pressure is mounting on the u.s. secretary of state to do more and can rule from human rights watch questions whether mike pompei a will seek the release of jailed saudi activists during his meeting with the crown

prince mohammed bin salon annecy international has also tweeted directly saying at least twelve saudi human rights offenders most of them women have been detained without charge since may twenty eighth in prison and many others us sharing the hash tag free lou jane and criticizing the saudi kingdom and one news the left because of what he calls oppression in the country and this was his message to the crown prince. usually you put a lot of people in jail with them limbs brazil atheists why do you talk to those who call for women's freedom why do you subject them to rape and how are spent what do you exactly want everyone is scared every now and then a saudi has left this country because a few i left my wife because of the oppression me more and more of saudis will leave the kingdom because of you you will destroy the country on foreign minister has been in iraq for talks just days after the secretary of state mike pompei i

made a surprise stop in baghdad on his regional tour zarif met with iraqi foreign minister mohammad ali came to talk about a wide range of issues including u.s. sanctions against iran also discussed allowing syria back into the arab league. zimbabwe as more than double the price of fuel overnight with the moves fail to ease the nationwide petrol and diesel shortage drivers have been hewing outside petrol stations in some cases for days the fuel shortages began in october and a nation that separate or severe economic downturn in recent years. we've heard from midnight tonight if you were a problem price of crude oil was eleven says who does that. three dollars fifty one this is really for true will come into effect these premises prayed created or in the ruling surgery or one to one

between be born nor the united states doing to but enter is assistant professor of political science at amherst college and massachusetts she explains that zimbabwe's economic crisis has been years in the making. everyone thinks that the economic downturn is recent i think you mentioned october that when things started going badly as alias last july last january and things have kind of west and since then the us should it is a particularly alarming right now with people spending days as you pray dimensions . in cuba i think what's really problematic is that the government does and it is impression that the zimbabwean currency which is the border know it has the same value as the u.s. dollar which is not true and i think that's what's making a lot of people angry today we saw videos of generals asking them how they can say that the u.s. dollar end is about window and the border nodes of equal value when the petrol prices actually different. you pay the price that an ounce but if you

for an hour or easier you know from a foreign embassy or whatever else you have to pay it had currency us and it's a different price for those people the whole premise from when especially after the amounts the new minister of finance is that you know we've got this one has to when and we have to implement price control but at meeting that it's not when he's two one in that the one note is until a ting would give power to the black market would give credence to what everybody has been saying that things are getting really difficult and the government needs a solution to the economy and it would also be difficult because the government is blaming western influences i just read a report with the government was saying that you know the watching the civil society organizations that they think are being influenced by some western organizations to call for a shutdown or in protests that in tomorrow so if they have needs that the currency

is not speak well then you know it's it shows that the citizens are rights and the citizens can't be right in zimbabwe or put into the government. a crackdown on fuel theft by mexico's new president is leading to major congestion and ports more than seven million barrels of imported fuel are waiting to be offloaded from ships that's enough to keep mexico going for several days president. doors trying to cut theft of fuel from pipelines by switching distribution from pipelines to trucks pledge to major shortages at the pumps and queues of lorries at ports still ahead on al-jazeera. minister kashmir leads to more violence. that's for sure pros on the need to prepare children for potential disasters.