assets shifted out of the u.k. change aviation plus small creepy elitist consumer gadgets connected to the internet all i'm sure would last countered with cost zero. zero. zero kerry this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes as the u.k. parliament prepares to vote on the prime minister's deal to put the e.u. no sign of agreement on the name political price in. the u.s. and turkish leaders talk by phone on a security plan for northern syria after a threatening tweet from donald trump angered ankara. protesters in zimbabwe furious at a doubling of fuel prices and

a snap government decision. and support and the marine loses at the australian open and what could have been the final match his career. began in the u.k. where prime minister theresa may has been urging him to take a second look at her bricks and deal and a last ditch attempt to win support ahead of tuesday's key vote may is facing likely defeat in parliament decides on the divorce agreement she did with the e.u. so what happens next if she loses the vote to resign may well have three days to come up with the plan b. and deliver britain's next steps to parliament by january twenty first she could ask parliament to vote again on the deal after seeking further reassurances from the e.u. but time is running out and e.u. leaders have already made clear they are not willing to renegotiate she could ask you to delay brock's it by a few months or even seek to drop. the country's plan to leave

a second referendum is possible but would need the support of a majority in parliament the labor party has said it will call for a vote of no confidence if if may's deal rather is rejected and that could lead to a snap election but without a resolution the u.k. will crash out of the e.u. on march twenty ninth without a deal in a moment we'll hear more from jonah hall on britain's options first though here's lawrence lee on the day's debate in parliament. to reason may spend the whole of today and the evening trying to persuade a still deeply skeptical parliaments and crucially her own conservative party to try to back the deal but on all sides people plainly have not changed their opinion the hardbacks has those who want to leave plenty without any deal still regard what she has to offer as giving in to the european union and those who want a much softer brecht's it's all no blacks at all don't appear to have changed their minds either arguing that the u.k.

would stay in of all base of the european union but would still not have any powers and frankly it would end up being a much worse deal than the deal that the u.k. has at the moment inside the european union so at this point in time it does look very much as though her deal will fail one projection tonights from the british broadcaster suggested that she could even lose by upwards of two hundred votes and if that happened it seems to me to be absolutely inconceivable that she could then claim that she could go back to the european union and ask for some more so than the go see asians or concessions from them when she tried to address parliament in the afternoon before the debate started she said when peace look history will judge you very badly indeed if you don't vote for my deal in return they laughed at us and the history books are written people will look at the decision.

people will look at the decision of this house tomorrow and so did we deliver on the country's vote to leave the european union. we safeguard our economy our security and our. four day train that the british people damn. so of course the question everyone is asking is what happens if her deal goes down by a substantial margin the real nuclear options either abandoning the whole project calling a second referendum or a general election seems to be relatively remote for the time being since there are still about seventy five to eighty days left before the u.k. is supposed to leave one option is that she could hold what are called indicative votes with m.p.'s basically raising their hands just as just as a test to see if there is any support for any other sorts of deal but there appears not to be that's either and frankly the most likely scenario at least in the shortest is that in the coming days to reason they will have to announce either

a suspension or a delay to article fifty the withdrawal agreement for leaving the european union and sick it further down the road but at the moment it looks like she has lost or is about to lose the battle to get a deal through and if that happens then you can expect something else as yet unknown to have to happen instead. less than eighty days to go until day and the odds are in favor of britain actually exiting the european union on march the twenty ninth lessen by the day. two and a half years since britain voted to neve and the country is run by a government that lost its majority in an ill judged election going on to secure a brink's a deal with brussels that by prime minister to resume a loathed by many others critics see it as a surrender of british sovereignty a trap binding britain to the e use customs union i know this is not everyone's perfect deal it is

a compromise but if we let the perfect be the enemy of the good there we risk leaving the e.u. which eritrea and while the prospect of no deal was demonstrated with a fake traffic jam by the department of transport who promised long queues and lengthy customs checks at u.k. borders others in government of warned of grave consequences if the p.m.'s deal is voted down what is more likely if this deal is rejected is that we have the risk of paralysis and. when that happens no one happened the government says that would destroy the public's faith in democracy not that there's much of it around we are closer. than ever. hello freeze over before she gets that deal through parliament how do we get out of this mess. just accept the world trade organization leave in those terms no deal and britain will be fine this is

a deal world trade organization is a deal it's a deal the whole world these are extraordinary times in the history of this ancient democracy a country bitterly divided a government clinging to power by its fingernails and a parliament that doesn't seem to want the deal on offer but current agree on very much else. and an opposition leader himself a lifelong euro skeptic determined to do what the e.u. says it won't renegotiate the brakes deal but first jeremy called in must also pull off the near impossible we know a vote of no confidence in the government forcing a general election i can think of no greater example of democracy in action than for this house to reject a deal that is clearly true this country. the uncertainty could mean delaying the u.k.'s exit from the bloc extending its article fifty notice period and that would be the very moment when those in favor of

a second referendum unlikely to strike campaigners for a so-called people's vote believe the time is close when britain will have no other option. the president states and turkey have discussed the situation in northern syria over the phone. from donald trump on sunday warning. economy if its forces attacked kurdish fighters in northern syria the turkish foreign minister responded by saying that they would be achieved by threatening his country as government sees kurdish wipe fighters as an extension organization which is outlawed in turkey. we can see the difficult situation that mr trump is in now there are serious pressure on him and he took the decision of withdrawing however the security divisions are putting constant pressure to stop this and we know that the latest tweet is a domestic policy message. we have said several times that we are not

going to be afraid of any threats and will not bow down to it nothing can be achieved by threatening turkey economically and i can ask the latest from washington d.c. . well the phone call appears to be an attempt to pour oil on the deeply troubled waters of the u.s. turkey relationship a relationship that was further deteriorate to buy president trumps tweets sunday in which he threatened the economic action against turkey should it take action against kurds when the u.s. troops withdrawal from north eastern syria but the phone call in the course of the day went ahead reports both from the white house and the turkish presidency indicate very satisfactory talks it was a broad base of agreement on what is happening in north eastern syria and it would appear some agreement as to what happens next when those u.s. troops withdraw now instant importantly there was no mention in the original white

house statement about a safe zone being established in northeastern syria this despite the fact that in the turkish presidency statement there was reference to a safe zone to be established that would not infringe on syria's territorial integrity however in the course of today president trump has now tweeted saying that it was a very satisfactory conversation with the president earlier one and making mention of a twenty mile safe zone not specifying exactly where it is but matters may clarify in the course of the week when the chairman of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff holds talks with his turkish counterpart that will be a tangible discussions one would expect as to exactly what happens when the u.s. forces go ahead and leave northeastern syria. america's top diplomat is in oman on the final leg of his middle east tour earlier on monday secretary of state like pale held talks with saudi leaders in riyadh they discuss the war in yemen and the

murder of a saudi journalist carried out by agents of the kinda. reports. u.s. secretary of state mike bump with saudi leaders in riyadh a crucial stopover in his middle east toward. they have agreed on the need for a continued deescalation in yemen and the implementation of the recent agreements signed in sweden saudi arabia faces bounty and international pressure to and the nearly four year old war in yemen. another important issue hanging over the visit is the murder of saudi journalist. or expectations have been clear from early on. every single person who has responsibility for the murder of jamal khashoggi needs to be held accountable. and the crown prince i spoke about this with king solomon as well they both acknowledged that that

accountability needed to take place it was killed in a toll inside the kingdom's consulate in istanbul the findings of the saudi prosecutor what dismissed by the turkish government and world leaders as insufficient on sunday pompei a was in qatar where he called on gulf countries to and that dispute the political crisis in decades for the gulf cooperation council america's top diplomat also visited jordan behind the u.a.e. egypt and our man after canceling a visit to kuwait to attend a family funeral emir has played a crucial role in trying to mediate and to the blockade of gaza. in june two thousand and seventeen saudi arabia u.a.e. behind rein and egypt cut off relations with doha accusing it of supporting groups

it charles has strongly denied the u.s. is due to host a conference in poland next month to discuss ways to curb iran's activities in the region you have arabian backed these iranian backed hezbollah iranian backed shia militias in iraq iranian backed forces in syria each case the root of the challenge stems from the revolutionary nature of this long nic regime and their efforts abroad but many u.s. allies fear a us iran confrontation could lead to further instability in the region mobbed by violence. claymore head and the news hour including alison's of teachers in los angeles go on strike for the first time in thirteen years no relief in sight but the economy on life support we will look at the state of health care in venezuela. and in sport agony for india's footballers are patient up and they

will have that. police in zimbabwe have fired bullets and tear gas to stop riots on the first day of a three day anti-government strike or testers are trying to shut down the country by erecting barricades barricades and burning tires they want the government to address an economic crisis that has more than doubled fuel prices sturgeon reports . frustration over zimbabwe's worst economic crisis in a decade ignited rights and prompted a three day strike by unions protesters tried to shut down the capital harare and the southern city of bull away oh by erecting barricades and burning tires police responded by shooting live rounds trying to disperse rioters with water cannons and tear gas the uproar began over the weekend when zimbabwe's president emerson and gaga announced that fuel prices would more than double digit someone just wakes up

and decides to increase the fuel price we have demanding that the price be reduced to its proper price the information minister tweeted clever people know what to do avoid fuel guzzlers cancel unnecessary trips and use bicycles do not protest in the streets you can lose a limb in skirmishes that unprecedented increase is seen by qana missed as a way for the government to control an economy that is once again in danger of freefall not only is there a shortage of cash and fuel but eighty percent of the population is unemployed or not is good it will present a career as a date anyone above eighteen years of age is standing at home without a job the government should do something because we farted for them. lack of fuel barricaded roads and burning tires have prevented people from going to work and school protesters are demanding the government meet with opposition leaders to figure out how to end the economy's downward spiral others are resorting to looting

for overpriced basic goods and drivers are queuing for hours to try to get fuel at petrol stations that have mostly run dry but i wonder that we can't say we are a country when we are paying five dollars for public transportation and spending more than five days in a fuel queue and when the president appears on t.v. not saying anything useful inflation rose to thirty one percent two months ago that's the highest it's been since two thousand and eight when the international monetary. fund reported it at more than five hundred billion percent the president at the time robert mugabe abandoned the currency his government adopting the dollar and the crisis wiped out people's savings and pensions ten years on president emerson man on dog was touring russia europe and asia hoping to lure investments into his mineral rich country and avert an economic disaster. john al-jazeera

armenia's president has officially appointed former protests. as prime minister singh in the landslide win in elections last month cemented his leadership after he saw up to power and peaceful anti-government protests last year a civil contract party won more than seventy percent of the vote according to former journalist has pledged to bring an end to corruption and tackle widespread poverty. and as president nicolas maduro has increased the minimum wage as part of a series of measures to boost the country's crippled economy is under growing pressure to step down after countries in the reagent announced a second term as illegitimate reports on caracas where public health services are crumbling. the hospital of the university of us was once one of the best not just in venezuela but in latin america but matters have deteriorated dramatically in the recent years as institutions and people deal with the impact of the ongoing economic crisis good morning eighty years old and fell in the subway she says she's

barely getting any food to believe that there is nothing here nothing look at what we are being fed it's cold and i don't want to eat it but what am i going to do also in the room there are patients who have suffered heart attacks and strokes others being treated for gunshot wounds employees from the hospital allowed us to come here to this emergency room to see the situation on the ground they see that they need many scenes hold for the patients but you can see here. last weekend electricity in the hospital went out for several hours at least two patients died during that time staff say the toll may be in fact higher so these think it's on the a solid you think it's all seen caucus they said there were five and then seven who died there are twelve bodies in the morgue and we are trying to find out when they died we have been telling the government that the generators were broken for months and nobody heard us. venezuela's president. blamed the

blackout on the opposition describing it as a terrorist act with infrastructure feeling empty shelves and shortages of even the most basic drugs president maduro announce his latest economic recovery plan he told the country's constituent assembly that it was aimed at ending what he's described as an economic war kill sylar you'll need a more last year now. the national minimum wage is going to be in half a petro and eighteen thousand bolivars for the working class are three hundred percent increase he also pledged to distribute food supplies every fifteen days and said the country had now enough money to cultivate at least three million hectares of crops but many believe he's being unrealistic here is an important at worst in a matter of what you do two thousand and nineteen is going to be a year with brutal hyperinflation and the government's response is primitive because they are fright of the potential costs of reducing public spending in hospitals and on the streets it's the people of venezuela who are paying the price

of an economic crisis which has left our country virtually bankrupt and unable to help those in desperate need. of us as president i will try and pass rejected a call by some fellow republicans to temporarily reopen the government a partial shutdown is now longer so us history and us left hundreds of thousands of public workers without pay their way how could reports. washington at a standstill it's weekend snowfall only compounding the problems brought on by the historic partial government shutdown some federal workers off because of the shutdown or the snow are ending up at food banks the strain of uncertainty is evident. bad. these families depend on this page. two little ones my wife who doesn't work. it's hard for single income families.

in louisiana on monday u.s. president donald trump insisted there is widespread support for his bid to get five point seven billion in funding to build a wall between the united states and mexico to stop illegal immigration the key sticking point to ending the stalemate he suggests his democratic opponents are simply campaigning for the next presidential election they think that's a good thing for twenty twenty because they're not going to win. they think if they can stop me from building the wall that's good this is the reason why they don't want the wall built but over the weekend some top republicans including trump ally senator lindsey graham suggested temporarily reopening the government to restart border security negotiations with democrats trunks rejected the idea steady took jabs at some democrats who instead of negotiating attended a fundraiser in sunny puerto rico where government workers remain frozen out you

want to shut eye on early in negotiations trump promised democrats and take blame for the shutdown in order to make good on his border wall campaign promise i will take the mantle of shouting and he has new poll numbers so more than half the country fifty three percent blame president rushing all republicans for the shutdown but even more sixty six percent believe the president should not declare a national emergency to break the stalemate that the board of urgency this is so simple you should not go out i have the absolute legal right to call it but i'm not busy to do that congressional members are back in session this week and could craft a deal on immigration to reopen the government. but they'll still need the president's support to get it done kimberly helped get al-jazeera washington. tens of thousands of teachers have gone on strike in los angeles to demand a pay rise and better conditions the city is the second largest school district in

the u.s. with more than six hundred thousand students it's the first strike by the l.a. teachers' union and thirty years reports. while sensualist public school teachers walked the picket lines in a downpour monday morning here we are in a fight for the so public education many parents and students turned out in the show with support our teachers are heroes here for trying to do this every single day teachers want to pay increase controls on for profit charter schools that receive taxpayer funds and more spending on support staff like nurses counselors and librarians above all they are demanding more spending to reduce class sizes. martha attwell has taught english at john marshall high school for twenty three years i have over forty students in the class and we have students teachers here who have classes that actually have over fifty students tens of thousands of

teachers and their supporters rallied in front of l.a. city hall california is among the richest of the fifty us states but ranks forty third in terms of the amount of public funds spent per student happen as much as new york don't want. the school board says it can't afford all the union's demands in part due to the heavy cost of pension and health benefits provided to retired teachers we are in discussions with the governor with the mayor with the state superintendent of public education because it is our desire to have all of our educators well supported while schools remain open during the strike staffed by administrative personnel substitute teachers and parent volunteers many parents are concerned about their children's safety and about the quality of instruction they'll receive while their teachers are manning the picket lines at el serino

middle school in east l.a. students gathered in the library to work on lessons everything appeared quiet orderly and under control but about three quarters of the children who normally attend school were absent leaving usually busy whole ways oblate quiet principal joyce darragh says the school is well prepared these are our kids and they know us and they're comfortable with us so i think that anything that comes up will be able to support our students the l.a. strike is part of a growing movement teachers in several u.s. states who walked out last year and won higher pay and other concessions how long the l.a. strike will last no one knows with these children's education at stake robert oulds al-jazeera los angeles. greece riot police have fired tear gas at primary school teachers marching towards parliament the violence broke out when demonstrators

tried to place your order in the parliament buildings some protesters also threw fireworks at police the teachers who are on a twenty four hour strike say schools are understaffed and are demanding more permanent jobs. the u.s. wants to help challenge russia's cast on minutes in europe its deputy energy secretary has been in talks with the gulf state about supplying the european market qatar is the world's top liquefied natural gas supplier but russia's new board stream to pipeline means it will provide sixty percent of germany's gas imports and september katara said it would invest eleven point six billion dollars to strengthen its ties with germany over the next five years for me now via skype from jacksonville florida eleanor hall president of transfer of soul consulting we appreciate your time very much so this. if you will to push back against russia qatar has a significant stake in rosneft would this be seen as qatar antagonizing russia

would they be hesitant to do this. well couldn't see to you the interesting position here because they have definitely indicated that they are interested in profiting off of the european natural gas market qatar is apparently looking to invest along with the russian for nova tech in an l n g facility and there certainly you know have some contacts to sell and g.e. to europe the issue here is i think not so much qatar stake in rosneft but the competition that gazprom offers and gazprom is really the one that supplies europe with so much gas and qatar really can't compete price who eyes with the nord stream to pipeline it's much cheaper to transport natural gas by a pipeline that it is to liquefy it and transport it by ship and then read gasify it but they're definitely looking for openings to get into the door to get

a greater stake in the european natural gas market so the u.s. trying to convince iran to branch out so what are the challenges there. well the challenges are both in terms of price it's much more expensive to to deal with the liquefied gas but also the fact that. there are some very difficult contracts that qatar and europe have in fact pelley they offer two different kinds of contracts that are not particularly favorable to europe in fact some of these contracts are so poorly done that the e.u. is actually investigating them if qatar could definitely change here or alter its contract structure they would definitely find i think more willing markets it's actually in europe's favor even if it's a little bit more expensive or or significantly more expensive to diversify its sources of natural gas relying almost entirely on russia is not

a good idea or any circumstances i guess the most basic question is why is the u.s. fishing back against russia on this when i think that they're also concerned about russia having a stranglehold on europe there's been times in the past where europe has actually been able to really have a major effect on europe's economy and the health of the european people by holding up natural gas shipments over contract disputes and other things and the united states doesn't want europe to be in that position and i think the united states is also looking for markets for its own liquefied natural gas and if they can get more infrastructure in place a look at natural gas require certain kinds of infrastructure around europe then the u.s. would also potentially have a market there for its natural gas as well elon wall president of trans personal consulting thank you you thank. still ahead on al-jazeera the former

leader of ivory coast six acquittal on war crimes charges at the hague raising fears of political tension at home plus. somehow in my country the manifestation of happiness is not allowed to fail banned in iran gets its u.s. premiere at a festival celebrating the best in iranian cinema and then support the host nation aims to stay on course for a place in the knockout rounds of the asian cup. from dusky sunsets if you springs over. to some rice atop an asian metropolis. hello you're about to see another anomaly should be nice and dry often foggy as it was the last couple of mornings in eastern china at this time of the year but this cloud is more than just a bit of clan in the immediate future it just shows a little bit a tendency to produce some rain this cold coming from the nortons but the warms

with humidity ringing out from the south you see this in the spring we should see it really midwinter because the result is this again i have to season rain coming up from miramar touching northern vietnam through your non to a massive snow and more or less the middle of us in the middle of southern china that should be some but not really this amount hong kong remains active it eighteen degrees for you there curiously despite what's going on in china there's a great lack of showers are a good part of the philippines malaysia and indonesia yes there's plenty of white dots here but used to go to great a chance of saving sunshine and getting a shower for another day or so at least we've seen some heavy ones in borneo we might even see them repeat we see want to have you on down in java good in jakarta again they could be repeated but it's not particularly wet considering we are in rainy season it won't last that way you can see sort of ways since in a way he has been getting pounded by frequent showers who are clearly more to come . the weather sponsored by cats on race. whether

online i want to start here on my laptop with a tweet or if you join us on sat there was a rush of adrenaline would be felt this is the moment that we have been waiting for this is a dialogue the government has coalface i may go protest i'll strike to police to use force to disperse the crowds everyone has a voice vote for lots of different reasons what's different types of bricks join the global conversation on al-jazeera. the most memorable moments with al-jazeera was when i was on hosni mubarak fell with the crowds in tahrir square to all three . if something happens anywhere in the world al-jazeera is in place we're able to cover news like no use organization. we're able to do it properly. that is all strength.

now watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now britain's prime minister has urged him pace to take a second look at her deal ahead of a key vote on tuesday may's facing likely defeat in parliament votes on the divorce agreement she has negotiated with the e.u. . the us and our presidents have spoken by phone to discuss the situation in northern syria they talked about a plan for the strategic city of monday's earlier donald trump threatened to devastate turkey's economy if it attacked kurdish fighters close to its border. place and zimbabwe have fired. bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters angry

over a hike in fuel prices indians have called for a three day strike among the government to find a solution to the country's economic crisis. france's president has launched a two month national debate to address the concerns of b.l.o.b.'s protesters in an open letter he said he would listen to ideas but warned he will not back down from his two thousand and seventeen election promises of reports from paris. for more than two months france's yellow vests protesters have been on the streets angry over the cost of living and the political system and president they say ignores the poorest kid movie vertical news you could part with discuss us is that no one listens we accept paying taxes but why don't the richest pay the government has tried and failed to stop the demonstrations by offering some financial concessions now in a letter to the nation emanuel mccall says he hopes that a new national citizens debate will transform people's anger into solutions we

won't agree on everything that's normal that's democracy but at least will show that we are a people who are not afraid to speak to exchange views and debates and perhaps will discover that we might even agree despite our different persuasions often more than we think the protesters we spoke to in paris all saturday will take some convincing i did fit. this debate is the creation of an oligarchy that controls everything but imposes the themes to be discussed yes they will let us talk but they won't listen the national debate will be divided into things such as social services taxes and citizenship people will be able to take polls or knowing or in person at meetings organized by mez villages and towns across the country and while some people welcome the initiative others say it's nothing more the political marketing. this deputy mayor from normandy is in paris along with other regional leaders to discuss

the debate with ministers. in the prison i think people are tired and fed up they expect nothing from this debate they want actions i actions speak louder than words people on the president to come up with concrete measures that respond to their needs some analysts say the two months debate is a gamble for macro awfully sweet of him either he succeeds in unifying some moderate voters mostly in the political center and he shows that he can continue to reform the country all the debate comes to nothing and he will no longer be able to pass his major reforms. when micro came to power in twenty seventeen he promised to reform france two years on and he's battling his worst political crisis the question now is whether he can calm tensions and stop protestors like these who say they have no intention of backing down natasha butler al-jazeera paris victims of post-election violence and i are very close to eight years ago had protested

against the possible release of former president iran back borough international criminal court is about on the side whether to acquit and free him after seven years in prison accused of crimes against humanity nicholas hart met with some of the victims in abidjan and has this report. it's a catchy tune celebrating laurent gbagbo a war criminal for prosecutors of the international criminal court. a folk hero for the people of you put on a popular suburb of abidjan. like he does the reason i will go with me if you like that the i.c.c. has made be even more popular he is not a man of dollars but a man of peace we need him to come back and it's to come back to the other man it's the only way this country can afford accused of crimes against humanity as judges will rule over by bush requests to be acquitted in released after spending seven years in prison. he was picked up in two thousand and eleven found hiding with his wife simone in a hotel room

a humiliating moment for this former head of state unwilling to hand over power to newly elected ouattara stoking divisions and calling for ivorians to throw out foreigners was air force lead by example bombing a french military base killing several soldiers france the former colonial ruler quickly intervened in support of ouattara but was supporters known as the young patriots went from house to house killing anyone they thought were foreigners or supporters of ouattara in four months three thousand were killed. among them is seaman sabera son he was walking home after work when he was lynched right in front of his mother didn't want to do not want to continue bit by bit. if back buoys free the violence will come back and it could get even worse maybe another person will take power and create the same problems we don't want to see him walk away from these crimes. question prosecutors at the i.c.c. provided overwhelming evidence of crimes but few witnesses could link the former

head of state directly sabera son was found here along thirty seven other bodies in a mass grave years later while vog bose supporters believe any move to free the former head of state from the international criminal court is a move towards reconciliation for those living in this community it would revive tensions and divisions that lead to sabera son's killing crimes committed by watching his supporters have largely gone unpunished by both is a divisive but popular figure outspoken has become a symbol of the opposition against ouattara and against friends that continues to wield influence over this country. with this latest i.c.c. hearing emotions are running high at stake is a country trying to move on from its recent violent past a desire for reconsideration before justice nicholas hawke al-jazeera.

thousands of garment workers in bangladesh have been protesting after rejecting a proposed pay rise and players had agreed to increase workers' pay after a week of protests that turned violent has more from dhaka. after several days of discussion between the government the union and the garments manufacturer association and their government on monday decided to revise the white structure all of the garment workers at least in six categories out of seven the garment workers have rejected that wage and the demonstration begins again today in industrial area a major highway between doc and r.h. i was blocked this is at least they are protests by the garment workers in the industrial areas many of the factories remain shut garment manufacturer associations say the workers go back to their ward they will lose their salary some of them decided to shut down the factories out of danger this is one of the most

viable sector for bangladesh economy eighty percent of the income onto export comes from textile and garments a very strategic area the government and the industry cannot afford to have protests going on for several weeks like this this could really export sector for bangladesh but unless the uni and the government and the manufacturers agree on a clear time where it is satisfactory to the garments workout it appears that the protests might still continue china's trade dispute with the united states is taking a toll on its economy exports have fallen to their lowest point in two years while imports are also down twenty reports from. the world's largest trading country has been trading last. according to china's customs administration exports fell by four point four percent in december while imports were at their lowest levels in twenty sixteen concerns for the year ahead underlined at

a news conference in beijing early in two thousand and nine the biggest here the worry for china's foreign trade is through the complex and grim external environment uncertain and stable factors a stew numerous protectionism. from certain countries a rare in their heads. a slowdown in global demand and the continuing trade dispute with the united states are being blamed for the current predicament china find itself in china and the us are midway through a ninety day truce in the tit for tat trade which started last april a delegation from washington was engaging last week to continue negotiations but very few details from the missing have so far been released with just over forty days left of the trade truce the seems to be still no solution in sight analysts say china's shrinking trade figures could be used by washington to increase

pressure on beijing i think beijing clearly has the pressure there on your thoughts restore. the best of their leadership and it to restore bester confidence such as. nationally so i think a.j. clearly does that and i think the u.s. . agent. here and they will put pressure because despite the lower figures china posted a record surplus in its trade with the united states last year with more than three hundred twenty billion dollars the largest in more than a decade that's a sore point for the u.s. and according to the trumpet ministration a major justification for its trade with china but the apparent good news there's little to distract from china's cooling economy december's low trade. a disappointing event when consumer spending also fell contributing to a gloomy economic stuff to twenty nineteen. al-jazeera. the detroit auto

show is underway with high powered sports cars and taking center stage but the trade war between china and the us has ever shadowing that what some bearing a slowdown across the industry john hendren reports. the most renowned auto show in north america opened with the drama glamour. and muscle cars descending from above auto makers rolled out those were the new models including cadillacs x t six utility key is tele ride and ford shelby mustang g.t. five hundred the fast is street legal for down the road there were concept cars that might one day hit the road like the infiniti q x inspiration in the lexus convertible. but the mood among the automakers at the twenty one thousand north american international auto show in detroit is somewhat somber global auto sales which boomed from two thousand and ten to twenty sixteen have slowed g.m.

is closing plants ford is partnering with to make its cars in europe and sales in china have plummeted amid a u.s. trade war perhaps the contraction in the overall number of vehicles that they sell but they're shifting their production process toward producing more trucks and less of that and while some automakers brought the drama there are fewer of them here this year b.m.w. mercedes volvo porsche jaguar and land rover are all skipping the event this year opting to reveal new models online or at their own events instead their exodus has left room for other lights to shine and the winner the jets. that's just may be known as the year when korean cars really came into their own. hyundai's co no one utility of the year and this is the car of the year the g seventy by genesis. price between thirty and fifty thousand dollars this car

competes with entry level b.m.w. and mercedes showing that korea is now in the sports car market. the north american truck of the year is the ram fifteen hundred. and sit in sales slow and u.s. manufacturers retooled to make electric going to tournament cars sport utility and truck sales remain strong including chrysler's massive ram fifteen hundred the truck of the year. we're very happy with the performance that we had in in two thousand and eighteen and now with this new pickup truck here this new heavy duty we're looking for even better things in two thousand and nineteen but amid the celebration in the motor city automakers here are fretting over forecasts that consumers will hit the brakes on new car sales in twenty nineteen john hendren al-jazeera detroit on in cinema has long had a world class reputation now it's getting a wider american audience at the first iranian film festival to be held in new york

organizers are hoping it will help bridge the divide between the two countries out a serious question salumi reports. just getting to new york was no small feat for bachmann farm inara i'm excited to do whatever i come to new york the only iranian director able to travel to the iranian film festival under the trumpet ministrations travel ban but the seventy eight year old is used to having to navigate tricky political situations his film i want to dance is getting its u.s. premiere at the festival after a four year ban back home where dancing is for bed end with them i don't know of any religion that bans happiness but somehow in my country the manifestation of happiness is not allowed in the. but again i'm bushnell to say it was a b.s. . aronian film directors are known for their subtle touch and symbolism the comedy

pig uses satire to make its political points as its result of their ancient very sophisticated artistic culture but it's also a way of avoiding the censors. because there are a lot of rules and regulations that are placed on iranian filmmakers. the country's film industry has gained international acclaim cling to oscars for best foreign film in the last decade but still is not well known in the u.s. something organizers are hoping to change there are so many films being produced by younger tis that are not being shown outside and they don't and they deserve a platform to be and to be shown they hope that people who come to watch films like sheeple will go home believing that ronnie and that americans have much in common there is an amazing be distorted view of. how and what iran is about they think that you know. everything is grim yes life is grim and so many

ways because of the sanctions and other things but people are calling people of the generous farmer nora hopes the festival can also help change the script when it comes to us iranian political relations kristen salumi al jazeera new york. and i got in sport a wedding star for the defending women's champion at the australian. on counting the cost blame it on breaks it one trillion dollars worth of assets shifted out of the u.k. change is in the aviation plus small and creepy the latest consumer gadgets connected to the internet on show in las vegas counting the cost on al-jazeera.

time for sport with andy. thank you very much well former world number one andy murray says he'll do everything he can carry on playing at the highest level but admits he may need further surgery on a hip injury for that to happen murray was talking after

a first round exit of the australian open sun hamish reports. could this have been andy murray's last match the former world number one was up against a bit of a to stow goods in the first round of the australian open the britain was unable to finish off a determined comeback and prolong his stay at a tournament where he's been a finalist on five ok's and my has been struggling with a persistent hip injury went down to five sets is his first opening round loss at a grand slam in eleven years. i mean i've look of on a sailboat playing here over the years it's an amazing place to play tennis if this was my last match like you say amazing way. to end i gave say everything i had i don't know maybe maybe i'll see you again.

last friday at murray broke down during a press conference as he'd made it injury was likely to end his career in the coming months mari underwent a hip surgery last year but hasn't been able to regain full fitness the thirty one year old now has to decide if a further operation could be the answer i have basically two. like two options and one is to take the next four and a half months off and build up and you know play wimbledon if i if i want to try and play again and you know i want to improve my quality of life because even if i take four months off i still can't walk like i'm still in pain in doing the you know just basic day to day things. but having an operation like that there's absolutely no guarantees i'll be able to play again and there's little doubt i'm ari has been a big part of the greatest ever generation of players thirty seven roger federer is

still competing and winning but the era of federer nadal djokovic and murray is nearing and. carrying the weight of britain on his shoulders you know for british tennis i was not easy for him and i think you could see that it was no always simple at times for him and i think at the end all of us also the players were extremely happy that it and of winning wimbledon and davis cup and olympic gold and all these things it's very sad that you have to take two you have to take that position i'm really going to miss you once for not only as a player but most importantly as a person you have to be mature league tournament organizers played murray this tribute from fellow plays after his defeat thank you my friend all the best. then himself is yet to decide if this really is the end time the honeymoon all just here. well earlier on we spoke for sports correspondent says we shouldn't

be writing murray off just yet. that though is tantalizingly open isn't it if this was my last match it was an amazing way to end maybe i'll see you again i'll do everything possible to try and talk about big operation that he needs i think is very clear that ali moore is not in a position to challenge for grand slam titles and when told him and says he's done throughout the years but it's that fight in him to desperately hold on to what he is a tennis player that's the career he wants it doesn't want to move into other areas we saw it on the court i think we was surprised even his most ardent fans would have expected him to come back from two sets down and put in a battle lot that considering he was clearly in pony has been implied for the best part of two years now his sojourn would appear to contradict him in saying it was so difficult for him but not impossible for him to actually be in a position to for instance by our top wimbledon where he made history by becoming

the first british man to win the men's singles for seventy three years when he did it in twenty thirteen but what he hasn't done is to retire and i think in sport often we want things to be black and white he's either retired or he hasn't retired this is a line who just wants to fight on rafael nadal has his own injury worries but he's three it's around so he beat australia's james duckworth in straight sets that out and that his twenty eighteen it sees an early to undergo ankle surgery at someone this grand slam title since back in two thousand and nine. and the dow was still on his toes in the post much press conference when he spotted one veteran journalist having unscheduled and. not interesting to the. other. going on until eleven.

no u.s. fog was closing your eyes to be more focused on what they're saying. if. the women's champion carolina all saw through in her first grand slam since being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis she is past her belgian opponent allison benoit frank it was nike winning in straight sets six three six four. like i played were served was served well and she's really stepped it up with her serves i feel like. and the second. and. i got there when it was not an easy. wimbledon champion undulate kirby dropped just four games in a straight sets win over poland hertzog of slovenia became the first german woman since steffi graf to win a grand slam when she beat serena williams in the australian open final three years ago. and former world number one maria sharapova had an easy match against british qualifier harry dart the russian going for her second title in melbourne beat the

brits in losing a single game. now much to city of pics of a crucial three points in the race to win the english premier league title city beating walls three nil to move within four points of leaders liverpool now host nation the united arab emirates got the point they needed to progress into the knockout rounds of football's asian cup the u.a.e. drawing will not only harlem the result means both teams move into the last sixteen . hylander into the knockout rounds for the first time since nineteen seventy two. while the other group played games between india and bahrain a point for india it would have seen them go through but an injury time penalty won the game for bahrain bahrain now have a good chance of progressing as one of the best price teams but. it's. ok that it's a sports looking for now more light so. that's all from a richelle carey here and that is our keep it here though my colleague that we know

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