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a war of words with lines of agreement the turkish president and donald trump consider creating a safe zone in northern syria. canada's prime minister justin trudeau condemns the death sentence of a canadian man by a court in china and in sport the latest from the australian open as serena williams started strong in her quest for a record equalling twenty fourth grand slam singles title. follow it is a big day in the united kingdom as members of parliament they're prepared to vote on teresa mayes crucial brags that deal after months of debate and they go she ations there's a lot at stake m.p.'s are about to begin their final debate on the contentious issue of leaving the e.u. on march twenty ninth we have two correspondents across developments for us shortly . will go to ne barca in london derry in northern ireland but first jonah hole in

london so jonah and it's widely expected that the government is going to suffer a big defeat here but the question is by how much. yes that's right i think the fact of defeat is not in question the size of defeat ease and indeed what might happen afterwards to resume a has to come up with a plan b. and just to come up with one quickly but we've got a clue about what she may do to the cabinet meeting a lengthy cabinet meeting on tuesday morning suggestions out of that cabinet meeting that series of may told her cabinet that she'd be backing this deal no matter what regardless of the size of her defeat suggesting that plan b. is very similar to plan a in other words bring them all back and get them to vote again possibly looking for some sort of intervention from the e.u. in the meantime further concessions for them we understand she rejected various other suggestions from the cabinet one involving cross party cooperation with the

labor party perhaps moving towards a softer bragg's of the other suggesting a so-called indicative vote allowing parliament in other words to vote on all the available options to see where they stood and she refused to be drawn on moves to cancel no deal to allow a vote effectively to prevent a no deal exit from the european union well let's bring in my guest now dominic walsh is with open europe dominic i want to ask you first of all on that line about to resume and how viable is it to simply bring parliament back in again possibly again possibly again trying to get approval for the same deal well jonah constitutionally it's actually quite difficult to bring back the exact same piece of legislation before the house again in the same session given the circumstances they could probably get over that hurdle but i think it's difficult to see how bringing it back again and again and again if there are any tweaks to ever hasn't been changed at all and the question then is what changes county secure for that suggestion might have. rochelle three mediately to brussels and hope against hope

that i've got something else to give us exactly on the other problem with that is that she's facing a very quick turnaround because thanks to an amendment passed last week she now only has three days to come back to the house with a plan b. of the twenty one as previously so if she's got a plan b. she needs to come up with a very quickly and bring about the house that she seems to be determined that this deal is the only option available she may have a point you've written extensively about the fact that while there are other alternatives there's simply no majority available for any of them i think that's exactly right and i think the big problem we have at the moment is that it's very clear about what it's against it's against reason may see us will probably see some nights but it's not very clear about what it's for. is the the the other two main options are a second referendum and no deal until all the other options really aren't that different to the withdrawal agreement on the table because they would involve the same withdrawal deal but possibly some slightly different language on the feature and the different options for the future i've been anyway under this deal. and all

the while as all of this is going on no deal continues to lose because that requires an a sort of affirmative action by the government in order to actually cancer they're not going to do that presumably they're happy to have the prospect of no deal there as leverage against wavering employees but that raises the prospect of this country tripping out almost by accident absolutely yeah and i think the problem is that she's she's she's been telling blacks it is that if they don't vote for this deal that i'm there with no breakfast it as she's been telling remain is that if they don't vote for this deal that end up with no deal now the problem is that each side hears while the other side is being told so the threat doesn't really work when you're trying to make two threats the same time extraordinary isn't it that we're just hours away from a vote in parliament in which a sitting prime minister is a map to suffer potentially you know he's stalling sized defeat and yet he may well really not take us anywhere no exactly i think one of the main options for check for changing the picture. as the no confidence in our own party has already been

been passing us about can't use again labor may well table a vote of no confidence in the government but they'll probably lose that because the conservative ranks it is live t.v. see the issue of confidence in the government as a separate issue to confidence in the deal so they'll happily vote against the deal but as soon as the vote of no confidence is called out come back behind we'll still have this government stumbling on from day to day trying to get this thing through but ultimately i don't see how this doesn't get through without significant movement of labor. we're leaving the door open europe's dominant walk through and thanks for that hours away from a decisive vote or indeed or some see the vote that will change very little all right for the moment jonah whole life force there outside parliament in london will break that has big implications of course for the irish many there fear the return of a hard border between northern ireland which is part of the united kingdom and the republic of ireland which is in the european union need barker is in london derry

in northern ireland force so naive the whole issue of northern ireland was one of most contentious from the beginning what are people there saying. well whatever happens in westminster has massive implications for the whole of the island of violent in the run up to the referendum and twenty sixteen the situation here in northern ireland the legacy of violence the history of sectarian tensions and fears over a return to a potential hard border were barely a consideration for voters but still the situation here threatens once again to de rail to reason may in the british government plan and a vote later on in the day there have been profound concerns about the implications of brics it hear talk of the border has resurrected arguably old tensions most certainly though the main issue lies in the defeatist debate over the existence of the e.u. is insurance plan to avoid the need for

a hardboard of the so-called backstop that would avoid a border either on the island of ireland or down the middle of the irish sea at the end of the two year transition period the whole of the united kingdom will remain in a customs arrangement with the european union it's hugely divisive because there is no sense of how long it will last for the u.k. cannot exit it unilaterally too despite this backstop politicians in both the republic of ireland and here in northern ireland do not want to see in any way a return to a hard border but given the legacy of tensions particularly here in the city of derry that source some of the worst violence during the troubles plans are afoot the police are looking into what they can potentially do to avoid any upsurge of violence given the uncertainty ahead. northern ireland's police service the p.s.n. eyes preparing for a worst case break six in audio the return of a hard border with member island it could soon ask for hundreds of specially

trained reinforcements from the rest of the u.k. what we would be very cautious of is as hard for structure going on the border that actually would mean that potentially our officers would be on protracted protectable points for a long time history showed us about those terrorist remains to to be able to plan an orchestra it attacks on our officers that is something we don't want to see so if that were to happen then it would have to be very very properly resourced and i think would have to be heavily resourced during thirty years of sectarian violence the streets were patrolled by the forerunners of the police service of northern ireland the royal ulster constabulary they are you see it was a conflict between nationalists mainly catholics who identify as irish and unionists mostly protestants who want this province to remain a part of the u.k. for many nationalists the r.u.c. was seen as an oppressive colonial force backed by the british army paramilitary groups including the irish republican army they are

a sort to expel them would force a delicate peace has lasted for twenty years but a legacy of hatred remains. last year londonderry sore spike in violence police were set upon in a nationalist neighborhood and there was several nights of rioting hooliganism and poverty both have a part to play in the armrest but police also say the new ira a combination of republican paramilitary groups fuels the violence party gallagher is a member of syria a new hard left anti british political party it glorifies the ira but insists it's peaceful the party intends to exploit breaks in to the fore not out of any desire to stain europe but simply to destabilize. the u.k. . difficult for anyone. there and again

it's an opportunity for ireland the reality as ireland's partitioned which countries are. british the mere mention of brought up as a border situation in the people's minds there has been a party for. greggs it is created a dangerous new context for bitter old rivalries putting the question of identity and loyalty back at the center of anglo-irish politics that delicate piece that i talked about has hinged very much on the openness of the border in the hills behind me there that's the republic of ireland we are in the united kingdom in the past twenty years both sides of the border have benefited politically and economically from that open border nobody wants to see the clock turn back people here in northern ireland or watching what's happening in westminster very closely indeed. for the moment need barkha live for us there in

london there he thinks the two explosions followed by gunfire have reportedly been heard in an upscale neighborhood in the kenyan capital these are the latest pictures right now live pictures there are reports say that. the police have cordoned off the area around riverside drive due to a suspected what they say is a suspected robbery explosions and gunfire heard around that complex no word on on what who may have been behind this or whether this was terrorism related that's all the information that we have right now we of course bring you more details as and when we get them. plenty more ahead on this news hour bleak scenes at a refugee camp in lebanon where syrian children have died now there's a warning of worse to come plus. it's bad. that depend on this page. eighteen away at their patients how the strain of a u.s.

government shutdown is starting to show. and later in the n.b.a.'s most valuable player proves his worth as the rockets are on fire in houston. solar still ahead but first the international criminal court has acquitted the former president of the ivory coast of charges of war crimes the i.c.c. ruled the prosecution did not prove its case against both who's been in jail for seven years three thousand people were killed in post-election violence in two thousand and ten when it refused to leave office the court says he will be released on wednesday morning to allow time for the prosecution to respond to the chamber by majority here by the sides. that the prosecutor has failed to such as. the burden of proof to the requisite standard as for seen in article sixty six of

the room statute grants the defense motions for acquittal from all charges against mr bloomberg and mr childs could be ordered even release of both accused or let's go live now to nicholas hawk who is in the ivory coast capital abidjan nicholas just how is it how likely is it you know whole rather how how prepared is ivory coast for the return of. well how is that it depends when you speak to you because for the victims of. the atrocities and the torture and the killing of the two thousand and eight two thousand and eleven contested election they do not want to see long back go back into the country they say that justice has not been served but if you speak to the supporters of law wrong by going there are many in this country is in this

neighborhood in particular where i sound the neighborhood the popular neighborhood if you don't know here are a hero. if you judge but what we've seen this morning after the announcement of the judge where we saw people already on the street screaming isn't a damn thing in the celebration continues right here where i stand and different points of the capital he would have a hero's welcome back to the country tomorrow now that's not for them to decide that for the prosecution and the judge just to figure out when and how he will come back that i recall it was but i've spoken to some of his supporters earlier and this is what they have to say take a look at this report. it's a catchy tune celebrating laurent gbagbo a war criminal prosecutors of the international criminal court. a folk hero for the people of you a popular suburb of

a beach on the side of the reason i don't deal with. this list of the i.c.c. a speedy even multiple people he's not a monolith fountains but a month of peace we need him to come but it needs to come back to the bottom it's the only way this country can afford 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 led by by example. 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 what era 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 didn't want to

continue bit by bit so you know 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 his crimes sabera son was found here a long 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 in divisions that led to sabera son's killing crimes committed by want to his supporters have largely gone unpunished by both as a divisive but popular figure outspoken he has become a symbol of the opposition against ouattara and against france 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. justice is something that many ivorians especially the victims here are still seeking and this latest decision by the judge of the international criminal court really is a blow for those that have been victims of the civil war it's also a blow for the court if you. remember that many on the continent the international criminal court with this mission the see it as a court targeting african leaders more than the others also seen as a forum that is. trying to. bring target the africans more than more than any other leaders then and so many here want to see justice and perhaps the justice

happening in their own country we've seen reaction from both the wind. just hours ago so that the decision by the international criminal court is just that justice has been served and then there is michelle his son that came out saying that the past or the conciliation you can see here that a balance shows are running high on both sides on the supporters of laura but both but also on the side of the victims time will tell what will happen next and i'm back to you now going to talk in sources thanks nicholas for clark is assistant professor at so as university of london he's also the also of distant justice the impact of the international criminal court on african politics he joins us via skype now from london thanks very much for being with us so what's your your opinion of this decision that. unfortunately the acquittal of laurent gbagbo is not

at all surprising because it fits a pattern of very sloppy i.c.c. investigations that we've seen across africa for a very long time i think this shows that the i.c.c. is really struggling to to get its foreign investigators on the ground in different parts of africa to gather the kind of evidence that you need to build an effective case unfortunately the barber case a very sad and tragic patent of the i.c.c. work right across the continent how much damage is does this dude to not just the prosecutors in this case obviously but to the i.c.c. as as an international institution that is there was for him to to bring leaders to account for crimes like this there's no doubt this is a very damaging monument particularly full the prosecution i think what this shudders is that the prosecution is struggling to use non african investigators who

who a bystander high who don't necessarily have a lot of knowledge of the african to right and who in fact don't spend very much time on the ground gathering evidence that's the model of justice from a distance that the i.c.c. has has tried to use and what we've seen in the last sixteen years is is that he's filing of this is not i distant model of justice biased in the high end that can make these cases affected in the courtroom and i think in many ways that's what the i.c.c. and judges have said to die that this why of gathering evidence this is why of doing justice from the netherlands for cases involving african suspects is really not up to standard and sorry there's going to have to be a real reform of the why that the i.c.c. does justice especially in africa so what changes need to be made then. i think a couple of the most important changes firstly that the i.c.c. needs to change its personnel and this is something i argue in my book distant

justice since it's no good using non african investigated assuming some cases had never set foot in a country like codes of law before they went there to investigate these crimes you need local investigators with local expertise and those investigators also need to spend a lot more time on the ground the i.c.c. prosecution has a protocol that says it's investigators can only spend ten days at a time conducting investigations well that's simply not enough if you're trying to find witnesses you're trying to find evidence to build an effective kies so the i.c.c. really needs to china the whole why it's conducting these investigations if it wants to be effective and it wants to be taken seriously good to speak with you phil clocky in london thanks very much. u.s. president donald trump has rejected a call by members of his own party to temporarily reopen the government there the partial shutdown is the longest in u.s.

history and has left eight hundred thousand public workers without pay kimberly how kit has more from washington. washington at a standstill it's weakened snowfall only compounding the problems brought on by the historic partial government shutdown some federal workers aft because of the shutdown or the snow are ending up at food banks the strain of uncertainty is evident. bad. because you've got all these families that 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 trump's 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 shutting and he has a new poll number so more than half the country fifty three percent blame president rational 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 borders of urgency the so civilization after now i have absolute legal rights to follow but i'm not ready 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. the turkish president has finally responded to president trump's threatening tweet following a phone call between the two leaders president richard ty bird one says turkey and united states have reached a historic agreement on a safe zone along the turkish syrian border chum threatened turkey in a tweet with economic devastation if its forces attacked kurds in northern syria.

the issue including a safe zone along turkey's borders that will be formed by issue that i have brought up since the obama era which was reiterated by him as a twenty mile safe zone i believe we have reached a historic understanding last night with mr trump about these matters. a more extreme weather is expected in lebanon where fifteen children have died in syrian refugee camps heavy snow and tarantula rain have devastated a number of camps the u.n. is warning the forecast is not good and is calling on the international community to help protect the most vulnerable more than a million people displaced by the conflict in syria are living in tents and makeshift shelters. time now for the weather here steph well who already seeing some of the severe weather that's on its way to lebanon we're already seeing it over turkey it's the same system that sport has yet more snow over the alps it's swept its way down towards the southeast and it's this area of cloud here that's currently moving its way away from greece and working its way now over parts of

turkey so if we head down a little bit towards the southeast then we can see all of that cloud over many parts of turkey now and across parts of syria this is what it looked like before that storm hit in eastern turkey you can see just how much snow is already on the ground here and not only is that car haul buried but look at the amount of snow in those trees clearly there's a lot of snow around and yet more snow is on the way and not just a little bit either this system here is it sweeps is what eastwards may well bring us a bit of rain on its leading edge but things will turn colder during that system and then we're going to see a lot of that turn to snow so they could be thirty centimeters quite widespread across many parts of turkey some of the mountains could see over a meter that system then does that extend further south over some of the mountains in lebanon we're going to see some more snow but for some of us it's just going to be rain and accompanied by some very very strong wind so even if you don't see some significant rain those strong winds could bring down some power lines and some

trees and not all them works its way eastwards in gradually eases eventually as we head into thursday has a thanks there we're going to take you back to one of our earlier stories we were telling you about the tensions between turkey and the united states over what to do in northern syria we heard from the turkish president moment ago trying to tamp down those tensions a little bit with word of a safe zone in northern syria mohammed out o. is live for us from gaziantep on the turkey syria border with more on that hum. well hossam the phone call between the president. came up to be told intimidated by threats all economic to give us the shouldn't calls us halt for cutting flights such as the we why why he who had

been fighting alongside it in the war against the odds still has been a soulful friction between turkey and the united states for a while now but they seem to be bridging gobs and now talking off a safe zone the president of the united states has this tribe it at all and say it's a security zone sufis to say it's a buffer zone. say they've agreed to a twenty mile that's about thirty two kilometers the city of mum beach the talks have been plotting twats for a while now that he killed on business but president on states they've always the possibility of extension because it is not only say but any. along its border with syria hard to be sixty kilometers long and be cleared of all terrorist elements of course. that he got to take over once the pull out u.s.

troop pullout from syria will move in the fight against isis so how many how in the current stare in the kurdish forces in northern syria going to be receiving given that their biggest fear once the u.s. completely pulls out of the area is that an attack from turkey. well the latest development which is the art form called between trump and at the what is not claimed to quote commas some sort of fall to the fights in the city and county fights is but they how they seem to have given up hold on the united states bang or liable i lied because several times it's a bunch of them from the time the tax we're talking about freeing about a year ago to now when they're preparing themselves as they say for an offensive on monday. and they have bomb elsewhere they have. invited the city and

government forces to come and protect them and also appealing to russia for mediation between them and the city and government of course of this moment they're saying that a bundle all hopes and dreams falls on me for the region and how people settle on. someone to protect them against a technical fence or. ride mohammad out our life or stare in gaziantep thanks. the southern african development community has called an emergency meeting to discuss the democratic republic of congo's disputed presidential election felix to see katie was declared the winner on thursday but running martin for you is challenging the outcome in the country's highest court sadek had previously called for a recount but no longer takes that position. is live from the capital kinshasa

so how do i know you're outside that courthouse what's what's been happening there . going on for about two hours or so and right now lawyers are abusing the opposition martin. presenting their case the argument seems to be because that in so many just tickle challenges with this election they saying they feel there's no way to get a commission could have come up with the result as quickly as they did they feel more time should have been taken to count each and every vote each and every result and they will then quote the tally from the catholic church they are convinced that they have evidence with their plan to show the judges that martin won the election i could then we'll expect to hear from representing the electoral commission that may not happen today it may only be under five because of. public holidays here today don't finish on friday they were put into next week which means the inauguration which is meant to happen on january eighteenth may not happen on january eighteenth being a new day has been going around in the twenty third and twenty fourth of january

hasn't and of course as we mentioned earlier there are the sadek having this meeting on. the disputed election and backing off of their earlier calls for a recount. yes you've heard a lot of african leaders speak out about the election with leaders from the great lakes region have called for a recount some of them have but in terms of static the regional body that it didn't come conflicting reports coming out when they met earlier they said they want to recall it and maybe even officials here to consider a government of national unity but in the south africans issued a statement and they say that it's up to the people of the d.r. the to decide the way to go if they if there's a recount if they have the got much national unity it would not be pushed on the congolese people by the fire and countries people in it the have to agree with us that's a that's a nice times right now of course remains to be theme behind the scenes or the diplomatic pressure that's been piled on all these individuals and if it does come

to a government of national unity all the men involved in this process is going to be willing to work together people concerned about the issue of a recount if there is a recount people are asking we have these ballot papers been thinking all of this time who's been guiding them have been tampering with them so lots of complications all eyes now in the court and most i can do the things that crossed this play out but it's where you come up with against anything else have an. ally for us in kinshasa. president ali bongo has returned home after three months in morocco getting treatment for stroke it comes a week after an attempted coup by a small group of soldiers appointed a new government on saturday to strengthen his political base is expected to attend the swearing in ceremony of new ministers on tuesday the bango family as governed over fifty years ago took over after his father almost death in two thousand and

nine. zimbabwe's government is to give workers extra allowances as it tries to quote protests across the country burnt out buildings and close businesses show the aftermath of the violent demonstrations that left several people dead and dozens injured the cost of petrol and diesel rose dramatically on sunday and that led to days of strikes and marches zimbabwe's labor minister says an extra bonus of between five percent and twenty three percent of salaries will be introduced china's head back of criticism by canada's prime minister after the death penalty was imposed on a canadian for drug smuggling robert schellenberg sentence by a chinese court has caused more tension between the country's katrina you reports now from beijing so canadian robert schellenberg looked stunned as he was handed a death sentence by judges in china. the court said the thirty six year old was attempting to smuggle more than two hundred kilograms of methamphetamines from china to his strength when he was arrested in twenty fourteen when he was jailed

for fifteen years in november and was in the purses of appealing that sentence when a retrial was suddenly announced last month canadian prime minister justin trudeau has pledged to intervene on schellenberg behalf it is of extreme concern to us as a government as it should be to all our international friends and allies that china has chosen to begin to arbitrarily apply death penalty in cases facing as in this case facing a canadian chinese foreign ministry has rejected trudeau's comments calling them irresponsible and saying in china all people are equal before. jabbering away to ensure the end the remark that the most basic awareness of the legal system urged the canadian side to respect the rule of law respect china's legal sovereignty correct its mistakes and stop making irresponsible remarks. the court sentence has further intensified

a dispute between the two countries which began when chinese executive job was detained in canada in december the heiress and chief financial officer of technology company chua way was arrested at the request of washington for allegedly violating u.s. trade sanctions this infuriated beijing analysts believe shelling there could be spared the death penalty if mom was released there is a lot of room for compromise if the situation cools the tiny so far it is can always choose to expel or report the canadian citizens diffusing the controversy since the rest thirteen canadians have been detained in china most have been released but former diplomat michael convert and business consultant michael spat will remain in custody on suspicion of endangering china's national security canada says these cases and robert shilling big step penalty are

retaliations by beijing on monday canada updated a travel warning to its citizens in china saying that they should exercise a high degree of caution in the face of arbitrary enforcement of local laws schellenberg lawyer says he will appeal the death sentence arguing that the harsher penalty cannot be valid as no new evidence was introduced in his case. al-jazeera. or the young saudi woman who fled her family and was granted asylum in canada says she hopes to inspire change in our first t.v. interview or half a clue and says she wants to use her freedom to campaign for others the eighteen year old arrived in her new home of toronto on friday couldn't one global attention when she launched a social media campaign from a hotel room in bangkok pleading for help. well at the husband of so i want to be free from abuse and depression i want to be independent in saudi there's control over a woman's life her job and position as well as with the still i have to suffer when

the army can't even travel on their own they're treated like children even if they're fifty or sixty years old they aren't free or equal to their male counterparts i think the number of women fleeing from the rules in saudi arabia and the abuse will increase. and i hope my story encourages them to be brave and free this might be what causes the change. a sculpture featuring a saudi arabia's flag is being removed from the site of the nine eleven attacks in new york the art of the art work called candy nations shows a series of large suites wrapped in the flags of the g. twenty nations but it's now been moved away from ground zero body has french artist lawrence jenkins says she wanted to celebrate mankind with this work when she first created it in two thousand and eleven but many have criticized its proximity to ground zero in new york city as insensitive that's because fifteen of the nineteen

hijackers on september eleventh were saudi nationals. but the kingdom has denied any role following the complaints the port authority of new york and new jersey confirmed that they will move all twenty sculptures from the site in the world trade center complex in a statement the port authority said we have been in contact with the nine eleven memorial and various stakeholders and in full collaboration with the artists will relocate the exhibit from its current location we believe the solution respects the unique sensitivities of the sites and preserves the artistic integrity of the exhibit the exhibit will be moved next week the sculptures have been shown in more than twenty five countries and they were installed in downtown manhattan last month where they were to remain until the end of february. nearly three thousand people were killed in the nine eleven attacks on new york and washington hundreds of victims' relatives and injured survivors have sued the saudi government demanding

compensation a group that represents the nine eleven victims has released a statement saying the exhibits relocation is the right thing to do door such a pari al-jazeera the u.s. troops will be stationed at the border with mexico until at least september the pentagon has extended their mission about five thousand soldiers and national guard troops were deployed as part of an order by president donald trump in october it was in response to a group of migrants traveling from central america to the u.s. . confirmation hearings for president donald trump's nominee for attorney general begin in washington on tuesday questions about the investigation and whether william barr well allow that inquiry to continue will dominate proceedings alan fischer reports. he's the man donald trump wants to run the department of justice respected by republicans and respected by democrats he will be nominated for the

united states attorney general and hopefully that process will go very quickly bill barr has already been attorney general he served for two years during the george h.w. bush administration in the early one nine hundred ninety s. it's the attorney general's responsibility don't force the law even handedly and with integrity the attorney general must ensure that the administration of justice in forstmann of the law is above and away from politics if you cruises through the nomination process like he did before he will essentially take control of the ongoing miller inquiry into alleged russian collusion with the trump presidential campaign but recently he wrote to the justice department criticizing the miller inquiry that's enough for some senate democrats to have him disqualified i still believe after the revelations about mr barr's unsolicited memo president trump or to withdraw this nomination. it's been reported bart is personal friends with

robert mueller the two what together years ago i am very. excited about hearing that the man who will try to guide his nomination through the senate committee says that should reassure skeptics i can assure you that he has a very in this from over and he is committed to saying mr miller. you know complete its job jeff sessions was essentially fired is donald trump's first attorney general because of the president's increasing frustration he couldn't protect him from the miller inquiry bill barr has shown but one leading law professor says bill barr is a good choice for the president but for the us is view of what the law is is just so extreme so far out of the mainstream and so partial to donald trump that this is the worst time for him to serve as attorney general of the united states with the republican majority in the senate it's likely bill barr will be the next attorney general but not before he faces some awkward moments as he tries to

convince he's the right man for the job especially no alan fischer al-jazeera washington the former chairman of japanese motor company nisanit has been denied bail carlos garnett was arrested and detained in tokyo in november he was charged with underreporting income and breach of trust for temporarily transferring personal investment losses to the company gunns lawyers say it is likely to take up to six months for his case to go to trial and our work displayed in israel is causing outrage among the arab christian minority the artist who created the sculpture says the museum used it without his permission elysium says it supports freedom of expression laura but unmanly has more. this is a sculpture that's caused so much outrage in titles macc jesus it displays a fast food outlets famous mascot hanging from across an important symbol in

christianity haifa museum is added to disclaimer that it's not meant to cause offense but it has. on friday hundreds of protesters face off with police on the streets as a attempted to force their way into the museum to remove it themselves others are camping outside until the work is taken down. this is something i kneel for i redeem it with my soul i offer it with all the good things and what do you expect i first of all felt that this is a big insult a big insult i hope that everyone will stand with those in solidarity the heads of churches across israel a sickly a court order to have the sculpture removed. started with the heads of the churches have petition was offered to the judiciary to remove it will continue through peaceful rallies and vigils with the churches the museum and a municipality we won't be quiet until we reach

a solution. we need to understand that freedom of expression is interpreted in different ways in different societies we live today in israel if this work was directed against christians the world would be turned upside down it's not only the christian community that's angry but the artist himself he asked the museum not to use his work in september when he joined the boycott divestment and sanctions of israel he told israeli media israel uses culture as a form of propaganda to whitewash the occupation. but the director of the museum says he's defending the freedom of art culture and speech we understand fully understand. had feelings of christians here but we have to explain to them that this wasn't the meaning and we all saw it that they are. offended by this work the christian population makes up just two percent of israel

and people in the community say it's a daily struggle to free practice that culture and religion they say the walk was put up against their will and the minority status that concerns of being ignored durable manly al-jazeera. the sacred hindu festival has begun in northern india it is considered the world's largest religious festival and the government has seized on the event as an opportunity to impress its largely hindu population at a general elections this year showed up at us reports the car should in ash and little ouse can do cool grooms are drawn to the winter waters of the sangam the convergence of india's most sacred rivers it's a start of comella an ancient procession that started two thousand years ago with up to one hundred fifty million devotion it's considered the largest gathering in the world's charset if you is wonderful it's very nice to get to see all of the

holy men in the same place it's great i never mean to be one made out so it's quite crazy it's like yeah it's crazy i legged it but. even then the lead up to the festival has been controversial after the city was renamed in october a muslim rule a crowned allah that more than full centuries ago or that the chief minister of the northern states would have pradesh changed it to pry a garage believed to be its original hundred nine ahead of the festival and a general election this year india's majority hindu population must be courted the government has allocated and he still made six hundred fifty million dollars for improved infrastructure and services for the eight week long festival is a very aspirational goal. being that we should provide enough number of diluted we should provide clean water to everyone we should provide electricity connection to

each and every one and we are leaving more stone unturned to make it happen for the pilgrims who are visiting this camilla the man upset at the job the more i often go to holy spots like this one but they used to be very dirty this is the first time i've seen this kind of cleanliness at home. meaningness is important. and the pilgrims come to wash away the sins in the gandhi's the act is called the royal bath they waited just before. i. got to look them up but the royal box has a lot of importance this is this is why all the double d's come here to get all their wishes fulfilled. wishes echoed by organizes and the government hosting a festival so logically seen from space shot at dallas zero. zero got more information now on the story we're telling you about earlier the two exposed splosion followed by gun fly in an affluent neighborhood in kenya's capital police

are now calling it a terror attack and they say there are at least four attackers and kenyan special forces are at the scene in nairobi witnesses say several people have been shot we'll bring you more details on that story as well get them. all right still ahead when we come back in sport u.s. open champion it naomi or soccer gets off to a flying start of the australian open details after the break.

oh it's going to spoil now as far as and thank you so much for being with the latest from the australian open and world number one novak djokovic has started his bid for a record seventh australian open title the serb is chasing his fifteenth grand slam crown got off to a flying start in his opening match against american fire michel kruger which overcame his opponent in straight sets six three six two six to allow face. and the second round. there were feels great to be healthy i'm back on this court again twelve months ago it was a quite a different. sensation of the court you know with going jury. you know twelve months forward obviously things are quite different. i had tremendous success in the last six months and it got me to to a great position and hopefully i can you know follow up in this this victory tonight with that with a group of form and. hopefully another good match in

a few days. and the women's draw serena williams has made a strong start to her quest for a record equalling twenty four grand slam singles title the thirty seven year old overpowered her opponent the unseeded german tatiana maria six sixty two in the first round williams is playing in her foes grand slam since the us open where her now infamous rant against the empire shocked the world the seven time champion last won the australian open when she was eight weeks pregnant with her daughter back in two thousand and seventeen she faces eugenie bouchard of canada and the next round . will be a great match. she does everything well and i really like that she doesn't quit you know people right or all that doesn't she doesn't let that bother her and she continues to. fight do as she needs to do so i think that's what. serena sister venus is also through she had been tougher time coming back from a set down to be

a hella. simona halep avoided becoming the first top seed woman to lose in the first round of the australian open in forty years to remain in world number one came from a set down to be kaia kanepi of a stone in. the us open champion no naomi osaka is through to the second round she beat unseeded magdalene net in straight sets six four six two the japanese world number four beat serena williams to win the u.s. open title a saka will face tomorrow and say next. what wasn't a good day for one former champion two time winner victoria as a rango lost in three sets against forsaken in the form of world number one due to the defeat well it's her worst display at melbourne park since her first round loss in two thousand and six and it comes after missing the last two australian opens because of the birth of her child and resulting custody battle.

would rule. to be the. only. at evasion for the final match of the group b. have just got underway palestine are taking on jordan and. palestinians need to win if they were to reach the last sixteen for the very first time jordan on the other hand have already booked their spot in the knockout stages as a group winners defeating defending champions australia and syria and their first two games that still goalless in that match. and the other match defending champions australia are taking on syria and the socceroos are second in group b. behind jordan and all they need is a draw to progress meanwhile it's

a mosque to win game for the syrians to believe picked up one point two matches nil nil is the latest score in their. manchester city boss already all admitted after monday's went over wolves in the english premier league that it's been difficult to reproduce the form that saw them run away with the title last season the champions beat wolves three daler now just four points behind leaders liverpool it's a huge difference from this stage last year after twenty two games the title race was all but over with city having a fifteen point lead at the top you have to put pressure when you know where games . we have an incredible numbers we have done an incredible numbers of the season again. these incredible numbers that we had in the numbers to each. no problem at all but there were. four who. can do is been there been there.

until the end the n.b.a.'s reigning most valuable player james harden led his team the houston rockets to win over the memphis grizzlies arden scored a season high fifty seven points to carry the rockets to one hundred and twelve to ninety four win over listening grizzlies it's a franchise record fourteen time harden has bagged forty or more points in a game this season in the twelfth time in his career and fans show their appreciation harden received a standing ovation as he went to the bench. over in utah the jazz beat the mizzen in detroit pistons for their fourth win in a row donovan mitchell tops scored for the jobs with twenty eight points leading them to one hundred two ninety four when against detroit u. turn now ahead of the l.a. lakers and the race to seal the final playoff spot in the western conference and that's all your sport for now more later back to you hasn't. so much for this news hour but i'll be back in two minutes more of the day's news we're get the latest

from kenya. explosions we'll have a live report from nairobi for years they would for that. rewind return they can bring your people back to life from start with brand new updates on the best of documentaries. the program. continues with. we were following orders we send young people to fight these wars put them in the most complex situations you can imagine and have them make life and death decisions rewind on al-jazeera.

horrible. in an ordinary week dr even atar at the heart of the only functioning hospital in town in north eastern south sudan and his steam operate on around sixty patients the united nations refugee agency nominated him for the prestigious nansen award she won in recognition of his work and incredibly difficult to constance's. south sudan has been in conflict since twenty thirteen the war has divided the country among ethnic lines two hundred thousand people most of them refugees from sudan split state even this remote town and looked it up and hospital for all their medical needs they would has destroyed almost the infrastructures which are.

almost always including mother would always obstruct. the process of you know vision of the mother to walk into the city that they're supposed. to because i believe they will go for news explosions and gunfire at an upscale complex in nairobi will have a live update from kenya. on housing seeker this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. the debate to begin in the u.k. parliament before the vote on prime minister may's plan to leave the european union as. the prosecutor has faced such as fate.