you get to seven this is more of a melting situation to be honest and much of northern and western europe is more than you might expect considering it's a virtually mid-winter never take you from one state to state the next from the system that band of green right has reached the alps i'm behind it's a little bit less mild but not that much to be honest it is going to be wet snow falling on the alps again by which time much of the sky has cleared in southeastern europe and turkey it's a sunny day once more snows for the dolls which means the mediterranean actually it's quite enjoyable the breezes turn direction so now geria to new zealand libya wraps the high teens a bit of a on shore breeze in benghazi admittedly and there's still rain first of all in the old nature and then the event it's gone. rewind returns i can bring your people back to life i'm sorry with brand new

updates on the best of al-jazeera is documentaries in liberal i was the book the class and now i'm like any other student rewind continues with children of conflict . we'd love some peace in this war especially. children do not have any rights here rewind on al-jazeera. and i got you watching al-jazeera has a reminder of our top stories this hour of no confidence is that to be held against the new government the treason maze strikes it deals was overwhelming they were jack says and because we'll debate the motion later on wednesday may could trigger

a general election. in kenya say this still securing a nairobi hotel after a deadly attack that began on tuesday night at least fifteen people were killed when gunmen told him three cars and destination the bomb and then they'll be present a hurricane yes is expected to address the nation shortly. now after seven years behind bars for the ivory coast president laurent banned by will soon be a free man is expected on wednesday often social criminal court acquitted him of war crimes charges judges said the prosecution failed to show his involvement in violence that followed the disputed twenty ten presidential election it was hot reports from the john. supporters of former ivory coast leader alone by both celebrated as news of his acquittal spread across the country. and the international criminal court ordered his immediate release. but it is right up

there but it is a moment of incredible joy we feel like we've been freed he's our leader our president a man of peace. eighty witnesses gave evidence thousands of documents were produced but after seven years in prison the judges say the prosecution failed to prove that by going codefendant charles bleakly they were guilty of crimes against humanity including murder rape and persecution for all these reasons the chamber by majority here by decides 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 rome statute grants the defense motions for acquittal from all charges against mr long boggle and mr. bud but was arrested in two thousand and eleven found hiding with his wife simona in a hotel room in the ivorian capital abidjan

a humiliating moment for this former head of state unwilling to hand over power after an election defeat to alison ouattara supporters known as the young patriots went from house to house killing anyone they thought were foreigners or supporters of ouattara three thousand people were killed in the four months long civil war now they're back on the streets in the popular neighborhood of a backdoor stronghold. a chance that is finally free for the people of. this is the cause of celebration that was this trial at the international criminal . the judge's decision is a setback for prosecutors and thousands of victims of the civil war who continue to call for justice to no one under way it. is free to violence will come back and it could get he can take you straight now to kenya nairobi where that attack is happening the president is addressing the nation. people

by committing acts of murder. and mayhem i cannot confirm. as of about one hour ago the security operation ado said complex is over and all the terrorists eliminated as of this moment we have confirmation that fourteen innocent lives were lost through the hands of these murderous terrorists with others injured we are grieving as a country this morning and my heart and not of every kenyan goes out to the innocent men and women violated by senseless

violence we wish the in judge quick recovery and as a nation we will continue to pray for them we are a country governed by laws rules and regulations a country that embraces peaceful coexistence we believe in these principles and values even in the face of adversity i must also state that we are also a nation that never forgets those who hurt our children even as we regret yesterday's incident as commander in chief i want to commend the quick and effective response by all

our fighting teams for neutralizing all the terrorists involved in the attacks we have dealt with the threat decisively and shown our enemies and the world that we as a country are ready to deal with any threat to our nation i also take this opportunity to commend the civilians who look who looked after one another. for every act of evil that led to injury yesterday there were dozens of acts of compassion overflowing patriotism and individual courage over seven hundred civilians were evacuated to safety from the compound since the start of the attack through the

early hours of this morning the operational priority of the security services was first and foremost to safeguard civilian life they acted swiftly to contain the attackers and methodically evacuate those whose lives were at risk emergency crews on the sites and in hospitals have worked around the clock and we commend them and their reflection of a committee of compassionate resilient character as a people. i also take note of the kenyans who took to social media to encourage one another to spread hope and

hold those distorting information to account kenyans showed the world the best part of us brave. take loving and on borrowed fellow citizens for the last few years as you have invested in our building a strong security system it showed to great credit yesterday but we also learned that we can never take anything for granted in the coming days and weeks we shall continue the never ending work of strengthening our systems. from the means available to the security services and judicial arms we will continue taking every step to make our nation inhospitable to terrorist groups and their networks

i thank our international partners who are showing solidarity in standing with us at this moment as they always have even as we think of our own injuries we must remember that dozens of countries are also under attack and that we too must show solidarity in standing with them this morning i convened and chaired a meeting of our national security council and i want to say this we will seek out every person that was involved in the funding planning and execution of this hideous act we will

pursue relentlessly wherever they will be until they are held to account throughout the breadth of kenya and in i mean neighborhood multiple security efforts are underway to detect the. disrupt and defeat any terrorist operatives or groups we are also on highest alerts and shall remain so i assure every kenyan and off foreign visitors that you are safe in kenya fellow citizens we all have a duty in securing our country security is a joint responsibility between citizens and their government. we secure our families communities and our nation by building

a seamless partnership we should not allow these people any shelter among us. jews to make sure that you inform the police and any authority of any suspicious individuals or actions that you may notice in your day to day life they've been acing to the kenyan president of kenya giving security statement following the nineteen attack on the upscale parts of nairobi he said the situation was about an hour ago with in his words all terrorists eliminated and he said in total fourteen innocent people were killed in that attack. now french president emanuel macro has launched a national debate aimed at finding ways to calm recent protests the debate will

focus on four themes taxes green n.z. institutional reform and system step discussions will be held on the internet and in town halls over a period of two months nine weeks francis witness violent protests from the so-called yellow vest movement. for those in present jabil celera has signed a decree relaxing gun ownership laws and many fear it could make the staggeringly high violent crime statistics even worse and go to reports. brazil's new far right president believes arming his population will decrease crime there were sixty four thousand murders in brazil in twenty seventeen forty three thousand of them were gun related these statistics make brazil the bloodiest country in the world outside war zones now show year both scenario is following through on a campaign promise him and he signed a decree that will make it easier for people with no criminal record to buy up to

four guns and keep them at home in dole. what i can say with satisfaction is that i signed this degree made for a lot of good citizens for the good citizens to have peace inside their holes that edict doesn't extend to carrying weapons in public even if concealed that right remains restricted to police public and private security personnel and the military the latest government data shows that out of the country's two hundred ten million people three hundred thirty thousand registered to have a gun but the justice ministry says there are some eight million weapons in the country illegally and i think that there's decree very clearly opens the way for violence in the countryside a group that monitors violence. as data shows an increase in the number of firearms in circulation correlates to the rise in the number of gun related deaths and. i

think that increasing the number of weapons in a society is going to cause harm and it will increase by once. last year brazil deployed thousands of soldiers and police in response to a huge spike in violent crime but the decision may have had a negative effect with accusations of human rights violations and the rate of homicides spiking up by five percent over the same period in twenty seventeen the newly elected president may think this is the answer to bring down crime but more than half of his population aren't fired up by his plan barbara and al-jazeera. these are the top stories a vote of no confidence is set to be held against the u.k. government after prime minister treason made bret's a deal was overwhelmingly rejected and faced with debate on wednesday and it could trigger

a general election. and is president has offered his condolences sort of families of the victims of the deadly hotel attack in nairobi and has vowed find all of those who are responsible and these fourteen people were killed including the gunman when they talked in three cars and a bomb in the lobby. one witness explained his ordeal. employees are running all over the place he was screaming to run out on in the process when we should rob the twenty four as we were running bug club up point to realize that the best thing to do is to find a severance place to hide. of all the president of ivory coast laurent gbagbo is expected to become a free man off the international criminal court acquitted him of war crimes charges said the prosecution failed to show his involvement in mass violence following to speed elections in twenty ten. french president emanuel macron has launched a national debate aimed at finding ways to calm recent protests the debate will focus on four themes taxes clean energy institutional reform and system ship for

nine weeks france has witnessed violent protests from the so-called yellow vests movements. brazil present or has signed a decree relaxing gun ownership laws the temporary measure makes it easier for people to fight keep a firearm at home it's a first step towards fulfilling his campaign pledge to overhaul gun laws there's also a record sixty four thousand murders in twenty seven thousand and forty thousand of those the results of firearms. and i had lines are back with more news than al-jazeera the inside story. more than two thousand five hundred leaders from government business and international organizations will meet at the next world economic forum to discuss the global political and industry trade twenty nine t. . special coverage on al-jazeera. weekly protests on the streets of france on the rest that shakes the presidency now and

then your macro sends an open letter to the people calling for a national debate he wants to turn into solutions but if you think that buying time this is inside story. that i welcome to the program i'm nick luck for nine weeks now the yellow vests protest in france have been making headlines across the world what started as a response to rising fuel prices spread to general discontent at the way france is being governed president macro's answer is to build a new contracts with the nation he's launched a two month national debate and says he's open to ideas the french will need no encouragement to vent their grievances they're also being office ingestions online

and in meetings around the country. well n. is two thousand three hundred thirteen word letter macro invited the french to give their views on four central themes taxation the role of the state climate change and democracy they also a number of questions including what taxes should be reduced what spending cuts might be a priority is that too much administration and how can the people be given a great a say in running the country he said he was open to ideas but insisted the government would not go back home previous reforms and that he would accept no form of violence macron said the proposals collected to join the debate would influence policy making on national european and international issues so what's the response been like so far is a taste. but the end of the day this will lead nowhere in it because you will ask questions but it will be him who will provide the answers so it's a window dressing and this is not what we want to do we should yes i read it the

first five pages are a bit long so i did what i learned at school reading quickly and as usual it was more of a window dressing questions which feels no answers he is well aware that we have already asked him all the questions that he has laid out in his letter the national debate is looking quite complicated and off to a bad start but we'll see if it's to help bring in new ideas that's what it's for but i feel we have a bit of a stop in government so there is no point really because in any case the yellow face won't want to give it and i think it just postpones things corn is just trying to gain time that's. all right let's bring in our guests in paris we have. a member of the yellow vest movement from some all over skype is jack reliant who's head of european research at the global policy institute and in paris money member of generation dot french political party created by ben well i'm all over you thank you very much indeed for

joining us laura i'd like to start with you first of all console taishan with the people it's a good plan isn't it. i mean it's always a good plan to propose more democracy especially in a time when people are demanding more democracy are demanding for their voice to be heard but there's also a great danger in doing that if you're not going to take into account the demands of the population and i fear this is what's going to happen with this debate and that's why i'm i'm i'm skeptical about it what all the option did not call really have a government would argue that the vests on now being listened to. the problem is that there were some very clear demands already put forward by the movement and that our majority tarion in society for instance i think that you know the way he presented his letter is very biased for instance the word social justice is not even present in the letter now this is one of the major claims of the you know best

movement but more general of the french society that there is more wealth redistribution that the rich pay more more taxes then then the poor you know all of this is not clearly not included in the in the in the consultation it will give in to the other by an address and i'll see it into the law it would just go into the nitty gritty of the letter in a moment but i want to get a broader view from movie first will appear in. your part of the yellow vest movement you can't accuse macro of not listening now is is opened up a forum for debate as me. i will answer first of course we request for more democracy but we have to understand your objectives and the request of democracy we are greedy we have to protect our planet but first we want more democracy because we always want to check the effect on the human condition on people and if you do increase

a cow being around to protect the planet yes but just fact is people cannot go to college kids go for shopping go to work that's the problem go more democracy yes what for we want to hide collusion it's not an easy effect on the human. on the night your on the on very moment we want. to make amends and i think of human to human ok with a trade why would we want one of the criteria run out of the minority of climate change one of the criteria the mechanism listed for it for discussion. we'll come back to you in just a second but it's been jack i want to bring you in now in this circumstances hasn't macro come up with you know pretty much the best possible attempt to in his situation and perhaps perhaps come out the other side as president i think here i think it is you defended his debate was the only way out of the situation people would say. previous doctor said it did. and so on yes and listen that's

wrong yes listen they're ready to do first demands december when he ranted about ten million but if it just ten ten billion. increase in public spending and still. consoled the crease and if you tax and now what we've been we've been listening to it as you dish everyone has been nice thing to do you know this because they have been when you're browsing or the media in the last few weeks and it's going around in circles we don't know what it want it's time to have a debate because their requests are full of contradictions and it's time for them to come up with concrete and serious proper source rather than trying to sky demands and it's very important to note that the heads are walking well tonight even though it's reporting and you can't have you can't ever think could increase

in expanding and because in texas that's the basic the truth so what which taxes do you want to appear or live in your request so full of contradictions and pie in the sky ideas what do you say to that. full of contradiction for somebody who don't want to understand. that all right just think the end isn't where you can judge it already just some months no we've been listening and it's not going anywhere you're going around in circles ok a g only thing that you seem to be concrete is my current resigned that's old i can hear from you look at john jay don't let me just jump in that video that's not those that have laryngitis a lot of older students sit there and they don't usually go ahead we are just too late my little bit here illegally it's not correct the yellow jacket the organizer ready and then jail to supervise. its core their own point to.

so when you see who were listening your request well you didn't send the assistances journal on their own plan to check what since going on ok laura laura over to you know what do you have to say yeah i well i mean we're the first thing i want to say is that if we're open to get a debate let's really open it and not close the questions too much and you know what i think is the the big question is what do we want as a society do we want to answer to the green transition but do we want to do at the same time more social justice so that this green transition is compatible with the human factor as was expressed earlier by by you know i think if we want to do that then we cannot take as a premise we need to reduce taxes you know we need to reduce public services and this is what's in the letter so you know i think it's actually ok to increase public spending if it's to save the planet which is to save basically humanity it's ok to increase public spending if it's to invest in our education in the education of our children into the health system and the health care system which is not

going well so it's ok to to you know the question is what kind of a choice do we want to make as a society taxes public spending is a tool to reach an end and this is one of my major problems with this consultation is that the first item in the consultation its is taxes taxes should be an instrument of public policy not an end in itself and you know the problem now is not taxes in themselves it's how they are distributed within society and i think yes we should open a debate on reinstating the wealth tax on increasing the tax on the richest part of the populace troublous money or reasonable a certain area when we say that everything is on the table it isn't that everything's on the table and proceeded to take it all over like what he's saying. but euro group what he's all the runs out is not on the table we have to we don't need to before you need a reason to react can affect on the book relation so it's just what you have to say

good. first you know vest should remember france as a raider the highest level of the big spending in europe for your parent countries france is the country that really reduce troop must have france is the most equal country of the top five economies in the european union we have the right fortune percent twenty percent in there in germany we have the lowest predominant over to represent frame percentage gain twenty percent in britain so do you know of this should look outside to have a very franco french if you fing that what is possible is did believe that if there's a brit to go away then it would be all right they seem to forget that before we reduce tribute if you want to save our social model which is a very different observable don't we first must create wealth ok nora what's your

reaction to that. yeah i think it's we got again the lesson of the trickle down economics as if if wealth is going to be is created in society it's going to trickle down everybody else which you know this is not the reality which is lived by people so all your statistics are very interesting but they're not the reality that people are living and this is why we're seeing that we're seeing this movement happening which is people cannot meet. and make both ends meet again of the month and this is the issues that you cannot just say this is not an issue and we have the best country in the world and we have the best system if this is not what people feel and the reality that they are living so then again you need to find we need to find solutions but i think that the problem with this debate is that we're not looking at the actual solutions you know what are we doing to to to react on the digitalisation of the economy and the fact that this is a deleting loads of jobs and that it's leaving loads of people outside of the economy what are we doing on the development of hugely precarious jobs we have

a genius or we are in favor of universal income to cut countrified that we're in favor of a robot tax in order to put more pressure on on on companies that digitalize we're in pressure of more of capping the bonuses of big companies which are which keep rising while the minimum wage and while lower salaries keep being as low as ever so these are concrete actions and i don't think these options are open within michael's debate we're going to say it but i'm not sure they're going to be taken into account and that's a big issue and a big danger for this debate to create more frustration than there are already is another problem if you're livia's as you're very well aware is that you here is a member of the movement but the thing is movement does not have one voice does it it has many disparate voices and there's no structured team to negotiate with you know a leadership that i mean to negotiate room not here to negotiate. we just explain what we're feeling ok let's go back with jack say because that's

a big problem is talking about from his ofis from his desk about figure but fronts over again so it's. in front well talking about what's happened on the seat as a red u.t. i mean to negotiate we just want to expand what's is going on and then to work on it to work on it like dig my chrome but until it all for macros that's exactly the same problem it has question with uncertain who doesn't reflect the reality let's talk one subject everybody was very surprised about immigration first ok to receive immigration when we don't have food in the frege second we are already immigration here in paris young people are fifteen year sort who came from guinea from specific industry that the sieving zenza

population wes's them so when you talk about if we want. to bring people here what for. we've got the guys two months ago jordan just reciting that sixteen year or so on so we want to cut out to bring people to sleep in the street in winters in paris or to suicide because they spend one year or so to get an answer in friends decides our men are on mars or everything's like that so well talking about tragedy jackie stop again about studies teach ok laura when our period here to say we're libya is that a good amount of liquidity would. you adhere to this view that there is no negotiation here that there is no need for the yellow vest movement to have a kind of leadership that has a point of focus did well think that's right. i think it i think in a way it's actually ok that this movement doesn't have one leader you know and i

don't understand why we would need a one leader to present the whole movement i think that i think that you know part of this movement is is to to is to criticize the way our democracy our republic works and the way that our republic works is that it focuses it concentrates a huge amount of power into one person and we're seeing election after election that one person is not able to solve the problem of one nation so i think that it's actually interesting that that yellow vest movement does not want to fall into this into this trap which which is the trap of an immature democracy but i think that on the other hand that should lead. to open a real debate open a debate where there's neutrality also in the way that the answers are going to be considered and at the moment this neutrality is not guaranteed at all you know there's going to be five people apparently who are going to be responsible for the neutrality of this debate three of them are going to be nominated by michael

himself and by the president of the national assembly who is a member of the typical mush now how is that going to to guarantee that there is some neutrality in the debate it's not so people can not have confidence in this debate if things are not really open from the beginning right judge that that is a problem is not the process is a problem how it will work that there doesn't appear to be any neutrality. figured that the dead to be organized quickly you have to find people ready to organize it and actually quite amazed speed i did of the turn of events i already did you base are going to stuff there's a date limit fifteenth of march. or right it's going to happen and what's important who takes part people who are criticizing they can take part to propose that drama is making a very interesting proposals and it can be debated let's not say before it started that it's going to be completely biased that's not that's not the case there are

obviously ok some subjects that are very close to the hearts of the you know vestiges of where facts but part of the debate even though some ministers said it might be part of the debate i don't know but let's give dialogue a chance to know what we have i have is a general to sue.