that this is having an enormously disruptive effect on the country other republicans for example said that this is justified in so far as palosi had taken a blatantly political shot at the president by suggesting that he didn't delay or or postpone his state of the union speech scheduled for the twenty ninth of january but the shutdown goes on the pain as you mentioned barbara is spreading not only in washington but across the country and there is a piece of news that i guess might increase the ideological divide between the two sides and that's an internal watchdog saying that the u.s. government may have separated thousands more migrant children from their families than previously thought obviously that an incredibly controversial policy at by this presidency at tell us more about how it came out and how it's playing out in washington well this was an inspector general report from the department of health and human services it disclosed that beginning in the summer of two thousand and

seventeen a program or a policy was instituted by which thousands of children were separated from their parents as they attempted to cross in the united states from the southern border of the border with mexico this was well before the highly publicized zero tolerance policy was put into effect in twenty eighteen and around april or may that led to a huge public outcry and forced the president trump to reverse himself signing a proclamation. ending the practice the really disturbing thing in this new inspector general's report is that there apparently is no record of exactly how many children were taken away from their parents or whether how many or any of those children were eventually reunited absolutely shocking development to an awful story rob reynolds of the latest from washington thank you. but you're watching al-jazeera still to come on the program as britain's prime minister consoled so

rivals on the way forward for bret's it france activates it it's no deal plan plus . the bones of belgrade ring out as crowd crowds welcome russian president vladimir putin on a visit to his serbian counterpart. and i there is certainly is a rather hot for some of us in australia temperature records all it's humbling and it's all ahead of the system here so this is bringing something of a welcome relief is it drags in some fresh air for adelaide them would already see the temperatures drop as we head through friday twenty nine a maximum twenty edged in melbourne but the sydney it's still hot for us thirty four degrees is a maximum that will as we head through into saturday and as the system makes its

way towards us further west there is still going to be very hope for is in perth our temperatures all the way up thirty seven degrees over towards new zealand and we've got a weather system making its way towards us that's the same one that is affecting us in australia making its way across the southern parts of the south island but as it runs its way northward it is breaking up so still would force in oakland all maximum temperature at twenty three degrees on friday but will be topping even higher up to twenty four for saturday for the south island though that system pulls it sounds together once more for saturday so some today is certainly looking like the west today but the northern parts of asia don't quite quiet for many of us here well latest system is pulling away towards the east but behind it there will be some cloud a few outbreaks of rain and snow as well plenty of wintery weather here for the southeast looking dry fine in tokyo. shadowy financial operations are propping up north korea's economy pampering the

elite and fueling the nation's missile and christians. want to win east investigates north korea's secret money on al-jazeera. and for you. welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera at least ten people have been killed in a car bomb attack on the national police academy in the colombian capital bogota the un has warned sudan security forces against using excessive force to stop

protesters calling on the president to stand their own child and doctor have been reported dead in the latest them inspiration's against the president meanwhile doctors in zimbabwe say sixty eight people have been treated for gunshot wounds up to days of violent protests over the rising cost of fuel. that would just seventy one days left until the u.k. leave the european union the british prime minister is seeking a way out of the local over breck's it it comes after her agreed deal with the you was voted down by parliament on tuesday threes a may is now meeting leaders and m.p.'s from all parties trying to come up with a new brics a deal it will need to be voted on by m.p.'s and agreed by the e.u. but it might require an extension of article fifty two delayed breck's it but that would also need to be approved by the u.k. parliament and the e.u. member states now if there is no deal then the default position would be

a no deal breaks it and that means the u.k. would leave the e.u. on march the twenty ninth at eleven pm local time with no agreements in place on their future. nation ship another option is a second referendum which would give the public a say on how and if the pending on how the question is phrased the u.k. leaves but this would also require an extension to article fifty and is opposed by breck's it hears paul brennan has more. than already having so comprehensively rejected the prime minister's bret's this week from across the political spectrum a steady stream of m.p.'s have been filing into the cabinet office supposedly to discuss constructively with the government what they will support. this is just literally a one to one very early on in the in the in the process but i i made the case repeatedly that no deal would have to come off the table before i think any substantial discussions could happen if they want to move the deal forward the one who is sure it needs it needs monday actually needs up for its credibility one of

the ways that they to get a mandate will be to do use of people's votes nourse do that. the main opposition labor party says the prime minister's office has come too little too late and they have described it as nothing more than a stunt with no deal on the table the prime minister would enter into from each orks just to run down the clock and try to blackmail him piece to vote through her botched deal on a second attempt across parliament and even within each of the parties the political differences appear to be hardening rather than softening. the prime minister's plan b. will be presented to parliament on monday for a ninety minute debate a full debate and a crucial vote on it is shared jewel for tuesday twenty ninth of january even as the government has been holding consultation meetings with senior m.p.'s here at the cabinet office a wide toward the spirit of constructive dialogue that the prime minister promised

appeared to be contradicted by her own official spokesman in downing street just a few meters away when he told the lobby briefing of journalists off camera that number ten remains inflexible to the idea of either a customs union extending article fifty a second referendum or taking no deal off the table it remains to be seen where a compromise exactly can be reached. on an al-jazeera central london. well as forward saying there may may be inflexible but france says it's activated its plan for a no deal breck's it saying it looks increasingly likely the e.u. maintains the brakes a deal agreed with me is the best that it can offer but it has said it might be flexible on when the u.k. leaves the block because they've a chaytor now reports from brussels. from sled the way as european capitals stepped up and mergence the measures to combat what they fear is the increasing chance of a cliff edge breaks it at

a cabinet meeting in paris the french prime minister edward to leap announce a special fifty seven million dollar investment for the country's ports and airports g.p.l. a decision i took the decision to triggers a brics a plan without an agreement the hard briggs's as we say sometimes. fears are also growing the sparkle could be taken out of one of france's most prestigious exports the united kingdom is by far the biggest market for champagne but hard brags it on a falling pound could put an end to such expensive tastes it could also mean u.k. produces cut three of the e.u. use rules could use the name champagne for british sparkling wines and we are a small producer and there are a lot of british wine lovers who really appreciate what we do so it is important only don't think. the germans to preparing for the worst already hit by falling exports and under the shadow of

a technical recession the chancellor is still keen to reach an agreement to harden the tight we still have time to negotiate but we are now waiting to see what the british prime minister proposes. but how much time that was the question i posed to european think tank in brussels will briggs it be perspire and obviously it's a bit of a service because. at the end you come back to the same. point of friction and also to the same solutions. the problem is of course sovereignty britain wants to regain its sovereignty if the union jack is taken down from the a ray of flags flying inside the e.u. council after a hard exit british citizens will face difficult times. pain contains the biggest number of ex-pats from the u.k. watching the scenes in the house of commons back home has led to increasing anger

and frustration amongst them i just wish that they stopped. some so everybody agrees. the message coming from the brits since spain is remarkably similar to to reason may's as one man put a. the people voted out they mean out and we should be out david chase or al jazeera. the african union has called on democratic republic of congo to suspend that they collaboration a final presidential election results and for friday saying that there were serious doubts over the vote losing presidential candidate martin for you lou has filed a court challenge demanding a recount of last month's ballot and he insists he won sixty one percent of the vote contradicting official results which declared the rival felix she said k.d. the winner of the seven people have been arrested in kenya following tuesday's

attack on a luxury hotel complex in their o.b. which left twenty one people dead the country's red cross says all the people who were feared missing have now been accounted for catherine sawyer reports from the kenyan capital. do you get and have families spend many hours waiting for news of her son in law james old war she says he was a footballer a media personality and a good son has been and father is someone leaves their healthy lives in the morning is for them to be back in the evening and this is what me too it can never be that is not. a draws among the twenty one people killed when gunmen attacked nairobi's doocy to tell complex on tuesday many more injured families of those who died have been coming to this morgue it's an incredibly difficult time they've been going through sessions of conflict but the pain will

not go away any time soon we go to a hospital not too far away from the morgue and all but j. his family are praying he survives his injuries who's a taxi driver working right at the duty to tell beriah. here he is on tuesday after being shot twice in the stomach he's now hired to two saturdays and is in intensive care doctors say he's stable but not out of danger could be in the morning he was here in the lobby using a lot of pain so the doctors had in fact in fact when i came to check him the doctors had to chase us out so that they can give him some injury of us first because he was even struggling to speak. about claims it's behind this attack and said it's in the tally ation for us president donald trump position to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. the decision town is owned battei a multinational company and the riverside complex is kenyan owned. it's the most popular it's reason to use the excuse to attack the robie first of all there's

absolutely no association between this facility in the united states of america there's no u.s. embassy here or u.s. facilities in the u.s. enjoy here. police are still gathering evidence and it's now a margin that some of the attackers were kenyans and well known in their neighborhoods several people have been arrested. right now though james wood was found at the morgue sees they just want to grief bury their in the teeth then get answers as to why this happened kathy soliah al jazeera arabic. thousands of people lined the streets of belgrade to give the russian president a lavish welcome as he visited st stop at temple in the serbian capital letter where putin is on a one day trip to the country during a news conference he accused the authorities in kosovo of taking a series of provocative steps including deciding to set up their own army he said

the move had ratcheted up tensions with serbia and it could destabilize the region even a group should says more now from belgrade. as suspected kosovo was one of the major top exuding the meeting of two presidents alexander who told his counterpart about the latest events the cost of a government has decided to raise imports that says only goods from serbia and bosnia and herzegovina and also bound decision of course to the security forces to transform into a real army put in said that these the seized in the boat forming possible army is not in agreement with resolution vote forty four he also reminded that community of syria municipalities hasn't yet been formed so russia is concerned about the stability of balkans region voted said he will ask putin for advice about the problem of communication with christina in the future twenty one agreements resummon between russia at subi are related to railway modernization and the age of potential and gas pipelines serbia and russia are longstanding allies and that

message was sent once again put in underlined that russia online the western partners doesn't want to put in front of artificial choice russia or european union . two thousand and nineteen marks the hundredth anniversary of germany's by the house design movement which came to the find the form of expression involving mass production and simplicity the last of the schools was in the german capital where events are being held this week to commemorate the influential movements sin thousand or eight dominic cain reports. it's very name is a watchword for daring design this was where the bar house movement found its expression a school of art that energized a generation of designers who threw out old fashioned frameworks and ushered in simplicity and mass production looking through those invisible war through the

glass walls you get an idea of how an open society can be one hundred years on it's dean tells me the school is teaching the designers of tomorrow with an emphasis on the lessons of yesteryear remains of the past the legacy which really important is that school all design schools all over the world implementing the curriculum of the historic path i think that why the really is in every design decision in the world. from its inception this school had designs on more than architecture furniture was fashioned with mass produced steel as frames and supports there by creating simple streamlined forms that seem to define a changing world and now as the concept enters its second century germany is paying tribute to its first with a festival in berlin where furniture and architecture share center stage with the performing arts providing an experience it's curator hopes will wire all who see it

a lot of people approach contemporary art with this idea i don't understand it you know i don't know what these people are doing and i think this festival gives you a possibility to understand process is how art develops how it's emerges from certain ideas some of the exhibits at this festival concentrate on the synergy between man and machine robotics if you will and emancipator a form of expression that's helping to bring some parts about house out of the shadows and that's the aim of the entire festival to shed light on a movement whose essence was to abandon ostentatious outmoded ideas and embrace them. modern world dominic kane al-jazeera berlin. and now reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera at least ten people have been killed in a car bomb attack on a police academy in the colombian capital bogota is the biggest attack against the

police or military facility in the city in over a decade the vehicle rammed into the academy grounds and then blew up shattering the windows of apartments in the area around the building. this is an attack on a sense of learning where there were unarmed young people and students it's an attack not just against oregon state forces against our police alone it is an attack against the whole of society this terrorist act will not go unpunished the un has criticized reports of sudan's security forces using what here it has this five as excessive force against protesters riot police have used tear gas to stop people marching to the presidential palace in the capital khartoum a doctor and a child were reportedly killed during the latest that demonstrations doctors in zimbabwe say sixty eight people have been treated for gunshot wounds after days of violent protests there scores of others have been seriously injured demonstrators

angered over a steep rise in fuel prices have been confronted by on the police. u.s. president donald trump has stalled the house speaker nancy pelosi upcoming trip to brussels afghanistan and egypt pulling the military plane that she was going to use and claiming that the partial u.s. government shutdown is to blame the political deadlock is now in its twenty seventh day in a shows no sign of ending being large queues at major airports across the u.s. due to the absence of security stuff from surprise the ratings meanwhile have taken a hit with research indicating a growing discontent among his supporter base france says it's activated its plan for a no deal breaks it saying it looks increasingly likely this comes after the u.k. has agreed deal with the e.u. was voted down by the british parliament on tuesday the prime minister is now trying to come up with a new deal which involves all parties but the leader of the opposition is refusing

to take part unless there is a major rules out a new deal but that's it one zero one east is next. the week began with use of a ninety day truce in the to protect us china trade. the world's largest supplier of liquefied natural gas is leaving the biggest oil cartel we bring you the stories the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. north korea has one of the poorest economies in the world crippled by global sanctions there's barely enough money to go around at least officially unknown to most north koreans shadowy state agencies operate around the world they are in billions of dollars for the country or more specifically for leader kim jong il

helping fund his nuclear ambitions and steve on this episode what i want to just follows the trail of north korea's secret money. solve just fifty kilometers from the border with north korea. over the past twenty years the south korean capital has become one of the book she says she. was it's also become a heist of refuge for north korean defectors. this young high ranking north korean official fled thousands of kilometers across china to start a new life here he's been living with a new identity michael kim he works part time as a museum attendant in the capital a role in this whole city is all. by their house or is it

a hummer saw kinds of men did it it took us here when the politicos ongo or doesn't it because it would burn the team is a table in the forty years or talk years or it's six hundred of those around us or. who turned their. guns on board. the connoisseur here. we joined it to mr order. oh here's a then. two hundred deal. coheres i said to enjoy about us on this course alist quote there. is a you know one listen. i don't i'm a better. person and outside of the us an issue causes most i'm bald i'm curious when they're called cox

a month has now up under twenty years or. haley has so we have her room and. michael fled without giving any warning to his family. he'd stopped believing in the regime and knew too much. despite the risks he agreed to our interview he hopes to become too well known to be secretly killed. reports from men and women who played a role in office thirty nine the keepers of all the financial secrets of north korea are rare. to flee overseas means putting yourself and also your family back in north korea in danger. but it was the government that sent the ill halfway across the world to a construction site in the kuwaiti desert. in

which i turned up with the know how to do is if you know will cause you know good poem or palin a lot of power you know i do. need to go. she do it as her into me pushing on all the page opinion she invites him in and then peggy much in the car he moves hundred any qualms hunted by jingo. your exam tomorrow is going to be contesting the car. militaries are still curate here and they're going to call. there were near a yes man there from the you don't. fall in iran. most highly annoying guy to. her than you could you with me. and you know. about two hundred. pounds.

when we. can do it. who don't. even know who can look here. just a. little. tongue is image even. more. education than the. north koreans started sending workers abroad in one nine hundred seventy. slowly a gigantic network of secret companies and financial institutions developed. to bring money to office thirty nine. as a representative of the north korean north east asia bank in singapore. made tens

of millions of dollars for his country. in two thousand and three suspected him of revealing information about the country's finances. he fled to solve. today the expense works for the south korean security agency working against the regime he once bore attorney loyalty to. our main goal is to make four in cash and this foreign cash business is secret complete the secret of number three nine communion of creating that the system is set up like it's all north korean institutions where these foreign cash is generated there is to report it to can to the top and then should bring that should pay that in cash to family

now turns on and the fortunes of europe so she get there all this and then spend it or courting to his priorities so two economies one is can family economy and the other one is the national economy run by the cabinet and run by their so called in a central planning their different group careers you know at most a hundred and fifty thousand maybe fifty thousand in russia and a little more in china and others in scattered around or so crew than fifty thought and they make a lot of money there's only. so seventy percentage or eighty percentage of the salary cuts. and send to the state and the party so if they make all of them a hundred dollars then the amount is

a much smaller man knowing it. put in your own. pair were smug fifteen million fifteen million a month they don't make only one hundred years bucks a year or month when they make more maybe several hundred at least. so a lot of money school to control the volume of their cash income conjunct winds fund increased dramatically in the past in the past twenty years in the past twenty years so you can buy. and she can. do continue this in a nuclear and missile program in the colony younger than a mother daughter and i know that it home you know will guard our home or. lay it

on low ground while treacle we don't know you would follow. or do a lot for. trying to do and i. believe it was a victory stand. on. on the edge of the mongolian step buildings just office space every day the mongolian capital all and but all grows bigger. mongolia was a communist country for more than seventy years its monumental buildings stem from that era. but after the fall of the soviet union it embraced capitalism. ever since rural people have been flooding into the cities. all the bustle

needs new apartments but there's not enough local workers so mongolia was from china vietnam and north korea. the mongolian work is used for the exterior work the basic qualified north koreans take care of the interior. the workers from pyongyang a watched day and noise. we send in now translation. is done and this was also does bell and the social studies teacher. need to do is to do need to know so it is. clear that the life that i really did was of the last year that would lead to the for all that since there are.

usually they can only go outside in groups so they can watch over each other. put in the market alleys of pool and the tall we catch sight of a north korean worker and he seems to be along. for the jail for cheaper vocal rules on the books but also to. roam. on to assume. the real problem just. for the. digital you do not look like a good guy or are called to the work of the phone. with. a bunch of sit. on. the root of the. tree of. growth will. kill. joe i will cut you sir told just as

a group in the us will i was out i'm not sure that your listeners are with us all. there are an estimated one thousand two hundred rolls koreans working in mongolia. the companies transfer the white is directly to the north korean embassy in poland but all. most is confiscated by the regime. the workers only receive a small amount to send back to their families in north korea. construction workers are the only money makers. north korea supplies logons samas and medical practitioners but no matter who they are they income goes to the stice. in the tour there are three acupuncture and are a practically next stop by north koreans.