people live in extreme poverty the highest rates are in areas with low levels of skills and education many here fear that lack of investment in the last thirty years means that millions of people will continue to suffer. nigeria has one of the fastest growing populations in the world and also the largest concentration of the extreme. and development partners say successive governments continue to adopt the wrong approach in tackling poverty so it is destructive actions that we have seen. i think these. believe in the power of market to transform the lives of the people but this is not corresponding with. in the country or in any part of the war and despite nigeria's vast oil wealth half its population lives on less than two dollars a day and with conflict forcing more and more poor people from their homes and lands many doubt if the government will be in

a position to improve the lives of millions across the country. comedy grease. northwest nigeria. singing china's national anthem is expected to become compulsory in all hong kong schools the proposed legislation would also make insulting the lyrics a criminal offense and critics argue this is forced them and beijing is challenging the city's core values sarah clarke reports from hong kong. security was quick to move on pro-democracy activist joshua long as members of his party raised a flag at hong kong's government headquarters was the demonstration is over proposals to make insulting china's national anthem a crime we are games it's because we believe that is not a must for people loyal to the country and loyalty to the region. seeing china's national anthem and all schools is mandatory on the mainland now the central

people's government is imposing the same goals in home calm the legislation has been tabled in the city's legislative council under the plan all students must learn the anthem and respect its history its very important go out for an hour a student here i understand the history of china as well as at schools much of the volunteers must be played at my just sporting events and swearing in ceremonies for government officials we are not compounding people to respect the raga we are trying to deter people from showing the switch back to the national anthem but it's not bringing out the patriot in everyone football fans in hong kong have booed when the anthem is played turning their backs. now those who insult the anthem by six thousand dollars fines and three is joe two to help shut down the opposition in hong kong they said they thought it in my opening and to turn it into a political weapon a kid

a show weapon by beijing putting aside the zeros are consistent with the one country two systems deal agreed when britain handed over the final pony to china in ninety ninety seven that dealing with it was agreeable to me and freedom of speech not enjoyed on the mind and critics say this bill undermines that in forcing china's nor as an attempt to silence those we support in the past. two years ago six lawmakers were disqualified accused of insulting the when sworn in since then civil democracy advocates have been blocked from seeking office and pro independence parties have also been banned. really all this going to go to understand that there's a going tensions between hong kong and then you can call it localism or whatever term you want but the tension is there the new anthem bill will become law the pro beijing parties had the majority in hong kong's parliament with the legislation expected to come into effect before july sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong.

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a rescue team that's been looking for the missing. a million osama and his pilot has said there's now no hope of finding them alive challenge as search chief officer john fitzgerald said even the most fit person would only survive for a few hours in the water the single engine plane disappeared over the english channel on monday night is headed from france silvers has more one plane against the ocean the english channel is one of the busiest waterways on the planet but the airborne search still has a vast area to cover three planes and one helicopter from the u.k. and france scouring the cities around the channel island of albany where the light plane carrying him really are no seller and his pilot david everett soon disappeared off the very dark on monday night south of two hundred kilometers north of his intended destination tributes around the cardiff city stadium where someone had hoped to start a new career following his transfer from france left by supporters who may never

get the chance to see their new signing play. similar scenes are taking place in france with his former club no want as the whole football world watches and whites . i want to send all the love and all the strength to his family and friends we can all lose the hope we have to believe until the end of two more precision he's a man who is appreciated by everyone i hope even if the chances are slim that we do find him a life arjun time media released a recording purportedly sent by seller to friends from the flight saying he was scared and concerned for his safety. the search will continue for a third day but with january temperatures in the channel dipping to almost freezing rescuers are made hopes of finding the two men alive are barring a miracle now over stuart silvers al-jazeera. well it's late cup semifinal week in england with the second leg being played as

a city off road to the final with the first trophy of the season in their sights i managed ten nel i got when i was thirty aside but now been leading nine down from the first like the second i got it was a formality and so jug where i'm scott the guy i'm legal or says he will play other tottenham or chelsea in next month's fun at wembley and chelsea have completed the signing of argentina international straka gonzalo higuaín online from italy the event is forward has been released from his loan deal of milan to complete this move that's one route he going or will unite with chelsea boss riches sorry who coached him at napoli is a very strong striker. especially in my first season. in naples he did very well he scored thirty six goal in thirty five matches.

in this is only his goal thirty nine goals so he did he did the very very very well for sure he is one of the best. in my career while the athletics legend you sign bout has announced his retirement from what was a very short lived and much hyped football career the times are lympics when champion went on trial with several clubs including current german league leaders brissie adornment reportedly turned down a contract with central coast mariners in the australian i leg and with the latter in motor the thirty two year old says he's giving up all sports i will focus on business instead of about the athlete than a folk annoyed side. serena williams bad say hold the record of twenty four grand slam tennis singles titles coming to the unlikeliest of ends at the australian open

in the deciding set of a quarter final against carolina because cova serina left a five one lead in a four much point advantage that supports all the drama in the album serena williams was looking for middle even in the pre-match pleasantries but this would prove one of the few times in her career when the air of invincibility left in spectacular fashion hints of it came a scarily plus cover on the first set and battle for control of the second but serina swiftly levelled the match at one set all was before taking what looked to be an unassailable five one lead in the decided was q match point was q. the turnaround. for much points in total would go begging and perhaps crucially a roll of the ankle as things swung back in place of its favor incredibly from five

one down the czech battled back to six five and her own match point. one which she wasn't allowing to get away from her. was an unlikely six four four six seven five victory for the number seven seed and literally did everything i could on those measurements not like i. yeah i can't say that i choked on those matchpoint she literally played her best tennis ever on those shots oh my i'm having a lot of contacts but maybe like from being a set down or a breakdown you know snuffs a month nothing like this so i think it's going to be the best comic ever so far in my life. alina sweats alina wasn't given anything like the same chance against miami of soccer the woman serena had been hoping to meet in the semi's to eventual u.s. open final defeat. the japanese player won the first set and won five love up in

the second one point being upset more by an insect than how ukrainian opponent. of soccer creating a buzz at these finals a six four six one win putting her through to a semi against place. for reese i'll just. have a joke of it is the one calls for what would be a record seven for stride you know for a men's title and the third consecutive grand slam the world number one was a set ahead when his opponent the number eight seed kadisha kohli was forced to retire heart every time djokovic has reached the semi's at this event he's gone on to win the title until now face the frenchman luke up we in the last four well you know how get some buses but for now allan thanks very much indeed leigh. and human rights activists. died in hospital after falling ill in december as he was affectionately known sixty six albums in his sixty six years many fans across

africa and beyond charlie under-reports. a true legend of african music could see was a self-taught musician known around the world for his hit song narea. singing in zimbabwe's dominant shona language and english he blended musical traditions developing a distinctive style known to fans as. music that carried messages of hope and messages and clung to during hard times. into could also help to promote human rights across the continent. and set up a music academy hoping to encourage more children to follow in his footsteps we have different. but we don't say that was who you have grown come let's learn from you. as tribute to

paul and some fans say he made them proud to be zimbabwe and others according to him to receive national hero status one way to thank you for the music charlie anja al-jazeera. and that's it for me i'll be back in a minute with another full round of the day's news thanks for watching. in afghanistan billions of dollars of international aid have been donated to girls' education but where has the money gone when east meets girls desperate to learn and

asks why is the system failing them on al-jazeera we know the culture we know the problems that affect this part of the world very very well that is something that we're trying to take to the rest of the world we have gone to places and reported on a story that it might take an international network for months to be able to do it united nations peacekeepers have to go if i'm tired you know. you are challenging the forces were challenging companies who are going to places where nobody else is going. the battle over the minimum wage heated up across the country today thousands of fast food workers walked off the job desperate for a better way to choose if you give your average worker a little more money they're probably going to be able to pay bills maybe to spend a little bit more on the two fifty right now so fifty k. painting would be to survive in twenty first century america i'm nervous we cannot afford for one of us a job. on al-jazeera. we

understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you al-jazeera. that is where there's opposition to one swears himself in as the country's interim president as hundreds of thousands march to demand the end of the maduro government . and on our intended this is al jazeera live from london also coming up the

president of turkey and russia hold talks in moscow to try to find common ground on syria. she dons president is in qatar at the start of a golf tour as anti-government protests continue in his country. would be a poor. and the date is set for elections in thailand the first since a military coup almost five years ago. and over his reign as opposition leader one guy joe has sworn him self in as interim president following another day of nationwide protests for and against nicolas maduro or door took the oath as president in caracas shortly after u.s. president donald trump said in a statement that his government would recognize wardour as venezuela's new leader trump said he would use the full weight of u.s.

economic and diplomatic power to push for democracy in the south american country president maduro was quick to respond saying that he was breaking relations with the united states it also appears to have the backing of the armed forces after the defense minister tweeted they disavowed any self-proclaimed president speaking from the balcony of the presidential palace but were said he would not be stepping down now so there are many more than. we come from the streets from all of the society and we have been here in the presidency for twenty years and that's down to the votes of the people and in this presidential palace we have gotten here and we will stay here with the votes of the people which is the only way to elect the constitutional president of venezuela only the people can elect their leaders and only the people can remove them from power. this was the scene following the announcement by god or was anti-government

protesters and security forces clashed in caracas earlier thousands mark the sixty first anniversary of a coup which asked into military dictator marcos perez human as anti-government demonstrators famine duro is turning his government into a similar or storage hereon regime and fisher has reaction from washington. well donald trump says he's going to use all economic and diplomatic pressure he can on venezuela now you'll know that there have been sanctions on venezuela for the last number of years since that time in fact chavez the difficulty of course is then what do you still have that you can use and a senior administration official has been briefing journalists in the last few hours saying that there are plenty tools still in the box certainly we can see that this wasn't just something that happened as an isolated incident there was clearly coordinated effort from a number of countries who said that if the national assembly leader declared himself as the interim president then they would ride in behind them with

diplomatic recognition and we've certainly seen that from the united states we've seen it too from canada but they have been joined by brazil colombia and also part of quite interestingly enough though we are also seeing mexico saying just in the last few hours that their diplomatic relations with venezuela remain unchanged so they continue to recognize the government of nicolas maduro it's interesting too when they are talking about what sanctions they can employ that the united states are shying away from talking about any possible oil embargo that is because there's a great deal of venezuelan oil makes its way into the united states if you suddenly cut off that supply that will drive up the price at the pumps that causes pressure on the economy an economy that is already experiencing some difficulties because of the partial government shutdown that is not something that donald trump wants to consider at this moment but it's clear that the united states are among the

countries that are building up an alliance a coalition against nicolas maduro and what is also clear is that the united states when they are talking about diplomatic and economic action against nicolas maduro that will be largely dictated by what nicolas maduro does in response on the streets in venezuela in the coming hours and days. first. tour is we've heard from the defense minister saying that they disavow the self-proclaimed president how much difference does this make to orders authority. well on its meaning it doesn't make much because what weibo has been doing since he became the president of the national assembly on january sixth is basically a challenge to governments in a just a misty when nicole was not a little was when into office for a second time he's been saying that nick was not a little is that illegitimate president of venezuela saying that he was elected in

a fraudulent election among other things it's interesting to know that until a few weeks ago many thing no one while you know was he's the youngest member of the assembly to become president of the national assembly and what's interesting also is that the national assembly he's precedent talk doesn't have any power in venezuela because it's considered to be in contempt with the administration so the government does not represent that so the power that one way though has right now have been his ability to become the face of the opposition in a position that since two thousand and seventeen when there were massive protests in venezuela had become divided many had been persecuted meant others left the country was one way though as that man exposed to you in just a few weeks to become the new leader often helpful fission in venezuela and also he has changed his strategy a strategy that involves asking the military to join them saying that's the national assembly but even though he doesn't have any power i would pass

a law that would give an amnesty to those members of the military that rebel against the precedence e of nicole that my daughter so power is not of there yet and if i was not allowed on the news to control the institutions in the country to control the military he controls the not not resources but one wise also gesture is mostly symbolic although he has the support of the united states of other countries in europe and countries in the region and terrorism madrid has said that he has no intention of stepping down how do you see things playing out in the nations awhile. well that current nikolaj mother would have big new very challenging there were thousands of people at all when a demonstrator to support. saying that the way out of the current crisis in venice went out where we're seeing shortages a field of medicine hyperinflation where they are just a week ago and people are trying to cope with hyperinflation every day with the

price of food changing from one hour to the next with a minimum wage that allows them to buy a few packs of rice and that's why many i live in desperately in fact many of those i don't know if you can see right behind me are here demonstrating that on the venezuela are demonstrating in different parts of the thing to go around the world and of demonstrating here in when a fight is to an equal level we don't dothan seem to go anywhere any time soon he's counting and saying that even though he does not have the support of the united states and other countries in the region he doesn't have the support of countries like russia like china or like turkey and he said that he does have the support of all the people that join them join him doing the demonstration and the support of the military the leadership of the military continues to support him and that's the power the need for lacma who to continue to have in venezuela until now there's a bow thank you very much indeed.

it will. take you should russian presidents who wrapped up talks in moscow on the situation in syria for them if you to do welcome the u.s. troop withdrawal and said he's ready to host a turkish iranian summit on syria i have a richard two and said that his country will deal with any groups that may fill the void created by the withdrawal of the american forces were returns has been following developments in moscow. there had been speculation that these two men might strike some sort of deal with russia saying that he could have its buffer zone against kurdish groups up in the north in return for ankara now in russia to finally return to government control well that doesn't seem to have been what happened at least not yet yes russia said we will help our turkish friends to ensure their security but putin believes that the best way of doing this is to get the kurdish groups and damascus to strike deals with. usually him in this context

we support the establishment of dialogue between damascus and the representatives of the kurds will certainly help in bringing together syrian society and help national reconciliation and will be beneficial not only for syria but also for the neighboring countries and the weather seems likely to allow russia to do what it wants with the rebel strongholds that russia says has been overrun by terrorists recently well i don't doesn't seem to be abandoning it quite yet. we would jointly fight against terrorist organizations in italy as we agreed because this is not a quick struggle it is a long fight our main goal is to secure peace and stability for the syrian people and leave the terrorists without opportunity to strike so where do these two leaders go from here well certainly there is going to be more dialogue talk towards pushing forward the tardy syrian constitutional committee and russia says that it

is going to host a russia iran turkey summit soon. zimbabwe's president. has promised action in response to a crackdown by security forces on anti-government protesters but opposition leaders say demonstrators are still being whipped him ised has more from the capital harare . shop owners assist the damage after last week's violence when the price of fuel more than doubled overnight in zimbabwe people demonstrated many didn't believe the president. who said the increase in months of shortages some businesses were looted during the violence the damage done hours i can tell at the moment was was too complicated but what i can tell you are probably a weekend where do you dress. for equipment does the house as it was taken away from the computers to those does even. the most want to get away.

is human rights commission a government appointed human rights a key security forces a systematic torture noise and activists say a dozen people have been killed scores more worried and every smidgen of opposition leader say people are still being targeted by security forces they also say others are in hiding fearing for their lives right now on the streets people are not in happiness people are not in peace there is a lot of ten hour displacement of persons people are being dragged out of their homes being people being beaten brutalized terrorized terror and fear all over and citizens are not in peace again having ammunition live ammunition against ordinary citizens that is unacceptable and that goes against the tenets of democracy. the president has promised to investigate the crackdown by security forces but civilians have also been warned when an.