battles to help those affected. however environmentally say the company and the country who fail to learn the lessons of the money on a disaster. which is zero tolerance metal is the secretary of the brazilian non-government organization climate observatory he says this will have a big and probably long lasting environmental impact but we're speaking about and there it is the reach op the two hundred twenty kilometers far from the dam and that have been a fact that it could have been affecting the couple of days. from the leakage of the of the of. this substance that where they are in the dam and you're speaking about several cities along this the reverse this rebirth might being affected by the pollution the soil might be affected by the pollution and well. in in addition we have hundreds of people who at that time might have

been killed by the accident we haven't learned really the last ones from marianna and even right now we're discussing softening weakening the environmental legislation that are necessary to make things work out and if this is an eclectic accidents like this could happen more frequently in the future unfortunately in spite of them they're of the measures emergency measures taken by the government think this is just an acceptable just days after declaring the he wouldn't cave in on presently to end the partial government shutdown without getting the money he wants to build mexico border wall a deal with rival democratic party politicians will provide enough funding to operate the government for three weeks while official reports now from washington d.c. on what could happen after that. thank you very much my fellow american it's over for know i am very proud to announce today that we have reached

a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government after the longest shutdown in american history thirty five days steps of moving taking to get it hundred thousand federal stuff back to work but the funding deal is just for three weeks in that time republicans and democrats will discuss a long term plan here's the problem the president still wants his border wall the democrats don't want to agree to that from the white house a warning that if he doesn't get what he wants i will use the powers afforded to me under the laws and the constitution of the united states to address this emergency. pressure had been building on the president to end the stalemate his approval rating was dropping senior republicans were leaking support and workers were warning of genuine security risks in the senate republican leader called on democrats to negotiate a longer funding deal that would include

a significant investment in urgently needed border security measures including physical barriers in his rose garden address the president insisted democrats know backed the idea of a border wall that was disputed by their leader we don't agree on some of the specifics of border security democrats are against the war but we agree on many things such as the need for new technology and the need to strengthen security in our ports of entry a funding bill was agreed by the senate in december but attacked by right wing commentators donald trump blocked it because it had no money for a border wall his decision to reopen the government has led to new attacks from his own supporters but one former trumpet ministration official says he now gets to make a state of the union address to prove his case saving as we all know is a prime time address not just to congress to brief congress but also to brief the american people and i think i expect that the president will use that time to try to address the american people and discuss the significant issue that he has before

them in the sport of offering donald trump said he was willing to keep the government shutdown for months to get the money for a wall he promised on the campaign trail mexico would pay for thousands of federal workers will no go back to work after the president was judged the situation the consequences and the result is thank you very much allan fisher al-jazeera washington. reacting federal agencies will be a slow process and many government workers are worried they'll be at the receiving end of another shutdown soon. to report in kansas city. as a federal employee who hasn't been paid for over a month to feed a hanson had a lot at stake when donald trump spoke after the president announced the government would reopen for three weeks there was no celebrating angry and disappointed. three weeks is good nothing long enough to just get us a check to pacify us for

a little while to get us to the next step and then once we get back in there if they shut down again we won't be able to leave so i feel like they're building a wall around us as employees marland wilson another federal employee also felt the announcement left more uncertainty. it could happen in the government might be reopening but across america like here in kansas city where there are nine thousand federal government employees it will take time to get things back up and running again outside this federal government office here in this city there are still no cars in the parking lot and the doors remain shut and locked many people worry that after the three week deadline the government could shut down once again that's why at this office of kansas city they are still handing out food to those who need it we've got chicken rice peanut butter we

have some things a tarp people who are over for a little while you know maybe two or three weeks you know so. with the president his words we will be right back as for defeat ahead soon she is keeping her resumes out for other than three weeks of i'm going to get laid off again then i should probably rethink my career for federal employees may be sued back to work but asking her how long. kansas city. still ahead here on the al-jazeera news why the european commission has reportedly added saudi arabia to a list of countries that pose a threat to the economic blow. but how a policy change in beijing has helped create a plastic waste problem in malaysia. and the french football. coach and bring back the man he replaced just three months ago paul will have that story and.

the u.n. security council is set to meet later on saturday to discuss the power struggle gripping venezuela the u.s. is likely to push the council to back off a zisha leader one that i don't know who's declared himself as president but any such move will be blocked by russia which backs nicolas maduro inside venezuela the two men continue to rally supporters latin america editor lucien human reports from the colombia venezuela border samar in caracas an almost surreal scene two venezuelans speaking in the same city at the same time each claiming to be the country's legitimate president. it's a high stakes bet why dog who was proclaimed interim president by the opposition controlled national assembly on wednesday he's now calling on the military considered the deal breaker in this conflict to support regime change. announced

the approval of an amnesty law to benefit army members prepared to abandon legal last month a little while summoning venezuelans to. take to the streets what about. those who think that we're backing down but the streets have have another thing coming the people are going to be on the streets for as long as the table. but at the presidential palace the embattled president responded by making it clear he's not going anywhere. we will defeat the coup that intends to intervene in the political life through venezuelan sovereignty aside and install a puppet regime for the interests of the united states and its allies in the western world. friday the european union said it would join the us canada and most of central and south america and recognize an interim government unless immediate and internationally supervised elections take place this as non-essential u.s. embassy staff began leaving the country not top tier diplomats washington says it

doesn't recognize my party to sever diplomatic ties or expel u.s. embassy personnel the u.s. secretary of state mike pump il has called an emergency un security council meeting for saturday. russia is now putting its full weight behind warning washington against intervention in mn israela while offering to barter negotiations to end the conflict. but the opposition says the time for talking is over. on the colombian side of the border venezuelans returned home with supplies nervous about what lies ahead venezuelans know that the crisis in their country is entering into unchartered waters a confrontation between president mahmoud abbas and his opponents between mughal and the united states and between the united states and russia and the only thing at this hour that they seem to be certain of is that there is total uncertainty

about how all this will unfold. the u.n. high commissioner for human rights warns that the situation could quickly spy. out of control with catastrophic consequences you see in human al-jazeera. of the causes of venezuela has divided latin american countries mexico and staying neutral its president even offering to host talks when all repeller reports from mexico city. venice will as political crisis continues to reach new depths massive demonstrations have rattled the country this latest unrest arrives on the heels of thirty five year old one the leader of venezuela's national assembly declaring himself the country's interim president. the nations of the so-called lima group including argentina brazil chile and others were quick to announce their support for. mexico however is not among the countries taking sides during an early

morning press conference we asked the mexican president to clarify his position on the crisis. mexico has a history that is very important in relation to foreign policy that is based on principle and that it will continue if every other strayed in the past from those principles we will not we will not act in violation of our constitution. it is not that we are in favor or against anyone we are for the defense of the constitutional principles of our foreign policy. president lopez over the last stance remains one of non interventionism his critics however say this lumps him in with supporters of venezuela's nicolas maduro. but some argue the geo political posturing from world leaders both for and against could end up having little effect. a latin america policy expert says the fate of the crisis could be in the hands of the venezuelan military. the most important coalition is that of the military

so long as my girl counts on their support he can maintain the. and definitely no matter how many people die or how much international condemnation there is. for the moment the top brass of venezuela's armed forces have not indicated a change in where their loyalties lie. what is taking place. against. against democracy against our constitution and against our president. the legitimate president. more than twenty five people have been killed during the latest violence in venezuela in an effort to find a solution to the conflict mexico and uruguay have offered to host a peace summit mexico finds itself in a unique position remaining neutral on the venezuela crisis provides an opportunity to play moderator between both sides of the conflict an opportunity the mexican

president says he will only see if both sides can agree to participate in diplomatic talks. mexico city. and the jury's main opposition party has halted election campaigning for three days in protest at present mohamedou bihari suspending the chief justice walter. hughes to failing to declare assets opposition people's democratic party says the allegations are politically motivated the chief justice would likely rule on any disputed results in next month's general election if he's reinstated. reuters news agency is reporting the european commission has added saudi arabia to a draft list of countries a pose a threat to the european union the listing to its countries seen as having lax controls against terrorism financing and money laundering saudi arabia is already under international pressure over the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi other countries already on the list include iran iraq syria yemen and north korea the

provisional decision means needs to be endorsed by the twenty eight e.u. states before being formally adopted georgia can farrow is the chief executive of gulf state analytics he says this will put more pressure on saudi arabia to change its ways. of course important to keep in mind that this is merely a draft it's subject to change but of course the fact that we're even talking about this in the first place bodes poorly for riyadh let's keep in mind that in september the f.a. t.f. decided not to give saudi arabia full membership for many of the reasons which are obviously in play here saudi arabia is going to need to make some changes in order to convince its allies in the west that its leadership is very sincere with all of this talk about countering extremism returning to so-called moderate is

a lot there is definitely a war of narratives in which saudi arabia is facing some major problems saudi arabia is trying to convince western governments and societies that the kingdom now with mohammed bin some man at the helm is truly committed to this campaign against radicalism and violent extremism it really undermines their argument that the problems are coming exclusively you know from the usual characters iran the qatar turkey the muslim brotherhood it's adding momentum to the arguments that saudi arabia has also been a root cause of terrorism from at least certainly a financing standpoint. india is the raising of the public day the other history of its constitution being adopted in one nine hundred fifty a military parade has been held in the capital new delhi with south african presidents will run oppose the guest of honor in all the heavy security in indian

administered kashmir where separatists leaders of called for a day of demonstrations. at least fifty nine people are being killed by floods and landslides in indonesia aerial video of gaar in south province shows the extent of the floods triggered by terentia will rain that's been falling since tuesday dozens of communities were inundated rivers burst their banks. if humans still have the weather it's tough but still ahead here on the al-jazeera news of a car bombing and security threats are trying sanity in northern ireland as the breaks it clock ticks down. and role play with a purpose and a group gives double stella gets the taint still a very different reality and installed west indies torment england's cricketers to make it mission impossible the tourists above paul will have that story later that he was up.

from flowing in the winds to an enchanting desert breeze. hello there we have all sorts of weather happening over australia at the moment we do have a tropical cyclone towards the northwest we've also got another blob of cloud over queensland was that when we find out about it and we've also got plenty of very hot in the south now for melbourne the heat has finally left us but not until we saw two days with temperatures over forty degrees and with temperatures at forty three degrees on friday that was too hot for most of us to go to the beach even or we had to do was come down in the sprays earlier this month seems to be trying to put his head in it and all sure that's exactly what it's designed to do but anyway certainly this front has helped all of us because if that worked its way across melbourne the temperatures dropped fourteen degrees just in ten minutes so very impressive there that front has now worked its way across cambra where the temperature has dropped thirteen degrees in two hours which is more usual for

a cold front really so that system has been working its way northward getting rid of that hot air a melbourne on saturday only got to around twenty five degrees which is far more bearable if that circulation zero to the northwest that the tropical cycle but it's running away towards the west so hopefully that won't be affecting us too much nothing more than the old shower in the fall northern parts of western australia and this one in the northeast might have already brought us a lot of rain but the idea is that it fizzles out over the next few days. the weather sponsored by cateye race. in september twenty seventh team the people of the kurdish region of northern iraq voted in favor of independence from baghdad. but joy was short lived as the iraqi government reacted forced me against any idea of separation. al-jazeera whirls travels to the kurdish regional capital of overbuilding to investigate independents and the

iraqi kurds on al-jazeera the latest news as it breaks the difference is that convulsed bottles ossified this that artistic in the ritz with the this time gold with truth does not come up with details coverage why though has already said that he's ready to take over as interim president and call for you elections. from around the world volunteers are doing what they can that's not the point behind the government's decision to criminalize homelessness it hundred. packs.

welcome back to the al-jazeera news hour with a reminder of our top stories people living in a predominantly muslim area of the southern philippines have overwhelmingly approved a new autonomous region called bangsamoro now the government has faced off with multiple groups for decades. longest running conflicts at least nine people have been killed and many more off it. never mind in brazil mortars cascaded through nearby houses and farms and has backed down and agreed to temporarily and the government shut down without getting the money he wants for a border war along mexico the us president signed a bill little from the government for the next three weeks. now a recent bombing in several hijackings in northern ireland second largest city of raised fears of a new paramilitary threat police are looking at the suspected involvement of dissident republican groups the new ira which wants to end british control of the

province and back reports from londonderry bracks it may be stabilize things even more. father michael carey is a catholic priest in northern ireland second city during decades of upheaval community leaders played a vital role in easing tensions many hope violence was a thing of the past but after saturday's car bombing some fear it could be a sign of things to come there's more horrible time a horrendous time when they were absolutely better nurse. under people families pitted against families because some people supported the struggle other people opposed the struggle so families were torn apart as a personal view that while there was a british presence and maryland i think there were always be people who were. resist that and people will try to have the british out of ireland i force the bomb was crude and highly unstable a delivery vehicle was hijacked and left outside london dairies courthouse this is

the moment it went off there was no loss of life and little damage but the bombs reopened old wounds two more days of security alerts followed including two further hijackings of vehicles by masked men five people were arrested and later released no groups claimed responsibility but police suspect a hard line republican group the new are a. very sore some of the worst fighting during thirty years of sectarian violence it was a conflict between nationalists mostly catholics who favor a united ireland or unionists mainly protestants who want northern ireland to remain british and twenty years ago opposing sides signed the good friday agreement bringing an end to the fighting but this isn't where the story ends some rejected the peace deal and in the past twenty years distant republican groups of periodic lee resurfaced in an attempt to reignite violence which is what police suspect may have happened here outside dairies courthouse these are not new and aims but they

do have a new political context. northern ireland's devolved power sharing government collapsed two years ago leaving a political vacuum in the province and breaks it happened opening up a fierce debate over the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland an easy member the good friday agreement guaranteed an open border ending military checkpoints and customs posts a no deal breaks it could mean the return of hard infrastructure the new ira views any border as a target shin fein was once the political wing of the provisional ira they signed up to the good friday peace deal renounce violence and are now at the center of northern irish politics we believe that the road map and a great irony and a story they express wishes of the people of iran and the democratic nature the bombings being condemned across northern ireland's entire political spectrum peace here was hard won but it remains fragile leave barker al-jazeera terry.

a horn is director of research at the school of law and government in dublin city university now he's also author of the from partition to bricks the irish government and northern ireland now joins us from chisinau in moldova via skype good to have you with us live on al-jazeera i mean there are many factors that are being suggested as to the causes of the current uncertainty an upsurge of violence that we're witnessing in london darian across the province let's just begin with direct rule from london because the northern ireland assembly as needs that has not been in session for some time and isn't in control of the province politically. that's true that's in large part the result of the political arithmetic in westminster the g.d.p. which is about a third of the vote in northern ireland are propping up the british government and therefore have the immense just proportion leverage and influence at this critical

juncture in the brics a process essentially you have two hundred thousand people are the voters that voted for the two thousand for the g. dictating the pace and indeed character of the brakes a process that does leave a vacuum in northern ireland and without overestimating the threat at this very particular moment it's tree has shown that essentially when there is a vacuum in politics and politics perceived not working in ireland or northern ireland violence sometimes feels that king and the cause of the northern ireland good friday agreement in one nine hundred ninety eight was sort of supposed to bring hope and peace to a region that been right for decades buy into communal violence it's talked about as a coming back in full falls did violence ever go away after the one nine hundred ninety eight. it did the violence has subsided since the good friday agreement is a remarkable document in regulating the conflict in northern ireland but i think

it's important to stress that while the good friday agreement is it's an exercise in conflict management it's not necessarily that the conflict has been resolved anyone who visits not in aren't would be acutely aware of the very sharp differences of political opinion that exists continue to exist in order and the difference is that those differences are being expressed by it and that what breaks it does is that it really emphasizes the constitutional differences in northern ireland in a way that had been assuaged and modified over the last two decades because of the good friday agreement and perhaps more importantly because of joint membership of the european union just now threatened by purposes of course demis cotton as a needs report was the victim of a bomb attack last weekend so there are elements who do want to exert what influence power fear. well i wouldn't overestimate the importance of these groups right now they are small they do retain it the capabilities as was evidenced

by its recent attack in derry but there is a political consensus among those elected parties in northern ireland these are a group to be isolated and that they don't represent the wishes of the people of northern ireland or ireland generally you know that there's no or no kind of appetite for a return to conflicts in ireland and in essence i think the main fear now is how it breaks it might impact our north-south cooperation and the prospect of the heart border is one that's really focusing minds in london in brussels in jump in on the details and of course for our international viewers who you know you think so much about bricks and so much about borders used we have to clarify that once the united kingdom leaves the european union it is expected that a hard border between the republic of ireland a northern ireland will come into existence with with customs offices and security along the border that was one thing that was got rid of join the nine hundred ninety eight peace agreement and that's what really concerns people but why should

it be a soft border why should there be communication between the two. well the good friday agreement as i said which is the basic documentary regulates the peace process in art and he does it as north-south cooperation on the whole a very strong level and that's not really possible but the imposition of a hard border unsupported emphasized that you know the majority of people in northern ireland voted to remain in the european union and that is a huge percentage of the population in northern ireland are irish citizens are therefore citizens they will remain so even if the united kingdom exits the e.u. and the border is not just it's not just another trade it's a matter of culture interaction of political interaction and people travel over that border every day and the people who are most impacted by this hardcore disrespect our border would be people living in the region and they are overwhelmingly against hardcore and therefore are uniformly in favor of this box which is being proposed as

a insurance policy individual agreement to ensure that irrespective of what kind of breaks that deal emerges that there will be no change the status quo in terms of this invisible frictions order that exists between north and south which is the what happens as the clock ticks away towards the exit deadline for the moment to not go home but so much for joining us and she is now in moldova thank you. activists have been keen to keep the plight of refugees on the agenda at the world economic forum in switzerland when a group gave delegates a taste of what it's like to flee their home and risk their lives looking for safety journal reports nothing. it's a long way from the champagne and canopies that define the set. but even some of the world's most powerful people have been humbled by this experience of life as a refugee. when

a soldier is yelling at you and there's no one else around you you become like everyone else you're just human why are we here at the world economic forum it's that same goal to improve it's committed to improving the state of this world and our world and he's changing sixty eight million displaced people. who sits in this forum they are the people who can shape this world now living a very different experience of reality is real life refugee muhammad has a son muhammad here with the world economic forum's young global leaders program mohammed is a citizen of nowhere having spent twenty years living in kakuma camp outside nairobi the plectrum of the world economic forum provides i mean i it's tremendous and it has the potential to solve these problems and send a flavor to the camp and i don't know how things will be from there on but i hope that i'm a minister who has inspired enough people to act in bring tangible results to the coming we don't want to be that forgotten people forever so for all the talk about

davos damp squib this year with headlining world leaders largely absent this is still a place with three thousand of the world's most powerful most influential people meet each year most are not here to make headlines they're here to make deals and while it may be true as some critics of the world economic forum suggest that the global elite gathered here in davos has had a hand in breaking the global system that doesn't mean that they can't be involved in fixing it oxfam's executive director believes dabbles has an important role to play trump is no it. is not. terrorism is not to do with public i'm going to be our country's they've got to sort out the issues of inequality in the up countries but this is a place for influence there are big business is here politicians are here and you are the media and then us who work with ordinary people are here we're here to talk

to each other and give each other from this it and find solutions. in the basement beneath her feet the refugee experience moved some to tears there's nothing like a screaming soldier to make one seek an unlimited in the dark journal how al-jazeera davos switzerland. is really. iranian falls in syria. this week in damascus killed dozens of people reported. syrian government find a. dangerous escalation in tensions. in one of the first military exercises of the year and let loose the weapons of war the same playing war games now may someday be fighting on frontlines far from home . and experts worry israel might be hostility between the two countries is no secret since the early days of the syrian war eight years ago israeli forces have targeted iranian allies of the government. but continuing israeli strikes on

iranian targets in syria means what started out as a sidebar to the war runs the risk of becoming a parallel conflict. we have been fighting israel in different ways to forty years now there is a direct contact because close to their borders we are monitoring their activities and we are capable of retaliation so far we have not decided to enter a direct war with israel because we believe the syrian government should make this decision they haven't yet but it may happen and if it does we should expect a direct and very wide war on the ground. with no immediate borders between them open conflict with israel would probably look like proxy battles of the past likely playing out on lebanese and syrian soil experts say strikes on each other cities is also a possibility but the most dangerous escalation would come from the involvement of israel. and iran staunchest enemy the united states if that were to happen many experts warn the conflict could become global there is perhaps no clearer sign of

the distrust between iran and israel than this monument to their mutual animosity in a speech a few years ago.