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orders of the intelligence chief and in sport catarrh i've reached the final of the asian cup for the first time maybe how is the united arab emirates for it now and what was down the block. so venezuelans attorney general has asked the supreme court to open an investigation into the opposition leader. to freeze his assets and to ban him from leaving the country that's after the u.s. sanctions on venezuela's state owned oil company were imposed to block around seven billion dollars of assets the u.s. has also moved to allow. control of some of his government's assets that are in u.s. banks on top of all this of course president nicolas maduro is accusing washington of trying to steal venezuela's oil rigs. so here's the team covering things brooks

in washington d.c. we will be with you shortly diane i'm going to start though with. who's in bogota watching developments over and in venezuela this is a suggestion it's not official yet it's about opening inquiry watch these are pretty serious sorts of things for him to be dealing with. absolutely definitely more dan at the suggestion because the supreme court too will have to make a decision if they doing the true hit go from leaving the country and three to acid control it's also controlled by the government and equal last night would also but most likely outcome here is that the new general will get indeed whether you ask you for now what we don't know what's unclear at this point is exactly why they are investigating why door or there has been mentions to the possibility the

investigating him playing violent and also for keeping contact with the u.s. government that now that the u.s. government that's putting the use that sanctions we also know that the attorney general's office that it's a very general office is investigating the higher national assembly there that could have been its way to congress and the role that they are having in the ongoing protests and this comes just one day before venezuelans are expected to take to the streets of the capital caracas and other cities on wednesday i guess one has to play this pretty carefully he wants to show strength he wants to show people that he can be the president but he's also got to be careful because there's a lot of people after him now as well. no. we don't know where i though is saying nobody seems to know that for example he

had he has spoken just recently responding to the attorney general saying that while he doesn't estimate the risk of being arrested they also say that there's really nothing new in the accusation and the methods the government is putting forward to against them and the office vission and a general and he said that he will continue with his strategy the first one of course is what we've seen opposition leaders and members of a position doing for a few days now going through police stations and military outposts to circulate that they're off for an amnesty bill that was the offer of amnesty to rank and file soldiers policemen made level officials and truly even the military leadership . decided to switch sides and help the opposition bring down their

nikolaus and that's a little regina the other option now we see indeed the opposition has access to some of the venezuelan assets in the u.s. would be to try and open a humanitarian corridor or inventing so at least one clear how they would be able to do that but try and bring help to the people and business where lebanese not that it's specially now that the new sanctions that could make could basically many things situation even worse. thank you for a band that's got a dynasty in washington d.c. so it seems. cannot only count on the support of the united states but financial support as well if you could only get access to it. well that's right and the other thing that we're seeing today is this travel advisory that's been released by the state department asking americans not to travel to venezuela citing risks of crime the risk of arrest and the u.s.

embassy's inability limited ability to help u.s. citizens these travel advisories are common in areas where there is political unrest better also raises the question of whether the u.s. may be planning some sort of military intervention to that area president trump has said repeatedly in the last week that all options are on the table he has not ruled out military intervention but hasn't said specifically that that's what the united states intends to do although there were questions raised about that again yesterday at a press briefing at the white house when national security advisor john bolton showed up caring a yellow legal plat pad that said britain on it had written on it five thousand troops to colombia he was questioned about that no comment. the press in the press office was asked about that they said no comment of all options again are

on the table the deputy secretary of state patrick shanahan today said it would not discuss what bolton had written on his legal pad when asked about the possibility of the u.s. deploying these five thousand troops potentially to the border of venezuela to colombia he simply said no comment so it raises a lot of questions here in washington about what the intent is at the white house at this point doesn't that just thank you dianne estabrook in washington d.c. . now with us on skype from budapest jennifer mccoy she is a professor of political science specializing in latin america politics and jennifer you wrote the book international mediation in venezuela maybe i can start with that because that's what we think the united states certainly injecting itself into this whole process what he thinks going to be the results of all of that as nicolas maduro says there it's a coup orchestrated by the us well it's it's

a very high stakes situation i would not characterize it as a coup because this is one branch of government that has electorally genom a-c. that is that is the national assembly that's asserting its constitutional role against a president who lacks electoral legitimacy in elections that most consider tainted from last year so it's a constitutional conflict between two branches of government and the u.s. has as you say inserted itself but along with latin american governments canada who have been calling for to. reince door to restore democracy and have not planned to recognize him when he inaugurated himself on january tenth so the u.s. is not alone in this situation let's talk about one because you know a week ago or maybe i would have looked at him and said yes he's in a a strong position there was so much support for him on the street. now with the

news we've heard about the supreme court today from the attorney general today it just seems that reality might be hitting home for him that he is up against a formidable opponent. well he certainly is you know he's asserted his position of backed by the national assembly to be an interim president but he controls nothing in venezuela. still has all the reins of government and the fire power as well with the military still backing him the national guard the police force and a civilian militia but the financial news being tightened around the government with particularly the u.s. sanctions announced now will certainly have a dramatic effect one way or another and while why do cannot do anything with the funds at this point doesn't have the capacity the infrastructure to do anything by

restricting them from flowing to the government and that raises the stakes tremendously of course the bet is that the military will withdraw its support if not the population will suffer tremendously with these greater financial restrictions can you tell me more about that because it's restrictions being put on the oil company the state owned oil company can you tell us more about the. the trickle down effect here and how that manifests itself for the everyday people who are let's be honest already in terrible economic situations. they certainly are already in terrible situation yet they still do receive some benefits from the government you know subsidized food. and they're little in terms of wages but there are still many people employed by the government and so on so those two things would be severely restricted and even the small amount of medicine that bearable in the country all kinds of imports the country is importing almost

everything would be restricted. for even for those for with money to spend so it certainly will deepen the humanitarian crisis but it also means it will hurt those in the government who are involved in corruption and who are skimming off the top it removes that capacity from them and that one incentive to begin to want to change the situation and perhaps remove support from that that's the bet of this very high risk gamble jennifer mccoy good talking to you thanks for your time thank you let's move to other news five things again flared up in yemen putting a six week old u.n. brokered ceasefire in jeopardy the u.n. now says implementation of a truce agreement will be pushed back and adding to the complications the retired dutch general in charge of the cease fire he stepped down as all the details of the cease fire in the data appears to be on the verge of falling apart fighting has

intensified of yemen's main port city further north government troops backed by the emirates he led military coalition owns a move to capture areas near the truth it controls capital sanaa un envoy martin griffiths met to think amanda's to plead with them to maintain the whole day to cease fire which began six weeks ago. the hands of the rebels political council told the u.n. envoy that saudi arabia is undermining the truce no economic now and our focus is to consolidate the front lines our success will depend on what we will achieve militarily this is the retired dutch general who was given the job of ensuring the delicate ceasefire doesn't fall apart patrick comer met leaders of the

yemeni government in exile in the city of aden. and he's due in her it's may be his last official mission his being replaced by a danish general who led a peacekeeping mission in mali. the day the cease fire agreed during talks in sweden in december calls for her theory to withdraw from the city and port it's the main gateway for much needed aid and food into the country the fighting around it has burnt millions are threatened with famine. the truth these say they will pull out but won't hand over the area to the enemies and they say saudia marital led forces must stop attacking her data who are the fabled cabinet that we need to fight against aggression and send fighters to the battlefields that should be our answer to those who want to escalate yemen's government and president of the hardy reject the who are saying they must withdraw immediately and

a lot of the yemeni army to take over. if the day the ceasefire collapses completely millions of suffering yemenis will be waiting even longer for the four year old war and i smile but i'll just. elizabeth kendall who is a senior research fellow at oxford university a specialist on the yemen war who we spoke to earlier she told us there is still the political will to make the ceasefire deal work. things were looking pretty good and aid flows were improving now they look like they're storming again and meanwhile we have twenty four million yemenis in need of assistance still ten million on the brink of starvation we have to hope that this ceasefire can go ahead what needs to happen is that everyone must focus on the positives there is still a political will to make the stockholm agreement work to make the ceasefire work to

redeploy troops the international will is that we saw that and the ninth of january united nations security council briefings we've seen it in the united states congress we've seen it in the european union meetings recently we've seen it at a recent conference in germany specifically designed to look at yemen solutions so the international well is that the pressure has to be on keeping those in leadership positions in the two main warring sides focused on coming together for a solution and not letting the spoilers those who are getting rich on the back of the war win through and allow the ceasefire to fail here's what's coming up for you on this news hour a legal victory for a christian woman in pakistan whose acquittal on blasphemy charges led to protests also investigators in brazil arrest five people for their alleged role in the collapse of a down and support campaign is demand urgent action after bahrain issues an

extradition order for a refugee footballer akim. north korea is unlikely to give up all its nuclear weapons and that's coming from the u.s. director of national intelligence dan coats assessment casts doubt on president donald trump's plans to reach a denuclearization deal with north korea coats made the comments in congress during a senate intelligence committee hearing more from alan fischer in washington d.c. . well if he was watching this would have been uncomfortable listening for donald trump essentially a briefing to the senate intelligence committee undermines a lot of what he's been seeing in foreign policy over the last two years the briefing was given by dan coats who's the director of national intelligence the head of the cia agent a hospital and also the head of the f.b.i. now when it comes to north korea danko said that there is no evidence that north

korea is preparing to get rid of its nuclear stockpiles and you remember the donald trump said that the threat from north korea has gone the intention is that he'll meet with kim jong un at some point in the next month on the agenda is going to be the complete denuclearization of north korea which donald trump says is achievable here is dan coats is director of national intelligence saying that might not be the case john quotes also says there's no evidence that iran is preparing to build a nuclear weapon you remember that the u.s. pulled out of the iran nuclear deal last year it's still currently in place mainly with the support of european capitals but this undermines what donald trump has been saying in certainly undermines what the israeli prime minister has been seeing as well then there is the matter of ice all done quote said it has not been defeated they still have those of soldiers in iraq and syria and many branches worldwide you'll remember that it was just at the end of last year donald trump

announced that he was pulling all u.s. troops out of syria because it has words i saw had been defeated in fact as that announcement was being made his vice president went to a conference in washington and said that i saw had been defeated he is the director of national intelligence saying that simply not the case the one thing that's missing from this report any suggestion that there is an emergency on the southern border with mexico which of course is what donald trump has been using to justify the closure of the government for thirty five days and says he may well still announce an emergency on the southern border to build the border wall with. at the center of the government shutdown now the longtime adviser and confident of u.s. president don trump has appeared in court in washington d.c. . roger stone pleaded not guilty on tuesday to several charges against him as part of the investigation into possible coordination between russia and trump's twenty sixteen presidential campaign starts now the sixth campaign associates of the president to be indicted by the special counsel

robert muller and his team. so that ends intelligence chief has ordered all those detained in anti-government protests last week are to be released rights groups say more than a thousand protesters opposition leaders activists and journalists were detained they've been calling for president omar al bashir to step down protests have broken out in several sudanese cities following a call by trade unions for mass rallies here is mohamed in khartoum and this if it happens i guess mohammed is a big turnaround. that's right and right now people here in so they are waiting for details because or they have got so far is that announcement that was sent to social media groups and journalists by the minister of information and it came after a visit that was paid today by the head of intelligence to one of the prisons in

khartoum and after that he was quoted as saying but all those who were detained during the current wave of protests would be released so people they are waiting for details asked to when are they going to be released and how many in fact detained by the government two weeks ago the government announced that it had detained about eight hundred or a little bit more than eight hundred however. rights groups and protesters sources say it is between one thousand and two thousand detainees remember that sudan came under a lot of pressure from international circles particularly from the u.n. and the e.u. criticizing the crackdown by security forces on detainees and also probably there is an assessment within the government that this could be a goodwill gesture and it could probably lead to some other measures including for instance you know recently there have been calls from sources and sources close to

the government for dialogue with the protesters however there isn't a clear leadership that is ready to come out because they don't trust the government side so these are assessed t r's a good deal of measures that probably could lead to some other breakthroughs but until now protesters are dark for that this is going to happen as easily as it has been announced they're saying that it could be just a propaganda trick to break down the momentum or break the momentum of the protesters yes that would they cement him there. yes sorry to interrupt we use that word momentum i want to do ask you about that how much. after a month which was quite a long time for those protests to keep going how strong is the movement yeah we can say that this has been the longest wave of protests against any sudanese government since the independence of sudan. and it seems to be assisting it

seems to be a severing despite the crackdown despite the imbalance of the between the means of the two sides the government is not the government is not like holding any punches it's it's actually using all its might to finish this protest but it is only spreading through most of the areas of the country and if you speak to the protesters they tell you now they are shifting they are changing their strategies and tactics so that they could continue so you don't see protests every single day you don't see them. in a big one single place but they try to disperse the attention of the government to cause the security forces to be stretched out across the capital and and other cities so the strategy they tell us those protesters is that this is going to take a long time it doesn't look like it's going to end anytime soon ok thank you for all those updates there mohammed vile in khartoum at least thirty thousand people

have fled a town in nigeria because they wrongly feared book around fighters were about to attack the u.n. says people panicked when security forces protecting the town of brown moved out a common interest with this update. office of the united nations high commissioner for refugees says several thousands of nigerians on the move because of panic reports suggest that they saw a large scale movement of multinational joint task force the regional task force on military task force challenge with fighting boko haram in that region on the move and the thought maybe this going to be a large scale military operation out on the areas oh the forces may be pulling out there is no definite statement from the military authorities either from the region or from nigeria about what exactly is happening there but these underlines the. situation refugees and displaced persons are in northern nigeria and the rest of

the nec chad region united nations officials are saying that in the last three months because of escalation in violence or fighting between security forces and fighters are like two islamic state in west africa three hundred and twenty thousand people have been newly displaced some have crossed over into neighboring countries some to safer areas within nigeria and other states in the region so the situation is coming at a time when regional leaders are meeting and their representatives met in a bhutto to discuss the way forward now they have launched a plan to support these refugees and displaced persons over the next three years and that according to some experts that requirement or need need may be eventually reviewed because of the current situation the escalation of fighting and the movement of thousands of people from their homes because of the fight to escape the fighting. britain's prime minister is on

a collision course with the european union over briggs's threesome is planning to ask e.u. leaders to reopen talks despite their warning that the divorce deal she agreed with them in november is non-negotiable in london are to vote on an alternative plan for leaving which is of course june sixty days this will be the first time they've had the chance to propose their own solutions to the deadlock two weeks after inflicting the biggest ever government defeat by rejecting her agreement with the e.u. . what i'm talking about is not a further exchange of letters but a significant and legally binding change to the withdrawal agreed. negotiating negotiating such a change will not be easy it will involve reopening the withdrawal agreement a move which i know there is limited to tight among our european partners. but i believe that with a mandate from this house and supported by the attorney general the chance of the duchy of lancaster and the secretary of state accepting the european union i can

secure such a change in advance of our departure from the e.u. so here's paul brennan outside the houses of parliament in london i mean what's going on behind you there in that building is democracy in process which is all well and good but the reason why it's got a brick wall to deal with in the in europe itself. it almost appears that by pursuing the preferred course of action that she's expressed there in that clip that you've just played and in the debate that's been happening in the house she seems to be averting the prospect of a spitz within her own conservative party only to run into the brick wall of opposition once she takes this decided desire to renegotiate and reopen the withdrawal agreements back to brussels it remains to be seen just how open the e.u. will be i can tell you the early soundings are that the e.u. is not expressing any willingness whatsoever to renegotiate that deal which was signed off by theresa may back in november of last year now the debate has been

going on for about four half hours now those votes on these amendments are going to take place in the next forty five minutes or so and these votes are crucial because the amendments will guide the government's hand and it may be that the government's preferred option is actually taken away from it and that power is taken away from theresa may and she's forced effectively to pursue a course of action that she wouldn't opt if it was her own choice now to talk through these amendments with me is jack. simpson cad he's from the big game center for the rule of law jack is a keen observer can analyst of parliamentary process just how well a festival group for me these amendments into the type of men's we're looking at ok so there are three amendments to watch out for the first one is from yvette cooper and that is an unusual constitution because it seeks to grab a bit of the parliamentary timetable one day the fifth of february where the commons would be able to consider a bill which would could require the government to seek an extension to all school

fifty the second one to look out full is in the name of dominic grieve that would grab an even bigger chunk of the commons time table six days by the commons could debate a range of options and what people are calling indicative votes and then the final one and it's probably the most unusual is the one and then graeme brady's amendment which is about the backstop which you just mentioned the unusual thing about that is directed at changing a bit of the agreement that we thought was finished the negotiation and already finished so it seems that all that the government is actually now seeming to support an amendment which itself said only a few weeks ago was relating to appall the agreement that can be changed we will wait and see which if any in fact perhaps all of these amendments might actually make it through but from your point of view just how unusual how unprecedented it is this situation that we have of them so the situation is unprecedented i think that's clear in normal suit situation the government does control the commons timetable that's how it gets its business for it but i think the counter-argument to that is that we are as you said in an extraordinary situation at the ticking

clock of knowledge school fifty of the article five of article fifty which means we leave with no deal on the twenty ninth of march if nothing happens so m.p.'s are effectively taking hold of the wheel to avoid a difficult situation we also have a minority government which we haven't really had in the u.k. since the one nine hundred seventy s. and it's these extraordinary circumstances that i would argue of pushing and piece to take extraordinary action words cried thank you very much indeed jack i mean the words crisis have been used inside the commons to do. it is highly unusual and there's no guarantee of knowing at the moment exactly how those votes will pan out in the next forty five minutes or so we'll be back there at twenty one g.m.t. where we hope to have all the results and further analysis from jack back to you and we look forward to that paul brennan in london. still ahead for you on this news out of assigned press prepares to host a regional summit we'll tell you how it's actually coping with an increase in the number of asylum seekers. and sport a different challenge for the n.f.l.'s biggest stars ahead of sunday's super bowl

or. hello again where across the levant things are not looking too bad for much of the area we do have one weather system that's making its way towards the east and behind that we're going to be seeing a lot of clear skies cooler conditions as well here in aleppo fifteen degrees with some clear skies we do have some rain though it's going to be mostly on the southern coast of turkey over the next few days so from wednesday and thursday that is going to continue to be a problem across much of that area more across parts of iraq we're going to be seeing temperatures few rising and so on thursday how about a high for you of about twenty degrees there well across much of saudi arabia a lot of clouds particular over here towards the west as well as north and in those clouds we could be seeing a passing shower or two particular over here towards medina with the tempter there here on wednesday of about twenty four degrees but by the time we get thursday that

really goes up to about thirty one riyadh is going to be quite nice at about twenty seven degrees as well and then very quickly across parts of madagascar it has been raining very very heavily across the central in the northern part of the island and we do think that is going to continue over the next few days over here towards mozambique not really looking too bad but we do expect to see an increase of rain over the next day particular down here towards the south derbent really not looking too bad with attempt a few of about twenty nine degrees and here on thursday for cape town we do expect to see some clouds in the forecast with a temperature of twenty four. high in the atlas mountains. village women are fending for themselves being as their husbands are forced to find work elsewhere. but turning home with farm and family is tough with no outside support it's come much longer is

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this is the news are here at al-jazeera these are our top stories venezuela's attorney general has asked the supreme court to open an investigation into opposition leader. to freeze his assets and to buy from leaving the country that's after u.s. sanctions on venezuela state owned oil company were put in place to block around seven billion dollars in assets the six week old cease fire in the yemeni port of a day there appears to be on the brink of collapse fighting as fire began in the data and on the outskirts of the capital sanaa and also the retired dutch general in charge of the un broken truce to step down. and sudan's intelligence chief has ordered all those detained in anti-government protests last we are to be released rights groups say more than a thousand protesters opposition does activists and journalists were detained after calling for president obama bashir to step down. lawyers in zimbabwe are demanding free and fair trials for hundreds of anti-government protesters there but they fear

the ruling party and security forces could interfere in the court process which also has more from her. lawyers in zimbabwe say they know they are taking a risk protesting two weeks ago security forces are fighting dispersed demonstrators infuriated by rising fuel prices some lawyers representing zimbabweans arrested jerry and after the protests are demanding security forces and politicians don't interfere with the judiciary believe that the question is supreme like the military therefore we will fight for the rights of accused persons no matter what the cost is tossed. the lawyers also want the government to respect the rights of the more than one thousand people arrested in the past two weeks then thought if taking place in our country in the past two weeks have been quite disturbing in terms of the risk that. turpin and don must arias the must

the fast tracking of trials and how the trials of genetically been been handled. the main opposition leader nelson chamisa chose to address the media in the reception area of the fire damaged party headquarters in harare he accuses people from the readings on the p.f. of torching h.q. cheering protests he says opposition supporters are being systematically targeted and some have been forced into hiding but there's a lot of something to asian and you can see that is reform a lot of them in there not just targeting people for the circuit they want to cripple their. the government blames the opposition for the unrest and police deny targeting opposition supporters i think of sin is zanu p.f. . activists who also been to us in the we are resistant in the same vein those from the m.d.c. also. participated when we were there they were also arrested so i don't think it's fair to say police are targeting police we only look at it what somebody did during

this it were an arrest and then we do conduct investigations in the end of the day it is the. security forces remain on the streets right police have blocked the entrance of the constitutional court stopping lawyers from entering they say they hope the demands for an independent legal system will be heard but some fear doing their job is going to become even more difficult for al jazeera. the mediterranean leaders are trying to find a way to help hundreds of migrants who made the sometimes deadly journey from north africa to europe this is in the summit taking place in cyprus which has become the main target for smugglers trafficking and stover chota reports from nicosia. the buffer zone that divides the island between the turkish controlled north and the internationally recognized republic to the south stretches for more than one hundred miles it's easy for the human traffickers to find

a way through these are some of the boats they use now impounded and breached by the police but will that to find themselves closer to baghdad them when the catholic charity keratitis does what it can to help most of them are too afraid to show their faces and i don't mind what. just. is the case. so. this man told us he was forced to provide sexual favors to him who eventually smuggled him across the buffer zone. of this man said he had now lost all hope he had a new job lived on the streets and was always hungry there are hundreds more like him indicus here they've come from across africa the middle east and asia seeking safety and a better life but finding themselves in a limbo in a country the cart afford to look after them the numbers are quite staggering i

mean there were over a thousand one hundred. with very limited capacity. to catch up so this is. to keep everything falls apart leaders from seven e.u. countries bordering the mediterranean are meeting here for a summit to see if they could reach an agreement on how to tackle the problem the cyprus government say the only solution to the crisis is for an automatic relocation mechanism to be put in place which would allow the distribution of asylum seekers throughout the european union. but borders are closing all over europe. abdul has been living in a mosque since he arrived from syria eighteen months ago it's no life for his three year old son. at least is better than living in the street and david's with us now

from nicosia to talk more about this david when we spoke earlier we talked about the importance of some of the big players in europe france and italy for example one of the two leaders had to say at this particular somers. i've just been listening to their statements before they go in for dinner and that will be a closed session. and we will known of the last few days and weeks has been a big split between france and italy particularly the two deputy prime ministers have been accusing the french president emanuel mackerel of instigating this migration crisis and causing economic problems for african states. this time around with the italian prime minister himself here to separate conte for president was very careful to tread carefully over these eggshells and to try and ignore those

taunts on the populist deputy prime ministers in italy so what he said was that they were looking for a common approach a collegiate approach as he put it on the migration problem and he also raise the issue all of the maritime law and perhaps chiding the italians for allowing people rescued off the coast of libya not to be docked on the italian mainland and then we heard from. he was trying to be as diplomatic as possible but you could see there was real trouble there he said look the migration crisis is causing the people of italy to turn their backs on europe he said that if it continues it will cause the implosion of europe now these are very strong words and clearly i think you could tell from president runs expression that he was slightly dismayed and

such diplomatic circumstances and such strong statements were made so there seems to be no hope for cyprus to getting this common deal through with the european union they said what they needed was an automatic relocation mechanism allowing the . redistribution of the so many asylum seekers who are now landing in cyprus but it was clear that at this summit they didn't approach any sort of agreement and that agreement is a long way off still and. i think heading back back to italy he's not joining the rest of the summit over dinner and yet again i think it will cause a lot of speculation about the deep rift opening up between particularly france and italy all right thanks to david chase here at that migrants conference in nicosia the palestinian prime minister. and his unity government have resigned the west

bank based fatah reconciliation efforts with garza's leadership and hamas and head of the unity government since it was formed in twenty four teen. international observers who have documented division displacement and violence in the city of hebron in the occupied west bank or going home israel's prime minister has refused to extend the agreement for the monitoring mission calling it an international force acting against israel harry force that reports benjamin netanyahu critics say he's getting rid of the observers just to try to win votes to enter the israeli military controlled zone of hebron is to enter into a parallel world of division and displacement this is you had a street home to palestinian activist. he says he was expecting the end of the international observer mission here but it's no less worrying for being predictable they were doing. neutral documentation here which can be used by the palestinians to make israel accountable in the international criminal court. the temporary

international presence in hebron tiff has been in place here since one thousand nine hundred seven its term renewed every six months on a palestinian market street protected by canopies from settler buildings above traders say that if reports have done nothing to prevent the steady worsening of the situation. kicking out is the first step towards even more space for hebron because netanyahu is planning to expand the settlements here. but if mission was set up in the aftermath of the one nine hundred ninety four massacre of twenty nine muslim worshippers it had runs ibrahimi mosque by an american israeli settler the city was formally divided in one thousand nine hundred seventy eighty percent under palestinian authority control twenty percent including the old city and the site of the mosque and jewish temple under the control of the israeli military those years have also seen an expansion of the presence of jewish settlers here around eight hundred registered as living in the israeli controlled area alongside forty thousand palestinians they represent some of the most ideologically radical

settlers in the occupied west bank drawn here by the city's religious significance as well as the idea of a return to a place deserted by jews after sixty seven were killed in a massacre in one thousand twenty nine. if you are willing to talk on camera until you meet mordecai the professor himself only too happy to see the back of the two observers the time is up and time for them to get a real job and once their time is up what do you foresee happening i don't i don't see any real change on the ground except for that the i.d.f. will be able to do their job a bit better in stopping terror attacks in various forms one question is why the israeli governors waited until now twenty years on to end the two of presence here well there are two places to look one is into the most recent to freeport in december which according to an israeli media leak was an extremely critical summation of twenty years' worth of israeli violations of palestinian rights the other place to look is in israeli domestic politics israel's prime minister indicated in the vendor that he was considering ending the presence since then he's

called elections for the ninth of april there's plenty of political motivation for him to call votes on the israeli right above the deserted shahada street behind a cage protecting her from rock throwing attacks only moran has only curses for netanyahu and fears for increased violence wants to is gone her bronze bitter division is set fire to outlast the international mission whose job it is been to monitor it ari force at al-jazeera hebron a christian woman who spent eight years on death row for insulting the prophet mohammad is now free to leave pakistan after supreme court judges up till their decision to acquit her baby was sentenced to death but was acquitted last october a court decision which sparked a nationwide riots by religious party supporters who were demanding an appeal five people have been arrested in southern brazil in connection with friday's dam collapse more than three hundred people were killed in the torrent of muddy waste from an iron ore mine three of the detained work for the mine companies owners of

a two hour engineers who worked on the dam safety and with the latest now from bell on his own to the capital of mean a state with a disaster happened. the search continues around the town the brim with gene but now they're looking for bodies rather than survivors in the meantime the legal case against the company valley which owns the mine is great is gaining pace arrests have been made further investigations are taking place with the vice president of brazil. saying that a full investigation will be carried out into the structure of the company the company executives said. so far accepted no responsibility saying that a full investigation was carried out into the safety of the in both june and september of last year but now anger mounting against the executive board of that company many are now beginning to assess the environmental damage with something

like twelve million cubic metres of waste from the iron ore mine being spewed out into the surrounding countryside people posting on social media videos of fish in the river or dying dying around in and around the river in the meantime shaping up to be one of the worst disasters in brazilian history. still ahead.

we try to be as impartial as possible but. there was a bit of excitement in the news or merely an incredible that trick small against all odds cateye have reached the final the asian cup for the first time they beat hosts the united arab emirates for a nail in a thrilling semifinal then now face four time champions japan on friday so help malik reports. out that it was dubbed the blockade darby qatar taking on asian cup hosts the u.a.e. one of the four arab nations imposing a blockade on them since two thousand and seventeen but despite the political tension there was plenty of goodwill on show before kick off. good at two thirty oh i did once the action started though it didn't take long for things to heat up. the do it a little so we were told to qatar despite playing in the stadium with little support it would be the ones to go ahead.

while in kuki gave them the lead just twenty two minutes in but it got better for the qataris before the break. to their standout player of the tournament as early making it to nil with his eighth goal of the campaign to save the home crowd however didn't take what they were seeing very well bottles and shoes were among the things targeting the qatari team from the stands. after the break the referee's patience was really tested as on field tensions continue to grow church with v.m. rocky's try their best to get back into the game but had little success be more than eighteen minutes they were finally put out of their misery hasa now deuce making it to remail. was. the scoreline going out of the tournament and the disappointment of their founds all seem to be getting a two minute figure u.a.e. played little just if my lad meant taking out his. prostration with an elbow injury time. and meant he had to be sent off for trial

we're not finished though let me to smile making you for new to see arguably the biggest win in the history of qatari for this. family they now move on to friday's final against japan a win for qatar will see them stage the first world cup in the middle east in twenty twenty two as asian champions so while mali al-jazeera. al-jazeera jabari was watching the match from the fan zone in doha well the feeling here is of jubilation and proud moments for the locals and all the ex-pats that have been watching this game it was a very exciting game for them to watch they said that they felt very proud of the outcome of today's game was actually more important for the fancier than the final coming up on friday qatar went on to beat the u.a.e. for nothing it was one of the most important games they will ever play now many

people i spoke to here said that it's just so much more about all of this case for them given that. the region that qatar finds itself in many fans here said they can't wait to see how their team does on friday but regardless of that outcome it is a very proud day for qatari fans our sports correspondent lee wellings says they cap is a big step in changing global perceptions that cats are does have a football culture. this was a remarkable result for qatar spain a remarkable tournament for them remember qatar still hasn't conceded a single goal throughout the tournament having never ever reached the semifinals of an asian cup before now the winter final against japan and yes of course i don't know want to win the trophy but i think the achievement has already been there in the way that the players as well have conducted themselves on the fairly common easy for them to be in a stadium with no qatari support that hasn't been allowed hostile atmosphere

against the united arab emirates but they have managed to keep their cool and show us their quality and their quality under felix sanchez that been with him for a few years and he took them to an asian cup success in twenty fourteen for under nineteen's and the nucleus of that side has gone on is now playing football to show that qatar can actually have a very good world cup eventually in twenty twenty two on the pitch and take that spotlight that's always on matters off the pitch on to the fact that there is a very good football pride in this nation in this region and the kids extremely important whatever cittie giani in front of the face of president is absolutely insistent that he wants to continue looking at an expanded world cup in twenty twenty two to forty eight states just as there will be in the twenty twenty six children in america but of course in qatar in twenty twenty two it has to be in within that calendar month and this seems very little possibility that any of the matches can be played outside of qatar that doesn't stop mr in front so you know

speculating that it might be if him faithful look at the pictures of shoes being fried by the crowd in the united arab emirates qatar replies no qatari journalists or fish shows and certainly no fines in the stadium he was saying the problems that they're all in the region that for them to be resolved is going into an area that is way beyond fee for and i think a reality check will be needed when they look back at this tournament. campaigners fighting for the release of bahraini refugee football or hockey b.s. say that his situation has become an emergency that's after bahrain issued an extradition order to fly him back to the gulf kingdom from thailand or be has refugee status in australia where he's been living since fleeing to his home country after being arrested in two thousand and fourteen campaigners were at fever headquarters on monday to press the world governing body for action the next five days we want to say absolute progress and that means hakeem al-arabiya being

released and we're going to work continue to work with faith to ensure that that occurs on behalf of the football community in australia particularly all of the our former players and all of the citizens of their country who continue to say that hakeem should simply come home to his wife immediately our reporter when he is in bangkok where has been detention since flying to thailand for his honeymoon in november. bahrain ahead until february the eighth to file an extradition request with thailand and that is exactly what they have now done saying that he needs to return to bahrain to serve his sentence clearly that prospect is very concerning for the footballer himself he says that if he is made to go back there he faces torture possibly even being given the death sentence and making his situation even more precarious while he is here is the fact that thailand doesn't recognize the

rights of refugees the asian football confederation the governing body in this region has been criticized a lot for its apparent inaction over this case hakim himself has been a vocal critic of the a of c. president shake selman been. who happens to be a member of bahrain's royal family cardiff are set to play their first match since the disappearance of the plane carrying their new signing a million it was solid the welsh side will be taking on arsenal away in the english premier league later on chouse day the search for salah himself is also set to resume his family have raised funds for a private mission over the english channel the official search for the argentinian striker and his pilot was ended last thursday four days after a single engine plane went down this is a relatively small search area this is nothing like image three seventy but there are complications in terms of it being a small plane the bottom is very hard there's lots of other wreckage out there and

we have the weather but the point that i want to emphasize is the family are determined to get answers that they don't have right now and the only way to do that is find this missing plane. well for the players involved in super bowl sixty three one major obstacle has already been negotiated playing related games with fans just one of the challenges on super bowl media night and the stars of the l.a. rams the new england patriots hundreds of journalists with one last chance to ask a question had a sunday's title decider an atlanta. i'm always nervous before games yeah i have nerves a little anxious this. it's a it's a you know we don't get a do overs in sports so you work hard for that one game that you got to be able to get it done in the biggest moment and that's all yes but for now much more coming up later but for now back to you kemal far thank you so much for that and thank you

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more than twelve thousand structures lost in the wildfires concerns remain about long term accommodations jobs and medical care. local officials say there isn't enough housing stock available. venezuela's attorney general calls on the supremes court to bawl a self-proclaimed president on why go from leaving the country and to freeze his assets. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you know with al jazeera also coming up. the ceasefire in the yemeni port city of data appears on the brink of collapse.