to the problems created by breck's itself in particular but not only in ireland and while islands clearly worried about unload it dublin says some considerations trump economic interests we need a backstop or insurance mechanism based on legal certainty and not just wishful thinking for now we're left with mixed messages from the politicians here m.p.'s have said no to no deal without any clarity or consensus on how to stop it but not for this man that source was tortured for eighteen days he said the psychological abuse was the worst of british interrogator told him you'll die every day in here like a pig in your own blood and mud. with a wet blanket on my face to make it difficult to breathe and place the bucket over my head my hands were tied the british soldiers started hitting me and whipping my back and feet using turn terms on my knees they would do it in shifts evangelise

public car this was the last of the freedom fighters to fall to his death from this noose and the prison and also the youngest just nineteen years old his family stood outside the prison gates as he was executed. i felt so much pain also the whole family the first years so much anger right it gets softer over the years but it has never gone away. the scene is just outside nicosia and these pictures underline the fact that with the recent flare up of america activity the security forces can take no chances. every bridge is a potential danger and a likely place for a bomb to have been planned and travels on the side for hidden arms or suspects men themselves run into trouble they must always be on the lookout for a mine bomb on ambush the u.k.'s minister of state for europe's alan duncan said

after the out of court settlement was announced we must not forget the past indeed we must learn from it but the most important thing is to look to the future the settlement does not constitute any admission of liability and it's not a precedent in respect to any potential future claims against the government standing in the mountains far above nicosia the statue of one of the freedom fighters whose norm the gear was the eagle of the cross he fought to the death against british soldiers who surrounded his hideout in this cave they poured petrol into it and burned him alive but the land his gaze is forever fixed on is now free david chaytor al-jazeera the true dos mountains thousands of ethiopian israelis in tel aviv have protested against racism and police violence. that angry about

the killing of a mentally ill ethiopian israeli man who was shot dead by police two weeks ago organizers say the case is a culmination of what they describe as years of discrimination by the israeli state earlier on wednesday demonstrators marched through tel aviv and wants a major highway. a prominent human rights activist in zimbabwe has been released on bail after his arrest during recent protests past even more wary could face twenty years in jail if convicted of subversion he was an outspoken opponent of robert mugabe says nothing has changed on the emerson and then god well it is a very sad day for me even though i am i must be joyful that i'm being released it's a very sad day that i have to be in this situation again we went through this with the mugabe regime and here we are again. going through the exact same thing.

and it's it breaks my heart more than anything else it's a loss to the young people of our nation it's a loss to the old people of our nation. and one hopes that since injustice somehow prevailed or california for all panel has recommended the release of the youngest member of the nine hundred sixty nine killing spree led by cult leader charles manson leslie van who knew was nineteen at the time has been serving a life sentence for her role in the murders the group killed seven people the decision now lines with the state's governor. has more from los angeles. it was fifty years ago that this city los angeles was thrown into a state of fear bordering on panic and the united states as a whole was horrified by a series of gruesome murders they became known as the tate la bianca killings and

as the investigation unfolded it became known that they were the work of what was then called the manson family after charles manson a life time petty criminal who developed an incredible ability charismatic ability to get people to follow him he assembled a small group of so-called family members mostly young drifters or runaways and they committed these horrific acts killing sharon tate and several of her houseguests and leon and rosemary la bianca over two nights in august of one nine hundred sixty nine now a parole board here in california has recommended that the youngest member of the manson family leslie van hooten is now eligible or suitable for parole then hooton was nineteen at the time of the killing she was convicted of

murdering leon and rosemary la bianca and she is now sixty nine years old charles manson himself died in twenty seventeen well into his eighty's. i still have the knowledge and. gets a glimmer of hope farewell season is over shadowed by injury or will be with more. of.

all right it's time to catch up for all the sports news that's why polls here write it is that's correct sammy thank you fans under players from the former club of missing football a million seller have paid tributes to the twenty eight year old french team normed or playing their first home game since his plane went missing over the english channel. the argentine striker had played for north since twenty fifteen solid completed a transfer from them to premier league team cardiff city on january nineteenth two days later he sets out to join up with his new club on the light aircraft he was travelling on disappeared over the sea between fronts on dingle and an underwater search for the wreckage is underway all the norms players or shirts with sollars name on them for this league game against. liverpool missed the chance to take a seven point lead at the top of the english premier league that were held to a one all draw by les to city at anfield on wednesday night it means their five

points ahead of champions manchester city who had lost the day before. we take what we get to night it's a point and it's more than we had before the game's over that's fine is it that i'm not overly have been moved on no of course not b.b. wanted to win that game but we knew before that it would be really difficult and then it started snowing and it made it not easier that was always actually not a problem the only problem is if it stays on the pitch and that was actually the case you saw that the ball didn't roll really and if you then have the ball pretty much for seventy eighty percent of the time then it's makes life really uncomfortable. portuguese leaders porto put some daylight between cells on the chasing pack they beat bell and then says three n l on wednesday puts them ten points ahead of sporting lisbon who drew earlier in the day and five points ahead of benfica. friday's asian cup final sees the continent's most successful team japan take on cattle aside the disparate surprise nearly everyone with

a blistering run to the final the japanese have won the asian cup four times most recently in twenty eleven when they lifted the trophy in qatar having beaten the hosts on the way to that final but the categories are different prospect now they scored sixteen goals and conceded none so far meaning japan a very much on their guard. very they've won all their matches up until now i believe there are a strong team and have the ability to hold the ball and they also have good strikers and very fast players will have to be very careful about this well asian football's governing body has launched an investigation into the crowd trouble that disrupted tuesday's asian cup semifinal a match saw qatar beat host nation the u.a.e. for nail shoes and bottles were thrown at the cattery players from the stands in abu dhabi and much came at a time of serious political tensions between both countries the emirates is one of four arab nations that has been staging a blockade on cats are since twenty seventeen the a.f.c.

told al-jazeera that once it completes its investigation the next steps will be decided to speak to andrew warshaw of inside world football about the kind of punishment the u.a.e. could face. it's inevitable that the asian focal confederation has some sort of reaction but i suspect there will be wrestling with whether to take a sort of soft diplomatic stance because of your you being the host nation or whether they'll deliver a strong message in terms of why do why you are playing behind closed doors or maybe even stronger but it was what's so ironic is that need to catch phrase of this tournament when. bringing asia together well this game sure as hell did not do that at least not on the political one and you could if you could sorry not a little fun earlier given the just baseless is we saw a shoes be pelted at the good tory if not the team and certainly understands the same with bottles but one has to say that the football it so was it was super

old course i've read suggests this was a highly competitive match and you know just like the rest of the tournament football on the pitch the crowds may not have been up up to scratch in terms of capacity but the football for the most part has been very engaging and very competitive golf's world number one justin rose has defended his decision to play at the european tours first event in saudi arabia says sports and politics shouldn't be mixed at the event teed off at the royal greens country club earlier this thursday european ryder cup star paul casey is opted to stay away citing the country's history of human rights violations yeah be sure politics or not politician pro golfer has other reasons to go players. who could field as with a lot of world ranking points to play for by all accounts it's a good golf course and i really you know to be an experienced experienced saudi arabia the denver nuggets tighten their grip on the n.b.a.'s northwest division

with a win over the new orleans pelicans that was a loss of thanks to nick calio catch. with a reverse lay up near the end and seconds later the same poll the exact same move on the exact same player putting the nuggets claire getting a horrendous sense of deja vu as the game slipped away a hundred five to ninety nine. le bron james is officially been listed as out for the l.a. lakers game against the clippers later on thursday but the lakers head coach says le bron is closing in on a return to action after nearly five weeks out with a growing injury. it's one of those if you received. your. gave. you a tree you call. it. sitting on the lindsey vonn has been struggling to keep going and have final full season

before retirement but she has been named in the usa squad for the world championships in sweden severe knee pain saw the world cup record when to pull out of an event in italy earlier this month of up vonn said she could bring her retirement plans forward to the world championships begin next week all right that's all the sport. for that's it for this news hour but daryn is back in a couple minutes with another show.

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jordan this is al jazeera. also coming up piling on the pressure thousands of protesters across venezuela called on president nicolas maduro to step down. the united arab emirates the fused of spying on the regional leaders by locking into their phones. a brutal chill slips through parts of the u.s. midwest and what's being called the region's worst freeze in a generation. in new countries have launched a new payment system with iran which bypasses u.s. sanctions the hope is to save the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal that president trump pulled out of last year the mechanism would allow e.u. companies to trade with iran through a european payment channel created by france germany and britain is expected to be formally endorsed by all twenty eight e.u. members president trumpery impose tough sanctions on iran last year and washington

has warned the e.u. against trying to sidestep its tungsten will attach a butler joins us live now from paris so it seems that even leaders have found a way to bypass u.s. sanctions on iran. that's right leaders are meeting in book arrest and they are expected to give more details of a transaction channel a new payment mechanism that they have set up to bypass the sanctions on iran and try and keep the nuclear deal alive now what european media is reporting so far is that it would be called in stakes it would be a transaction channel based in paris run by a german banking manager but with a supervisory board based in the united kingdom and it would deal mainly with trade between the e.u. in iran in areas such as food medicine and medical devices but it could be expanded to other things in the future now just to give you a bit of

a back story ever since donald trump announced that he was re-imposing sanctions on iran last year the european union has been scrambling for a way to try and bypass those sanctions to keep that european trade alive and as i said to try and keep supporting the iran deal so what does this mean then for trade with iran and how significant is the mechanism. well one of the problems is that many of the major european companies that have being trading with iran up to now such is french companies like barstow tile or german carmaker dana they've already either pulled out of iran or suspended their operations and they're unlikely to be lured back by this payment mechanism because they're multinational companies they do a lot of trade business with the united states and they don't want to take any risks because under donald trump sanctions any company trading with iran that has

u.s. interests would be frozen out of the very lucrative u.s. dollar market so it's unlikely this mechanisms are likely to persuade those companies to keep trading with iran but what it does do is allow other companies to continue trade and it also and this is perhaps more important it's a real simple it defies the u.s. on this matter the european union leaders are saying they won't be dictated to over this iran deal by the united states by donald trump's decision and it also sends a signal and message to iran that european leaders are serious about trying to support iran and the deal the tacho thank you. venezuela's proclaim leader says he's had secret meetings with members of the military and security forces in an opinion piece one weibo said he needs the military support to bring about a change of government. under pressure to step down more protests were held on wednesday with the aim of forcing him out a latin america editor of the sea and human reports from caracas. thousands of in

israel and sam took the call to hold a midday protest carrying signs that read we all have reasons. they're demanding the president nicolas maduro to resign a transition government a u. elections. we cannot stand it anymore can't stand it anymore to have gone from being a rich country to one where people starving and a fleeing. opposition leaders say five thousand similar protests took place simultaneously nationwide these gentlemen came from which is venezuela's largest slum to take part in the demonstration with their own reason and the reason is in their hand it's this money they say it's absolutely worthless this is a weak salary but only by a half a carton of eggs with it. one week ago the opposition controlled national assembly proclaimed deputy why they all but miss weyland interim president in close

consultation with the trumpet ministration. since then the u.s. and most of latin america have joined forces to try to push mother out. wednesday while those appointed chargé d'affaires in washington met with u.s. officials to iron out details of confiscating venezuelan oil and gold assets to cut off all income to the government. but at a military base battled president's response was that he won't cave in to pressure ultimatums or blackmail. like i've said in the face of these circumstances of imperialist threats of food we need nerves of steel and sanity and to mobilize your conscience with much military mobilization repeated he's willing to dialogue with all but says the opposition's non-negotiable demand early elections is out of the question. it in most this is mexico in your ally attempt to put

together a coalition of neutral countries and organizations including the un to attempt and to go shaded settlement to the crisis but it's an option that the opposition seems unwilling to entertain as they with the help of the united states push to precipitate downfall see a human al-jazeera got access. to medina as a form of venezuelan diplomats who served at the u.n. security council he says it's hard to believe president will do is offer to enter mediation is genuine i must say that president why go has been very consistent in his message he has actually build and try to build a very important peace offering through i misty that has been approved by the national assembly also he's always been open to negotiate in mediating favor of a humanitarian varia that has been do most by these criminal regime

certainly what i i believe she is looking for a peaceful way out nonetheless when you hear the double speak and very violent entangle western rhetoric and as well when you see the armed forces shooting protesters in the face any individual and it holds more than five police for the protesters have been killed and you seem almost approximately a thousand people have been detained including teenagers as young as eleven years old is very difficult to believe in run through rose interest in mediation the united arab emirates says the saudi led coalition in yemen the top ten who think training camps outside her day there on wednesday that's in more fighting around the port city of the past few days threatening a cease fire deal reached last month u.n. special envoys in her data to have preserve the delicate truths. the politicians in the u.s. are not giving up on their attempts to end support for the saudi led war in yemen the bipartisan group announced plans to resubmit a drop as

a nuisance that was passed by the senate last december it was blocked in the house of representatives late last year i had the opportunity to meet with several very brave human rights activists from yemen urging congress to put a stop to this war and they told me very clearly when yemenis see made in usa on the bombs that are killing them it tells them that the united states of america is responsible for this war this is not a message the united states should be sending to the world the united states should not be supporting a catastrophic war led by a despotic saudi regime with a dangerous and irresponsible military policy time estabrook has more now from washington d.c. . well this resolution has a much better chance of passing than it would have a couple of months ago when

a similar resolution was introduced in the senate back in december a bipartisan group of senators led by bernie sanders introduced a resolution to end u.s. involvement in yemen it passed but it didn't even make it to the house of representatives for a vote because the house at that time was controlled by the republicans well since that time the democrats have taken control of the house so this measure would have a much better chance of passing now the sixty thousand dollars question is whether or not the president would veto any kind of resolution that would come to his desk there's a chance that he might but there's also a chance that congress would override that veto right now there is distaste in the u.s. senate and in congress over u.s. involvement in the atrocities that are going on in yemen and additionally there's been outrage over saudi arabia's involvement in the murder of journalist jamil

shogi so those those two things could provide impetus to get this resolution passed in both houses and could put pressure on president trump to sign it but humans humanitarian chief has repeated his warning of a crisis on the border between syria and jordan if there's a military operation in it live mark luke oakes calling on all parties to let aid into the makeshift rock band refugee camp just inside jordan an aid convoy is expected to arrive next week to security guarantees from russia and the international coalition in syria. some forty two thousand people remain stranded in rock band along the syria jordan border conditions in the informal settlement have continued to deteriorate since the last humanitarian convoy to the area from three to eight november eight infants have reportedly died since last month

again the cold is making the situation even worse. so it's critical that the parties support a second convoy to rock band samsung has announced as first quarterly drop in two years profits slumped in the last quarter of twenty eight that's one of the worst performances ever posted by the south korean tech giant the company blames growing competition from chinese smartphone makers and the cotton orders its memory chips. nissen's former chairman is accuse the japanese car manufacturer of trying to destroy his reputation carlos go and made the comments during an interview with his from his tokyo prison so it's the first time he's spoken to foreign media since being detained in november on suspicion of financial misconduct described his arrest as a story of betrayal because of his resistance to read no integration. lots more to come here and al-jazeera including.