without a doubt and but we have seen regional migrates agents or pro-government forces which have sent a clear message that nicholas miller certainly not alone in the last elections we saw her in venezuela we saw at least in the in the people who decided to vote a vast majority support in the government as well which is which is important to note where it's the opposition actually have a great deal and i meant a moment and a lot of backing and the government also. because of the court which hosted this group to turn what do you say to those who who are getting a lot of this is down to the to the to the deep seated economic problems in venezuela right now and this is something that that began from twenty thirteen when nicolas maduro. assumed power after after the death of sharon is what do you say to those who say a lot of these problems are largely self-inflicted then they are down to the

chronic mismanagement of the economy by by the venezuelan government that is without a doubt a factor but yet but it's a very rich country living through it a. series of practice which dates back when of course two thousand and thirteen the let's go straight royal about us made it into a mano exporting and create a market dependent on a culture and we could be real then what we're doing today we can also not forget about the damage that exactions which had been imposed on going straight or principally by washington in an altitude of two and a half years which basically made any thought to kick back an economy or if it's a restart economy impossible good to get your perspective on this poor dobson joining us there from venezuela thanks for being with us. belgium has agreed to take in former i rico's president along vibro after his

acquittal by the international criminal court but spent seven years in custody at the eggs and was the first former head of state to go on trial at the i.c.c. he was charged with crimes against humanity after violence erupted following the disputed twenty ten election under his conditional release but what will not be allowed to leave belgium one day after the united states said it was pulling out of a landmark nine hundred eighty seven nuclear treaty with russia moscow is now doing the same and abandoning the agreement is raising fears of a new arms race or a challenge reports from moscow. vladimir putin held a meeting with his foreign and defense ministers on saturday shown on national t.v. and he explained what russia would do now that the united states has pulled out of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty that's to come solution. we will do it this way our response will be symmetrical our american partners stated they will

stop their participation in the treaty so we will also stop they stated that they will do research and development of arms so we will also do the same he also said russia would not get into a costly arms race with the west that doesn't mean that russia won't pile into new weapons development just that initially at least it will try to do so with an existing defense budget years of military modernization have siphoned money away from social spending and with the real incomes of russians for willing for five straight years now more defense spending is unlikely to help me putin's falling popularity defense minister sergei showing who recommends a land based version of the caliber cruise missiles russian ships have launched against targets in syria also a land based medium range hypersonic missile the new frontier in missile technology and there's the land based cruise missile russia already has according to the us

this has a range that broke the terms of the i.n.f. treaty and was the reason washington gave for pulling out of the agreement there will be more briefings with and we're going to travel to military sites and factories where they produce these weapons scare the europeans and the world public opinion that they should come to terms with russia should make deals with russia not ignore russia because russia has terrible things putin says the door is open for new disarmament talks but he's made clear that russia will not cause the u.s. on this if there are to be any new arms treaties which we moscow and washington putin says it's washington that must break the ice will reach islands down to zero in moscow. well tom nichols is professor of national security affairs at the u.s. naval war college he says washington's withdrawal highlights how confused the

trumpet ministrations policy is well the russians now have the ability to look like the gracious and magnanimous party the americans are the ones that flipped over the table and walked away and let's be clear about something let's be clear about two things first i don't represent the us government and it's this question but the other thing to be clear about is that the russians were cheating i mean there's no doubt about it the russians were in breach of the i.n.f. treaty and i think it was a provocation to first to menace the europeans and to see if they could bait the americans and the simply just walking away from this whole situation now the russians can afford to look like they're being diplomatic and magnanimous and leaving the door open for further discussion so i'm sure that it's possible they'd be happy to talk because one of the course skill sets of russian diplomacy is long dilatory diplomatic engagements that don't go anywhere and we've just pushed that horizon further out by dumping the treaty instead of trying to rescue one that still in effect. all right we've got plenty more ahead on this news hour how the

nation is exploring legal action against big polluters thousands of kilometers away . tens of thousands of civilians fleeing violence to more than syria the u.n. says they must be given safe passage. and later in sports celebrations continue as kottaras a football hero is returned after winning the asian cup he too will be here with. all the still ahead but first a member of an armed group accused of carrying out last week's twin bombings in the southern philippines has spoken exclusively to al-jazeera eisel claimed responsibility for the attack on the cathedral that killed more than twenty people at the military has dismissed this saying it was the work of a smaller group called. jimmy o'loughlin dog and it met one of its fighters in jolo

suit. that. he got in their car but defiant he claims he doesn't have a name just like the more than twenty other members of the a junk junk rupe in sulu province on the island of mindanao. we want to kill christians this is our goal we don't want them to salute even if you've blown to pieces that is the best we get the part of days. are you trying to say you want to become a suicide bomber. we will do whatever we can because that estimate that was given to us by the arabs you know mom it says we must get read the piece chance the agenda john is an offshoot of the armed group of which has been operating in the area for decades i so claimed responsibility for the bombings at a cathedral in law

a week ago but the military dismissed that and blamed john for the attacks the group was originally called lucky nine when it was formed in two thousand and nine by children and or friends of abu so your fighters later on the group renamed itself a junk a junk which means lost command. and there's ten million vessels from kidnapping we keep the two million for our group we also extort money from rich families if they don't give it to us even if they are muslims we kill them too . it's a rhetoric that shocks many here despite previous attacks on places of worship the mindanao region was never sharply divided by religion days after the cathedral bombs there was another attack in a place of worship this time a mosque in the city it happened at midnight eleven people were asleep here when

a grenade was thrown inside it killed people instantly this is a second attack in a place of worship within just a matter of days and according to the philippine government it seems as though there are efforts to cause the divisions between the different religions but people here reject it they say they will never let that happen muslims here tell us they are hurt and differing with. christians and muslims are more than just neighbors here. we intermarry we all grew up together we all love one another. there's concern here that last week's bombings will be demanded the but in a heavily guarded mosque preachers offer some hope love the sea is stronger than violence duggan al jazeera hello salue southern philippines are the latest

attacks took place soon after voters approved self governance for muslim dominated parts of mindanao in the southern philippines and that includes the island of holo and this part of the country has been plagued by decades of separatist conflict which is also spawned groups relying on kidnappings for ransom such as. and now. a more than one hundred thousand people have been killed and millions more displaced by fighting the plan to create a new autonomous region called buying some moro boosted hopes for peace holo was among only a few areas which rejected self governance in the referendum but it will still become part of the new region a u.s. envoy stephen begin is expected to arrive in south korea ahead of a meeting with north korean officials begins in the region to talk about the next steps in dismantling north korea's nuclear weapons program president donald trump

is planning a second summit with north korean leader kim jong il and the exact date yet to be revealed scott snyder is a senior fellow for korean studies and director of the program on u.s. korea policy at the council of foreign relations he joins us now from washington thanks very much for being with us so what do you expect to come out of of of this meeting then anything tangible. we're we are really a crunch time in terms of preparing for a possible second summit between president trump and chairman kim jong on and one of the things that really was a failing of the singapore summit was the failure to generate a process that would allow both sides to work on these issues of denuclearization and peace and so special representative big and really needs to speak with his counterparts and outline a roadmap a set of objectives and

a process by which both sides can move forward as a product of a potential summit between trump and count one of the criticisms of that first summit between trumpet and kim was that it was it was quite short on specifics. and that the fear is that we may get may get more of the same this time around that it may be another expensive photo opportunity what what what do you say to that that is exactly right we have to see some ongoing interaction between the u.s. and north korean governments and concrete actions that move forward on an agenda that addresses the issues of establishing peace and achieving denuclearization of north korea and without that process emerging from the summit i think that it will be considered a photo opportunity and there's

a high risk of failure without establishing that sort of process. one of the one of the major sticking points is this whole idea that north korea has spent so many years developing this nuclear program and the idea that it would did it would give this up is is it just it just doesn't enter their minds that that that that they have north korea will never give up its nuclear program because it is essentially the only codd's that it has for for its security if if that is the case does the discussion need to to address that and to to perhaps recognize that so what i'm expecting to happen because in fact we've been kind of at a standstill since the singapore summit is that there's a need for the u.s. and north korea to agree on where to begin in this process and i think that the north koreans have actually hinted at where they might begin in terms of suggesting

back in pyongyang in september a international spectrum of the young be on site and. that's pending corresponding measures from the u.s. and so if both sides kind of line up a small step forward involving trade a trade off addressing yongbyon in return for some measure by the u.s. then at least there will be a basis upon which to begin this process and move forward get to get your thoughts on this scott scott scott snyder rather and he's from washington thanks for being with us thank you how the battle to remove eisel from one of its last pockets in northern syria has displaced tens of thousands of people u.s. backed kurdish forces have been fighting the on group in derry saw the u.n. refugee agency is calling for a transit site for civilians fleeing to

a whole camp has population has tripled in the past two months. and we were in the south of syria tens of thousands of people are trapped at the camp they're calling on the un to provide a safe passage to rebel controlled areas in the north campus essentially in a no man's land where the borders of syria jordan and iraq meet jordan has called for it to be dismantled zana harder reports from beirut. almost fifty thousand syrians among them some rebel fighters have been trapped in this makeshift camp for years. there is nothing to sustain normal life in this remote desert area where the syrian iraqi and jordanian borders meet they're also besieged by syrian government forces but now they have another worry they fear for their safety. the u.s. decision to pull out of syria is causing concern because there are no safe roads for us to leave to the north where the opposition is in control there if you will

don't want to return to government controlled territory because they fear a rest and fourscore scription in the army. the campus within an area that's nominally under some u.s. control american troops are in the nearby town if base they are there to block a land bridge connecting to her on through iraq into syria and lebanon it's not clear if washington will give up the base once it would draws its troops from northeast syria. but jordan's call for the camps closure and the return of the displaced syrians to their villages is causing concern. we ask whoever can help us to open safe routes for people to leave either to government controlled territories or rebel held areas in northern syria or let people go wherever they choose but we need to get out of here. conditions in the camp make it unlivable at least eight children have died in december because of a lack of food and medicine the united nations says this is a manmade tragedy. that. the last time relief aid reached us

was two months ago and the u.n. promised that they would return in less than a month but they haven't come yet. it was in the member when aid reached for the first time in almost a year the united nations says it has verbal approval from damascus and moscow for a new aid convoy they're hoping to reach those in need in the next few days. the camp lies within us russian agreed the escalation zone all sides accusing each other of hindering the delivery of aid the syrian government siege of rock band as a tactic that has used in the past and rebel controlled areas to bring about a surrender this time however the united states is accusing damascus and its russian and iranian allies of using aid to pressure washington to leave. there are reports the trumpet ministration plans to keep troops in kind of base to counter iranian activity despite its planned withdrawal from the north east regardless the

syrians and rock band will remain pawns as rival powers five first fears of control that is why they say they want to un guaranteed safe passage to the opposition controlled nourse senate. beirut. apartment building has collapsed in the syrian city of aleppo killing eleven people including four children five story block ready been damaged. one child was pulled alive from the rubble by rescue teams many other buildings used in the city are on the brink of collapse. of the number of dead from a dam collapse in south eastern brazil has risen to more than one hundred twenty the disaster sent a wave of sludge and mud through a mining area in the state of minas gerais rice a week on hundreds of still missing the mining waste is now moving towards a major river and may contaminate the water supplies. all right still ahead when we come back golden pos boards fuel a construction boom in cyprus why is the european union concerned. and find out why

the f.b.i. are worried ahead of sunday's big super bowl game and atlanta here to explain in sports. hello get a welcome back to international weather forecasts well for china not looking too bad over the next few days we do have one front that is making its way down here towards the south and that's really going to affect parts of taiwan over the next few days in terms of the rain temperatures are expected to come down first of all started here on sunday winds are coming out of the south that is why we have twenty nine degrees but as we go towards monday there is that front there is the rain and the temperatures dropping about nine degrees to about twenty degrees for taipei down towards hong kong though not looking too bad not really being affected and we

do expect to see attempts there of about twenty five degrees well for the philippines we are going to be seeing some heavy rain down here towards a cell known as the clouds on the satellite image but up here towards the north mostly cloudy conditions few we don't expect to see too much in terms of rain for manila attempt of there of thirty is going to be a rainy day if you add twenty nine to greece and the rain is going to start to ease as we go towards monday but karta the temperatures are coming up and the rain is coming in as we begin the week there here across much of southern india though it is going to be very cloudy for many locations sri lanka though the rain is going to be on the increase a few over the next few days so colombo really not looking too bad here on sunday but as we go towards monday that is when the heavier rain comes into play tempers dropped to about thirty up to twenty eight. sponsors time to. rewind returns a can bring your. back to live from start with brand new updates on the best of

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again you're watching a reminder of the top stories this hour tens of thousands of people have to rally in venezuela for and against the government of nicolas maduro opposition leader. again called on the military to switch sides just after an air force general became the highest ranking military defector. a peace deal has been reached between the central african republic scout month and more than a dozen armed groups the agreement was struck after a week of talks in sudan's capital to. russia says it is withdrawing from the into medium range nuclear forces treaty a day after the u.s. said it would stop observing the arms control washington is accusing moscow of violating it. is aiding eighty two year old president is expected to

seek reelection ruling coalition has named. as its candidate for a full vote but he is yet to officially confirm he. a run for a fifth term has been in power since one thousand nine hundred ninety nine with a flicker was partially paralyzed from strength six years ago and has rarely been seen in public thanks dorsey is senior fellow at the s. rajaratnam school of international studies he joins us via skype now from amsterdam thanks very much for being with us so given his failing health and the fact that he's eighty two years old why has his ruling party nominated him again this time essentially. does is put to sleep as a convenient. formal figure as a symbol if you wish which allows the powers that be an algerian. to evade having

to jockey for a new car can do that at a time that the country is facing economic issues social unrest as well as a security threat and obviously if any of these threats come to the fore and the government does not prove to be well in handling it he also could be a fall guy so that does he does he have the capacity to serve again in his physical situation he served with his health problems for the last five years six years now obviously he is not in full control in many ways he is a figurehead and the country is of affectively run by those who are supporting him . and there's no reason why that could not continue in the sense that it has until now now that is also part of a jury is problem it is also why he is also the as perceived by many in the country to not have to live or how would you assess the political climate in algeria right

now do do algerians have a genuine choice when they go to the polls in april is there is there a democratic choice facing. you have the opposition which is boycotting the elections essentially everybody knows what the outcome of the other action will be and that's one issue it would be less of an issue if it gave the government were able to fulfill aspirations of curious a country with which is in majority youthful country whose unemployment is extremely high up but your yeas are few and the economic prospects are even less at the boat with was depressed hydrocarbon prices good to speak of the james dorsey joining us there from amsterdam nice to meet. an ethnic group in southern libya is calling on the u.n.

to protect them from fighters moyle toward thought leaders of the two tribes say they're being attacked in where have taught us libyan national army is seeking to expand its control what health organization says the campaign which began two weeks ago as left fourteen dead and injured dozens. a tribal chief saying clerics in afghanistan say new polio vaccination campaign won't be targeted by the taliban five million children in high risk areas need to be vaccinated but as al jazeera discovered many parents are still suspicious about the vaccine tony burke the reports from kabul. this is all it takes just a couple of drops of vaccine and this baby has protection from polio the highly contagious virus attacks the nervous system and can lead to paralysis mainly in children under the age of five. daughters all vaccination program in the capital

kabul is relatively straightforward but in rural afghanistan threats against medical staff and deep rooted suspicions about vaccines have led to outbreaks of the virus. formulae moment after in the main are not willing to have the kids vaccinated but a lot of effort to be usually convince them to allow it thirty years ago polio was rife in one hundred twenty five countries affecting three hundred fifty thousand youngsters annually today only three countries still suffer from the virus but i was twenty seven cases last year twenty one of them were in afghanistan a lack of access for vaccine teams because of the continuing conflict is a major reason of course we are worried about the. security. your phrase because during the companies. they have to move from security. force to immunize our children. tribal leaders in clerics have told the government

taliban fighters won't target medical teams and their families will allow their children to be immunised unless it's controlled and eradicated the world health organization estimates that up to two hundred thousand children a year could be affected by the polio virus but despite this people here especially in rural areas are still deeply suspicious i now. know we are not vaccinating our kids because these vaccines are coming from the infidels and west to us that has bad effects on our kids and most of our people are against it. so we are not happy with these vaccinations because we heard stories at the polio vaccination is not good and it's used for spying and the ingredients used are also not allow this these use started spreading eight years ago after a fake polio vaccination program was used as cover in neighboring pakistan to find some of bin laden now as a consequence of that in parts of south and east afghanistan medical teams are not

allowed to go door to door only mosques to mosques and that's another reason why afghanistan's battle against polio may take some time to win tony berkeley out zero carbon. a vigil has been held outside egypt's embassy in london for an italian student murdered in cairo in two thousand and sixteen junior jenny went missing and was later found dead showing signs of torture in november italian prosecutors said they wanted to investigate five members of the egyptian security services over the killing but they say egypt has not been cooperating with their inquiry. the european union is warning cyprus to stop selling passports and visas to wealthy applicants the bloc refers to the practice as giving golden passports to europe especially for rich and influential russians they would take two reports from them a soul the hills above limits all are filled not for the sound of music.

but the sound of construction the building boom is being fueled by russians and the sea front of cyprus is second biggest city is being transformed with luxury high rise flats it's not just the sunshine that strong them here the government has earned more than five billion dollars from selling cypriot passports so far and with them comes entry into the european union. the russian community is now estimated as eighty thousand strong and even has its own radio station the russian wave it was formed by a businessman from the urals but he's not impressed with the new wave of the guards young. about seventy percent of these people who get the golden fastballs don't live in cyprus and have no commitment to a community here a single day can change everything another russian businessman set up this computer

wargaming company it has millions of users worldwide. the russians already have their own supermarkets here now he's about to lead their own political party so most people just buy. real estate for two million euro something loosens who cleans a possible so. i do not support. the marina in limits so is filling fast with the luxury yachts of the oligarchs but there will always be room for more definitely yes i would say that russian oligarchs are always welcome to say oppressed. for some time what is that up to the jurisdiction for our passports but . i believe. we can see the cyprus once again the e.u. commission is warning that such golden passports will allow organized crime gangs to infiltrate the block and that could cause problems with tax evasion money

laundering and corruption and russian businessman already well established in cyprus see it as a threat to their own interests you know mostly people living in these floats it's going to be a week ago stone awards the sun may be coming down though on the days of the golden passport because of pressure from both the e.u. commission and the united states that threatened catastrophic sanctions on any bank involved in money laundering david chaytor al-jazeera never saw french security forces have broken up a demonstration in paris denouncing police while it's. there was a twelve consecutive saturday of protest by the so-called yellow vest movement against the government more than two thousand people including police have been injured since demonstrations began in february friday france's top courts threw out a bid to ban the use of rubber bullets which are blamed for many of the injuries.

for the people of vanuatu rising sea temperatures intense cyclons and erratic weather patterns are becoming part of daily life they are being forced to spend more not just to protect themselves but also to keep businesses afloat pacific island nation is now exploring the possibility of legal action against big polluters thousands of kilometers away andrew thomas reports. warming seeds have killed the fish which used to be plentiful around van ahwatukee so people are building fish farms inland instead it this food is frustrating cost to build one fish farm is around fifteen thousand new a stroller and two to operate the program over to operate the farm for for one year with course that on the same amount the other costs of climate change.