macky sall will run for a second term but is facing accusations of unfairly clamping down on potential opposition candidates nicolas sarkozy pours. the campaign has begun candidate mikey sell on national television addressing this in the gillies to give him a second mandate calling himself the candidate for all. more than a political slogan but a message his supporters will now be spreading. of. course and of course we are very confident we will win because we have the best candidate the one who has brought economic cultural and political stability like no other but this stability for the opposition comes at a cost the leader of the senegalese democratic party karim wanted it is an exile and convicted on corruption charges while the popular former mayor of the car khalifa zone remains in jail the opposition accuses cells government of using the courts to clamp down on political opponents nonsense says former prime minister

today this has nothing to do with. politics it's about mismanagement of public funding and i think in his programme i think presidents have made it very clear that he would like to make progress on fighting corruption with the two leading figures of the opposition out of the race it seems there's no stopping myself he's been opening one infrastructure project after another jump starting in now booming economy. this is the latest infrastructure project in our greeted by president mikey sol it's a building for government officials and ministers a building helps to be in charge of if you wins a second mandate because the challenge for sol is to translate his economic success into votes. while the economy is booming political freedom is shrinking warns amnesty international police band several opposition protests the four other candidates struggle to mobilize supporters with many disappointed that karim wanted

in khalifa sol are absent from this race i've never felt the fight to keep going we think president sellers hijack the electoral process locking in assured victory with a campaign that has barely started. rival candidates are making good governance and what they see as a lack of an independent justice system their campaign focus. senegal may be one of the most stable democracies in africa it's also one of the most unpredictable. among the six million voters will go to the polls in twenty days time or young first time voters an undecided and powerful force not always so easily swayed by slogans. al-jazeera the car. in kenya a band to cut or trade mangrove trees has angered many across the island the government says it will fight climate change but people there say they have no other material to build and repair their buildings with mohamed atta reports.

the dense forests of kenya slum oil and i'm cutting down these trees is now banned the government says the money groups can help reduce the impact on the environment coast but extreme weather. on the island lie heaps of monk group confiscated from traders of the law means he's here to ensure his post to multiple two way but they have little value in the face this is now one worth keeping construction dry and only fit for use this fire the band has made life difficult for us. a seven hundred ton of a lime house as well as dizzying need today unesco world heritage site in two thousand and one. means the people living here aren't allowed to make alterations to the buildings in the town's old quarters was a section of lumber is three hundred year old jimmy almost faces imminent collapse

. oh ship us are now forced to prey on just one side of it but due to the man group the building cannot be properly repaired. nor the material will last as long as mangrove pools due to the use of coal mine in construction there had to be younger it's all right we are not taking the government our houses are collapsing and the rainy season is coming we will have a disaster here if the government doesn't heed all calls. monger of treason or last couple and sings they to be used greenhouse gases by capturing carbon dioxide and taking it out of circulation but some argue that doesn't mean they can't be harvested more though seventh the percent of mongrel forest in kenya county they say that isn't full but say the local community which has been using traditional methods of conservation to protect the forest they say the government is

unnecessary. this is the man leading the complain to lift the man group ban because . of the less imposed down to us from past generations is one of caring and nurturing the mangroves we don't cut down to destroy but use the selective harvest in techniques we learned from our forefathers with the farm knowledge that people will be the direct victims of natural disasters if the lumber among groups that depleted the government for now remains unflinching in its position mohamed atta well jessica kenya.

that's. thank you very much wreckage from the plane carrying cost of city footballer. and pilot david ebert's and has been found in the english channel david mearns the marine scientist private search confirmed it was found on the sea bed early sunday morning and that the families of both men have been notified by police twenty eight year old son had just completed a ninety million dollar move from french club non's and was on route to his new club card of when the plane disappeared from radar close to the channel islands on january twenty second so. he's tenth premier league had a trick as manchester city close the gap on leaders liverpool shaking off the defeat to newcastle the argentine scored all city's goals in a three one win over arsenal it now means their second in the table two points off

liverpool who have played a game last i prefer to be in the position from liverpool the said many times i prefer to the position that we are but the more pressure on you guys or little point in your opinion the pressure is when you are behind as you lose points will be tougher when you are in top distant always you can do a point through either so. important to be ourselves that is what i want we spoke the last days is this is we didn't recognise our team they know it they felt the same way we didn't recognize ourselves when we are in the last game pretty good if you question today at least we we can back manchester united's unbeaten run continues under interim manager early going to seoul c.r. they beat leicester one zero with a go from august respite which puts them three points of the top four it's now nine wins and one draws and socio replaced shows

a marine year. i've got to say it's enjoy able work when there are groups that want to improve want to be better we want to be at halftime i don't think they'll be too happy with it performance because they know we can do better and that's a good thing we know we've got quite a few things to work on and we'll only see progression i think in the next few few weeks because it's going to be a tough and enjoyable february is now we've got a chance to climb the table which is important to put the pressure on the top four position. in spain rome a group have closed the gap on the top two or three no winner of this that was off to second place out later failed to capitalise on leaders barcelona dropping points there goes to his men were beaten one the barrell bitties which means despite being held by valencia on saturday boss alone is a lead of the top of the league is now six points. made an unconvincing debut after

joining us from chelsea but coach simeoni wasn't pointing fingers. to communicate who really took on with it when i'm talking about the whole team not individuals i think the team competed very well but it was a game without many chances with long possession of the ball for both teams but with a lack of depth in the game of portugal they took advantage with a penalty and later we could not find solutions regarding the rotter i think he worked a lot considering it was his first game he showed excitement at eagerness we really hope he will carry on improving in the team in the netherlands league leaders p.s.v. hammered fortuna certain five know the key moment coming when fourteen is clint esas was given a second yellow for handball he was unhappy and look to your second half after saying p s three five points clear at the top of the year to d.c. . le bron james had only just come back from a seventeen game injury but was forced to sit things out again as the l.a.

lakers faced the golden state warriors and they struggled without him as close arms and stole the show for the warriors after missing one game with you on the scene returned to school twenty eight points leaving the warriors to a one hundred fifteen one hundred and one win luckily for the lakers the coach says the braun is just managing its load and expects to return against indiana on tuesday. new zealand have gone join top of the rugby sevens world series by winning the latest leg of the competition in sydney to beat the usa in the final quite convincingly twenty one five it means that new zealand and fiji are tied. the top with two victories each from four legs of the series they are full for the u.s. who have now lost four straight finals but next step they'll be on home soil as the series moves to las vegas in march. from the sydney summer to round up of the winter sports now starting with ski jumping and on the women's circuit is one major dominating at the moment no way the limbic champion model moon be won for the

second day in a row in hinson back in austria at a first consecutive f.-i a ski jumping world cup victory putting away clear at the top of the standings the men's world cup circuits was in store for in germany a pretty spectacular event under the floodlights and it was potent stuff he took first place to train his first victory of the season the overall chairmanship leader that's japan's. kobayashi well he had an off day he finished all the way down in ninth position. and sticking with dangerous winter sports this one is called crushed ice an extreme sporting event that involves downhill skating in urban environments on a track that includes steep turns and hard vertical drops of course red bull is behind this the canadian main one in finland the u.s. on top for the women. and the interesting sports just keep on coming here some action from an indoor skydiving competition in italy this is fourteen year old

american kaylee wittenberg showing off her acrobatic skills of the wind games injured on earth and if you thought that was impressive how about four people in the winter not the same time this team called the fantastic four to gold in that category and that's all the sport we have the finale coming up again later. that's it for this news hour so i will be here with more news in a couple of minutes they are. faced with growing financial burdens have separate money for student loan pay this chase credit card leads me forty nine dollars thirty one cents. i don't have a husband left me a pension my future scares me because i don't want to struggle as the dream of retirement fades away. gotta do something you know try to keep it above water

hog and on al-jazeera. the world's largest oil company fails to become public water tap and. all the kingdom of the company inseparable here the world's largest oil producer and you don't list in the world's largest stock exchange that definitely says something al-jazeera investigates the politics of oil the middle east's most potent economic weapon. saudi arabic over the company and the state on al-jazeera. for nine hundred forty six to nine hundred fifty eight the united states detonated dozens of atomic bombs in the marshall islands when the u.s. was going ready to clean up and leave at least one nine hundred seventy s. they picked the pit that had been left by one of the smaller atomic explosions and dumped on a lot of this who tony and other radioactive waste into the pit the bottom of the

dome it's permeable soil there was nowhere for to line it and therefore the seawater is inside the dome when this dome was built there was no factoring in sea level rises caused by climate change now every day when the tide rolls out radioactive isotopes from underneath the dime roll out with it. really we're not talking just a marshall islands we're talking dorks we should. venezuela's political crisis deepens the u.s. president says he's not ruled out military intervention.

when you're watching all just their live my headquarters here in doha also coming up turkey's president calls the saudi crown prince a liar and questions why the u.s. is not doing more to hold jamal khashoggi is murderous to account also pope francis arrives in the united arab emirates in the first papal visit to the arabian peninsula. and a political outsider takes the early lead in el salvador's presidential vote promising change in a country then fix gangs and migrant caravans to the u.s. . welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump is not ruling out military intervention in venezuela while russia has warned against the move in an interview with the us television network c.b.s. trouble so said that he'd refused to meet with venezuelan president nicolas maduro . well here's requested

a meeting and i've counted down because we're very far along in the process you have. a young and energetic gentleman but you have other people within that same group that have been very very if you talk about democracy it's really democracy in action now a quick reminder of who in the international community is supporting nicolas maturer and who's against him russia says any moves to remove him from power are illegal while turkey is calling him a brother china is also standing behind him mexico with a new elected leftist president is recognizing madeira as president for now allies bolivia and cuba say they remain committed to him canada has joined the united states in recognizing self declared president one interim leader while in latin america the recent rise of the right has the road of support for madeira in brazil argentina chile and colombia amongst others seven european nations including the

united kingdom spain germany and france say if madeira doesn't call presidential the letter a presidential elections by the end of sunday they'll recognize. interim president now that deadline inspired nowra go ignoring that ultimatum or duras offer to hold early parliamentary polls instead in an interview aired on sunday the president remains defiant. while and in the mandorla we don't accept ultimatums from anyone it's like as if i told the european union i give you seven days to recognize the republic of catalonia and if you don't we are going to take measures no international politics can't be based on ultimatums that was the area of empires and colonies the opposition's self proclaimed interim president is not showing any signs of backing down latin america to lucy a new man has more on how he became the face of change in venezuela. it's late

at night at the basketball court when one wide summons his neighbors to share with them his vision for than israela. we were born on this earth to be happy will do everything possible to achieve a political why crisis and show that we are powerful united you are powerful will never let them take away our ability to dream no he's only thirty five years old but for those who dream of seeing president nicolas maduro go why the law is the yes we can match. was many in fact are comparing his looks and his style with barack obama. a remarkable turn of events considering that most venezuelans had barely heard of why the until the opposition controlled national assembly put claimed him venezuela's interim president i heard of him two weeks ago when i put on the t.v. . and what is your opinion of him anyone is better than the one we have now.

this working class neighborhood used to be fiercely loyal to deceased former president although chavis was but hard as we tried on this day we can't find anyone who doesn't believe that his successor last month has struck out. is angry. white or represents hope for our countrymen we need takes over god willing investors will return to venezuela and so will my two sons because with no one believes in venezuela he's handed over to criminals. twenty six year old says that now that he's heard he likes what he hears. change to be able to go to a supermarket and find what you want a future. not that it's an easy. message across. the government. and that includes access to the

internet i put into a european n.g.o.s the track censorship addressed a mass rally on saturday the state internet carrier blocked the social networks for twelve of the thirteen minutes in which he spoke. president charges of foreign intervention to bring about regime change are heard everywhere was but many venezuelans the issue of sovereignty has become less important than the promise of better days to come. to see an human. us. president has called the saudi crown prince on the formal foreign minister. over the handling of the. road. to the u.s. for not taking a tougher stance against the kingdom over the case stephanie. speaking

. about how there's been no real movement also referred to the united states disappointment in how they are talking and this is what he had to say. i cannot understand america's silence been such a horrific attack took place and even after members of the cia listened to the recordings we provided. but you have harsher words going back to when it all began . the saudi foreign minister of course he was saying that there was a collaboration there was a collaborator to dispose of the body of this is the saudi version of course the body of mr hersh has still not been found who said well if there is a collaborator who is he where is he what is his name if you know that he also

mentioned the saudi crown prince mohammed of inside man saying that initially his version was that he had left the concert and he said now we know that those two things were lawyers so he also called for those fifteen men the fifteen saudi nationals that flew into it stamboul on the day of the murder he said these are the perpetrators we need to know who they are and of course turkey has already requested their extradition but the saudis are conducting their own investigation nobody knows who the men are that they have indicted eleven men have been indicted five of those facing the death penalty but it is a very opaque process now all of this comes just as. the u.n. special. has wrapped up a visit here in turkey is really the first independent person looking at this because of course it is such a politically loaded story all the countries yes they want to put pressure on saudi arabia but the same time no one really seems to be willing to go that extra mile to break relationships with the kingdom so for months still no body and certainly

a big question as well as to who ordered the killing of a high profile journalist in the saudi diplomatic mission here in istanbul. now pope francis has landed in the united arab emirates for the first visit by a catholic pontiff to the arabian peninsula his three day trip will see him all talks with the crown prince meet with muslim elders and attend and inter religious meeting is due to celebrate mass at a stadium in abu dhabi on choose day the u.a.e. is home to around one million roman catholics mostly from the philippines and india . goalie is a professor of theology and religious studies professor at villanova university says the pope will offer a message of unity. it's a historic visit because. he really represents the callup message what francis now represents in a global world there is much more fragment the then it used to be and the catholic

church is really acting as a messenger our unity area for eternity and also facing a significant headwinds not just in the global world but also within the got a church were presses sometimes in is too would a logical to go to church there ease in the western world especially in north america especially there is this elite around what kind of catholicism people should interpret and they ease efforts in reaching out especially towards muslims in muslim countries ears are often not really understood or taken as a sign of weakness no refugee footballer has appeared in a court in bangkok in to fighting extradition to bahrain. the who's been living in australia was detained in thailand in november while on holiday but he says he fled

bahrain because of political repression the government is demanding he returns to serve a ten year prison sentence for vandalism human rights groups say he could be tortured if he sent back. another democratic governor of the u.s. state of virginia is refusing to step down despite growing calls for his resignation the controversy began when a photograph emerged of two students in costume one in a black face and the other as a member of the clue klux klan it's alleged that one of them is ralph northam but after initially apologizing for a teen out says it wasn't him she had returned to reports now from washington d.c. . this is the folks here that caused the outrage it appeared on now gov ralph northam is medical school yearbook page in one thousand nine hundred four on friday the governor apologized but on saturday he said it wasn't him to rule reason he so sure the time he did with blackface my belief that i did not wear that costume or

attend that party stamps in part from my clear memory of other mistakes i made in the same period of my life that same year i did participate in a dance contest in san antonio in which i darken my face as part of a michael jackson. that explanation proved too much particularly for members of his own policy the democrats the policies senior leadership both nationally and in his state are urging them to resign a message repeated by democrats on the sunday talk shows i think he should resign now he then can contribute to the style log but he as i said he should do it as privates and as i think this country hasn't dealt well with the issues of race i mean we have a president who is a racist the democrats have to capitalize on donald trump on the republican policies handling of race a recent poll found that sixty three percent of americans disapprove of crumbs handling of the issue but the control was in virginia is a reminder of the democrats' open poor record on race so that.