in the stock reality of being ostracized by the very communities in which they live love and moon the tragic loss of life twice a victim and on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. alarms the whole rom and you're watching the al-jazeera news our live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes support for opposition leader one why do increases as more than a dozen european nations back him as president but nicolas maduro says he's the leader of venezuela. also attempting to bridge their differences the greek prime minister lands in turkey with various disputes on the agenda. also

a city under water australia's prime minister offers comfort and consolation to flood victims in townsville. let the year of the peak begin chinese communities worldwide celebrate their most important holiday. welcome to the news i could have a company of venezuela's self proclaimed president is calling on the military to allow humanitarian aid into the country one wydow has received more backing with many european countries recognizing him as the interim leader but russia is accusing them of interference present us material has asked pope francis to help resolve the crisis latin america editor lucien newman has the latest from the capital caracas. while the self-proclaimed interim president chose the day that

commemorates former president although childish as nine hundred ninety two failed coup attempt to send an impassioned message to venezuela's armed forces he asked them to allow international humanitarian aid into the country in more mean boys our the moment is now patriotic soldier captain colonel navy officer general the moment is now if you have any doubts ask your families what is the right thing to do. we have given you assurances of amnesty and we have also told you play in the reconstruction of this country. at this hour are desperately needed food and medicine is being gathered at the colombia venezuela border in defiance of president. the irony is lost on no one for years president has refused to recognize the existence of a humanitarian crisis arguing that it could serve as a pretext for intervention by foreign powers now his opponents in the form of an alternative government have taken the initiative

a move that could tilt the scales by forcing the military to choose between. essential supplies to cross the border. another boost when at least nineteen european nations joined the us canada and much of latin america and recognizing him as interim president after rejected in ultimatum to hold a new presidential elections. an angry man accused the spanish president of being a servant of u.s. interests. i say to mr. forbid but if one day that. your hands will have blood on them just like the hand of former spanish prime minister. the puppet who is at the service of the interventionist war mongering policy of donald trump. says he's asked pope francis to intercede and barter

a dialogue with the opposition to resolve the conflict. as human rights organizations are sounding the alarm. we are witnessing what is probably the largest number of political prisoners in history between january twenty first and thirty first there were nine hundred sixty six. the end which tracks detentions says the majority are accused of instigating hatred and in many cases of terror. isn't using false evidence. this is opposition leaders prepare to test the loyalty of those who it's believed will ultimately determine the outcome of this power struggle see in you an al-jazeera that access. a blog of many latin american nations is also pushing for majority to step down the lima group which met in canada's capital on monday has called on by as well as military to abandon the douro gabriel is on the reports now from ottawa. after more than six hours behind

closed door meetings a group of countries that support one weibo said they do not support military intervention to rid the country of nicolas maduro but they are calling for military intervention by business way. we are strongly urging the national forces of venezuela to recognize that commander in chief one's wedo the acting president of venezuela he said it's here. to promo duel protesters interrupted the closing huss conference shouting hands off and it's well a and no to a coup to which the canadian foreign minister responded that in supporting one. recognizing him as interim president of venezuela we are recognizing and supporting the right of the people of venezuela to enjoy democracy the kind of democracy which political protesters in canada do enjoy and i'm sad to say political protesters in venezuela do not. foreign ministers from more than twelve countries in the americas

plus top diplomats from the u.s. germany france spain and the united kingdom held an emergency meeting in the canadian capital to try to find ways to dislodge material from power canadian prime minister justin trudeau opened the meeting by not only urging countries to continue to support but also take steps to make the transition of power possible today canada is stepping up and announcing fifty three million dollars to address the most pressing needs of its wayland's on the ground including the almost three million refugees diplomats here say one of the main objectives of this meeting was to show a united front backing and looked at that way perhaps this meeting met one of its key objectives but so much of venezuela's future rests in the hands of the military that still supports. and no amount of diplomacy has been able to change that

gabriel is on doe. auto. when is the senior latin american novelist risk maple cross joins me now from london good to have you with us live on al-jazeera now the humanitarian aid is sort of desperately required but it's sort of its mere appearance has huge political ramifications about who can give the people what they want and that's the big question at the moment isn't it yes it is i mean it's very difficult to see how this can happen in ordinary circumstances humanitarian aid goes in under a un mandate or similar and there's none of that happening here so the big question is who will deliver it will it be colombian police. n.g.o.s the red cross the red cross yesterday has has said that it's not inclined to get involved in political disputes and it will do its best but that it's not you know it's if it finds a situation a little bit difficult. it is not only so it went to visit being used as

a political bargaining chip because it's one thing to say we're going to bring aid in but is it a way for one. and his supporters to say hey look you know we can get aid in which you should be supporting me because i can actually get things done. it's a way of trying to divide the military and most of this will always come down to the military in the end he's trying to get the military the rank and file in particular to peel away from the door oh. and there may be a faction of the military high brass that would say to major a look the optics of this look very bard we're going to have to make a gesture and facilitated terry in chorus or i do think if that happens though that will be a very. you know a difficult position from the door of because it will be him admitting that there is a crisis it will be the military taking a step away from him and so it's a very high risk high stakes. question at the moment while you.

talk about the military and their relationship with the two political sides how polarized is the military from your understanding of the people you're talking to on the ground in terms of the way they're not just watching how the public are reacting but also understanding sort of the mood of the nation over the last two to three years where they've had to really watch. a political and economic scenario unfold plummets. you know. at the moment there seems to be a division between the rank and file and the military high command i think you have to remember that madeira himself didn't tell from the military so one after he took office in april twenty third scene he went out of his way really to to ingratiate himself with the military he has promoted about a thousand generals and i was something like two thousand generals in the venezuelan military compared to say around nine hundred in the us so the military

top brass is is very large it's very entrenched with the government they've been given a lot of power over food over the oil industry in particular over distribution ports airports and there are also a lot of allegations that you know senior functions of the military are involved in illicit activities including illegal gold mining and potentially even drug trafficking so you know. to get those factions to move away from the current situation is very difficult to me and the offer of an amnesty isn't going to be enough for for potentially criminal factions to break away so i think from the doura looking at this as long for him. it's to try and stay in power for as long as the as he can and you know if he's looking abroad and looking at other situations in recent years in egypt or libya or syria he may just calculate that is better to hunker down but again you know the question then comes back to whether the military seeing what's happening on the ground will will will stay loyal to him or gradually

start to peel away and that will be the deciding factor in the deciding factors beyond his control the way that for example lima group of vindicated that preferences the e.u. is is very vocal at the moment yet you know i wouldn't say a muted response but a much quieter response from russia from china from turkey who will say yes we support the durable good much more from them is that behind the scenes support from these nations. there's been rhetorical support for sure i think it's qualified there are watching and waiting from the sidelines i mean russia and china are both tough assets on the ground in venezuela russia's rosneft came out this morning and said it was monitoring it's it's it's it's on the ground china has been certainly more qualified i think you know what they're concerned about is the sanctity of their contracts moving forward under whatever administration comes to pass so i

think you know they will go so far but i think they won't you know there's no i wouldn't see russia sending you know troops or any kind of military assistance and so it will very much be a case of waiting on the sidelines saying that we did not intervene and then you know back channeling to to try and guarantee you know relations moving forward under a different administration whether that's guy joe or some kind of mixed administration you should see what happened certainly for the moment on the government so much for joining us from london thank you. plenty more ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour including. the lure of the brits it is something many britons in search of their irish roots. and a grim warning about places in the himalayas that melting could have disastrous consequences. and in sport the pressure is on the english premier league leaders

title challenge looks to be on shaky ground and. to europe now where the greek prime minister is jude and crow for what's likely to be a tense meeting with turkey's present recipe or the one alexis tsipras are loggerheads over various issues including turkey's refusal to acknowledge the name change thought north macedonia and other territorial disputes has the latest from athens. the last time the two leaders met in athens fourteen months ago their language was combative president. accusing the greek prime minister of sheltering turkish army officers suspected of plotting the failed coup against him three years ago alexis two plus reminded that the island of cyprus is divided between greek and turkish cypriots because of turkey's invasion forty five years ago the stage is now set for

a repeat performance in ankara turkey is powerful national security council last week renewed extradition demands for the eight army officers seeking asylum in greece despite greek supreme court judges forbidding extradition on humanitarian grounds the soldiers had commandeered a helicopter to escape and landed in greece decides he's treating the visit not does an opportunity. to. to reaffirm the state of relationship he's such an increase his nor passion bad too. yield to turkey's demands. if that's a correct assessment then the results would be. a trauma if anything the stakes are now higher last october turkey sent a drilling ship to explore the seabed near cyprus for oil and gas in response to

similar exploration by cypriots cyprus says it has the right to exploit undersea resources the turkish government disputes that in another spat greece's foreign minister announced that he was preparing to extend greek territorial waters turkey's response was to threaten war twenty years ago greece lifted its veto on turkish membership talks with the european union and the two countries started exploratory talks that came close to resolving their territorial differences in the aegean but greece then hesitated to commit to any deal and eighteen months ago turkey pulled out of the talks altogether the two sides now have no forum to discuss differences. setting up a bilateral forum would make the visit a success from the greek point of view but expectations are low jumps are open last al-jazeera athens. said and possibly joins me now from an kroll correspondent in turkey and of course this is not going to be an easy visit hanssen when the greek prime minister arrives what can we expect to come positively out of the meeting.

so as we have listened in the report there are lots of issues on the table for both sides to discuss and when we remember present our downs a visit to greece after ten years more than ten years later a couple of months ago it wasn't a very bright visit because we have seen two presidents discussing go where agreement of course turkey and greece relations have always been strained is strained especially more than in more than thirty years but things have changed the relations have changed the world has changed because of the global conjuncture has changed but there is one thing which is common for both leaders both for mr chip ross and mr dunne are down as they preparing for local elections at the end of march which is going to be actually actually defining his ruling party's power

across turkey and to be honest he is his party is being challenged and on the other side we have chipped grass was running for elections and we are hearing from our. from the is sources in greece that if he is being challenged as well and he has some he's going to be facing some tough times so and mostly it is expected that two leaders are going to be address in their all in the mastic audiences and we have been hearing that these upon the mental problems the problems on the table are a little bit difficult to overcome but what two leaders want is to maintain dialogue and to maintain the status quo because both leaders do not need any more conflicts or tensions in the region especially while they are preparing for elections or for the bible with them of course come back to you or or we get more out of that meeting thank you. now jordan is hosting new talks on the exchange of

prisoners between yemen's warring sides government delegates than who the rebels have reconvened in a month after they last met in sweden in december that the deal could involve up to fifteen thousand detainees and that was agreed in principle as a confidence building measure ahead of the december talks with the rebels have been fighting a saudi amorality led coalition in yemen for four years to plan to get to james bays as more. these talks on a possible prisoner exchange are being facilitated by the un and by the international committee of the red cross the numbers potentially are huge each side the coalition and the who thiis of brazil entered a list of eight thousand people each that they want to be released although i'm told that some names on the list may be incorrect some others may be dead the un has said that this is an important measure that could rebuild trust between the two sides exchange of prisoners in any conflict is highly symbolic.

it shows a commitment of both parties to start trusting each other. and i think it's also obviously very emotional issue for the families involved and i think it's a it's a. it to it's a confidence building measure by any measure and it's a very important one and i think it as i said it really underscores the issue of trust which is something that has been lacking in this particular conflict the u.n. security council's urged both sides to engage with the talks on the prisoner exchange and on the wider political solution to the problems of yemen the security council was encouraged by that agreement in stockholm on yemen at the end of last year it saw that as a breakthrough but it's worried now that there's been very little progress since. well the all group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for two separate attacks

in somalia in the complement addition a car bomb killed at least twelve people and injured dozens outside a shopping mall. rescue workers pull a body out of the rubble after a car bomb attack in the somali capital mogadishu the explosives were planted near a shopping center in a busy market the home of a follow up car i saw seven dead bodies in you all of them i mean owner of this shop and as you can see it was badly damaged by the car bombing. some victims were killed directly by the blast others died after a part of the shopping center collapsed al-shabaab has claimed responsibility its fight is regularly hit targets like this in mogadishu in their fight against somalia's western backed central government. i parked my car here and went into my office soon after i heard a loud explosion which demolished the whole area. also claimed responsibility for another attack on monday in the semi autonomous somali region of puntland gunman

shot and killed a local head of a port operations company that's based in dubai analysts say civility to carry out these attacks shows how weak the government is and i think we're on the moment is the only external is our fighting in fact somali government is not able to lead its own or to design its own school at the policy and then in knocked on it simply because we don't have the kababs the capability of all. was forced out of mogadishu in twenty eleven after an offensive by african union troops but attacks like this show its armed fighters are intent on causing chaos in the heart of the capital victoria gates and be out there. police and powers have arrested a woman suspected of starting a fire which killed and people others were injured as residents clambered to safety from the eight story apartment building. the french interior minister who visited the scene says the woman under arrest has mental health problems. floodwaters in

australia have swept to mend deaths many homes in townsville in queensland are submerged prime minister scott morrison has visited the city to comfort victims the floods follow weather forecasters are describing as a once in a century rain and a small. opening the floodgates of the ross river dam in queensland created what australia's weather bureau called dangerous and high velocity flows with a dam and more than three hundred percent capacity engineers said they had no option downstream homes in the coastal city of townsville a flooded more than a thousand people have been moved to safety we've never seen a year's worth of rain in less than seven guys you know did not exactly what we've claimed all and it really is the new parameters that we are moving into northern australia is tropical and typically experiences heavy monsoon rains but recent

downpours are far in excess of the norm in some parts of townsville salt water crocodiles displaced by the flood waters have been spotted and there's more heavy rain on the way this monsoonal trough just doesn't want to seem to move much at all it's going to be heavy rainfall over the next couple of days there will also be damaging wind gusts and intense rainfall with significant flash flooding so australia's armed forces have been called in to help with what have been described as once in a century floods some areas of queensland expected to get a year's worth of rain in just a week and twenty thousand homes risk of being submerged if the heavy rains continue bernard smith al-jazeera. well two can be directors are starting jail sentences for causing an environmental disaster in hungary a flood of toxic sludge killed ten people injured many more farmland remains poisoned nine years later charlie rangel has the details this was the toxic tide

that swept through three villages in hungary in two thousand and ten when sludge containing hazardous waste burst through the banks of a storage reservoir asked nick berg create an untold damage to the region the country's worst environmental disaster responsible for killing ten people and injuring two hundred more. but in twenty sixteen courts cleared the managers of the aluminum plant mile of negligence with the judge ruling that the cause of the reservoir collapse was the unstable soil beneath the storage pond at the time there were protests in court when. that verdict has now been reversed with two directors of the plant being found guilty of endangering the public by criminal negligence and sentenced to two and a half years in prison i these pictures taken by environmental organization w w f a for the four months before the disaster they say they showed clear signs of

weakness in the reservoir structure suggesting it was already leaking the evidence being the channel of red liquid seen on the left the new verdict is a win for environmentalists and local residents but despite vast sums spent on deep polluting the region hundreds of hectares of land remain sealed off unfit for farming it will bear traces of the tragedy for years to come. out as. well in a few moments we'll have the weather of kevin corriveau but still ahead here on al-jazeera trying to find a forty thousand people missing in mexico plans are unveiled to track down the drugs disappeared. and wanted for murder kidnap and blackmail the indian business been an alleged gangster facing extradition from senegal and in sports will tell you why this team still has the best record in the n.b.a. those details coming up with if you stay with us.

over the last few days we have had some rain across parts of bosnia as well as temperatures that have caused the snow to melt across the region i want to take you in and show you exactly what's been happening across the area what we have been seeing extreme amounts of flooding going on in the region actually some of the flooding has been so heavy that some of the towns the water level has come up in the streets as well as some protesters bridges near syria have zero have been destroyed because of the very heavy rain now the good news is that the rain has stopped and we don't expect the rain to come back anytime soon but the other problem is we're still dealing with temperatures that are above normal for this time of year that means the snow in the area is still melting and coming down into these creeks and rivers causing them to rise so we're going to be watching this very carefully tempers across this region are getting into the low to mid teens during the day so we're going to continue to see that over the next few days the

other big story is what's happening is what is happening down here across the young mediterranean we do have an area of low pressure and this one is causing some very gusty winds as well as some very heavy rain across much of tunisia as well as into libya and that is going to cause some localized flooding over the next few days we'll be watching this very carefully the other problem is we are going to be looking at a dust storm forming particularly down here towards the south notice those when streams right there very very gusty and that is going to continue to make its way towards the east. sponsored town.

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you're watching i was there is news hour with me so hold rama reminder of our top stories venezuela's self-proclaimed president is calling on the armed forces to allow in aid to ease chronic food and many medicine shortages why don't receive more backing with many european and latin american countries recognizing him as the interim leader jordan is hosting new talks on a possible deal to exchange fifteen thousand prisoners in the war in yemen government delegates and hoofy rebel leaders have reconvened in a month after their last meeting in sweden in december. also floods have swept two men to their deaths in submerged many homes in queensland australian prime minister scott morrison has visited the city of townsville to comfort victims of floods follow what weather forecasters are describing as a once in a century rain. the u.s. special envoy on north korea will travel to pyongyang on wednesday to prepare for

a second summit between president donald trump and kim jong un stephen buying and is expected to meet his north korean counterpart. trump and kim last met in singapore in june when the north korean leader pledged to work towards denuclearization but a new report by u.n. sanctions monitors accuses pealing yang of doing the opposite the three hundred page confidential documents seen by the reuters news agency alleges that pyongyang is taking steps to protect its nuclear and ballistic missiles from military strikes they're doing so by storing weapons in civilian facilities such as ports and the government is using separate sites to assemble and test their missiles so they're harder to trace the report also says that north korea violated sanctions by trading in cold petroleum products and thereby undermining efforts to block funding for its nuclear program gordon chang is an asia analyst who says president trump should focus on sanctions against north korea instead of another summit there is an

escalation and the real story here is not that the north koreans are violating u.n. sanctions or they're continuing their arsenal building up their arsenal the real surprise here is that the united states is not enforcing sanctions vigorously the u.s. the middle of may of last year has basically allowed the north koreans and the russians and the chinese and the south koreans to violate sanctions and so of course kim jong un feels well why should i give up my missiles i don't you know one point one people people can argue oh look you know we should meet with kendra moon to see if we can finally settle this but by meeting with him we legitimize him we give him a lot of benefits and so i don't think that it's appropriate to meet with him i think it's appropriate to sanction him into the ground and we have the capability to do that so you know you americans should stop complaining about kim jong rule and start thinking about why we are not using our power to cut off money to camp.

the u.s. president will give his second stage of the union address on tuesday the speech has been delayed by the longest government shutdown in the country's history over a bitter partisan battle over proposed border walls and. health care reports from washington the speech comes at a time when approval ratings. for weeks donald trump has hinted immigration will be a big part of this tuesday's state of the union address the white house says trump will try to unify a country divided over the issue but listen closely to the state of the i think you'll find it very exciting for. the war which is wasteful and doesn't solve the problem that the u.s. president has been in a political standoff with his democratic opposition over his request for five point seven billion from congress for a border wall he hopes to build along the u.s. border with mexico his speech was scheduled for last tuesday but was postponed by house speaker nancy pelosi during

a congressional government funding battle that shut down parts of the government for thirty five days. the short term funding approved by congress to reopen the government will soon run out many will be watching to see if trump declares a national emergency to bypass congress and get the money he wants for his wall you'll hear the state of the union and then you'll see what happens right after the state of the union. investing in infrastructure is another topic the white house says trump will cover as he did last year and calling on congress to produce a bill that generates at least one point five trillion dollars for the new infrastructure investment but other trump controversies overshadowed that effort tuesday trump's expected to try again he's also reportedly planning to promise and end to the hiv epidemic in america discussed the trade war with china. at. the political turmoil in venezuela. i over all the tone of trying speech is expected to

be conventional sticking to the teleprompter as he did last year as long as we are proud of who we are. and what we are fighting for there is nothing we cannot achieve in his last two speeches to congress trump appeared willing to reach out to his political opponents to achieve shared legislative goals but within days of each address truck quickly returned to attacking democrats on his twitter feed a sharp contrast to his appeal for unity still the white house says president goal is to bring the country together but after two years in office the country remains divided angry and opposed to many of trump's policy most polls show the president goes into his state of the union speech with just a forty percent approval rating can really help al jazeera washington. stay in the

region because mexico's government says it will dedicate more than twenty million dollars to help find those who go missing during a campaign against drug cartels organized crime and security forces have been blamed for some forty thousand disappearances holdman has more from mexico city. the cruelest part of the violence in mexico thousands of the disappeared many taken by organized crime others by security forces themselves it means no closure for families who spend years searching for loved ones dead or alive all too often they do so on their own digging in mass graves we've rudimentary to government help is minimal now top human rights official says that's going to change the new government's promise twenty million dollars for a new plan to search for the missing it's a huge task. it's estimated there are currently forty thousand missing people more than one thousand one. hundred plunder stein graves around twenty six thousand

unidentified bodies in morgues and this is the proof of the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis and human rights violation as well facing and that we must overcome in our countries he's promised a well funded and staffed national commission and a better coordinated database to identify the missing languishing in moods jails officials involved in disappearances who face the consequences he says. we're going to look to prosecute authorities where he's guilty they'll be punished the united nations and european union will be involved in paper it looks impressive . but the previous government also passed legislation to find the disappeared spurred on particularly by an emblematic case more than forty students taken by police in league with a gang but they were never found and the key ingredient was missing both in the search for them and the wider effort to help fountains of others there was

a profound lack of political will to actually change things for the new government's made the right noises now comes the hard part trying to shake up of thirty's which out of fear or complicity have failed to help those looking for their loved ones john home and out to see it or screw city. well brazil's new government plans to get tough on organized crime and corruption congress is set to vote on a proposal by justice minister morrow the former judge a previously led a major corruption investigation he wants convicts to start their jail sentences after first appeal is denied the tightening of rules on the illegal financing of political campaigns is also on the agenda. corruption organized crime and violent crime why do we treat them all in the same package because these three things are related to the three problems we have also

established that in case of crimes against the public administration such as embezzlement act of corruption and passive corruption they must go to prison the population desires more punishment against corruption. britain's prime minister in northern ireland to talk about the main obstacle to solving the brics said calles and so-called banks on the border between the north and the irish republic now the confusion over leaving the e.u. members of british citizens applying for irish pass falls twenty percent of applications came from the united kingdom last year alone. in london. traditional island in a london pub. of course anglo-irish ties go well beyond an affection for each other's cultural stereotypes people have moved across the irish sea for centuries almost nine hundred thousand people born in ireland live and work in the

u.k. . it sounded a new dimension to the bond. richard with students applying for an irish passport anyone with at least one irish grandparents eligible for irish citizenship. this is my grandfather's birth certificate this is my connection with ireland for richard it's a way of holding on to his european identity after breaks it i felt i had part of my identity stripped away. perhaps by a majority that i didn't relate to you know because i couldn't really understand why people would want to vote out of. an inclusive europe a big part of me wants to stay connected to europe you know i want to feel like europe is my home. outside britain's parliament in london protesters opposed to and who favor all the breaks it argue on a near daily basis this is identity politics in action as many as six million

people that's almost ten percent of the entire population could be eligible for irish citizenship or more of these and irish european union passport ever since the u.k. voted to leave the e.u. hundreds of thousands of british people have applied for them many see them as almost an insurance policy against all of the ups certainties of bricks it. unlike all the e.u. citizens. study public services in the u.k. it's the government's promise to protect. as more and more britons delve into their family history in search of connections i wish people in britain are considering the impact it's having on them. be affected by the same things. and even though. you know. i think.

forcing people to question. number of british people to seek out a new. inspire a new generation. is.

in recent years the sawhill of north africa has witnessed the so-called war on terror. but is this official narrative. masking a larger battle. a battle for the earth's natural resources. shadow

war in the sahara on algiers. welcome back no prosecutors in senegal are preparing to extradite one of india's most wanted fugitives people johnny was arrested in the capital dhaka last month after spending more than fifteen years on the run nicholas as well. it's in this upscale neighborhood of the capital the car that a man described by the indian press as a dawn of the underworld project was found in arrested just a few weeks ago he's been living here in hiding for a number of years he owns

a strings of businesses a real estate agency a restaurant and a barber shop where he was arrested by the senegalese security forces just weeks ago through a tip off of the indian intelligence services that been looking for him for the last fifteen years now he owns this restaurant the mahratta a very popular among ex-pat customers myself included i have eaten here and been served by this man who would come at the end of the meal distributing sweets with a smile a little did we know that he was in fact an indian gangster wanted for murder and also wanted because he tried to extort money out of bollywood stars like shah rukh khan he's now in the custody of the senegalese authorities they tell me that in his possession was a passport from brick enough ah so he told them that he married someone from britain emphasis on fifteen years ago he goes under the name of tony fernandez very popular among even the indian community here who didn't know that he was in fact an

indian gangster he was last seen a back in january distributing prizes and presents cricket game the indians want him back if sentenced he could not only face a lifetime in prison but you risk facing the death penalty. served in pakistan the annual event is meant to show support hold people in indian administered kashmir the region has been a flashpoint between the two south asian nations since one nine hundred forty seven that's the latest from the pakistani capital islamabad. across pakistan there are rallies to show solidarity with the crush me people who have been suffering for all what seven decades the pakistani president speaking at the jumbo interest me legislative assembly said that india was pushing a false narrative that it was killing militants in kashmir however he said the real situation was that it was the innocent people of kashmir that were paying the price

august on has been highlighting the issue of kashmir for several years but this particular age of great importance because pakistan has extended an olive branch to new delhi to talk about all outstanding issues however the indians have remained adamant that this is a bilateral issue august on ones the international community to realize that this is a flashpoint between two nuclear powers and a settlement of the kashmir issue is pivoted to pakistan's foreign policy the pakistani president the prime minister the foreign minister and all the opposition leaders i've spoken with one war if there is a consensus on a particular issue then they did the issue of crush read on which everybody had is unite. now they help to sustain life across the asian continent but scientists are warning himalayan glaciers are melting ice an alarming rate due to climate change

a study by the international center for integrated mountain development warns that two thirds of the ice sheets will be gone by the end of the century unless carbon emissions are drastically cut the glaciers are a critical source of water for two hundred fifty million people living in the hindu kush himalayan region another one and a half billion rely on the rivers flowing from the mountains the study says the impact on agriculture and energy supplies could be felt well before the turn of the century in india pakistan and the worst affected case china has suffered is a researcher at u.c. davis policy institute for energy environment and the economy she says the report highlights the need to take urgent action on climate change. that's very much in line with recent news that we've seen showing that the piers and magnitude of climate change is even greater than scientists said even as recently as in the past five or ten years in october there was a big report from the united nations international government our panel on climate

change that showed that greenhouse gas emissions are warming much faster than we expect we've also seen a recent report showing that similar rises accelerating so again very much in line with recent reports showing that action is needed and needed now with this report shows is that it's critical to take action because if we don't take action and then we can see it there last at the glaciers in the region double so when something bad is going to happen but we can take steps to limit it from being much worse at the same time we can't fool ourselves and think that nothing is going to happen we're already seeing the impacts of climate change today so we need to take sticks steps now to protect those will be affected for instance by thinking about how to reuse wider when you won't have as reliable water supplies chinese people around the world are being or have been ringing in the lunar new year many are hoping for fortunate prosperity in the year of the pig every brown has beijing. well this is

the time park or earth park in the heart of beijing a very popular place to come on the first day of chinese new year now traditionally the year of the pig is a year in which you make friends and make money so that possibly bodes well for the current talks between china and the united states to try to diffuse their trade differences the outgoing year the year of the dog was not such a good one for chinese people the economy here continued to slow and many people lost their jobs so what do ordinary people want in the year ahead camera i wish all my family members will have good health and a much better life in the new year that we have if i have one big. mission to accomplish in my life for the new year i'm getting married i hope all my family will happily stay together for china's president meanwhile she jinping has been touring a neighborhood here in beijing extending new year's greetings and also trying

a bit of dumpling making anything dumplings at this time of year is of course very popular indeed even amongst chinese leaders. and on monday night some eight hundred million people tuned in to watch the annual chinese new year television dollars this is the most watched television program in the world even more people what they've been the super bowl which of course was shown in the united states less than twelve hours earlier many of the people you see here in the tom park are domestic tourists they've come from other parts of china to feast and to celebrate and it's a celebration that for many people will last until the weekend well it's time for sport now his for a start with football yes indeed so he'll english premier league leaders liverpool have faltered again as their title challenge looks to be on shaky ground they were held to a one one draw at west ham on monday's saudia mani's goal in the twenty second

minute but the visitors ahead but just minutes later macallan tonio equalized for west ham here in club side still leave the table but are only three points ahead of second place manchester city we have to fight we have to fight that's all it's not about pressure it's about enjoying the situation you're in we have sixty two points lost one game in a full season so far which is very positive but i see new faces already you feel you feel a bit sorry with us you don't have to and we are fine so we are fine and everything is good and but of course tonight was just a tough game but if you have a day like the things happened yesterday and then you get a pointed question for me that's ok that's absolutely fine. the out of my world ski championships are officially underway in sweden as two of the biggest names in the sport's history get ready to hang up their boots the shots are from the opening ceremony and the host city of or up plenty of flags and entertainment but it was

also a bit of a retirement party for the most successful female racer of all time lindsey vonn and norway's top men's racer lin spindel who are both calling it a day after the championships it would be fitting if they won gold as they both won their first world titles in the same city back in two thousand and seven. yeah over excited my last race is will be here in sweden i'm actually norwegian heritage so i feel at home here so it's nice and my career yeah. yeah it's over you make it sound like you're done like. i am i yeah. i mean i'm just wrapping up this stage so. you know whatever it is also my life has to offer and then i was and. this is my last. race at this level. so might we in one day see the world ski championships held in pakistan the country's winter

sports federation and military are combining forces to help boost his popularity in the country david stokes has more in. the mountains of northern pakistan spectacular but traditionally considered a dangerous no go area military operations aren't out of the ordinary here but not like this one pakistan's air force flying in competitors from around the world to take part in an international ski tournament ten thousand five hundred feet above sea level the military opening its doors to its own personal ski resort and now tar determined to change perceptions. this is an inspiration for a five year stunning message. for the rest of nature. these very. beautiful. enthusiasm for the interest. and reach through this venue and enjoy these facilities in five years

from these mountains have been plagued by tribal violence for centuries and reminders never far away but ski races from nearly forty countries still made the journey to get a feel for pakistan slopes and the feedback was positive. real like it's no condition while there's everything is perfect and real like people so much because they're still currently through us very very happy to be here. this is kids are going to do a lot more and. more basis even bigger is this lego world championship even . winter olympics here it wasn't all about the international visitors pakistan's top national skiers were there too with the perfect opportunity to showcase their talent and learn from some of the world's best. me and my team mates who. really were. you know just looking

forward. as well as skiing snowboarding ice skating and ice hockey competitions were held for the first time in the country pakistan's winter sports federation in collaboration with the air force is determined to inspire youngsters not only to get involved but maybe one day even bring home gold medals we have we have an incoming international competitions and special olympics in beijing if. we should have any you getting the national flags and giving rowdy mitchell. hosting the olympics may still be some way off but the more pakistan puts on events like this the show not only to boost sport and terrorism but also project a more positive image of the country around the world david stokes al-jazeera. fresh from winning a record equalling sixth super bowl title the new england patriots have landed back

in boston to continue continue celebrating with fans a victory parade will rumble through the streets on choose day the patriots beat the l.a. rams thirteen to three on sunday night the combination of coach bill belichick and quarterback tom brady once again coming out on top for new england the pats are now tied with pittsburgh steelers for the most super bowl victories and the award for the super bowl most valuable player has gone to patriots wide receiver or julian and the win at all men was deemed to be one offensive player that didn't make a difference on the night adelman has had ten receptions and one hundred forty one yards to take that m.v.p. the thirty two year old also has one hundred fifteen postseason receptions placing him second in n.f.l. history. see how this team grind you didn't work each week. when things were not it's best. to consciously try to go out and improve. just shows what kind of

a group of guys it was this year two thousand and eighteen patriots resilient group and you never going to forget so you know who's on believable. the team with the best record in the n.b.a. the milwaukee bucks had a good night against the brooklyn nets the bucs janice and tito can both start on the night leaving with a game high thirty points and fifteen rebounds injury depleted nats were unable to mount a comeback in new york milwaukee winning one hundred and thirteen to ninety four brooklyn a loss for the third straight time. and over in sacramento california the kings beat the visiting san antonio spurs of rookie forwards marvin bagley had a career high twenty four points and twelve rebounds to lead sacramento to a one hundred twenty seven to one hundred twelve when it's their seventh straight home victory they things are now within half a game of the l.a. clippers for the eight playoff spot in the western conference. and that's all

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