the struggle continues book. to. use districts reward on al-jazeera. zero. hello i missed audio tape and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes venezuelan opposition members in colombia to prepare the transfer of desperately needed aid. u.s. president donald trump prepares to give his state of the union speech we'll take a look at the big issues and what people are hoping he'll say. egypt's parliament

pushes forward with plans to extend president. until twenty twenty two. and bringing in the year of the pig chinese communities around the wild celebrate the most important holiday of their calendar. well venezuelan opposition politicians are in colombia preparing for the transfer of aid trucks carrying the supplies are currently in bogota waiting to travel to the border the aid was sent by washington at the request of self declared interim president. but it's unclear if military forces who remain loyal to president nicolas maduro will allow the supplies into the country maduro has blocked aid shipments in the past meanwhile hundreds of venezuelans have been lining up at border towns desperately needing to buy medicine as they wait for u.s.

help. has been speaking to business leaders in caracas he reiterated his call for free and fair elections in venezuela as soon as possible. hasn't been easy to get to hear a lot of businesses and workers have had to walk across the border and leave venezuela we have to lay the foundations once and for all you also need for all social fabric also we should be able to give rise to a sustained democracy. to sustain freedom and that's absolutely fundamental. while pope francis says the vatican is willing to mediate in venezuela but only if both sides are ask. the will of both sides is necessary both sides have to ask for it that is what happened in the case of argentina and chile. there were small steps that are needed in diplomacy and the last one is mediation. negotiators they need to move closer together to begin the possibilities of dialogue this is

how diplomacy is carried out. in just a few hours donald trump is due to deliver his second delayed state of the union address the u.s. president was forced to postpone it at the last month because of the longest government shutdown in american history polls show trump's going into the event with his approval ratings at a new white house correspondent can really help it reports. 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 standard i think you'll find it very exciting. out of 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 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. 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 on 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. and the political turmoil in venezuela. overall the tone of trump 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 trunk quickly returned to attacking democrats on his twitter feed a sharp contrast to his appeal for unity kimberly how has life for us now on capitol hill can be as the speech draws ever narrow we've been hearing from both parties. yeah that's right you know looming over all of this is the fact that there are only

ten days until there is potentially another government shutdown that is certainly something that is concerning to the top republican mitch mcconnell because he knows that this is something that was blamed in the last shutdown on the republican party and also in the midst of all of this is the concern of the top democrat in the senate chuck schumer who believes that this is an issue that has divided americans with regard to the. resolution of the big issue that we've been dealing with the last month or so the conferees i'm told are having useful partisan discussions about trying to craft this bill in a way that allows us to address border security. we pray for them each night and and hope for the best and looking forward to what they're going to do tomorrow

knowing this president and his penchant for hyperbole he'll probably say the state of our union is stronger than it's ever been before in our nation's long history thanks to him knowing this president he will rely on distortions and made up facts mislead the american people. the only question about the president's state of the union how often will be distorted how often will he make up how often will he resort to fear and divisiveness. now what i think you can take from all of this is that going into this speech the two political parties particularly in the senate reflective of the united states is different priorities in a different take away out of the president's policies over the last two years this is the challenge for donald trump as he delivers this message white house says that he will call for unity as well as highlighting some of his top policy issues but again how they will be received largely depends on how you feel about this

president and kimberly often members of congress bring a guest to the state of the union speech tell us about any notable invitees this year. well we've got notable invitees on both sides the white house says that the first lady will be joined by a number of people that the president hopes highlights his policy positions including a child with the last name trump who apparently the white house says has been bullied because of this they were also be people joining the first lady that include those who have relatives that have been killed by illegal immigrants highlighting of course donald trump's priority on the crackdown of illegal immigration as well as the department of homeland security agent two is combating human trafficking and also there will be a guest we understand someone who has kicked an opioid edition diction but i think what is really notable in all of this are the guests of the democratic party

because this is certainly something that they're trying to send a message to this president now to palosi will be for the first time sitting behind the president as he delivers the speech certainly showing the shift in dynamics in the house of representatives now with democrats in control certainly whether it is the wearing of white by many women who will be in that chamber pushing back on the president in terms of highlighting women's rights in the united states there will also be a number of gas including an air traffic controller that lost his job for thirty five days when the government shutdown occurred as well as to active duty transgender army officers again sending that sort of statement very loudly just with their presence in that chamber about the president's push for a ban against transgender individuals in the u.s. military so certainly this is about sending a message to the president even as he is trying to highlight some of his

legislative priorities as there is can be how cut there for us on capitol hill thank you kimberly. well let's get you more on all of that now with brett bryan who is president of the global situation room consulting firm he was also the former director of global engagement in the white house under president obama he joins us from washington d.c. bret president trump isn't just arrived isn't just addressing congress tonight but also the many american voters will be watching very closely what you think he needs to push hardest tonight well i think he's two years into his presidency and time is up for blaming the other guy we need to hear about what he's going to build how has he as an individual how has the country changed over the course of the last two years we are just coming out of a historic shutdown and i think he needs to lay out a path forward that is more inclusive and more tolerant and dress and this is also the first time he'll be giving the state of the union with nancy pelosi as the

speaker of the house we expecting some interesting dynamics there very interesting you know i was actually present as a congressional page when bill clinton entered the house of representatives after having been impeached and i think there's a similar dynamic there's going to be a tension in the room because of the divided congress because of all of the investigations that are taking place right now the threat of impeachment that looms large over capitol hill it is going to be a very difficult evening on capitol hill bret as we've heard from our correspondent kimberly there also some very interesting guests who've been invited the expecting some of the at tricks perhaps. i wouldn't rule them out and let's also bear in mind in addition to the guests you have a number of new members of congress who are making names for themselves because of

some of their untraditional approaches and so perhaps we would see a freshman member of congress who wants to make a statement perhaps walking out of the address so something to keep an eye on and that the rest of the wilds will also be watching very closely especially given the white house's relatively dramatic shifts in foreign policy under president trump what in your mind other countries looking for from this speech tonight reassurance this is a chance for trump to lay out some of those strategies we haven't heard a lot of in his first two years he's talked about the challenges that he sees with the obama administration foreign policy the world needs to know whether it's on north korea or iran even venezuela how is he going to navigate these waters how is he going to ensure that there isn't collateral damage or consequences that

are unintended coming out of some of these decisions that seem to be made in haste but you say where well the well does looking for reassurance what kind of rhetoric do you expect. i think we're going to see a mix on the one hand the traditional isolationist nationalist rhetoric will certainly be there we've been told that the theme of this speech will again talk about returning to greatness but on the other hand i would hope we will see some tempered tones from the president that he is reaching out to countries he's talking about solutions that involve a multilateral approach working through international institutions that i think would at least give some comfort to those allies that feel a little bit strange from this administration and but one of the biggest moves recently has been the announced pullout of troops from syria and afghanistan do you

expect that to be discussed tonight and what might trump say about that i think this is a prime opportunity for the president to do what was not done in his tweet what was not done by his national security advisor when he was visiting turkey and israel and other allies in the region we need to hear clearly from the president what is the timeline what are the thresholds that american troops are going to be held to for their engagement both in syria but i should also note a report came out just in the last day from the defense department noting that actually isis has seen increases greater increases in iraq so how are we going to continue to engage and obviously with his comments about that iraqi face also being used for other purposes it's a very delicate situation and brett just a little closer to home tonight's speech was delayed by a week because of the government shutdown and there's now less than two weeks left

to resolve that political impasse where are we now with mr trump's wall. well i think he's no closer to getting that wall if anything the democratic leaders feel emboldened that they have won the first battle of this new congress and i don't think they're in any mood to give ground let's bear in mind here in the united states the presidential campaign has already started and most republicans on capitol hill don't want to go back to a shutdown either so he doesn't have a whole lot of options retro and speaking to us there from washington d.c. the former director of global engagement in the white house under president obama thank you very much as well let's go back to our top story in venezuela to me is the joins us live now from caracas to reason just how much support is quite a getting at the moment and what kind of response are we seeing from the duras government.

well after seeing the demonstrations that happened here in the capital caracas last week i mean there were thousands and thousands of people taking to the streets it's difficult to know how much support he actually has but what it's easy to find it's people complaining about the lack of basic services live the lack of food of medicine among other things and that's why one of the most the most important that feels he is making is the possibility of humanitarian aid being brought in the country what we know today we were at the national assembly talking to some assembly members who are in a way putting together a plan to allow aid from the borg from the border between colombia and venezuela or and so at the border between brazil and venezuela and we're told also a country and island in the caribbean some like medicines and ford are going to start to being gathered in those places and then they're going to be a plan in place to put it and bring it into the country what we're being told is that they would like to create what is a humanitarian corridor or

a corridor that is going to be created with n.g.o.s members of religious groups among others in order to protect the aid and guarantee that that aid is going to make it to those who needed the most the government is saying that this aid is in a way to create instability in venezuela they are saying that it is in a way a show by the opposition in order to allow the united states to intervene in this country andres i've been hearing a lot about this particular aid convoy that's allegedly supposed to come from bloggers what's likely to happen to that. well we've been told that slowly forty medicines are making it first to the border to the city of cork will die right of the border between colombia and venezuela and it's going to stay there until a pet plan is put in place in order to allow it to come into the country that's the all all the information we have so far it's going to definitely generate tension at the border we know that the government of the mother has says that entering that

aid into the country is something that it's illegal and it's a way it's putting to a test the faithfulness that the military has for the government we know that the leadership stands with a government of an equal if not a little bit plays a crucial role in his cabinet controlling different areas like the economy that obviously the military among other spots of the opposition has been talking to the regular soldiers to the troops that are on the ground that are also affected by an economic crisis and that's why why you go and members of the opposition have been appealing to them telling them that if they prevent that aid from entering the country then they're going to be crossing a red line because they're going to be preventing regular venis women who are suffering right now from benefiting from medicines and for that could help them a lot. there is to is a bow there for us in caracas thanks very much tourism. there's plenty more ahead for you on this news hour including standing united leaders from africa to hell

region call for more help from the u.n. in their struggle against. the. law of the emerald isle why breaks it is sending many britons in search of their irish roots. and going going gone the incredible lindsey vonn crashes that has lost every event that she isn't quite finished yet. egypt's parliament is advancing plans to let the stay on as president sixty is off to the end of his term in twenty twenty two the proposal still has to pass several legislative hurdles before it becomes a constitutional amendment opposition figure this may be a sign of the country slipping back into authoritarianism eighty is off to the overthrow of hosni mubarak during the arab spring dalia fahmy is associate

professor of political science at long island university she says the president could even be in power right up until twenty thirty four. it's not a surprise and remember this is a president i came into power through a coup solving one of the bloodiest massacres in egypt's history she has systematically consolidated power around himself virtually decapitating the judiciary the security services have really purchased most of the media outlets there is no independent journalism in egypt and we're seeing right now is that the parliament has become a rubber stamp on his authority and so it's not a surprise that he would be extending term limits or that there would be an extension of his term but that the only question was when it was going to happen and so now we have this proposal that was already approved by one fifth of the parliament which is all it needed and so we have this proposal that will go to some sort of vote in the coming months in the summer time probably and all it needs is

two thirds approval and that they've already secured according to many parliamentarians and so this will pass and so the terms will go from four to six hears and virtually meaning that there will be some kind of special accommodation made for president sisi so that he remains president until twenty thirty four ironically enough in twenty thirty four if he will be eighty years old very similar to the age that mubarak was when he was removed from office the eighth anniversary which is just next week and so are having this display of a so of extreme executive power coming upon this moment where eight years ago egyptians were actually celebrating change and so we're seeing today is not only has egypt regressed to pre-revolutionary moments but it's actually consolidating through this constitutional amendment if it indeed goes to a referendum and votes and i voted in in the summer that we are way worse than we

were under mubarak. turkish president. says he wants more cooperation from greece over the extradition of crew suspects has been holding talks with greek prime minister. in ankara turkey has strongly criticized athens for granting asylum to turkish soldiers who fled after the twenty sixteen failed tsipras says the issue of the age village is a massive for greece's judiciary a british man has been arrested in the united arab emirates after he wore a cast on national team shirt to a football match twenty six year old. travel to the u.a.e. for a holiday in january while i was there he went to watch a match between castle and iraq where he wore a shirt says he didn't know showing support for costa in the u.a.e. is punishable with a fine and prison sentence a taliban attack in northern afghanistan has killed at least twenty six members of the security forces the pre-dawn raid targeted an army base in province hours later

in a separate attack two journalists were killed when a gunman entered a radio station in the olden province of takar no group has claimed responsibility for that attack the latest incidents come as representatives from the taliban are holding talks in moscow with former president hamid karzai and opposition leaders the head of the taliban's delegation says recent peace talks with the u.s. were successful tony betty has moved from kabul on the latest attack. we are told this was a pre-dawn attack on police checkpoints at an army base on the outskirts of condors which is the provincial capital six hundred fifty kilometers north of kabul a group a large group of taliban fighters attacked three police checkpoints on the base we're told that twenty six personnel were killed eleven of them were police officers and the taliban have claimed responsibility for this the afghan authorities say that at least twenty two taliban fighters were killed and about

twelve were wounded but this is not be confirmed by the taliban who i say confirmed the attack now it shows that even though the taliban had meaningful breakthrough so-called breakthrough talks with the u.s. just a little over a week ago that peace talks may be one thing but when it comes to war it's business as usual i think they're underlining their strength they've been gaining territory in the last three months and they want to push this to the war and show that they can strike when they want and inflict casualties the international criminal court has released the former president of ivory coast their own bad both spent seven years in custody at the hague 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 with stay in belgium pending an appeal rival factions from central african republic have signed an initial deal to end six years of fighting an agreement between the cia our government and fourteen rebel groups

was reached on sunday after two weeks of un led negotiations ensued on a more detailed agreement is due to be signed in ca as capital bangui on wednesday thousands have been killed and millions displaced in fighting between christian and muslim militias since twenty thirteen. trouble began in twenty thirteen when an alliance of muslim rebels known as the selecta overthrew president francis suppose he says government a few months later that rebel leader michel judge just idea was sworn in as interim president he was forced to resign after fighting between the silica and christian fighters known as the anti blackout began the un sent to peacekeeping force to support african union and french forces already there since then cease fires have been signed and violated and all sides have been accused of war crimes mohamad val has more from khartoum the government of the central african republic and fourteen

rebel leaders have signed a peace agreement that has been long in the making difficult negotiations for over a week here in the sudanese capital khartoum the heads of state of sudan and the central african republic have attended the signing with initials here today the final signing will be on when is the in the capital bangui the capital of the central african republic what distinguishes this agreement is that it is a it is the fruit of first time her to her face to face negotiations between that of believers and the government of the central african republic eet ees labeled an agreement of peace and conservation and it is going to open the door for a unity government in that country and also for an ominous te to that of the leaders that are misty to that of the leaders has been a sticking point in the negotiations so all the parties to the this conflict and the sponsors hope that this time around this agreement would hold and it will bring

fine of peace to the people of the central african republic. five countries from africa said held region have asked the united nations for help in their fight against armed groups leaders of became a fast chad mali and mauritania and made the plea for money and other aid at a summit in bikini capital attacks by armed groups have surged in the region since chaos and gulf to libya and twenty eleven the mission coincided with more violence . border with mali on tuesday five security personnel were killed that orsi that followed an attack on monday in the town of kayan which left fourteen civilians dead the military says its responded by killing nearly one hundred fifty fighters in an operation along the border nicholas haq is monitoring events from dakar in senegal and this is a region where there is no physical front chair it's a region used by nomadic herders that come across into brick you know far so in search of food and water no one has been able to independently verify the

circumstances of the death that occurred during this operation but it's certainly a small victory for the brooklyn afonso army that have come under attack they say it's in response to an attack on villagers late on sunday night where armed men went house to house killing villagers and it comes just days before the start of the u.s. training operation flintlock that will take place. now what's clear is that this conflict that started in a region of mali is spilling outside of its border across the region into neighboring countries and brick has suffered the most loss but this comes as a victory for the forces in faso who are facing what it seems and then doing conflict. doctors teachers and lawyers have joined anti-government protests and done after two men were killed in custody the sudanese professional association

called for the demonstrations after teacher ahmed al qaeda who was arrested in the eastern states of was pronounced dead on sunday his relatives say his body showed signs of torture the unrest in sudan began in december with protesters demanding president omar al bashir step down and end his thirty year rule still ahead on al-jazeera with temperatures plunging in iraq there are calls to protect children living in displacement camps. a third of the grassy is in the himalaya is under threat from global warming posing serious consequences for almost two billion people. and in sports afifa announce a major shakeup in the running of the twenty twenty two world cup he will have details.

how i was saying some rather heavy rain pushing into western parts of the u.s. with some snow over the mountains over the rockies the sierra nevada further north some rather wintry weather to making its way across the pacific northwest into that western side of cattle so pushing a further inland that actually saw a good dumping of snow there just around the rockies spilling out into the great plains raimond running right up into the appalachians snow on the northern flank of that look at the temperatures. but they say forty back on what we've seen recently five celsius to four new york harboring either side of phrasing there for toronto and also for chicago on wednesday we go on into thursday the snows a little more widespread into those central areas pushing across the midwest getting up into one terrier pushing across towards correct with that eastern side of canada still some very heavy rain just around the appalachians pushing right down through arkansas into eastern parts of texas could see some flooding here

further west it looks set fairly slushy fine and dry san francisco and themselves is just about getting up to fifty and a lie say solely on the cool side here for the dry to be across the caribbean looking good here going to twenty nine thirty degrees for the most part always a chance of one or two showers but by a lot it's fine dry and sunny. i soon killed and from many members. the wall as possible. people in power meets the women heading an eighteen mile militia. and dispensing justice with an unforgiving hand. and eye for an hour. in iraq on al jazeera. on the streets of greece

violence is on the rise you have to go for a mob of gun genie of the sun the. losses of under increasingly migrant farm workers of victims a vicious beating. is helping the pakistani community to find a voice the stories we don't often hear told by the people who live them undocumented and under attack this is zero on al-jazeera. welcome back i'm just. a reminder about top stories this hour venezuelan opposition politicians are in colombia preparing for the transfer of aid and supplies from the

u.s. trucks were sent off for a request for help myself declared interim president wider. said my top minority leader chuck schumer has accused donald trump of failing to unite the u.s. ahead of the president's state of the union address the event is due to get underway in the next few hours. egypt's parliament is advancing plans to lead a. stay on as president well beyond the end of his time in twenty. twenty two. the u.k.'s prime minister says she has an unshakable commitment to prevent a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland to resume a is visiting northern island where she's been trying to reassure residents about her bricks that plan may is due to travel to brussels on thursday to try to renegotiate the conditions of the irish backstop paul brennan reports from belfast . northern ireland has the u.k.'s only land border with the european union and the businesses of this province a feeling the uncertainty of

a more through for the most threesome a promise an unshakable commitment to avoiding a hard border northern ireland does not have to rely on the irish government or the european union to prevent a return to borders of the past the u.k. government will not let that happen i will not let that happen to resubmit the speech offered reassurances that the business leaders here found less than reassuring and there were no new specifics about what alternative arrangements might be found to the northern ireland backstop. the biggest fear is a no deal that we cannot sleep walkin to new deal situation so in our best this is across the u.k. are not prepared for a new deal situation so i don't think anyone can really prepare it's very difficult to prepare for what would a new deal look like if it doesn't work then we have to go back and i was in military students to you know what what is going to work and what is a compromise solution and they've all committed and everybody doesn't want to see

a border crack in northern ireland so they have to come up with that solution if if her efforts in europe don't succeed this week effort there is a hard border what you're talking about is the systematic dust and aggression of supply that has been built up not over twenty years of peace but over forty years of membership of the year. through some a will go to brussels later this week determined to avoid a hard border the e.u. has the same determination but each has very different ideas on how to guarantee that i'll come in and al-jazeera belfast. well the continuing on seventy over breaks it has prompted record numbers of british citizens to apply for irish passports twenty percent of irish passport applications came from the u.k. last year that's almost two hundred thousand requests made barca has more from london. traditional island in a london pub. of course anglo irish times 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. now breaks it sounded new died mention to the bald. richard with students applying for an irish passport anyone with at least warm 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 a break i felt my identity stripped away. perhaps by a majority that didn't relate to you know because i couldn't. i wouldn'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 all he wanted 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 always an insurance policy against all of the ups certainties of bricks is unlike other e.u. citizens irish people can automatically work study access public services and vote in the u.k. writes the government's promise to protect after breaks it as more and more britons delve into their family history in search of irish connections i wish people in britain are considering the impact bricks it's having on them a lot of people are advocating the were of pains to insist irish be born to be affected by the same things but on a more psychological level i think our people do feel slightly less welcome and

even know their pains to say oh you know you're like you're good immigrants in these are taste i think. it's forcing people to question their sense of identity. for a large number of british people encouraging them to seek out a new one. zero london. francaise yellow vests movement has joined forces with a major union in a day of nationwide protests over taxes and buying power tensions were lower than in previous protests there west scuffles with police firing rounds of tear gas previously in the communist backed and other unions have refused to collaborate with the yellow vests but the secretary general say they now have the same demands . the un has warned of dire consequences if more isn't done to protect children in iraq unicef says the harsh winter could be fatal for some of the hundred fifty

thousand children in displacement camps and also calling for more money to be spent on education reports from baghdad. some of these children may not live through the plunging temperatures of iraq's winter. the un's children's agency is warning that those already weakened by hypothermia and disease after severe flooding in november might not survive the harsh cold down here. we need a lot to be done health is the lifeline of our society but we're not seeing much happening people organize rallies but our calls are falling on deaf ears unicef says iraq spends just under six percent of its annual budget on education even though many young children are determined to go to school. open across the city of mosul our school is one of several which have more than six hundred students we can barely cope with unicef says there have been big improvements when it comes to

health care for children it says that less than one percent of children die in childbirth and that's because eighty five percent are now happen in hospitals it also says that ninety two friends of the iraqi children like these children at this kindergarten in baghdad are likely to go into primary school but he says that number drops significantly when they get to secondary school very particularly in areas which are being badly affected by college. according to unicef in areas such as the northern province of nineveh province to the south only one child in every form goes to secondary school instead many have to work to help support their families there must've challenges of the if the situation continues as it is today in iraq the children of the future will. i have very little future how are you going to prepare today so they have a future for tomorrow how you going to invest in them so they can aspire for

a future a future that they are part of the government has set up a three hundred million dollars fund to help the poorest people in areas hardest hit by conflict but unicef insists board needs to be done to stop children like these becoming iraq's last generation rob matheson al-jazeera backdown. jordan is hosting new talks on an exchange of prisoners between yemen's warring sides government delegates and treat the rebels have reconvenes in amman after they met in sweden in december the deal could involve up to fifteen thousand detainees it was agreed in principle as a confidence building measure ahead of the december talks with the rebels have been fighting a saudi iraqi led coalition in yemen for four years. pakistan has been observing kashmir day the annual event is meant to show support for people in indian administered kashmir in the pakistani city of karachi thousands gathered to denounce

a crackdown by indian security forces on activists and opposition leaders the region has been a flashpoint between the two south asian nations since one nine hundred forty seven come out to has more from a small about. february first as a day of solidarity with the people of crush me who. have been suffering for over seventy years because of their demand for self-determination across pakistan there is a consensus among the political parties which are otherwise rigidly there why did on several issues that when it comes to the cause the opposition and the ruling party will speak with one couple gets only president was speaking to the august on the administered kashmir legislative assembly where he said that india was pushing a false narrative of killing militants in the rally how every third world innocent people that were being killed the international community to stand human rights to

the rally to find out what was really happening across the line of control from pakistani administered kashmir. we demand from the international community that they force india to follow the un resolution on kashmir and go for a referendum and let kashmiris live according to their own wishes there is a strong support for the question really cause and the foreign office is now saying that this they will be millions of people protesting not just in pakistan but in brussels. and other capitals as well the progress on the foreign minister has taken a delegation of upper lip member did well to make a case case before the british parliamentary budget on warns the international community to come out in support of the pending un resolution on this core issue. they helped to sustain life across the asian continent but scientists are warning

himalayan glass is on melting at an alarming rate due to climate change a study by the international center for integrated mountain development once that two thirds of the ice sheets will be gone by the end of the century unless carbon emissions are drastically cuts the gases are a critical source of water for two hundred fifty million people living in the hindu kush himalaya region another one and a half billion rely on 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 with india pakistan and china west effected how to safford as a reception at the u.c. davis policy institute at the energy environment and the economy she says the report highlights the need to take action on climate change that's very much in line with recent news that we've seen showing that the peace and magnitude of climate change is even greater than scientists have said even as recently as in the past five or ten years in october there was

a big report from the united nations international governmental 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 sea level rises accelerating so again very much in line with recent reports showing that actually 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 could see loss of the glaciers in the region double so if 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 steps now to protect those will be affected for instance by thinking about how to use water when you won't have as reliable water supplies. chinese people around the world have been ringing in the lunar new year many are hoping for prospects for prosperity in the year of the pig edging brown has more from beijing. this is the town park or

earth park in the heart of beijing and 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. i wish all my family members will have good health and a much better life in the new year. 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 eating 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 goller this is the most watched television program in the world even more people watch this than 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 town 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. still ahead. more ways than one.

thank you they most successful well cup skier of all time says she will compete in one more rice despite crashing in her last ever championship lindsey vonn had a bad fall during the super g. at the world championships in sweden bought she says she will still be i would say compete in the downhill poor boys how small. the beginning of the end wasn't meant to be like this. but seconds into final world championships lindsey vonn super g.

race followed the script of the rest of her farewell season the american crashing out with barely a glimpse of the talent and power that has made the most dominant skier of the modern age yeah i've got a bit of a shiner. and i'm feel like i've been hit by an eighteen wheeler but other than that i'm great now aged thirty four vollmer has brought forward her retirement to make these world championships in sweden have final flourish a training run on monday so have finished eleventh but the missing cartilage in had a moment choose days race merely underlined that it was nearly time to say goodbye . it is what it is i can't change it i done my best my entire career i've worked as hard as humanly possible i've come back from way too many injuries and i'm not able to do it and that's just life you know it's not quite time to go yet still isn't ruling out with another world championship gold and some days downhill she already

has two and may regrets only have a taking home warm olympic winner's medal. but its high performance in the season long growing of the world cup that will be remembered eighty two wins putting how within four of the all time record set by sweden's in the last stand mark thirty years ago. vonn celebrity has transcended skiing in the sport will be relieved to have what seems to be a tailor made replacement in the kayla schiffer and the twenty three year old winning the super g. at the world just perceive it as pressure i heard disappointment should be brief in the context of a career that has raced women skiing to new heights mckayla shifrin victory here completes her coronation as the new queen of alpine skiing but her roots the top has been carved out by lindsey vonn her crush hit may be one of her last memories of the sport but it's not what she'll be remembered for pole race al-jazeera or to

sweden. one of the difficult for anybody to suppose the achievements of lindsey vonn but mot we want i see a world cup skier from pakistan the country's winter sports federation a military all combining forces to how boost skiing's popularity in the country that it stuns reports. 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 good 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 to all of the world. is there for the rest of nature.

these very. beautiful. enthusiasm for their 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 and 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 the snow condition mountains everything is perfect and real like people so much because they're so kindly to us very very happy to be. this kid does it do look more and. more this is even bigger is this lego world championship even as 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 teammates who. were just looking forward. as well as skiing snowboarding ice skating and ice hockey competitions. 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 or have em in coming international competitions and specially when reading is ready for anything we should have five thirty euros getting the national flags and giving crowd a major forecast from 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 tourism but

also project a more positive image of the country all around the world david stokes al-jazeera. favre has announced how the organization of the next world cup in twenty twenty two will be governed in the van up to the tournament in qatar football's world governing body says it set up a joint venture with cata to streamline the organization and improve efficiency in a statement favre said they'll hold a fifty one percent share of the venture with the katter organizing committee the remaining forty nine percent we are here today because the we think that the by joining forces we can be a better team to deliver the world cup and it means also that does the trick is getting closer to got that and that now that the world cup in russia is completed the whole focus for free for is under the living of the qatar world cup in four years defending english premier league champions manchester city have the chance to go back to the top of the table for the first time in two months if they win and on

wednesday but city on currently does little poor drop points in recent matches and city manager pep guardiola expects plenty more twists and turns between now and the end of the season. three four days ago we had already done. the champion was liverpool and we are the favorite in marion three days we are leading or we are seven points behind. so if you try to be calm in that situation i said my feeling in the last week show will be a lot of surprises and will be tough for every team to win on games because. the contenders in contenders and all the teams had their abilities capacities in in the skills to to make create problems jersey marina rise become the latest high profile individual from the world of football to be found guilty of tax fold in spite the former manchester united manager has been given a one year prison sentence but wants any jail time or radio has instead a great supplier file of more than two million dollars defenses are likely to

undercut income when he was managing well madrid seven years ago it. was john of another was fined more than twenty million dollars by the spanish tax authority of us it's been an event for wait for more and you know the portuguese was involved here and invited to drop the ceremonial packet a k h l guy but he suffered an embarrassing full on the ice was captured on video by the crowd and posted all over social media snobbery really been a great few months for the man who was once regarded as the special one or one of the my so many sites in sport is the new england patriots celebrating a super bowl victory nesta might add one million people on the streets of boston after the pages return from the latest trump in atlanta on somebody thirty three victory over violence because they say so for both a combination coach bill belichick and for someone will come to some brighter when the good news for these crimes is that neither is planning to retire. and that's

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