sibylla made sure of thai politics just went out on the level really this is the official launch of the election campaign that for you to take place on march the twenty fourth the first since the coup in two thousand and fourteen but this launch really overshadowed by that announcement in the past hour or so from a relatively new party tired rex the chinese that it's was nominating only one candidate to become prime minister and that is princess bride who is as you say the oldest sister all of the king my what you're a long pole and it's intriguing it's unprecedented as you mention this never happened before in time politics the royal family's always been seen as being above politics even though everyone knows that it's the most powerful body in thailand and isn't three year old sofa which party this is this is a party that is that is backed by the former prime minister taksin chynna one who was ousted in a coup in two thousand and six the government of his sister the election of what was removed in the most recent coup and they've always been seen as being anti

establishment and their supporters in the supporters of the elite the establishment in bangkok have clashed many times you see many violent scenes on the streets of thailand over the pastika decade also to now come to this stage where we have a member of the royal family out running to be potentially the prime minister of thailand for a party backed by the chena wants is certainly an intriguing development for time politics and what about the current prime minister's plans. yes be much speculation in the past few weeks really about what he may do he's always avoided questions about what his political future may be this is prior the army general who led the coup in two thousand and fourteen and also in the last hour he has accepted an invitation to become a candidate for prime minister from another new party. regime party so he is now

finally signaled that he officially wants to stay on in government even if that party doesn't win enough seats to form the government in the election on march twenty fourth he still could become the prime minister through a clause in the constitution that was written by the military that says they could be an unelected prime minister a prime minister appointed from outside parliament outside the political parties he could also be a candidate to become prime minister again through that tools in the constitution all right away and hey with an update from bangkok thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera the british prime minister is back from brussels where once again she's been looking for a compromise on the e.u. withdrawal deal. and we look at the films vying for the coveted golden bear award at the berlin our film festival.

logon to welcome back where cross united states we are watching one winter system finally making its way towards the eastern seaboard we did a blizzard conditions severe weather wind damage as well down here towards the south and as we take a look what's going to happen here on friday here is the system pushing quite quickly up here towards the northeast so it's really going to come back and the rest of the canadian maritime provinces that are going to be affected as well as maybe some residual rain up here towards parts of maine for new york though the rain is going to be ending here on friday morning by the time we get toward saturday the temperatures come from thirteen degrees down to zero so a lot of cold air is coming into play there down towards the south well and it is going to be a cloudy day for you with a temperature of twelve degrees across much of the caribbean though not much in terms of rain we do have some clouds in the area most of the rain is going to be across parts of central america and that will be the trend over the next few days panama city is going to be about thirty two degrees and the rain is going to continue in that area costa rica could be seeing some rain as well and then very

quickly down here across parts of south america it has been dry across much of what is out is but we do expect to see some rain starting to come into play here it is going to be a warm day there at thirty one degrees asensio and no rain in your forecast temperature of thirty nine in rain for rio de janeiro with a temperature of twenty nine degrees for you. the. people in power the women heading in. and dispensing justice with an unforgiving hand. in iraq.

probably on the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. trucks carrying food and supplies have arrived at the colombia venezuela border but it's not clear yet how the aid will get into the country without the support of the military which still backs president. the elder sister of thailand's king has been declared as a leading candidate for prime minister in next month's elections the move breaks a long standing tradition of thing out of politics she'll be up against. a retired army chief who's been prime minister since leading a coup. the un human rights on void vesta gating the murder of journalist

says it was a brutal premeditated killing perpetrated by saudi arabian officials the findings by a special operator agnes follow a week long trip to turkey with it seem effects birds to rig salmon evidence are diplomatic editor james ray's reports. and his team of legal and forensic experts visited. in this consulate. she was murdered the un special rapporteur has released her initial findings and they are damning in a written statement she says evidence collected during my mission to turkey shows prime a facie case that mr cruise shoji was the victim of a brutal and premeditated killing planned and perpetrated by officials of the state of saudi arabia during the visit to turkey ms kelly muds team met with key turkish officials and was played an audiotape which is believed to be

a recording of mr kershaw geez last minutes alive and of his murder she says it was gruesome and chilling agnes' kalamata undertook this inquiry on her own initiative under her existing mandate to examine cases of extrajudicial executions her work continues and she report her findings to the un human rights council in about four months time the un secretary general has refused to set up his own inquiry into the murder of mr cruz shoji unless he gets a referral from the human rights council the security council or the un general assembly the initial findings of this investigation likely to increase pressure here at the un for tougher action against saudi arabia but the authorities in riyadh allow it to be more worried about what happens next in washington outside the white house the campaign group the committee to protect journalists held an event to mark the fact that february eighth is the deadline for president trump to

take action against saudi arabia on the khashoggi case under what's known as the magnitsky act even if mr trump decides not to act there are many in congress who made it quite clear they will not let this case drop james bays al-jazeera at the united nations while the u.s. state department says it will continue to consult with congress to hold those responsible for such as murder to account. these still part of the state shares the deep concern and outrage. over the killings of jamal khashoggi expressed by members of congress and we have consulted and corresponded with the congress regularly since jamal khashoggi october second killing including briefings by the secretary of state white house aide jared christer will travel to the middle east later this month he'll be visiting to present part of his peace plan for the

region president trump son in law will visit all mon behind saudi arabia the u.a.e. and qatar. britain and the e.u. have a great to hold more talks to try and avoid the u.k. leaving the block with no deal but european commission. says the withdrawal agreement u.k. prime minister to resign may struck in november cannot be renegotiated the leaders held robust talks in brussels on thursday it worker has a story. it wasn't a great start for the british prime minister and it demonstrated police jumped in front of a car with fifty days left before britain officially leaves the e.u. a feeling desperate. british m.p.'s have demanded she find alternative arrangements over the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland something she's promised to do we must secure in finding changes to the withdrawal would be to deal with the concerns the parliament has over the bank storm and taking down changes to the backstop together with the other work that we're doing on workers'

rights and other issues will deliver a stable to dorothy improvement and that's what i will continue to push for now it's not going to be easy i'm clear that i am going to little practice it of it's delivery time that's what i'm going to do for british public of a negotiating quality in the coming days to do just that but there's a problem for to reason may be used refused to reopen the withdrawal agreement and renegotiate any new irish border arrangements the open borders protected by a twenty year old peace deal the good friday agreement the put an end to decades of sectarian fighting in northern ireland nobody wants to turn back the clock but the border question has made leaving the e.u. extremely complicated. brussels is determined to hold on to an insurance policy within the withdrawal agreement the so-called backstop designed to keep the irish border open if no arrangement is in place by the end of next year the u.k. automatically continues to be under e.u.

trade policy there's also no way of unilaterally leaving the backstop nor any time limit on it and that's too much for some bricks a ts to stomach the u. is however prepared to offer more binding political commitment to avoid ever having to use the backstop we are open as parliament from day one to a great political decoration to make this political decoration more binding more precise also on the issue of the backstop explaining and saying very clearly that this is insurance and more than that but persuading british politicians to back to reason that plans may require more than promises this is the first last ditch attempts to finalize the deal petition that negotiators will meet on monday and to resume a return to process at the end of the month but finding a plan to please her party the british parliament and e.u. remains painfully out of reach. brussels. six refugee

families stranded on a british military base in cyprus for more than twenty years have won a legal battle to settle in the u.k. for years the british government denied being responsible for them arguing the refugee convention was never extended to british bases they've achieved or has their story. it was more than twenty years ago when a smugglers fishing boat founded in these waters with more than seventy refugees on board the waves were driving them towards cliffs below a british military base in cyprus helicopters were scrambled to lift them out. kovan was just three years old at the time he's lived here at number ten condon ave you ever since in the sovereign territory of the united kingdom and iraqi kurd his british passport is about to arrive at last. actually gets to some point where

you you don't have hope anymore like. you just get used to waiting and it's just that without any answer or. outcome. the only glimpse you can get of his future home is on a computer with patchy internet to stay the news was all about the weather i think i'm good with. twitter so i get along with. tony blair was the prime minister when he first came ashore saying things could only get better the iraqi president saddam hussein was still persecuting his fellow kurds to reason may is now u.k. leader but as home secretary she fought to keep them out. a whole new generation has now grown up here in hearts which wants house british soldiers that are riddled with asbestos. hussein jada i mean

and fourteen month old jaylen live in number eighteen clarendon avenue they are syrian kurds they too have been given clearance to enter the united kingdom. with her daughter translating margie had told me life for refugee is always like this we have to learn how to be patient so we can cope with the situation she said . i want to became a english teacher of teacher and i also like to be a journalist and also like today because you know. all these families here in richmond village is the hope and the belief that they will reach the united kingdom but they don't believe that dream will be realized until they actually have a passport in the arms i see is a much beloved companion of the children here they'd be heartbroken to leave her united nations officials have promised though she will get

a pet passport but like everyone here she's still waiting baby to al-jazeera. or rescue teams in turkey have pulled more than a dozen survivors from the rubble of a building that collapsed in istanbul the apartment block. at least eleven people are confirmed dead it's believed others are still trapped. thousands of people have been demonstrating in the haitian capital calling on the president to step down protesters say. has failed to investigate allegations of corruption in the previous government in connection with. venezuelan subsidized energy program moyes who is personally involved in the scandal has repeatedly said he will resign. president has the clarity sexual violence a national emergency it follows outrage over the rape of a five year old girl who was left paralyzed from the waist down president. io also

announced an increase in the maximum sentence for a sexually motivated crimes from fifteen years to life in prison. the berlin international film festival is underway dozens of films will be screened during that festival several of them vying for the top prize the golden bear and this year many are directed by women and in baba reports. a burly named braces the film festival says our feet is a into the man who's stepping down after eighteen years in charge to the stars were out for the opening movie the kindness of strangers it's danish director lotus figure is one of seven women who have a film in competition hoping to win the famous golden bag the actress heading the jury says that can only be a good thing that's nima shows and just cinema is changing and women are breaking through i hope there'll be more women from the whole world coming through from south america and africa and countries like china because we need the point of view

of women from around the world. something else the berlin ali is synonymous with is political films like the brazilian fact space nine hundred sixty s. drama getting its world premiere here but it's not going to well as he says goodbye to the berlin ali the man in the black cut dita kosik knows he leaves behind an event that's earned a unique place in the film world it's just a lot of fun and at the same time you can think about really serious sayings and it's a little bit like the opening night film because it's in a way a comedy and people will laugh but to see you see operated top zigs and that's again it's like a heavy because it's a kindness of strangers and this is what. we can double says. not really. the foundation in mind i know another contender for the golden bear is the golden

glove by a kid who won billions top prize back in two thousand and four this german drama. into another time and place it's based around. seventy serial killer in the red light district. with the running this drama. around herds woman who gets pregnant after spending one night with a young police officer. clearly there's no shortage of variety here or a stardust. al-jazeera at the berlin film festival. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. trucks hearing food supplies have arrived at the colombia venezuela border but it's

not clear yet how they get into the country without the support of the military but still. the elder sister of thailand's king has been declared as a leading candidate for prime minister in next month's elections the move breaks a longstanding tradition of thai royalty staying out of politics shall be up against. a retired army chief who's been prime minister. in twenty four when he has more from bangkok. it's intriguing it's unprecedented as you mentioned this never happened before in thai politics the royal family's always been seen as being above politics even though everyone knows that it's the most powerful body in thailand it is intriguing also which party this is this is a party that is backed by the former prime minister taxin shinawatra who was ousted in a coup in two thousand and six the government of this election no one was removed in the most recent coup and they've always been seen as being anti establishment the

u.n. human rights envoy investigating the murder of journalist says it was a brutal premeditated killing perpetrated by saudi officials the findings by special reports are agnes kind of maher follow a weeklong mission to turkey to examine evidence white house aide jared krishna will travel to the middle east later this month he'll be visiting to present part of his peace plan for the region president donald trump's son in law will visit oman behind saudi arabia the u.a.e. and qatar the stalemate continues over breakfast leaders saying the u.k. would draw the agreement struck in november cannot be renegotiated although both sides have agreed to hold more talks to try to avoid the u.k. leaving without a deal thousands of people have been demonstrating in the haitian capital calling on the president to step down protesters say failed to investigate allegations of corruption in the previous government syria leone's president says the claridge sexual violence a national emergency the president's also announced an increase in the maximum

sentence for a sexually motivated crimes from fifteen years to life in prison those are the headlines of people in power is up next. it's forty years since ayatollah khomeini returned from exile to lead a historic revolution in iran. a moment the transformed the country shapes iran's relationship with the wider world and to this day join us for special coverage of the iran the evolution forty years on on al-jazeera. for over three years nicest controlled terrorized college costs of northern iraq it was driven out in late two thousand and seventeen local militias began searching for fugitives reaching out the harshest justice on suspect fighters in civilian

clobber it is one of the most vengeful malicious is led by a woman that she just told her client went to meet her. how many years how do. you see nothing the out of all of. you to see the big of the down with what you have to be telling us the change you want to . feel i mean it's among the many. reasons this their sheer guts you know what a funny you talk and they are on why he die a nothing yet

a case of mocked and the do to open a don't close me. between two thousand and fourteen and two thousand and seventeen launch an area of northern iraq well into isis control. us back to iraqi forces we covered this territory. by september two thousand and sixteen managed to push the insurgents out of the cities you can pull she can district which lies between the cities of to create to mosul. isolated pockets of isis resistance remain and. the task of mopping up isis resistance and check out what's been left the hands of different local militias one of the most high profile of these is led by we're here to mohammad al jamal the better known as a model. i think that's very special for you and i disappointed them so much that anything. on my i mean if you're not in the money and i know many muslims and you

know. that this is the photo of it all and these are well you know. whole fish you have special insight. so. we're unsure cat about eighty kilometers south of mosul accompanied by our interpreter we're about to meet the local militias near legendary commander of the desert. so. warmly received by wahid a mohammed first glance it's hard to imagine how this forty year old woman could have such a ferocious reputation but she and her eighty man militia played a key role in driving out of town and i've since shown the determination to keep it

that way. that she. left a lot. of it's been home and. surrounds us africa in more than our. name amy is each other sure. and. i says to clover she kept in the summer of two thousand and fourteen and life for many of the region's hundred thousand strong population became a nightmare but what he did tells us not everyone here was against their presence. hired men. heidi.

collins it. would be. one minute. in both halves with humans are animals. when going to know so highly and so as. we move onto what he does headquarters to meet some of her militiamen. she took over that command from her husband who was killed fighting insurgents. and a woman wheeled social thora to is still very rare in the arab world. but having been there the. militias like these cannot keep the peace and much of northern iraq . the regular iraqi army has been severely depleted of both men and resources.

battle to ensure the territory but without the support of such low key groups its fate isis still attempt to reestablish presence. the men fall over here without question. constantly vigilant thinks the insurgent forces still at large in the area. overseas so often my job. is. to shut up. the horn over the shop. overseas so all my job. over the past two years will he to survive numerous attempts on her life. as a female commander she's a symbolic target for the likes of isis and off. but she's paid a high price for her to finance. the model can and how to how do you know how to.

handle. the general on the move this. sort of. let's. let's. that. shame mob wanted to be. the title of a shot of gotham to islam are going to come again it's been need to be used to. the ruthlessness shown by isis joining its years of control has left an as yet unquenched appetite for revenge those who've lost loved ones. in it are from our dates i've been in combat and i. do know. there's a foreigner. and that either. because it could be a female truck mommy do what they do all the cons of the island thank goodness when

i'm shut in on the male folk at the shop in the shit. and. yeah. that is such a good teacher and. what he does is a willing to discuss on camera about what she does with the prisoners whether the most to the facebook page of informal. finance these are all blue dishes the main house main house and made for media for more main houses not. being gay i'll say i'll submit the population wasn't made. with me and i almost did i know but i was so nervous and what a bad element we're told that many of the town's inhabitants would be isis sympathizers. now the family elders are quick to come out and pay homage if you want. your players are going to. have

a just of just the large his control over this part of iraq has been suppressed full central government will thought and has yet to fill the vacuum. in the meantime what he does militia is the only effective law and order presence. what that means in. article terms hasn't yet become clear. the next morning we get a chance to find out more breaking to investigate reports the families accuse of having ties with insurgents have been on the receiving end of punishment. but he this fight is getting ready for an operation. to boost morale she disappear cigarettes. she wants to hit the roads and head to a village or battle with militants is on the way. to give them permission to ride

along. although the area has been liberated isolated icy cells are still capable of launching sporadic attacks. the closer we get to the fighting the greater the number of checkpoints manned by iraqi forces. have scorched the village stopped by another local militia. one must after just about. get myself a new. look at all of their nigeria on a month. when it does nothing. just about how we got in i mean how in the. truck. and. each.

cell. phone has not sunk or something else that. we're taken to a field where we are shown iraqi army weapons and ammunition captured by isis and now recover from the insurgents that now. back in the hands of the local militia having. more to. say enough of the right. than all. the national guard the marshal of the. obvious it would model for generations. as. i don't mean is so in a debate. where he didn't expect the worst and so carefully looking for any item that could be of use to his unit. in the last. debate if you could sue or.

do more. about either to lead. jani don't have any agenda mudge and. shannon allow it to bill as she and. i don't. know what is the fault of. the mob what. is a heroic figure to many iraqi soldiers fighting isis. as a woman she embodies the country's opposition to the group's fundamentalist ideology. and this becomes clear when rocky regulars arrive with a command fresh from an engagement ring.