for which party this is this is a party that is backed by the former prime minister taksin chin of what he was ousted in the coup in two thousand and six the government of his sister a young lection a what was ousted in the most recent coup in two thousand and fourteen and i've always been seen as anti establishment and the battles between the supporters of the chena wants the supporters of the elite in the establishment mainly in the capital bangkok is why we have seen so much violence on the streets of thailand over the past decade or so to now have a member of the royal family being nominated as a candidate to become prime minister by this party backed by the shinawatra certainly an intriguing development also the current prime minister prior accepting an invitation this is the man that led the coup in two thousand and fourteen is now accepted an invitation to become the candidates ought to be prime minister again by the. party another new party very much a pro regime party so he has finally signaled his intentions that he wants to stay

on in politics the un human rights on boy investigating the murder of journalist subs he says it was a brutal premeditated killing planned and perpetrated by saudi arabian officials findings by special operator agnes calmar follow a weeklong trip to turkey with a team of experts to riggs in evidence our diplomatic editor james bays reports. a week after agnes and her team of legal and forensic experts visited istanbul and the saudi consulate where jamal khashoggi 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 agnus 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 allowed him 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 out jazeera at the united nations they were a state department says it will continue to consult with congress to hold those responsible for this murder to account for the state department state shares the deep concern and outrage. over the killings of jamal khashoggi expressed by members of congress and we have consulted an corresponded with the congress regularly since jamal khashoggi is a top or second killing including briefings. by the secretary of state or still ahead on al-jazeera the u.s.

president advisor and son in law prepares the table part of his middle east peace plan. we look at the films vying for the coveted golden bear award at the berlin alley film festival. hello again it's good to have you back what we have seen one weather system coming out of the mediterranean take a look at the satellite image all of the clouds right there that did bring some rain to parts of cairo and all as well as we did see some dust coming ahead of the storm as those thunderstorms kicked off i want to show you what we can expect to see as we go towards the end of the week and into the weekend the rain is going to continue across parts of central iraq down across parts of saudi arabia as well to the north though it is going to be possibly some snow in the higher elevations of turkey now as we go towards sunday not too much movement especially for the

northern part of that system but out here towards the east couple it is going to be a chilly day for you with the temps are there and clouds in your forecast at about eight degrees well here cross arabian peninsula we're still going to be watching that same system making its way across parts of saudi arabia as i said it is going to be rainy with those clouds so from india as well as into north saudi arabia that is where we are going to be expecting to see the rain riyad you'll be on the edge of that for doha here we do expect to see clouds come into play by the time we go toward saturday night maybe even seeing those showers by the time we get towards sunday and then here across parts of madagascar well the cycle that we're watching is beginning to move away we do expect to see of the next few days the rain increasing particularly on saturday where we could see some localized flooding in your forecast. sure. a series of short

stories that highlight the human triumph. have arrived at the border. into the country without the support of the military which. is

a leading candidate for prime minister in next month's elections. a longstanding. politics. retired army chief who's been prime minister. investigating the murder of journalist. who was a brutal premeditated killing. perpetrated by saudi officials. follow a week long mission to examine evidence. white house aides will travel to the middle east later this month he'll be visiting to present part of his peace plan for the region president will visit. saudi arabia the u.a.e. qatar. has more from washington. administration officials say jared kush no will be accompanied by this special middle east envoy jason green blatt now he is going to

be visiting a number of arab nations but interesting enough will not be visiting israel according to administration officials the reason for this it would appear because of the elections taking place in israel in early april now the official say as well that kush no will be discussing the economic portion of this middle east peace plan as it is put now the official adds that they are well aware that arab leaders will want to know the political component of this band before making any economic commitment so certainly there will be some discussion of the political component to it but the greatest stumbling block still ahead in the face of any emergency peace plan is the fact that the palestinian leadership continue to boycott any trump administration officials because of president trump's illegal recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel britain and the e.u. have agreed to hold more talks to try and avoid the u.k.

leaving the block with no deal but european commission juncker says the withdrawal agreement u.k. prime minister to resign may strike in november cannot be renegotiated the leaders held robust talks in brussels on thursday need barker as the story. it wasn't a great start for the british prime minister and empty bricks 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 over the bank storm and taking down changes to the back story together with the other work that we're doing our work is like. and other issues will deliver a stable to dorothy in the image and that's what i will continue to push for now it's not going to be easy i'm clear the fight against little practice it of it's

delivering on time that's what i'm going to do for british public of a negotiation going on 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 that 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 upgrade his political decoration to make this political decoration more binding more precise also on the issue of the backstop explaining and say very clearly that this is insurance and more than that but persuading british politicians to back to reason that plans may require more than a promise is this is the first last ditch attempts to finalize a deal british and 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 polity the british parliament and e.u. remains painfully out of reach. brussels. thousands of people have been demonstrating in the haitian capital calling on the president to step down their tests are saying now moyes has failed to investigate allegations of

corruption in the previous government in connection with petrol kariba that event as well unsubsidized energy program why is he was personally involved in the scandal has repeatedly said he will not resign. we take to the streets to protest about inflation in health care we're here to fight corruption. can be seen today we're saying no to corruption in impunity we want to know what happened with the money the situation is horrible. the president must go he has no place in our country we want him out of office as soon as possible so denise protesters are calling for the release of activists detained during weeks of demonstrations against president bashir. that rally was called to express solidarity with the hundreds of people who've been arrested since protests started in december human rights activists say at least forty five have been killed. dan's economic and political crisis is having

a deep impact at all levels of society and it's not just dividing public opinion but also members of the same household mohammad valley reports from khartoum. once thought his hard earned middle class status was secure now he says it's under threat. i mean university professor but my salary is no longer enough so i started using my car as a taxi it's the same economic condition behind these protests across the country. stops article tom university to join a group of professors who are putting forward a political roadmap which they say could get sudan out of its crisis and an a student here earlier right now sudan is trying to get out of its present situation through a peaceful transition of power so we need to discuss why sudan has failed to introduce the culture of political will turn it is why are we speaking about it now when we

could have done so right after independence. high hopes there but low expectations here because these intellectuals say they are used to being ignored as there is in . so many initiatives like this one of the launch but the government listens to and gives prestigious status only to those who carry arms intellectuals and never considered worthy of such privilege such feeling of neglect a constant suppression of freedoms and then of a worsening economic situation have pushed thousands of sudanese professionals to leave the country in search of better opportunities those include more than fifty percent of sudan's university professors on the c.s. . divan sided vision of our politics leaves open wanting to be the only two options you i did accept to be sidelined or you leave the country being sidelined is the option but is tackling with patiently but not his. children his son anymore is

has joined thousands of young protesters who have been marching for political change since december. a movement towards importance has led to disagreement between father and son. what's the use of you going to those protests and what use it's for our freedoms it's not just about the economy we need political change in our country. the generational rift within abdulla's family is seen even within the families of some of the members of the ruling class many of their children have also joined the protests saying it's not just about economic or social status but rather of both the need for a liberal democracy that can transform sudan into a prosperous and modern nation. dizzier. the berlin international film festival is underway and dozens of films will be screened during the berlin hourly several of the vying for the top prize the golden bear and this year many

are directed by women and the reports. of burley in embrace is the film festivals as our leaders into the man who's stepping down after eighteen years in charge the stars were out for the opening movie the kindness of strangers its danish director lola scare figures one of seven women who have a film in competition hoping to win the famous golden bear and the actress heading the jury says that can only be a good thing. in the show and that is 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 based nine hundred sixty s. drama getting its world premiere here but it's not going after that well as he says goodbye to the berlin ali the man in the black cotton. knows he leaves behind an

event that's 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 because it's in a way a comedy and people will laugh but the secrecy operated top six and it's got it's like have you because it's a kind of strangest and this is what we all. believe . in not really. a. time another contender for the golden bear is the golden glove by a kid who won belinda's top prize back in two thousand and four and this german drama plunges you into another time and place it's based around a real life nine hundred seventy serial killer in the red light district of a king's native homburg. also in the running this drama set in

mongolia. and revolver around a herd's woman who gets pregnant off to spending one night with a young police officer to. hear me definitely each year you know i mean clearly there's no shortage of variety here or a stardust. al-jazeera at the berlin film festival. well you can find more information on our website al-jazeera dot com . color again the headlines 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 nicolas maduro. the elder sister of thailand's

king has been declared as the leading candidate for prime minister next month's elections the move breaks a longstanding tradition of thai royalty staying out of politics she'll be up against. a retired army chief who's been prime minister since leading a coup in twenty fourteen the elections will be the first since the military seize power 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 innocent three year old sofa which party this is this is a party that is that is backed by the former prime minister texan shinawatra who was ousted in a coup in two thousand and six the government all this is just a young lad should know what was removed in the most recent coup and they've always been seen as being anti establishment the un human rights envoy investigating the murder of journalist she says it was a brutal premeditated killing planned and perpetrated by saudi officials the

findings by special operator agnes callum our follow a week long 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 saudi arabia the u.a.e. and qatar while the stalemate continues over breakfast leaders say the u.k. withdrawal 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 protest a sage of n l moyes has failed to investigate allegations of corruption in the previous government in connection with. best event as well and subsidized energy program those are the headlines a.j. select is coming up next right here on al-jazeera stay with us. in the fertile

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