al-jazeera. this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london coming up. but israel as president tells the u.s. to give its aid to poor colombians while the opposition warns that blocking food and medicine could be a crime against humanity. a new tragedy in brazil as a father kills ten at the training complex one of the country's top football clubs several of them youth players. and thailand's king condemns his sister's shock decision to enter the race to be prime minister calling it inappropriate. in

sport british racing has been plunged into crisis by an outbreak of holes flu more cases have been confirmed in the last few hours with meats counsel them salute least next wednesday. as well as opposition has made a new appeal to the military to allow aid stuck on the colombian border to be let into the country trucks carrying food and medicine arrived in coopertown thursday but president nicolas maduro ordered his troops not to let the aide in the opposition has warned that blocking it could constitute a crime against humanity and a representative for the self declared president has urged the armed forces to ignore what dura saying the supplies are also for them and their families. thank you i'm being a part of this aid is for you it is here for your children this is to provide aid to the soldiers of the fatherland it is time to be on the people side i assure you

you will be the guarantors that these tons of humanitarian aid go to where they have to go where present when they were has called it fake aid and a cheap show by the u.s. saying venezuelans aren't beggars and it should be given to poor colombians instead . our national sovereignty is made corner of the inside the so-called humanitarian aid and peace is threatened by the government of donald trump who last sunday in a televised interview ratified his threat of a military invasion against venezuela. as aide sits at the border of venezuelans inside the country struggling to put food on the table as market in caracas is almost empty with hyperinflation preventing many people from being able to afford basic goods the minimum wage is currently the equivalent of just one kilo of cheese and meat as one and a kilo of cheese meat is actually many can't afford. the i buy two potatoes too

little on the ins to tomatoes and a few vegetables because it's impossible to buy meat fish and chicken. ground so we can't do anything with our money if the minimum wage is eight hundred thousand seven ball of ours and a kilo of cheese costs almost twenty thousand what can you do with that. i'm sorry i'm getting is incomplete allan colombia's border with. awaiting the start of the latest appeal by the opposition came as a news conference on the water what else did they have to say. yes laura and we were able to take a first look at these boxes that arrived on thursday on a number of trucks sent by the united states relief agency they show this. boxes containing food which the united states authorities say you can find housed in venezuelans five thousand people for

a week that is if they manage to move them inside the countryside beneath kevin whitaker the united states ambassador to colombia that though this was just the first shipment of what he called a flood of aid that is expected to arrive here and another collection point in the coming days and weeks he called it a down payment that's significant one but just at the beginning he also said that the u.s. will not play a role in trying to move these goods in venezuela and that the u.s. role stops essentially at the border their role is through reading this aid through these collection points at the border and then. the opposition will have to come up with a plan to move it inside the country so how are they planning to get it into venezuela . that remains the biggest question here we

heard from les who was at the bandstand to the border from the opposition leader. the interim president of venezuela at the press conference and he said that without giving exact details. or at gate or when they will try to move inside the country he said that any plane will need the help of the venezuelan people he talked about a river of people coming to the border and bringing the aid inside the country overwhelming the soldiers all or the military trying to stop them he said that if enough venezuelans mobilized and he said that people is now mobilized the to do this he'll be able to move. to venezuela he said that there is no doubt that this aid will reach the hospitals in the people most in need however again he

didn't give any specific date on when this action will take place about that the people will have to play a role he also made an appeal to them in the soil and soldiers there when it's well and military saying that this was their choice. to need to be on the side of the people he also insisted that this was essentially an primarily a humanitarian action however they are making they are insisting that this is also part of a larger plan to. get rid of the government of unequal as my doodle and somehow bring some. free elections presidential elections to venezuela anderson thank you very much. meanwhile venezuela has sent one hundred tons of aid to cuba to help rebuild homes damaged by a tornado that struck last month and had arrived in force has ana ana venezuelan

navy ships and heavy machinery and construction materials the island and the israeli government says the shipment trucks tiles and water tanks. and investigation is underway in brazil after at least ten people were killed in a fire at the training ground of one of brazil's biggest football clubs flamengo and the victims include several youth team players the fabric out at around five am local time at the facility on the edge of rio de janeiro which includes accommodation for teenage footballers minor i know has. a grim day for brazilian football from a training center for one of brazil's best known and most beloved teams the flamingo football club firefighters recovered the bodies of the ten victims. the fire reportedly broke out in a dormitory with youth players between the ages of fourteen and seventeen asleep in their beds people are devastated you have families rushing to the area

a lot of them left outside of the city rushing in a waiting outside for him summation we must remember that they have been quite a few tragedies that hit the country recently yet a massive mining disaster just a few weeks ago over one hundred fifty people killed and that does affect the psyche of the people. they become critical they do ask questions about things like safety regulations and so on. for many in brazil to boys dance bring back memories of another tragedy to hit brazilian sport of a sudden struggle or do you know it was three years ago when nine hundred players along with coaching staff of brazil's shepherd once a football club were killed after the plane crashed into a colombian mountainside flamingo football club is one of brazil's most popular teams and brought footballers like one of the new interim to the international

stage in a tweet the club posted a message to fans it reads flamengo is in mourning official saying three people who survived the blaze were taken to a hospital one with serious. interest the clubs training center in the western part of realtors are made of is known as mean you'll do. well much of the facility recently underwent a multi-billion dollar renovation of the boys' dormitory was scheduled to be demolished when lit up and. at least thirteen people have been killed in the brazilian city of rio de janeiro after a major police operation in three of the city's slum areas known as favelas rio police put on display guns and other weapons captured during the operation they say they moved in to end a battle between rival drug gangs that had been raging for forty eight hours and were met by gunfire one more suspected gang member is in hospital with severe gunshot wounds a sister of thailand's king has shocked the country by entering the race to be

prime minister for an opposition party the royal family traditionally stays out of politics and she could find her candidacy blocked by her own brother has released a statement saying it's inappropriate and says it will rot is the elder sister of the king and is known to the public for heroes in thai films she was put forward by a party loyal to former prime minister texan shinawatra was ousted in two thousand and six and now lives in exile it's a major setback for the army chief and current leader riot he's also contesting the march twenty fourth vote after seizing power from the democratic government in twenty fourteen and making himself prime minister when haye has more from bangkok. politics in thailand can be volatile and unpredictable this revelation took it to another level changing the political landscape. on today i with other time party leaders have submitted the name of a nominate a prime minister for the party who is princess. cityward in

a. straight away it all to the dynamics of the election campaign in a country that's been politically divided for years that. is a big advantage over all the other parties and you know the other candidates most likely would not want to be seen running down the. princes relinquished a royal title in one thousand nine hundred ninety two after she married a foreigner but is still regarded as a princess and part of the royal family she's now divorced features regularly in royal ceremonies and is also a singer and actor appearing in two movies making this move particularly intriguing is that the party she's joined is backed by film a prime minister tax and she know what it was removed in a coup in two thousand and six and lives in exile he's always been seen as empty establishment and has been accused of wanting to change the political structure of thailand by reducing the power and influence of the monarchy this is the official

launch of the election campaign which was completely overshadowed really by the announcement just before it began from the thai rocks a chant party it's an announcement that has big implications on the campaign the election and potentially the formation of the next government technically the princess is not covered by thailand's strict laws designed to protect the monarchy from criticism but the law is broad and open to interpretation and abuse campaigning against could lead to a jail term the announcement is being seen as a setback for the man who led the two thousand and fourteen coup current prime minister. also on friday he became the prime ministerial candidate for approved military party. that means he now has to run against a member of a royal family he's sworn to serve and protect as an army general his party says the nomination of the princes may violate the election law because it brings the royal family into politics this is since the move by thai rocks a charge could go either way towards political reconciliation or more polarized

nation wayne hay al jazeera banco. more on this will speak to. southeast asia political expert at the national war college in washington d.c. thanks very much indeed for joining us so how surprised were you by and by this move it was a complete black swan event no one saw it coming we've never seen anyone of the stature of the princess join politics like this it really up ended the plans because they had rigged the election thoroughly in their favor through gerrymandering and through a constitution that really favors smaller weaker coalitions of parties. and the military has inordinate amount of other tools and coercive tactics laws to silence the opponents and in addition they have

a two hundred fifty person senate that is appointed not elected and so what do you make of the reaction from the king and he's called it inappropriate does that is effectively scuppered her chances or not yes that was the second real surprise of the day. it seems inconceivable that she would have made that decision without his blessing and then just hours later the palace has issued a statement calling it not only inappropriate but also unconstitutional and so we do not know why the king has made this decision whether the military has gone to him and really tried to him impose on him their view that such a decision that she would win the election that the military's interest would not be served and that it would lead to stability instability rather than

a period of national reconciliation which supporters of prime minister taksin shinawatra who was ousted in two thousand and six had hoped so i mean if if if indeed it now means that she can't stand that one conclusion but that means very twists and turns in thailand recently as a possible she could still stand and if she does then how difficult it does it make it for anyone else to stand against. yes it is possible that she will still stand her royal status is contested it is not sometimes she likes having it both ways that she is outside the royal family which gives her some freedoms but she also sits and performs in royal ceremonies. it would be very hard to run against her especially for someone like pretty the military leader or former military leader now prime minister because he had really

hoped to win the support of the royalists in the upcoming election in march and she clearly would have put peeled away much of that support while consolidating the large constellation but not necessarily unified group of parties that are. thank you very much indeed. for joining us thank you. coming up on this news hour from london amazon c.e.o. and washington post owner jeff these are stakes on the approach of the national enquirer accusing it of blackmail. searching for signs of life villages dig through the snow in indian administered kashmir where at least nine people have died in avalanches. and in sports mining through the pain will hear from skiing great things evolve and head of a final race in the final race of her career. saudi

crown prince mohammed bin cylon threatened to go after jamal khashoggi in twenty seventeen more than a year before he was murdered according to the new york times newspaper the report says bin sound man told an aide he would in his words use a bullet against the journalist if he did not return home and end his criticism of saudi arabia the conversation was intercepted by u.s. intelligence was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul in october last year turkey's foreign minister says the u.n. must launch a full investigation into the matter this a day after the u.n. human rights and void looking into it said it was a quote brutal premeditated killing planned and perpetrated by saudi officials a special report and yes kind of our spend a week in turkey to examine evidence and yet president donald trump has until midnight to tell congress if sanctions will be imposed on saudi arabia over his

shoulder is murder on the legislation called the magnitsky act the president must outlined what action if any intends to take both sides of congress triggered the act one hundred twenty days ago trump has previously said he doesn't want the issue to jeopardize u.s. relations with saudi arabia a white house correspondent can be healthy to. the white house still not saying whether it will respect that deadline triggered one hundred twenty days ago under the global magnitsky act to compel the white house to respond with a report to congress and whether it will take further action to hold the saudi arabia government to accountability the highest levels over the killing the murder of jim. the white house not saying anything when asked directly by al-jazeera with respect to this deadline the deputy press secretary hogan gidley telling al-jazeera he does not know if the white house will take further action the state department

on thursday saying in fact that well the trumpet ministration shares deep concern and outrage and has consulted with congress it only referred reporters to action already taken in november of twenty eighteen those sanctions against seventeen individuals under the global magnitsky act blocking assets in u.s. jurisdiction beyond that the white house saying it will simply engage with congress and that is not sitting well with congressional lawmakers that's why as part of a bipartisan effort senators introducing legislation on thursday calling this the saudi arabia accountability and yemen act of twenty nineteen this would if passed into law hold saudi arabia accountable for the murder of a high shows she and also would take action with respect to the saudi led conflict in yemen it would essentially prohibit the united states from selling arms to saudi arabia for participating in support military support for that saudi led conflict in

terms of refueling of aircraft the view of members of congress is that the trumpet ministration has no intention of insisting there will be full accountability for the murder of a high show she as a result congress saying it will step in to impose what it calls real consequences . american media inc which owns the u.s. tabloid the national enquirer says it will investigate accusations of extortion and blackmail made against the paper by jeff bezos the wells richest man pays us who's the chief executive of amazon and the washington post says the tabloid threatened to publish intimate photos of him. firefight he's the world's richest man is the founder of amazon and he's the owner of one of the world's best known newspapers the washington post but jeff bezos chose a no frills blogging site to tell his story following the announcement of his divorce in january the tabloid magazine the national enquirer best known for its coverage of movie and music stars published an eleven page spread detailing his

extramarital affair complete with text messages sent by bezos to his lover bezos then used his own security team to investigate the source and motivation for the story which he alleges made the publisher of the national enquirer david peck an apoplectic that's also a speck of them threaten to release further texts and intimate photos of bezos and his lover unless he stated that the enquirer is exposé was not politically motivated but that's exactly what basil suggests was the case my ownership of the washington post is a complex for me he writes it's unavoidable that certain powerful people who experience washington post news coverage will wrongly conclude i am their enemy president trump is one of those people obvious by his many tweets also the posts sent through an unrelenting coverage of the murder of its called mr malcolm chaudry is undoubtedly unpopular in certain circles he concludes bezels refers to the saudi government several times in his post and points out that david peck it was

introduced to a figure with ties to the saudi royal family by president trump at a time when the publisher was looking for financing packer is a long time friend of donald trump in march of last year i am i the parent company of national enquirer published a glossy magazine promoting saudi arabia on crown prince mohammed bin salma containing the adverts or the time the saudis denied any connection. jeff bezos writes that if someone like him the world's richest person is on able to stand up to such actions then who come there whether you have a legal case may depend on jurisdiction in states that use blackmail and extortion combined together it will likely be a case because you're requesting that someone by way of threatening them if you don't do this then i'll do that and then it would come under that under one of those statutes however if it's in a state or jurisdiction that is only saying money has to be involved then it doesn't come under the statute because there's no request for you know and there's no request for money complicating matters is practiced immunity deal with new york

prosecutors in their case against michael cohen donald trump's former personal lawyer cohen is alleged to have helped arrange a deal whereby peca bought exclusive rights to the story of an alleged lover of donald trump during the presidential campaign in order to bury it but as part of the immunity deal pekar was ordered not to commit any crimes american media which owns the national enquirer says it has launched an investigation into bezos is claims but quote believes fervently that it did lawfully she abrahams the. joining us now via skype from new york is no shock man the editor in chief of the leading news website the daily beast thanks for being with us so what do you make of this move by bezos to take on this issue head on and publish what they sent and you know i think it's great the national enquirer and their company trying to. control blackmail and otherwise. for years and i think it's really great it's not standing up to them and do you think that the response merah is going to convince

people they say that it's been good faith negotiations to resolve all matters with him is there any way this is going to be settled down. i suppose anything's possible ok and what do you think any of this is going to do it what we had then the report the kind of connections with with trumpets all quite complicated but do you think there's any of this will blow back on president trump. i think it surely is a look right now this is really a trip matter it's really. just there's a matter and we'll see if if there's any further expanding of the sleaze. so where do you think i mean why do you think he decided to do what he did to sort of to to challenge them in this way i mean is it that he thinks that other governments or perhaps been involved in trying to get his messages what's what's the big deal for him that makes him decide to make this move you think oh no i don't think there's any government involvement i think it's just that he was tired of these little weasels trying to push him around i suppose he i mean as as he points out himself he's got the money to be able to do something like this would

anyone else be able to take on the lie to the tabloids yeah i think so look we all or they try to threaten us in the process of or reporting on you know the national enquirer spare company and we bow down to their threats it's not going to work with us and start to work with a lot of people it's it says more about what the what and what way we threatened. we're threatened you know a legal manner not as severely as it is trip basis it was more shall we say above the belt and below the belt but it was a threat nonetheless and do you think that this is do you think that the fact that someone as high profile and as well off as bezos actually has responded in this way might actually make a difference the way these people write i hope so i hope it really starts to hold the scarab also what's been a really ugly practice for a very long time now schaffner thank you very much indeed for taking time to what is thank you excrement. after more still ahead on the news hour including.

what revolution a young female in radio singer are being prevented from performing in her country forty years on. experts carefully dismantle the bridge in genoa which collapsed last year killing forty three people. and in sports a french club not retired but really honest i was scared as the world of football remembers the argentinian striker. the in. the end. hello there it's rather wet and windy for many of us in europe at the moment we've had one storm this was called erik as it worked its way up towards the northeast in the strongest winds or in this to the loop of cloud here where we saw gusts of wind

around one hundred kilometers per hour that system continued its way north eastwards and on saturday it will be situated here just to the west of norway still very strong winds following it lots of wet weather around as well plenty of showers too as we head through the day on sunday and still quite a keen wind for many of us here some heavier rain to be pushing its way south through parts of france and turning to snow over the alps only over the alps there where we see the snow because generally speaking with this wet and windy weather we're also seeing some point mild conditions as well as the paris up around eleven degrees foreseeability will be on at nine and he was full of it around seven degrees it's the southern parts of europe where things are generally a lot quieter weather wise madrid there fourteen degrees might get a bit of sunshine here on sunday and down towards the southeast more in the way of bright sunshine here the wet weather here has finally cleared that area of rain cleared its way towards the east is still maybe giving one or two residual showers along the north coast of africa there as we head through saturday but i think on sunday generally speaking most of us will get away with

a dry day in the west it's warm. the in. on the streets of greece anti immigrant violence is on the rise you have to go for . this and that this is all fun plus ism and increasingly migrant farm workers of victims of vicious beatings. 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. when the news breaks a few minutes ago we were able to get a huge explosion fifty people still missing when people need to be heard and the story needs to be told we need to invest the development of nuclear invest in making sure the people on the left behind al-jazeera has teams on the ground join

us for this historic step in american politics to bring you more award winning documentaries and life moves on and online. and one of the top stories here on out is era but his word is opposition has made a new appeal to the military to allow desperately needed aid across the colombian border president maduro has branded it fake age and that's a political show by the u.s. . at least ten people have been killed in a fire at the training ground of one of brazil's biggest football clubs for mango thing cleared several youth team players. and thailand's king says it's

inappropriate for his sister to stand for election as prime minister and says he will rot has been announced as the candidate of a particular survey asked it for the prime minister taxation of what. sharon aaron has declared a national emergency over sexual violence president judy says recorded cases of rape and assault doubled over the last year he also announced an increase in the maximum sentence for sexually motivated crimes from fifteen years to life in prison for his outrage over the rape of a five year old girl who was left paralyzed from the waist down. when you look. these. are all whom. you can.

probably are young. all. two palestinians have been killed by israeli army fire during protests along the gaza israel border one of the dead was a fourteen year old boy who was reportedly shot in the abdomen nick on yunus at least seventeen other palestinians have been injured people in gaza have held weekly protests on the border for almost a year calling on israel to lift the siege and blockade. amnesty international is urging the african union to make sure egypt's upcoming chairmanship doesn't undermine its commitment to human rights rights organizations as president of the sisi as shown a disregard for freedoms of egypt seeing a catastrophic decline in human rights under his leadership is urging member states to ensure that egypt's chairmanship upholds the african union's values and principles a sixteen year old boy has been rescued from the wreckage of a collapsed building in istanbul even buried under the rubble for forty five hours

following the collapse on wednesday rescue crews heard the boy's plea for help as they dug through the rubble fourteen people are now confirmed dead and eleven still missing it's not known what caused the collapse rescue efforts are intensifying in the himalayan region of indian administered kashmir after days of heavy snow caused avalanches at least nine people have been killed and it's feared many are still trapped inside a fire station or about money has more police and fire crew would usually carry out rescue missions in these mountains but they've become the victims of an avalanche twenty people sheltering in this tunnel include district of india administered kashmir but it was buried by snow ten bottles alive now rescue workers are digging through the snow with spades and even their hands to find the rest. morning at six o'clock we have started the operation and people who have been

able to get and one person. unfortunately died and we are searching for them ordered. some still being pulled out injured but alive are the bodies retrieved lay covered on the snow two days of heavy snow has cut off this region many towns electricity supplies have been cut flights have been cancelled and officials have closed the srinagar national highway to the many people have made it the highway has been closed for a few days and we are facing a shortage of food items if it snows again kashmir will collapse. people have resorted to clearing the roads themselves afraid if this goes on for any longer they will go hungry you know my suspicion we are clearing it so that al vehicle can pass we have a patient at home who has to be taken to hospital. from the last three days we are stranded here we are running short of food and water. authorities have issued more

avalanche warnings and dozens of families have be moved to a safer place teams of volunteers are helping stranded drivers they are but i'm glad. we collected russians and food from our village and are now distributing it among the stranded people and they've been stuck for a few days it's our duty to help them. and with more snow in the forecast they have little option but to survive with the few resources available to the lure of the manly al-jazeera. a report from unicef is highlighting the dire situation for children in yemen the u.n. agency says more than six thousand seven hundred children have been killed or injured since the war began in twenty fifteen and more than two thousand seven hundred yemeni boys have been recruited by armed groups and also found that three hundred ninety four thousand children are suffering from acute malnutrition and or need of urgent treatment the fighting has resulted in three quarters of yemenis

needing humanitarian aid. when terry in crisis in yemen is affecting many of the most vulnerable in society thirty five thousand people in yemen suffer from cancer according to the world health organization going fighting for the strategic port city of her data is having a devastating impact on many cancer patients as need abraham explains that this should be a weekly visit for how who has jo cancer instead she comes for treatment once a month not only does she have difficulty speaking the drive to the hospital is made hazardous by fighting her nephew explains. the distance from our village was sixty four kilometers but now it's one hundred seventy the previous road used to be easier it was paved but now it's completely destroyed. the road linking her day that had been closed since last september now it's on the control of the saudi immorality led coalition which limits the difference of medical and food supplies

to the city so a man i mean in his law due to the complete siege on yemen and the siege and her data the patients situation is getting worse due to the lack of medicine difficulty of transportation and the extreme poverty of these patients which eventually will lead to losing the progress we achieved in treating some of the cases. with increasing numbers of diagnosed patients in the terry orating security conditions. the only cancer treatment center which is nearby for patients and for day there and the surrounding areas it's only open two days a week and has one doctor to treat all these patients the other doctor was forced to leave the city because of the war. we have five thousand six hundred patients who need serious care we might not be able to continue taking care of these people if there is no support we are exposed to the possibility of being shut down soon as we don't have the operational budget nor the cost of treatment. for now these

yemenis can only wait with no idea what that this treatment center will be here next time they need it be that brahim al jazeera america has suspended its participation in the saudi led coalition this fighting in yemen is being one of several coalition partners fighting the who sees in yemen or the level of its actual involvement has never been made clear relations with saudi arabia have deteriorated in recent weeks with morocco recalling its ambassador in riyadh. thought to states is about to remain relentless in pressuring iran to deter its missile program this after the islamic republic unveiled a new ballistic weapon they now spent was made in an underground facility in tehran as part of the celebrations marking the fortieth anniversary of the iranian revolution it's a show of military strength after the u.s. withdrew from the nuclear agreement last year and impose sanctions on iran tehran insists its missile development program is purely defensive. well in half of iran's

eighteen million people are under the age of thirty five have never known anything but the revolution islamic republic and many young people say the aims of the revolution estimated. corners of to her young men and women play the blues stealing moments of freedom in private studios might be the closest they get to the big stage. even to damage her gigs in small cafes he says her band gets two songs in before security shows up to shut them down. for a female vocalist intervention is not just that a woman singing in public is illegal society doesn't recognize my entire life i wanted to sing for me it's like breathing i can't do anything else but there's no professional recognition has an artist. everyone in this room was born after the

one nine hundred seventy nine revolution the islamic republic is the they've ever known but many young people like them say they are liberal time before revolution in iran they've never seen. the clerical system of government that's been in place for forty years also has its unflinching supporters. was born in one thousand nine hundred nine the first generation of iranians born under the flag of a new republic in many ways she is its poster child a devout muslim from humble beginnings highly educated and her father died fighting in the iraq war. in any country some are in favor of the establishment and some argue it's the same in iraq must accept that we are a country with a rich culture rooted in the purity of islam and we should consider ourselves an islamic country we may not allow some freedoms that are allowed in other countries . the most important concern she says should be to employ people and keep them from

leaving the country but for young people who don't necessarily want to live. or subscribe to the way things are done if you're cut from a different cloth can be a challenge to find a place in iranian society some leaders are sympathetic and acknowledge the need for dialogue to address the concerns of an entire generation but people say they don't openly express themselves for fear of government retaliation. we hear the time before the revolution was economically better but i can't talk about this transparently in fact i don't dare to yes i can say a lot but i don't dare to i prefer to say nothing to keep my head on my neck. from the perspective of security the revolution is very good but from the perspective it's bad we have the burn generation for us it hasn't been good. economic conditions make living in iran challenging for anyone but for iranian artists says

doing so is even more difficult if you're living here. has. returned to try your heart to be strong and bring peace and happiness try to make things that they are not they don't exist. modern jazz may not fit the public image of the islamic republic but the sound of music from small corners of the capital is a reminder that iranians come from all walks of life in all shapes and sizes. greece has become the first nation to ratify membership of nato after holding up its a mission for you. a meeting in brussels on wednesday. by all its member countries the greek. to change its name to north korea. which had previously. france has accused italy's leaders of unfounded

attacks as a diplomatic route between the two nations deepens france recalled its ambassador totally on thursday after the italian deputy prime minister met members of the yellow vest movement in paris this week france has warned him not to interfere in the country's politics. to meet with the yellow vests one should make the government aware to be courteous that's the most basic concept of diplomacy tell them about the visit we called our ambassador for a consultation it's not a permanent recall but it was important to make a point because italy is a partner i'm a story ally of france and it's also one of the founding states of the european union. experts in italy are working to dismantle a bridge that partially collapsed in the city of genoa six months ago forty three people were killed in the disaster described as one of the worst tragedies in modern italian history from genoa city ports the remains of what was once one of

its reason most important structures being pulled apart by slab and making way for a new bridge in genoa. the prime minister. along with infrastructure minister and general was mayor arrived in the morning to witness the beginning of what he said was a defining moment for the city. this is an important symbolic day for the start of the demolition of the bridge this marks the relaunch of genoa the region of liguria italy. last august the marandi bridge collapsed during heavy rain killing forty three people as dozens of cars plunged into the riverbed below it had widespread impact on the city and its surrounding areas and led to debate about what caused it. and to say business suffered when the neighborhoods

were all of a sudden cut off from the. bridge collapse we lost nearly fifty percent of our business it's been really bad. and those who live near the bridge are struggling to cope some are still in temporary accommodation. we suddenly found ourselves like victims of an earthquake but our houses are still there they're still standing but also a very strange situation for us. as the memory of the bridge collapse continues to overshadow genoa there is hope that the building of a new bridge can able the city to move on from the disaster and also rejuvenate the immediate area construction on the new bridge begins next month that is expected to last for fifteen months costing more than two hundred twenty five million dollars we're now and architect renzo piano himself a native of the city designed it for free. and with a bridge of vision to restore the surrounding neighborhoods as well as honor the

memory of those who died. from tragedy you can create opportunity workshop looks at how the new project goes hand in hand with renovating the neighborhood. for the people of genoa the dismantling of what's left of the miranda bridge brings closure and hope that they won't see a repeat of what happened last august sony vaio al-jazeera jennifer. still to come on this new. sound of resistance syrians living abroad saying that for a change often in the eighteen years of war. and in sports the tiny margin that decided that this is the gold medal that skiing is world championships and that story. business updates by qatar airways going places together.

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and the impact of almost eight years of war in syria has been shown on screens across the world the war has also helped transpire. some artists are some binge of a pair of syrian musicians living in turkey making music about resistance and revolution. for centuries their would has been used to express joy or pain it's the instrument of choice for syrian artists such as jihad in yemen they used to design graphics and in tears in aleppo and fled across the border to gaza. when the syrian revolution began you hard started to sing tunes of resistance.

aleppo remain at the heart of the uprising until it was seized by syrian government forces for the help of the remaining troops and russian jets. he tries to immerse himself in writing songs and composing music but what he saw in aleppo never leaves his thoughts. if not we crossed the street where children were playing with a yellow football i heard the son of a barrel bomb and we ducked and we went to check on the kids and all of them were dead do you know how painful it is to see body parts of young children scattered in front of you i will never forget that years ago many syrians had no idea that their creativity would be. their pain but now some. their message of change and resistance are you the laughter and heart you had in yemen designed some tyrant comedy sketches to take a poke at armed groups the assad regime and fellow syrians this is a laughter is the best medicine and that's why they have created a small studio with the help of

a turkish friend. first it wasn't enough but now they make ends meet by selling their content to some online channels. and says they don't know if their work makes people happy but it helps them forget their pain even if it is for a few minutes. we didn't leave aleppo we had to escape from aleppo from the regime the bloodbath and the destruction at the beginning we just wanted to deliver a message now that we have an audience people always ask us for more. the group says much of syria's creative talent is now scattered some of been killed some opted for living under the regime while others are living in other countries this still romanticize about the message of the revolution and see it was only about freedom they have hope they will return home some time. these days that's all they dream about.

now is andy with a sport thank you so much lauren a whole striking in britain has been plunged into crisis and outbreak of equity has forced all events to be cancelled there and so at least next wednesday i'm haywood reports. they should be getting ready to compete but no one's quite sure when the next race will be u.k. racing is in lockdown after an outbreak of flu at his base in the english midlands is trying to ensure the horses he trains remain by were spree. down. anybody any i was side people including the owners so they explain the situation they all understand. minimizing the risk of anybody bringing the disease into the. allowed to leave. the property of the galaxy not leaving

a problem no. six races would you to take places in central england on friday but the blanket ban to try to contain the virus meant they couldn't go ahead and every day track results in a race course losing thousands of dollars in income. this course should be the hive of activity with the stars and the horses wondering down the track to the finish line instead it is empty the shutdown was twenty three vaccinated horses from a yard tested positive blue it is rarely fatal but it is highly contagious but have been carrying out tests at racing yards up and down the country to establish that the outbreak has spread makes the horse for quite rubbish for quite a while for you to present with the sort of drive hacking cough. rubbish for you know up to a few months and i can really take out of training and take me out of the race

horse you know that really needs to be on top of that training horse racing in the u.k. is highly regulated with regards to welfare and biosecurity and it is hugely lucrative worth nearly four and a half billion dollars to the u.k. economy every year getting back on track in time for the season's biggest races quickly is in everyone's interests emma haywood al-jazeera in central england. now french same norm will retire the number nine shirt in memory of the club's form a strike a million isola police confirmed on thursday the body had been recovered from the water wreckage in the english channel had just completed a move from premier league team cardiff city and was on route to his new club when the light aircraft he was travelling in came down last month. it's a loss to everyone in football because you know when you look at the for example the fines that they were able to just raise from will class players around the

world in the space of a few hours to enable the search in the first place which you know i found was amazing really in which i would have wanted to do if there were mine if it was my child you know so i think if i think it's great being on believable the response. the qatar based been sports channel has opted not to renew its contract to broadcast formula one blaming saudi arabia's piracy means the sport is left seeking a regional platform ahead of the new season in march the television channel be out here emerged in twenty seventeen after saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt launched a diplomatic and trade blockade of cuts r f one races feature on the channel which is widely available in saudi in sports which also has rights to many major football leagues is urged sporting bodies to take action against the illegal broadcasts in switzerland when they hold or not retain the title at the world skiing championships but by the high nearest of margins holden it's like

a second straight gold in the combined events which sees competitors tackling a downhill run and then a slalom course she finished first. but only by one three hundred seventy second. lindsey vonn is back in training after recovering from a big crash in the super g. earlier on this week she'll compete in the women's downhill on sunday that will be her final race before retirement the most successful female scare of all time still feeling the effects of. you know when i crash sometimes things get out of alignment and i'm really stiff so it's things are pulling in ways they shouldn't be pulling and sometimes my ribs come out so it's not something that's new to me but. usually i can manage it to words not a problem or the battle for gender equality is an ongoing struggle in many sports but thanks to the likes of vaughn the spotlight on prize money at these championships favor the women just as much as the men reports from sweden.

and the stakes don't get much higher than this for sweden ski team the fastest women in scandinavia and some of them about to make their world championship debut on home snow the swedes are the big sisters of the nordic nations while in norway it's the men that rule this side of the border it's the women who have many more gold medals than the neighbors it's a habit they need to keep up both to retain local supremacies and challenge the dominance of the american and alpine rivals. these training sessions of the final push towards one of the peaks of any ski is career is the world championships but staying at the top can be easier than getting there reaching the level of double olympic champion mckayla schifrin is a game changer last season the american and more than marcel her considered the best male skier of all time taking home more than seven hundred thousand dollars.

alpine skiing one of the sports that has closed the gender gap but things aren't so bright further down the pecking order the struggle for me has been the i've been going around the whole world and racing world cup but never qualifying it's hard to go wrong five years without a new restaurant so i've been living with my fur and. i actually thought that i would do my last races this winter and that's when it all just started to work now five races in a row and i do maybe some sacrifices but i don't know i don't want to do anything other in my life. it's lindsey vonn that has played a big part in getting women skiing where it is partly by turning female skiers into very marketable personalities and more importantly by pushing women's racing to rival the men's as a sporting spectacle it's been

a lot of stars for sure that are actually super good super big talents i think at least of all i mean she has she's superstar in a lot of ways and in some soaps i'm sure that she could have been. she would have been faster than. will be gone after these world championships the challenge for the women that come next may be great but so too are the rewards. paul reese al-jazeera van daal and sweden. ok. looking for now let's get back to lauren in london. andy thanks very much nader was a pleasure to watch and skiing don't forget you can always catch up on our website address that is out there dot com and have details there for you of the crisis in venezuela and you cross it watch us there by clicking on the live icon. that's it for me don't tell if this news or other back in a minute with another full roundup. my

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