lots of no and the other student rewind continues with joseph's journey this is. the struggle continues. from bad. to. use districts we want on al-jazeera. venezuela's president calls aid lined up at the border with colombia a fake spectacle while the opposition says blocking supplies could be a crime against humanity. this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. a new tragedy in brazil is a fire at the training center a major football club kills ten several of them youth players. thailand's king condemns his sister's shocked decision to enter the race to be prime minister

calling it inappropriate. and amazon c.e.o. and washington post owner jeff bezos takes on the pro trump national enquirer accusing it of blackmail. and i venezuela's 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 cougar town 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 south declared president. as urged the armed forces to ignore my dura saying the supplies also for them and their families. if i do what i'm being a part of this 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 he will be the guarantors that these tons of humanitarian aid go to where they have to go out president has called that fake aid and a cheap show by the us saying that israel is aren't beggars and it should be given to poor colombians instead. our national sovereignty is made corner of the inside this 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. has made sits at the border venezuela's inside the country are struggling to put food on the table its market in caracas is almost empty with hyperinflation preventing many people from being able to afford basic goods the monthly minimum wage is currently the equivalent of just one killer of cheese and meat is a luxury many can't afford. i buy to potatoes too little on the ins to

tomatoes and a few vegetables because it's impossible to buy meat fish and chicken now that i can 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 and it's under amputee is in coopertown colombia's border with venezuela where the aid trucks awaiting the latest appeal by the opposition came into news conference on the border what else do they have to say. well we were able at a news conference to take a first look at the year one hundred fifty thousand square meter warehouse that. is being prepared and organized the first aid that arrives on thursday there are thousands of boxes sent by usa i eat with who do us a story say for at least five thousand venezuelans for

a week and the u.s. ambassador to colombia kevin whitaker said that this was just a down payment that's what he called just the first the shape of what he hopes will turn into a flood of aid reaching here at the border. and in other collection points that are being said but the question though remains how all this aid will enter venezuela the main bridge remains blocked the end as you were saying in your introduction. remains steadfast in refusing the entrance of this aid to the u.s. ambassador also. talked to the military telling them that this is their choice that this is their opportunity to stand on the side of the people but we don't have yet is a clear idea of what the plan will be to move this state into venezuela one

indication came from less than a man that was sent here from one. to represent the interim government of any sort of a self appointed interim government minister and what he said is that it will be the venezuelan people that will have to bring the eight inside the country the possibility there by the that. demonstration at some point next week on the border to see if. number of people could overwhelm the presence of policemen and soldiers and start bringing this aid in. and isn't room to thank you very much indeed. brazil has been hit by another tragedy after at least ten people were killed in a fire at the training ground one of the country's biggest football clubs go at the

victims include several team players the fire broke out at around five am local time at the facility on the edge of rio de janeiro which includes accommodation for teenage footballers when europe i know has more. 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 ems mation we must remember that they have been quite a few a tragedy that that hit the country recently yet at m.s.f. mining disaster just a few weeks ago over one hundred fifty people killed and that does affect the

psyche of the people. they do become critical they do ask questions about things like safety regulations and so on. for many in brazil the boy's death bring back memories of another tragedy to hit brazilian sport of aside from the order you know it was three years ago when nine hundred players along with coaching staff of brazil's shepherd whence 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 audio up 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 injuries the club's training center in the western part of rio de janeiro is known as nino. while much of the facility recently underwent

a multi-million dollar renovation of the boys' dormitory was scheduled to be demolished went up alone. and at least thirteen people have been killed in rio de janeiro after a major police operation in three of the city's slum areas known as favela us 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 have been raging for forty eight hours and remit by gunfire and other suspected gang members in hospital with severe gunshot wounds. the system 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 he's released a statement saying it's inappropriate princess who brought is the elder sister of the king and is known to the public for her roles in time of films she was put

forward by a party loyal to former prime minister attacks in shinawatra it was ousted in two thousand and six and now lives in exile is a major setback for the army chief and current leader prior to china china is 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. 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 free will prime minister attacks and she knew what it was removed in a coup in two thousand and six and lives in exile he's always been seen as anti 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 the royal family he's sworn to serve and protect as an army general his party says the nomination of the princess may violate the election law because it brings the royal family into politics there's a sense the move by thai rocks a charge could go either way towards political reconciliation or more polarized nation wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. still ahead on our zero experts carefully dismantle the bridge in genoa which collapsed last year killing forty three people . and searching for signs of life villages dig through the snow in indian

administered kashmir where at least nine people have died in avalanches. hello there we're still seeing a few showers over queensland but nothing out of the ordinary anyway so just one or two shopper ones around the coast but nothing like that those that we've seen over the last two weeks or so couple will showers are likely here as we head through the next few days but the main area of low pressure the one that causes all our problems is now running away towards the east taking the worst of the weather with it out towards the west in force in perth it staying very hot so the maximum temperature of around thirty seven or thirty eight degrees still over the next few days still incredibly hot for us then the temperatures in melbourne are rising but not that high they'll get to around twenty five degrees and that's because the rain we had is slowly clearing away and it's working its way towards new zealand you can

see the cloud already on the satellite picture here and that's going to give us some rather heavy rain is it gradually pushes its way northward that's going to bring us a relief to the draw i spell that we're currently seeing and should help with the fight against those wildfires as well vulcan should stay dry on sunday with a top temperature of twenty five degrees now as we head up towards the northern parts of asia it's pretty cold for us in tokyo. so saturday's maximum just one degree they could be some snow around as well that system will gradually clear is that was we had three sunday and then the temperatures in tokyo will bounce back up they should get to around six or seven on sunday. on counting the cost digital divisions the world's population risks missing out on the banks the evolution of the internet from russia with interest kremlin investments in venezuela are all about plus a report from some adults currency control. counting the cost of.

going to one of the top stories. but israel is opposition has made a new appeal to the military to announce desperately needed aid across the colombian border president maduro has branded it fake agent that's a political show by the u.s. . at least ten people have been killed in the fire at the training ground of one of brazil's biggest football clubs from a think through several years. and thailand's king says it's inappropriate for his

sister to stand for election as prime minister insisting on iraq has been announced as the candidate of a party close to the ousted former prime minister texan shinawatra. saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon 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 been 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. last launch a full investigation into the murder this a day after the u.n. human rights and boy looking into it said it was

a brutal premeditated killing planned and perpetrated by saudi officials a special rapporteur spent a week in turkey to examine evidence where saudi minister of state for foreign affairs has urged the u.s. not to impose sanctions on saudi arabia over the. speaking in washington adela said the killing had been a rogue operation and a huge mistake yes president donald trump has until midnight to tell congress if sanctions will be imposed on saudi arabia over her murder under legislation can leave and its key act for the president must outline what action if any he intends to take both sides of congress to get the act one hundred twenty days ago trump has previously said he doesn't want the whole g. issue to jeopardize u.s. relations with saudi arabia on white house correspondent can be helped it has more . 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 hush 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 judah 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 well it's richest man as us who's

the chief executive of amazon and owner of the washington post says the tabloids threatened to publish intimate photos of him she had tons he has more so far for 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 a 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 pecker apoplectic there'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 of 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 and crown prince mohammed bin salma containing their adverts at 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 he has legal case may depend on

jurisdiction in states that use blackmail and extortion combine together a book likely be a case because you're requesting that someone by way of threatening them that you don't do this then i'll do that and then it would come under think 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 board 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 acted lawfully she abrahams the.

earlier i spoke via skype to know a shock man the editor in chief of media news website the daily beast it was being illegally threatened in the past by the national enquirer the national enquirer and its parent company trying to. cajole blackmail and otherwise harass syntax for years and i think it's really great that's not standing up to them they try to. process or reporting on you know the national enquirer experimenting and going about other threats are going to work with us and start to work with a lot of people so i hope it really starts to hold the scab also of what's been a really ugly practice for a very long time. two palestinians have been killed by israeli army fire during protests and on the gaza israel border one of the dead was a fourteen year old boy who was reportedly shot in the abdomen ican yunus at least seventeen other palestinians have been injured people in gaza have held weekly

protests around 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 the rights organizations as president of the. as shown and disregard for freedoms with egypt seeing a catastrophic decline in human rights under his leadership. 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 general i'm sorry i'm going to report the remains of what was once one of its reason most important structure is being pulled apart by slab and making way for a new bridge in genoa. the prime minister does if it can't there along with the infrastructure minister and general as mayor arrived in the morning to witness the

beginning of what he said was a defining moment for the city. 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 businesses suffered when the neighborhoods were all of a sudden cutoff. after the bridge collapse we lost nearly fifty percent of our business and 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 there are also 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 right now and architect renzo piano himself a native of the city designed it for free. and with the bridge a 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. greece has

become the first nation to ratify macedonia's membership of nato after holding up its admission fee is nato signed decoder to meeting in brussels on wednesday and now needs to be approved by all its member countries the greek go ahead comes off to macedonia agreed to change its name to north macedonia ending a decades long dispute with its southern neighbor which had previously vetoed its nato membership. she said as prime minister of bangladesh for three terms and now opposition leader is also one year behind bars and supporters say she was jailed on charges to prevent her from standing in elections and they were sentence overturned and spoke to some of them in dhaka. it is exactly one year since the opposition leader and former prime minister has been jailed after the election this is one of the main protest rally organized by the main opposition bangladesh nationalist

party inside the engineering institute thousands of people are gathered here to protest and demand the release off its leader i spoke to one of the siniora leader of the opposition party this is what he have to say. for big. government should resign and this for bigger fish election is the only option. released. from the jail there is a major challenge for the opposition ahead of time despite facing a termination and limited ground force great talking to some of the people in the street we got this reaction the people actually want development and for the country to continue to develop it's essential to have a continuation of a government for a long period. my only thought is this want to live in peace and have the ability to express ourselves freely and remain happy. despite all the challenges the opposition seems to be to organize itself as

a major formidable force and demand the government to hold another election under a neutral caretaker government and to demand really is off its main leader. 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 fast or a bad man. police and fire crew would usually carry out rescue missions in these mountains but they've become the victims of an avalanche twenty people were sheltering in this tunnel and coke and district of india administered kashmir but it was buried by snow ten got out alive now rescue workers are digging through the snow with spades and even the hands to find the rest. morning at six o'clock we're started the operation and two people have been able to get and one person.

unfortunately died and we are searching for them ordered some of the some still being pulled out injured but alive other 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 jam a national highway 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 been moved to a safer place teams of volunteers are helping stranded drivers they are bottom government want 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 them nor about the manly al-jazeera. and one of the main stories on our jazeera venezuela's opposition has made a new appeal to the military to allow aid stuck on the colombian border to be let into the country but president nicolas maduro says it's a political show trucks carrying food and medicine arrived and. on thursday but president nicolas maduro ordered his troops not to let the aide in a representative for the self declared president one guy go as

a hedge the armed forces to ignore my do or saying the supplies are also for them and their families if that you are them being a part of paris this 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 out at least ten people have been killed in a fire at the training ground of one of brazil's biggest football clubs flamengo they reportedly include several youth team players the fire broke out around five am local time at the facility on the edge of rio de janeiro which includes accommodation for teenage footballers an investigation is under way thailand's king says it's inappropriate for his sister to stand for election as prime minister princess going to rot has been announced as the candidate of a party close to the ousted former prime minister taxation of what the royal family is traditionally meant to stay out of politics saudi crown prince mohammed bin

sound man threatened to go after. twenty seventeen well new year before he was murdered according to a new york times newspaper reports has been summoned told an aide that he would in his words use a burnet against the journalist if he did not return home and end his criticism of saudi arabia the conversation was intercepted by u.s. intelligence. american media inc which owns the national enquirer says it will investigate accusations of extortion and blackmail made it to the paper by jeff bezos the world's richest man as or soon as the owner of amazon and the washington post says the tabloid threatened to publish intimate photos of him unless he dropped accusations that some of its reporting was politically motivated. there's that lines up next it's counting the cost one team here in london thanks so much indeed for watching more news after that from doha after. as venezuela is on the

brink. with two men facing off for power. one of their self-proclaimed interim venezuelan leader one why don't. stew al-jazeera. hello i'm sam is a than this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week digital divisions world wide web foundation president and c.e.o. adrian lovett explains why the internet danger of splitting. also this week venezuela's health system remains starved of money and international tug of war gets underway for control of a key asset. class senegal's money matters a west african country famous for a pink lake and a strong musical heritage.