those seeking wealth. and those defending their way of life. are. a witness documentary on a. the deadline passes for donald trump to tell congress whether he'll sanction saudi arabia over the killing of jamal khashoggi. council raman you're watching al-jazeera life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next thirty minutes. of one another. i want to go to the venezuelan president warns of catastrophic consequences if the u.s.

blocks its oil exports. also the u.s. makes a new appeal to venezuela's military to allow american aid into the country from colombia. and the man who killed the six worshipers at a mosque in canada in twenty seventy that's life in prison. welcome to the program the deadline is now passed for u.s. president donald trump to tell congress whether he'll impose sanctions on saudi arabia over the murder of a saudi journalist jamal khashoggi under legislation called the back next act the president must outline what action if any he intends to take both sides of congress triggered the act under twenty days ago trump has previously said that he doesn't want the khashoggi issue to jeopardize u.s. relations with saudi arabia mike hanna said this report in washington d.c. . president trump departs for his annual medical exam declining to answer shouted

questions on any subject all indications are there will be no response to the deadline set by the senate. following the murder of jamal khashoggi the senate sent a letter to president trump invoking the global magnitsky act which gave president trump one hundred twenty days to investigate the murder and impose sanctions against those responsible in a follow up letter to the senate asa president to specifically investigate any role the crown prince mohammed bin solomon or m.p.'s may have played in the murder in b.s. the crown prince is a wrecking ball. and he's complicit in the murder mystery shogi think he's crazy to . think he is dangerous and he has put their relationship at risk but president trump has steadfastly insisted the us solve the relationship is more important than establishing accountability for murder it's all about america first

we're not going to give up hundreds of billions of dollars in orders and let russia china and everybody else have a it's all about for me very simple it's america first saudi arabia's senior diplomat continues to deny any involvement by the kingdom's leaders in the murder refusing to react to a new york times report that the crown prince is on record as saying he would use a bullet on jamal khashoggi the report dismissed as based on unknown sources and the following tweet posted on the saudi foreign ministry account we will hold who are responsible for the death the push to account the question is what happens now the president has ignored the ultimatum the answer is simply nothing beyond no punitive measures involved in this process which essentially relies on the good faith of all parties something the president's critics contend is absent in the

white house. but this does not mean an end to the matter the question of accountability for jamal khashoggi murder has ridge bipartisan support in congress and the motion is agreed to and legislation seeking sanctions against saudi arabia and possibly the crown prince specifically is being widely discussed in both house and senate i cannot al-jazeera washington. saudi arabia has again denied reports of crown prince mohammed bin salon authorize the killing of journalist. the kingdoms of minister of state for foreign affairs and other said that it was a huge mistake and insists no order was given to conduct the operation talks held in washington he urged the u.s. congress to step back from imposing sanctions over what he called a rogue mission according to and marotta newspaper the national also declined to give the names of those standing trial in saudi over the killing but did confirm a former aide to the crown prince a look at tani has been dismissed in the article the minister also said he doesn't

know the whereabouts of another x. eight treb adding he's unsure if he's alive or more it comes as a new york times report says mom had been slow man threaten to use a bullet against a marker shoji in twenty seventeen if he did not return home and end his criticism of the kingdom the films they have to mark a show cheers calls for international support in the investigation into his murder the teacher changes was speaking a day after the special rapporteur agnes colma revealed the initial findings of her investigation. heard what's being described as chilling and gruesome order material given to her by turkish officials and she's accused saudi arabia of seriously undermining the investigation. a senior saudi government minister has denied the kingdom was involved in leaking intimate photos of the world's richest man it comes as amazon c.e.o. jeff bezos also accused

a us tabloid publisher with ties to society of extortion and blackmail are threatening to release the photos. suggest as his ownership of the washington post newspaper which has reported extensively on the killing of journalist to market by saudi agents was or has made him a target she had written see how small. the 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 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 bez also a speck of them threaten to release further texts and intimate photos of bezos alice

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 fire 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 central an unrelenting coverage of the murder of it's 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 but david pecker 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. a.m.r. the parent company of national enquirer published a glossy magazine promoting saudi arabia crown prince mohammed bin salman containing the adverts or the time the saudis denied any connection as far as i'm

aware and i believe that would be when we have an absolutely nothing to do with this we maybe some of our citizens read the national enquirer when they're in the united states citizens watch the soap opera unfold on television but that's it jeff bezos right sort of someone like him the world's richest person is unable to stand up to such actions and who care whether he has 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 of a 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. well to our other top story and that the venezuelan president is warning of catastrophic consequences if all of the country's oil shipments are blocked by u.s. sanctions the trump administration announced sweeping sanctions last week targeting ten billion dollars of assets and revenue at the same time nicolas maduro has spurned u.s. aid which is currently waiting out the venezuela border his troops are under orders not to let it through the door has accused the opposition of weaponized aid and using it as a provocation for a us intervention the economic collapse of venezuela has left ninety percent of its

population in poverty according to the u.n. millions of people have fled across the country's borders. our national sovereignty is made vulnerable with a show called humanitarian aid and peace is threatened by the government of mr donald trump who last sunday in a televised interview ratified his threat of a military invasion against venezuela in venezuela they have driven us to the point that libya was taken or that syria was taken to the point of beyond opposition they have attempted but who have not allowed them to and venezuela is it peace there are lots of america to lucy in yemen has more from the venezuelan city of san cristobal on the country's border with colombia. food and medicine on display in colombia right on the border with neighboring venezuela tons of humanitarian aid donated by the united states and colombia to venezuela are part of a strategy not just to help the needy but to undermine embattled president we call

last minute on. the u.s. ambassador made an appeal in spanish to venezuela's military to defy my little order not to let it pass. you will have to make a decision that will always be remembered by your parents your brother and sisters and your daughters they'll all remember your decision. just across the border the military is so far following orders i'm less than a hundred meters from the entrance to. a bridge which separates venezuela from colombia and from the humanitarian aid that's been collected on the other side of that bridge and for the first time and since dawn members of the national guard have been deployed here and have declared this area as national security zone. a handful of demonstrators wave flags and taunted the soldiers. but in the nearby city of sunken storm a far larger group has been demonstrating to date demanding that humanitarian aid

to be allowed in i mean americans they took away my health benefits and i can't afford to go to colombia to buy the drugs for my cancer treatment my daughter is a diabetic and needs insulin injections daily and we can't get that aid there despite these stories president appears determined to keep the foreign aid out describing the offer as a thinly disguised act of foreign intervention. not going as well it will not allow the show of force humanitarian aid because we're not simply is that. on the other side self declared interim president seems hopeful that he can provide what model cannot while at the same time tempting the military to change sides and if they don't there's a plan b. . i am convinced that we will get the idea through with the bin as people people and more people carrying the humanitarian people people and their people making

a humanitarian corridor or a reality. exactly how president plans to play his hand is still not so clear. and sharp position supporters here at the border prepare for what is almost certain to be a confrontation. seeing human. side of the border. has been following developments. we were able to take a first look at the aid that arrived here sent by the united states thousands of bags in boxes with food and medicine for the venezuelan people all this is being organized prepared and stored in a warehouse on a bridge connecting colombia with venezuela the u.s. ambassador to kevin whittaker said that this was just a down payment just

a first shipment to what he described as a flood of aid that he hoped will arrive in this in other collection points in the coming days and weeks the question though remains how will this be moved inside been this way since president nicolas maduro remains steadfast saying that the aid will not enter his country and that this is just a show just the start of what he considers an invasion on part of the united states less to go the men that were sent here by the leader of the opposition to lead this effort gave an indication of what the opposition is now thinking to do probably a massive demonstration at some point the next week along the border with people trying to overwhelm just by their numbers the soldiers and police. national guard venezuela controlling the border this could be one option to try and move the

aid into venezuela. because it is a political list with venezuela. has a long history of mistrust with washington. the aid is big politicize in a way to attempt to divide the military and cut it out in an effort u.s. effort to topple the government and there really is a concern about the united states you know in the one nine hundred eighty s. it was the united states used planes earmarked for humanitarian aid to transport arms to the u.s. backed nicaraguan contras squads and that i was really concerned the united states might be using this aid in an effort to topple this government or or as a precursor to a u.s. military intervention and then as well on the basis of malodorous support in many ways is its clout food program distribution program which distributes food boxes to six million families in the country and it costs around one hundred twenty million dollars a month to do twenty dollars

a box at six million so this is you know and these these humanitarian aid is is factored at twenty million so it's really in comparison to the u.s. sanctions itself which is going to cost the embargo oil embargo so the cost then is what it is why eleven billion dollars according to bolton this is definitely this humanitarian aid is marginal and i think that it's important to recognize that the clout food program represents a you know is the only reason why one of the main reasons why you have significant support for the president and six million people voted for him and may of twenty eighteen so definitely is going to have to be some kind of negotiated solution because these people who voted for him over are not just going to disappear and you know there needs to be some kind of dialogue with the opposition because clearly it's a very divided country and. pieces are not going to go anywhere. well still ahead here on out is there stamping your name all is the title north macedonia is now official but the shield isn't over yet. and broken promises once some south africans are fed up with the policies of the government those stories on the other

side of the break. hello there is still rather unsettled for many of us across the middle east our latest weather system is making its way northward over parts of saudi arabia through parts of iraq and into iran we're also seeing more in the way of cloud following it as well so force on the east coast the mediterranean we're going to see quite a wet couple of days and they could be some particularly heavy rain around the western coast of syria elsewhere though the snow and rain that we see over parts of iraq and iran gradually fizzle out as we head through the day on sunday further north there will be more cloud of pushing its way across task and now some cloud will also be across the arabian peninsula some of it will be with us on saturday but it will be thickening up as we head through sunday and then it doesn't really

move anywhere in a great hurry over the next couple of days so here in doha there's the risk of seeing some thunderstorms as we head through sunday monday and tuesday riyadh also could well catch one or two at times that it was the southern parts of africa also lots of showers here stretching from angola all the way across towards madagascar for madagascar though we're breathing a sigh of relief as our latest tropical cyclone is moving away from us is dragging plenty of cloud behind it though so still for the northern parts of madagascar lots of wet weather here on saturday and on sunday and those showers to rumbling away towards the west too also the southeast will be wet. sponsor. as venezuela is on the brink. with two men facing off for power. one of them self proclaimed interim venezuelan leader why don't. stew al-jazeera.

yet. welcome back you're watching our visit with me so ho robin a reminder of our top stories the deadline has not passed for u.s. president donald trump to tell congress of sanctions will be re-imposed on saudi arabia over the murder of gemayel saudi arabia has denied reports that crown prince mohammed bin salon authorized the killing of. saudis minister of state for foreign affairs has also denied the kingdom was involved in leaking intimate photographs of

the world's richest man it comes as amazon c.e.o. jeff bezos suggested his ownership of the washington post newspaper which has reported extensively on the killing of journalist mark the shoji by saudi agents made him a target and venezuela's president does madeira us want of catastrophic consequences if all of the country's oil shipments are blocked by u.s. sanctions he's also called for u.s. aid stockpiled up the venezuela border to be distributed to colombians. now the united states is hoping afghanistan can strike a peace agreement involving the taliban before elections are shuttled in july u.s. special envoy zalmay speaking at an institute of peace in washington d.c. expressed cautious optimism about the prospect of a deal now the meeting between the leaders of the u.s. and north korea later this month will be held in vietnam's capital hanoi donald

trump tweeted that his representatives have just left north korea after productive meetings and that he's looking forward to seeing kim jong un the summit will take place on february the twenty seventh and twenty eight a canadian man who killed six and injured five members of a mosque in quebec city has been sentenced to life in prison from minister justin trudeau called it a terrorist attack and they examined bisa net told a prison social worker that he regretted not shooting more and he gallacher reports . presently islamic cultural center in quebec were coming to an end when alexandria bissonnette stormed the building armed with a rifle pistol and more than one hundred rounds he shot into the crowded prayer room killing six worshipers and critically injuring five others the judge said bissonnette was motivated by race and a visceral hatred toward muslim immigrants the twenty nine year old was sentenced to life in prison but will be eligible for parole in forty years while reading out the sentence the judge said punishment should not be vengeance noting that

bissonnette has mental health issues survivors and family members say the jail term isn't harsh enough in an attack that shocked canada and the muslim community in the valley was left paralyzed following the shooting all of us we were astonished we were very upset after his sentence we don't know how he. gave this sentence. forty years. it would be conditional recent figures released by the canadian government in two thousand and seventeen show a forty seven percent increase in hate crimes in a nation that prides itself on multiculturalism the court heard that bissonnette was a marginalized young man who was obsessed by serial killers and president donald trump's tweets the muslim community in quebec is still in mourning the prosecution had asked for a total of one hundred fifty years behind bars which would have been the harshest

sentence ever handed down in canada and gallacher al-jazeera. greece's northern neighbor formerly called macedonia has not officially renamed itself now that northwest attorney and the greek macedonia for the new deal they must now agree on who will use the name for commercial products johnson. ostriches aren't typically associated with macedonia but the macedonian ostrich farm has been selling itself on its location for a quarter of a century. i wanted to emphasize my reach mike because i pioneered my plan was to spread the birds to other parts of greece and become a sort of brand name greece's agreement to recognise its northern neighbor as north macedonia leaves commercial branding in a state of legal limbo a committee is to decide over the next three years which products may continue to use the term macedonian as part of their branding some could lose the rights that

means producers like likely these thinking of trademarking their brands so as to have a legal right to the name when they export their goods but the process is expensive but that is. what is it. there was no one to inform me about the present cons when the government decided to make this interstate agreement and should have informed us about the rights or it could have gone the cost to trademarking this is not easy for a small business person. greek macedonia make some four thousand products branded as macedonian but only a handful are trademarked as such producers must now spend thousands of dollars on lawyers and careers trying to secure their products but even if they do they cannot be sure that they will ultimately be allowed to keep those macedonian designations this trouble's greek macedonians who have always taken for granted their freedom to use the name of their region and geographic designations have been a marketing tool in greece since antiquity even today the right drug or free means

expectations of quality and that means sales our lives from kalamata apples from mt raisins from corinth some of these designations have begun to have meaning abroad as well and that means even more serious money legal experts warn any changes will cause problems. they're for. if the greek state acting in conformity with the press by agreement forces. this to saints commercial means this could be regarded as an infringement upon their property rights and the good thing could be sued by those private but this. young the cyclically these words when he bought what had been the grazing land to raise his ostriches in the village of police in greek macedonia now he may have to fight the state to be able to claim

the geography on paper jump rope al-jazeera facility q she served as prime minister of bangladesh for three terms and opposition leader. has also served one year behind bars supporters say that she was jailed on trumped up charges to prevent her from standing in elections they want to see a sentence overturned and the chantry spoke to some of them. it is exactly one year since the opposition leader and former prime minister khaled does yeah has been jailed now after they lax and this is one of the main protest rally organized by the main opposition bangladesh national party inside danger airing 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 had to say. big. government should resign at this particular french election is the only option only option and release. from the jail there is

a major challenge for the opposition ahead of time despite facing a determination and limited ground force for great. talking to some of the people in the street we got this reaction that 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. that only the that much my only thought is this we want to live in peace and have the ability to express ourselves freely and remain happy. despite all the challenges our opposition seems to be held down to organize itself as a major formidable force and demand a government to hold another election under a neutral caretaker government and to demand really is off its main later. the south africa will hold its presidential and parliamentary elections on may the the first vote since the resignation of jacob zuma in february last year presents a room opposed delivered his state of the nation address on thursday and promised

to fix the struggling economy for me. is the largest township in cape town. i saw has lived here for twenty years in a tiny home with one other two children the area has no todd rhodes is littered with refuse and there are no schools nearby. and then. when you walk around. into all the. think it's safe and secure what is a local activist she says she's fighting for a safer community with basic government services she supported ruling african national congress and watches the state of the nation address every year making notes she says to hold the government accountable for the promises it's made when sickies who voted in south africa's first democratic elections twenty five years ago she says she was excited at the prospect of

a new and better south africa i was there inside the parliament. the police would be there most of the green there's not one is there's a lot of crime because earlier we men's and children they're targets of that hurts . everybody this is civil remarked was a second state of the nation address as president of the jacob zuma resigned amid allegations of corruption and a poorly performing government with many south africans becoming increasingly cynical what is the state of the nation needs. a lot of it don't all because they were promised. problem is promised they promised all of the time just three months ahead of elections the state of the nation address like others highlights for governments achievements and its plans for the future. much of the

president's speech focuses on ending corruption stimulating the economy and creating jobs the theme of this year's state of the nation address is following up on our commitments but for many south africans especially in poor communities like this one the decades old promises made by the government have been darrelle especially by corruption we will celebrate the triumph of freedom over subjugation the triumph of democracy over a show to rally and the triumph of hope over despair. after twenty five years of democracy so kiss one hopes that these words will finally bring change. is iraq a leech of africa. your charges are with me still run the reminder of our top stories the deadline has not

passed for u.s. president donald trump to tell congress of sanctions will be imposed on riyadh over the murder of saudi jenna's jamal khashoggi saudi arabia has denied reports that the crown prince mohammed bin sultan also rise the killing of the journalist saudis minister of state for also deny the kingdom was involved in the leaking of intimate photographs of the world's richest man and it comes as i was on chief jeff suggested his ownership of the washington post newspaper which has reported extensively on the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi by saudi agents made him a target. then as well as president nicolas maduro has warned of catastrophic consequences if all of the country's oil shipments are blocked by u.s. sanctions he's also called for u.s. aid stockpiled at the venezuela border to be distributed to colombians russia and i mean as you know our national sovereignty is made vulnerable with a show called humanitarian aid and peace is threatened by the government of mr donald trump who last sunday in a televised interview ratified his threat of

a military invasion i guess venezuela in venezuela they have driven us to the point that libya was taken or that syria was taken to the point of an armed opposition they have attempted that who have not allowed them to and venezuela is it peace now the meeting between the leaders of the u.s. and north korea later this month will be held in vietnam's capital hanoi told trump tweeted that his representatives have just left north korea after productive meetings and that is looking forward to seeing kim jong un a canadian man who shot and killed six members of a quebec city mosque in twenty seventeen has been sentenced to life in prison alexander bissonnette pleaded guilty last year to six counts of first degree murder and six counts of attempted murder for the attack one of canada's rare things those are the headlines are back with more news in half an hour here on our desire to stay with us. i made every weekly news cycle brings

a series of breaking stories joined the listening feist as we turned the cameras on the media focus on how they report on the stories that matter the most on al-jazeera. what will. you see. in this walen populist president nicolas maduro is sworn in for a second consecutive term following elections deemed fraudulent by his opponents and much of the international community. under his presidency the country with the world's largest oil reserves has plunged into acute poverty hunger is widespread hospitals a crumbling the most basic medicine is impossible to find and children are dying from malnutrition and preventable diseases. this year inflation is expected to surpass three million percent at the current rate millions of desperate venezuelans feel.