so polluted very life is able to survive yet many people depend on the river for their livelihood robot was what would enable them to the pollution africa business we are left with nothing to fish used to try for now they cannot survive. the water is dirty because the entire city's waste is being dumped into the yemenite ever the government doesn't do anything to clean it. it's illegal yet industrial waste rubbish and untreated sewage are dumped into the. overseas four hundred million liters of sewage comes from new delhi every day above the hof if that is left untreated. prime minister narendra modi's government has been pumping millions of dollars into projects to clean up india's reface but environmental experts say it's not working the delhi government has still not filed a single case under the water act against any polluter so far as the human is concerned in the whole country was in not more than twenty years that existed under

the provisions of the water prevention of pollution act which provides for imprisonment punishment for any person who was actually polluting. the hindu community considers through the sacred but it served a nice carry their own breasts the design of the got there it's people who doubted the river is the residents who made it impure but for me it's not dirty i drink this water too. for many the rivet kinds is disparage but the mix of sewage and pollution is damaging health and destroying the livelihoods laura that it badly al-jazeera. still has right here on al-jazeera the center of african attention we look at what we're wanderers leader has achieved and another big role we also examine the political scandal in virginia that's pushed the u.s. state into near chaos.

we've got more wexe and windy but most of the weather pushing back into western parts of europe now over towards see the side of the consonants things are good to clear a good deal quad we had a little dusting of snow in moscow recently and the snowman building competition got underway quite nicely around a thousand people taking pasta and creating some wonderful sculptures as you can see there's a basin covering a stop in moscow they know what to do with it they want to see too much more snow as we go through the next couple of days what is four celsius eight general dry fair bit of cloud lots of cloud into the western side of it and as i said it is turning a good deal mild eleven celsius there for paris up around nine degrees for london pretty windy though so not particularly pleasant as we go through sunday right

stretches way down its northern parts of spain as well as a go through monday more the west sunshine spilling back in fourteen celsius in madrid family gets up to nine degrees in the sun but while the chilly northerly breeze coming through the disturbed weather will sink its way further south which we could see a good covering a snow then across the composite jamey into the ouse maybe a meter of snow coming in over the next couple of days and heavy rain possibly some snow around the dinner accounts and we have got some snow there around the baltic states. the weather sponsored by catalona. as venezuela is on the brink. with two men facing all full power. one of the self-proclaimed interim venezuelan leader want to go i don't. towards to al-jazeera.

hello again the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. and russia have come up with counterproposals up the u.n. to solve the venezuela crisis washington is calling for elections while russia warns against using force to remove nicolas maduro from power kurdish led forces backed by the us are trying to push myself from its last pocket of territory in eastern syria the offensive by the syrian democratic forces has focused on the village of about who's near the border with iraq. sixteen soldiers have been killed

in western afghanistan in fighting with the taliban four others were injured in the overnight battle with government forces in the states a fire out. egyptian president. is set to chair the african union at its annual summit which begins in ethiopia on sunday rights group amnesty international fears this could undermine the a use commitment to protecting human rights on the continent the organization has expressed concern over the potential impact ceases chairmanship could have on the independence of regional human rights mechanisms and their future in gauge went with civil society amnesty goes on to list violations it says were carried out by egyptian authorities including in force disappearances and mass killings during a wave of demonstrations and twenty thirteen that year the african union suspended egypt's membership after sisi led a military coup against the democratically elected president mohamed morsi tuffy maka is a social and political commentator he says president's leadership will prove to be

damaging to the organization's credibility. ultimately the choice of having sisi as the leader you is a clear indication that although things have changed. although things are supposedly changing the fact is we are. being very retrogressive we're actually going back to be the eighty's ninety's type of situation where. the leaders are very reluctant to allow. more human rights to be available to to the people and i think importantly i mean the fact that sisi. rigged an election won it by ninety seven ninety eight percent. tells you a lot about how a you will most likely respond to any electoral issues or any political issues around elections or on the continent and i think this is going to be

a very bad year for africa in terms of moving forward and leaders from across africa are meeting in ethiopia's capital for their annual summit so this year's theme in addison as refugees and internally displaced people the african union leaders will also focus on the unrest in sudan and elections in nigeria and senegal well we want us president paul kagame a has been chairman of the african union for the past year malcolm what looks at what the organizations like under his tenure. at home in rwanda president who could counties governments credited with development success it's also accused of torturing critics and killing opponents i like ations it denies that the african union the united where he's been chair for the last year he's seen as effective at this meeting he called for investment in public health care and medicines will get a better result as if we work together as

a continent. for example. we all saw how. during his tenure cammy worked to push through planned reforms of the organization including making itself funding instead of relying on donors outside the continent many member countries are still reluctant to contribute he did pull off a plan here trimming of the a huge commission one of the african union's areas of relative success from the last year is the planned african continental free trade area most of the countries whose flags were here signed it last year nineteen of already turned it into domestic law and it needs twenty two to take effect south africa which is the continent's second largest economy is already on board in conflicts and crises he

used how to mix. it back to peace deal between rebel groups and the government from central african republic signed last week although it's yet to be implemented. it's also helped to have political crises in madagascar and to morris early last year. to be packed away from speaking out on december's disputed elections in the democratic republic of congo he's done nothing about the conflict in cameroon so we're seeing a lot of the african states particularly the big players like nigeria algeria and south africa you know they're turning inward so unless we see more engagement from these big powers then again i think it's going to be difficult to see the african union really becoming more effective on peace and security. as african leaders gather at the a hughes headquarters they're expected to address the plight of the continent's twenty million displaced people and again discuss how to make their own eyes ation more effective malcolm web al-jazeera advice about ethiopia when voters in

thailand head to the polls next month many will be hoping for an outcome that leads to improved human rights particularly free speech the military has run the country since the twenty fourteen too since that many say it's been working harder to silence critics of the monarchy and jailing hundreds of people when he reports from bangkok. seeking justice and answers a small group gathered outside the office of the thai prime minister in bangkok about they received a wrist to demand an investigation into the murder of two critics of the military government and monarchy and the disappearance of another they went missing from neighboring laos and in december the bodies of two of them were found in the mekong river teil authorities say they had nothing to do with the murders all of these cases create a fear among people like people are afraid to express their views and opinions especially about establishment such as the monarchy no one dares to do anything

even to demand the rights of the dead. some york was arrested before the coup and spent seven years in jail for criticizing the royal family in articles published in his magazine i mean you know he says when he was released last year he found that human rights had to rewrite to dramatically under military rule inspiring him to continue fighting for democracy and free speech the government has used several laws to try to stifle dissent charging people with sedition or violating the computer crimes act the things they're posted online and after the coup there was a surge in the number of people charged with insulting the monarchy. if the military has also used less overt tactics like harassment to silence critics for the past ten years the hosts of this web show have derided thailand's politicians since the coup the being summoned by soldiers and continue to be watched closely. angry. it these kind of intimidation and during these

time. until now they still. come in a form like information officer. on my twitter account on my facebook or. my instagram or my wife you know i'm confident the election and the reintroduction of opposition voices to parliament will help ease restrictions but others on sure anything will change because of the constitution that allows an elected senate is and even an appointed prime minister. in the near future is still hopeless for thailand we should brace for more chaos and conflict because i don't think the civilian government will be fooled. until it is those whose voices haven't been silenced say they'll continue to use day woods and actions to push for change as thailand begins another repeat sewed of its two bill and political story wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. u.s.

democratic senator elizabeth warren has officially begun her presidential bid with a populist call to fight economic inequality she's hoping for a new start after facing criticism for her claims of native american heritage even before warren took the stage president trump's twenty twenty campaign team denounced her as a fraud warren is a prominent figure from the democrats' progressive wing and will campaign on workers' rights and wider access to health care. now the opposition party in the u.s. is dealing with a scandal that involves race relations and the democratic leaders refusal to step down their party is in crisis and the state of virginia governor ralph northam initially apologized after an old photograph emerged showing a picture of two men one in block face another dressed in a clue klux klan outfits he has since denied he was in the picture but admits to wearing blackface at another college party so now your thumbs potential successor who's a fellow democrat has been accused of sexual assaults is ok astra reports from virginia

state capitol richmond's. the turmoil engulfing virginia's president has roots in the state's racist past a century and a half ago as virginia led fellow slave owning states into the american civil war white actors painted their faces black to mock and humiliate enslaved blacks the war ended slavery but not blackface but john was most popular character jim crow became the symbol of racial segregation that continued into the one nine hundred fifty s. and now these photos tied to virginia's current political leaders connect that racism to the present there's always necessarily been a belief that black people were inferior to justify slavery and segregation and to and to i don't want to say excuse but explain why they are lower in society in

terms of income and education and so when you put on black face you're essentially making a caricature of someone that you think is lesser then you governor ralph northam continues to resist calls to resign he's wavered on whether it's him in the photo from his college yearbook but says he did wear black face on another occasion i look back now and regret that i did not understand the harmful legacy of an action like this. virginia's attorney general admitted this week he also wore black face in the eighty's in the states senate majority leader edited a college yearbook with these photos of fellow virginia military institute students to a nightmare. we needed to and two of the three leaders in the black face scandal are democrats having campaigned on racial equality to win votes in a state that was recently a republican stronghold now the democrats' rise in virginia is in jeopardy and the party's national efforts to draw

a contrast with the race politics of donald trump is damage. that but my. particular party but the democrats troubles in virginia go beyond race just says lieutenant governor just in fairfax seemed poised to replace the embattled governor two women including this college professor came forward to accuse fairfax of sexual assault there are facts denies the allegations does anybody think it's any coincidence that on the eve of potentially being elevated that that's when this uncorroborated smear comes out does anybody believe that's a coincidence coincidence or not the cascading scandals have thrown virginia into political chaos it's unclear who will lead the state one place is all over or if the social troubles one thought to be confined to history well ever see a true end. castro al-jazeera richmond virginia

a journalist who's an outspoken critic of pakistan's government has been arrested outside his home in lahore. says his father was beaten by officers as they took him away on saturday police say he's being investigated for posting defamatory and obnoxious content on social media journalists in pakistan say they're working in an increasingly hostile climate under prime minister imran khan the government denies it's unfairly targeting the media. turkey has condemned china's treatment of its muslim minorities saying it's a great cause of shame for humanity about a million we girls are believed to be held in camps against their will the turkish foreign ministry wants beijing to respect their human rights and close what it calls concentration camps beijing says the education counts are voluntary and designed to stamp out extremist tendencies the new horizons probe captured images of the ultimate to lay the most distance of us still object ever visited in a record breaking fly by last month but nasa scientists are already revising what

they think it looks like so scientists initially thought it looked like this two spherical parts that resembled a giant space though man but justin from more than six billion kilometers away shows the two parts are flatter and nasa is now describing them as akin to a pancake and the dents and walnuts the latest images could offer new clues on how the ultimate tooley and other planets were formed. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera this hour the u.s. and russia have come up with counterproposals at the u.n. to solve the venezuela crisis washington is calling for elections while russia warns against using force to remove nicolas maduro a military colonel has defected and is backing opposition leader. kurdish led forces backed by the us are trying to push myself from its last pockets of territory eastern syria the offensive by the syrian democratic forces is focused on

the village of about who's near the border with iraq twenty thousand civilians have been evacuated from the area held by the armed group hundreds are still thought to be inside sixteen soldiers have been killed in western afghanistan in fighting with the taliban four others were injured in the overnight battle with government forces in the states of. politicians in sudan have called for an emergency parliamentary session over the government's treatment of protesters they're worried about an excessive use of force by all thora to use during anti-government rallies protesters in haiti have thrown rocks at president jovan l. moises home with. at least three people have died since the rallies began in the capital port au prince on thursday when the brunt of this is going to get their president and all of his cabinet must resign he's not thinking or acting in the interest of the people who got it one way or another we want him gone south korea's government has signed

a short term agreement to increase the amount it pays to keep u.s. troops on the peninsula it follows demands by president donald trump for seoul to pay more towards maintaining the twenty eight thousand military personnel stationed across the country the one year deal will have to be approved by parliament a journalist who is an outspoken critic of pakistan's government has been arrested outside his home in lahore. the son says his father was beaten by officers as they took him away on saturday police say he's being investigated for posting defamatory and obnoxious content on social media. turkey has condemned china's treatment of its muslim we are minorities saying it's a great cause of shame for humanity about a million readers are believed to be held in camps against their will beijing says the education camps are voluntary and designed stamp out extremist tendencies. those are the latest headlines on al-jazeera talk to al-jazeera is up next just

a with us. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call home al-jazeera will bring in the news and current affairs that matter to. al-jazeera. you. see. in this way in 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 are 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 flee to neighboring countries unleashing the biggest migration crisis in latin america. with the crucial support of the military refuses to declare a humanitarian emergency or recognize the authority of the opposition controlled legislature the only institution he doesn't control the crisis is about to reach a tipping point. january twenty first nearly thirty sergeants call him but his wayland's to rebel against whom they call a dictator. and a new wave of anti-government protests and repression it sets in motion a plan devised by opposition leaders at home and in exile with the tacit support of the united states canada and fourteen major latin american countries. two

days later. and the world. by surprise the until now barely known president of the opposition controlled national assembly declares himself interim president justification is that my bhutto is not a legitimate leader but a usurper and a dictator. one country after the other recognizes the thirty five year old engineer as president as hundreds of thousands of venezuelans take to the streets again to show their support now we have a new leader. in venezuela who has promised to bring elections and constitutional order back to venezuela and security back to the region we cannot delay this critical conversation which has the world's attention for the sake of venezuela and the region we must support the venezuelan people and do so right now. because president denounces a coup d'etat instigated by the united states which says it won't rule out military options to oust if necessary but has powerful allies to russia and china

the u.s. to stay out of in his way. one point he maintains the loyalty of the military crucial to his prominence in power. venezuela now has two men claiming to be their leader one who holds power and controls the guns and another who is recognized by much of the world and who believes he has the support of the majority of his people the power struggle is intensifying as well and hundreds of thousands of his supporters appealed to the armed forces to desert. he remains firm that he will not step down or hold new internationally supervised elections this as washington tightens the noose imposing brutal economic sanctions on the impoverished nation meant to hasten the president's downfall it was the luck of the draw that put his today in january it was his conservative popular will.

artie's turn to name the president of the national assembly and with many of the party's better known deputies in exile or prison the junior parliamentarian was chosen for the job. al-jazeera sat down with opposition leader. to hear what he believes this unfolding confrontation will play out. one way goes thank you for talking to al-jazeera let me start by asking you how much war economic pressure against the administration can you ask for without hurting ordinary that is whalen's who are already suffering. you know what your but i'm going to. want to extend that the office there initially and i mean then i'd also use of them being only the one thing that i would hope for casey might is always a movie and a door and yes. let's it was. put

in seattle explode last year in their place. but i mean this way it came out on the phone with us. people who. in i knew. when they got any night i set up at the home i had on this. as you get to know my people and what i wanted to get out and say said. they all that but if you don't. know him or. you know in their own minister i don't know. what i. meant it would be decided on various. that and. they let us know what i mean what they saw it honestly and they said it. made

me unit the lens wardle. you know one of the things i want to respect the way. all the rich and embrace i want to. i mean they're going to be in. the boy because i go to my head and they lead america oil rich and they go up in us up in us. and they go to me you know in those are places on food you're not doing as well as your home you know that it broke there's a lot of it i don't i don't know the he in the. galut i want by under his will and your claim you notice in the mail made on this new movie in the uk but it would set off with a boot up graeme innes a scene on the whole in a c. is a dent in the. the locus a bit where we look at this is it the enquirer mishap of that or are you dreaming. that i mean does he get annoyed of course i cannot answer. what it but let me talk

you believe it isn't going to go but how long can people who are already suffering resist that now we're not going to get out. of the mode of the on the boards that went on in the home and us ok me get an. order but all i want to replace it with or simply mean that you know what i mean not real madrid you fronted on that one in the album it hit and we important. in the image as well and its rivals are the absolute. modal you're aiming for several minutes with a look that was in a sort of i guess a sort of put in but a little more fully studying it you know many that you know when that of course i'm out there but on that end when i've been in in a month and approximately a minute. they can go to him by the same copy be amenable to that and they also year. or over five days and i was to go to him to let them out on the

list in minutes but i say get. more he said the impact of them being in them a good lot of the nominees you wanted that you would distribute that. or you're sick with that i would say what are but a modem. soon as you get them under the sun the. oil has formed the onus. and the older you know you never had the balloon diagram i thought of them on the bottom of the butt up where they threw it at what i mean. they were said to put it up us. wouldn't it i wouldn't you know they said oh a. grown ego or more we. see in this or chronicles or that i mean i can he said in the other. you expect the military who supports president mother to allow that to happen. you know better or that is.

no good record there and when you do so young a lucky thing in support of the c m i would. see it as any meaning in a city that i can hear russia in mexico are offering to mediate in this conflict and the european union for example is proposing a ninety day period to bring both sides together in order to reach a peaceful settlement to this confrontation why is that acceptable to you you know i think of like a great job i could get a cumbia you know began you know begin to pick on you because you are the one in this or the heart must say there are poorly. i mean i was out of market with the ending yes you only ok my psych a moment. but i didn't then when i went into the zone and we went into this room they were we had all their medical you know why he. didn't want a prayer supermodel phoned. me. that i. assume.

that i mean that you know i'm really neo i look at most of that i mean else as it was younger than exactly reporting all of them video but i wanted to know what i could there be over the next year leave it in venezuela is ok we import on the book at them being we are in you know going to get your legs if. they will not only that they will know posters you don't say must you know me i don't know my jewelry you can go to put it on and we see in the good border. a lot of the opportunity to go. in for go and in only go by do you say so you see absolutely no possibility of negotiations with nicolas muddle to reach an agreement. about what you say you want which is new elections and a transition to a democratic government and who most in going to have your preferences and it was a human is what price and medicine in the. us and we differ who you are his. yeah

but i mean there is someone who you were at a galaxy that i thought wow you know and they will look at your training so much they're going to go or get a little you're going like you're in no no if i see no. rain in finland. or europe you're going to own. it with i don't know what the make india lives on would it be sort of worth your time in that without. one and they also assume. that i'm going to all of the county and the whole. north would hope that the u.s. emperor the you know. the l o l e. k and that with the little that he was in they quite get my head but i didn't. get a number of them and. they get it or

not but it would have william would employ a parliament. to put them as you know into by the one way you know and i look and it was you know and if you need to run a sort of i don't be in the way. i thought of a thought it would break his opponent a love that i know well actually i'm. a minister in a system that the better you move your cool but. i don't say much i look at it i'm not like i mean we've got another base but isn't there an enormous risk that if you don't try to negotiate that could be a bloodbath. i know it's a symbolic stay my classes i mean. look at the same out.