what. we're still doing our best to cement the pillars of peace security and stability to achieve economic cooperation and continental integration among our states and peoples all in an endeavor towards building the human spirit of africa. egypt is africa's third largest economy traditionally when africa is more powerful countries take over the chair of the african union less interested it being powerful because they've got more influence themselves so in the year ahead it's expected that the african union will focus less on reforms and more on security. was the microsoft founder bill gates his foundation is extensively involved in funding projects in africa addressed the summit and spoke to al jazeera about why he was that. my focus is on the opportunity. of the human capital here in africa that the right things are done with the young people in terms of health and education that there's a very bright future for the continent there's

a lot of great examples here. who've done an amazing job getting their primary health care system working and you know no reason why that can't be done in in all fifty four countries with al-jazeera live from london much more still ahead for you including israel says it will implement a controversial new law costing palestinians millions of dollars that story and more coming up very shortly. the weather is all coming down across europe now it has been incredibly wet and windy for some of us in the north this is the latest system that's made its way across us bringing yet more heavy rain and strong winds as well and that will continue its journey up towards the northeast as we head through into monday so here it is giving heavy snow over parts of scandinavia and across through towards

russia as well to the south of that still some clouds some rain and some winds with us but then things calm down further as we head into chews day and a little area of high precious to us to develop that will ensure the weather stays fine unsettled over the next few days might not be totally sunny there might be a fair amount of cloud around but still mild look at that london of a twelve and force in paris we should be up at around eight now for the other side of the mediterranean the showers here of largely clear now so most of us are getting away with a dry day still but warm look at unisa maximum of just sixteen degrees as we are you know isn't those temperatures will drop further as we head through chews day with the winds coming down from the north for the central belt of africa plenty of sunshine here and plenty of dry weather to lagos there will be up to around thirty three degrees but there are some showers most of them in the fall southern parts of arm up moral to all the heavy ones there in.

take the worst possible material eurabia ground into dust comparable to flour and make a lot of it and put it into a place where people live because the cost. is growing so many people are thinking this is the silent heat. for those who make you feel like a movie we have created an enormous amount of mental disaster. and investigation south africa toxic city on al-jazeera. welcome back look at the top stories this hour the u.s.

and russia have come out with counterproposals to end the political crisis in venezuela the u.s. is calling for elections while nicolas maduro is still president but russia's counter plan expresses concern that any attempts to use force to topple him. talks to avert another u.s. government shutdown of reportedly stalled as u.s. president donald trump tweeted that the democrats had given terrible office and that it indicated they wanted a shutdown. and a british newspaper says it has seen a plan by being top twenty twenty two world cup and castle canceled says australian political strategist lynton crosby offered to get the tournament awarded to another country in return for seven million dollars. all in all the stories we're following kodesh led forces backed by the u.s. are trying to push myself from its last pockets of territory in eastern syria twenty thousand civilians have been evacuated from the area held by the armed group but hundreds are still thought to be inside the offensive by the syrian. democratic

forces is focused on the village of the border with iraq iran called reports now from takis border with syria. it's being called the final battle against isis caliphate that is underway in burgos village of eastern syria the kurdish led syrian democratic forces or s.d.s. has the backing of american air power the s.d.f. say they surrounded the villages in the early hours of sunday morning defeated nice all counterattack and now are inside the village come on does a confident that this will be isolated stand. this battle will be sealed in the next coming days. most of the terrorists in backing as a foreigner in the last two months most two hundred cells in were arrested they were foreign. there are varying numbers according to civilians who are leaving by qusay maybe about a thousand civilians in between five hundred six hundred terrorists so that means

that maybe close to two thousand or three thousand civilians i saw once controlled large parts of syria and iraq but a concerted campaign by regional and international forces has forced them back to a small area around the village of booze while s.d.f. military commanders are promoting this as the end of eisel many experts believe the group will continue to pose a threat president trump has been very clear to say that this is to kill off it that is being destroyed not isis to terrorist groups which will continue to survive and as we know isis members have fled to yemen to libya nigeria they're there they're scattered about the middle east but of course this is the we believe there are several thousand left scattered around iraq in syria and many of them are foreign fighters. but humanitarian challenges will continue long after the fighting ends around twenty thousand people have been forced from their homes ahead of this

old whose including the families of ice will fight. says they'll join thousands more in refugee camps where conditions are dire due to chronic shortages of food and medicines much of the country's infrastructure is in ruins and these people won't know when they'll be allowed to return home it's likely the ice will fighters will fight until the bitter end in any reading of ours who propaganda suggests that they are all going to fight until the last however this battle is far from over and the next coming days will be decisive in all deserve doesn't it. benjamin netanyahu says he intends to introduce what israel is calling its pay to sell a little within a week it would allow deductions from the tax money israel collects for the palestinian authority for every person convicted of carrying out attacks against israel the payoff is compensation to people who are convicted of those attacks this amounts to payments of three hundred thirty million dollars a year to prisoners and their families if the law is pos that would result in

israel withholding that tax money in response palestinians have threatened to refuse ole revenue they receive from israel perry force it has more now from west jerusalem. benjamin netanyahu has long argued against and attacked the palestinian leadership over what it says is a system of welfare payments to palestinian prisoners and what the israeli government characterizes as a form of incitement to carry out attacks against israelis this is the week that he says that this law will come into effect and that next sunday in the next israeli security cabinet meeting is when the first calculation will be made in terms of withholding some of the money that israel raises in taxes for the palestinian authority and pays to the palace in authority every month there has been some controversy over this even within israeli circles wide reports that israeli security establishment is worried about the withholding of the money about the effects on potential effects on security cooperation between israeli security

services and the palestinian authority in the occupied west bank of course there's also been a reaction from the p.a. as well they say that this is nothing short of israeli piracy and is being done in concert with the americans to inflict further pressure on the palestinians ahead of the rollout of the trump peace plan nonetheless we are in election season at a time when benjamin netanyahu is trying to portray himself as the man of the right with a tough line against the palestinians in opposition to the way he's trying to characterize his main rival benny gantz the former israeli army chief who means trying to say is of the weak left and as well is that there have been a series of attacks carried out in recent weeks and even over this weekend there's been an attack in which a palestinian or other an israeli nineteen year old woman was killed by a palestinian man in a forest southwest of jerusalem the suspect who was after apprehended in ramallah in the occupied west bank on saturday according to israeli media he has reenacted

the crime has admitted to a sexual assault and murder this is a crime which is really outraged a huge number of israelis the police are saying they are so. really examining a political motive no direct calling of this as a terror attack by the israeli prime minister just yet either from hamas in gaza or from the palestinian authority in the west bank are that nonetheless there has been a huge reaction to this and for you know to have delayed the imposition of this law at this time would be politically very difficult for him libya's u.n. back government has condemned as strikes near an oil field as a terrorist act that was targeting a civilian plane trying to evacuate wounded people and to tripoli forces from the east loyal to the commander khalifa haftar carried out the attack both the seven and feel oil field on saturday earlier the easton army pandal flights in southern libya as it tries to secure the region's oil fields. turkey has condemned china's

treatment of its muslim week a minority describing it as a great cause of shame for humanity about a million a week is his language and culture is turkic are believed to be detained in what the authorities call reeducation camps in china's northwest engine john province turkish foreign ministry described the institutions as concentration camps and appealed to the beijing to close them china raises the camps a voluntary and designed to stamp out so-called extremist tendencies. government prosecutors in sudan have admitted for the first time that a protester died in custody after being tortured the schoolteacher was detained during demonstrations against the government of the mara bashir is death has caused widespread anger and condemnation how involve reports from khartoum. people in the town of is some sudan came out like one family for the funeral of their school teacher. he died while being tortured by members of the state security

after he took part in our take government demonstrations. he died in custody members of security killed him he was in a very good health when he left home. friend who was arrested with him said he saw him while being beaten then you. he lay on me like this off today knocked him down you continue to move sideways from pain and say. after a while he was completely still the security guard tried to wake him up by tapping his cheeks i told him this man is dead he said let all of you die for your revolution but then i uncovered his body and started inspecting his neck but because it was swollen i couldn't tell if it was broken but the marks of torture were very clear on the body. for several days so then the security forces continued to hide the truth claiming died of an illness.

zoe he his family were invited to see his body they were assured that no violations were committed and that he had not been tortured. but that the count turned out to be a lie officials conducted an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death the prosecution has found the death of this person to be the result of several wounds inflicted on him those responsible should face trial according to the law. but taking the perpetrators to justice may prove difficult so the un security forces usually refused to let their members be tried in civilian courts and the belated confession has not satisfied its family or the protesters is the cost to a public cause and the rallying cry for more protest and anger against the government of president omar bashir. in his hometown ahmed's

family is still trying to make sense of the loss of silence dominates the school where he was teaching his students are unable to get over the shock. a video was made to remember his life he talks about the value of the school teacher to humanity and denounces ahmed's the as equivalent to the killing of the future of an entire nation. or does iraq call to cities from south korea where the government has signed a short term agreement to increase the amount it pays to keep u.s. troops on the peninsula now this follows demands by president are drawn to sell to pay more towards maintaining the twenty eight thousand strong military personnel stationed across the country the one year deal will have to be approved by the parliament thousands of hunger areas protested in budapest as viktor orban gave his annual state of the union address most of them are opposed to what they call the slave law reform pushed by the prime minister to address the country's labor

shortage it will come up and he's to demand extra hours of overtime from the employees or band use the speech to nantes a raft of new tax and loan benefits aimed at helping families and increasing the country's birthright. tens of thousands of people have taken part in a demonstration in the spanish capital madrid which was organized by right wing policies the protest as a calling for tougher measures against catalonia of the region's campaign to split from spain last week prime minister pederast sanchez announced a plan to appoint an intermediary for talks with separatists a center right popular party says this amounts to treason and is calling for elections scheduled for twenty twenty to now be brought forward a rescue ship operating in the mediterranean has been renamed day after the syrian toddler who died trying to reach europe in two thousand and fifteen the image of the three year old's body washed up on

a turkish beach that sparked global outrage and came to a pessimist the plight of those fleeing war thousands of refugees have died trying to reach europe from turkey and north africa david chato was at the ship's naming ceremony on the spanish island of majorca in the early morning light of the dockside in parma a ship very name of his son but this wasn't a moment of pride for a syrian refugee. he was lost and alone the pain in his heart almost too great for words to look into and. i was remembering the moment when the ship was sinking drowning all those horrifying images were flooding into my mind the moment my children and i would drown and we went on board the boat and i saw my children dying in front of me one after the other each was crying out for me saying goes to all my father or my father my wife was saying.

across the world tribute was paid is suffering. of more than three years of now past. this ship carrying them kurt is name will not leave doc soon because so many governments are mounting legal challenges to their rescue operations the ports of europe are closing the hearts may have been opened by the iconic picture of alan but those hearts on the hardening that every family and every boy like alan krueger who lost his life is one too much and it's not even about how many it's there's even one person having to do this journey and drowning in not getting help then that's already too much i've had a message for the people of europe i call on them he said to open their doors to these desperate people they are in dire need of help they're not coming here of their own free will running for their lives out of war of killing and destruction.

of the. cheetah al-jazeera york. all the stars are gathering here in london for the british academy film awards otherwise known as the actors the favorites leads the nominations this year with twelve of them including for best film and outstanding british film it's closely followed by the netflix film romo which is up to seven the chairwoman of bafta said on the red carpet that there was a distinct lack of women nominated in the directing category but she called it an industry wide problem. well this is why you need to go for more on everything we're covering al-jazeera telecom is the address. quick reminder of the top stories the u.s. and russia have come up with counterproposals to and the political crisis in venezuela the u.s. is calling for elections while nicolas maduro is still president in

a draft resolution to the u.n. security council is also seeking the delivery of aid russia's counter plan expresses concern that any attempts to use force to topple the douro and put opposition in power talks to avert another u.s. government shutdown have reportedly stalled as u.s. president donald trump tweeted that democrats terrible office indicate they want to shut down disputes between democrats and republicans over immigrant detentions have led to an impasse it could see a resumption of the government shutdown that left federal employees missing two months worth of paychecks. a british newspaper says it has seen a plan by a lobbying firm to have the twenty twenty two well cup and cattle council it says lynton crosby an australian political strategist offer to get the tournament awarded to another country in return for seven million dollars crosby's lawyers deny any contracts were signed or actioned the u.n. secretary general has told african leaders they are setting an example to rich countries and their treatment of refugees until you get terrorise made comments at

the start of the african union summit in ethiopia where refugees will be one of the main topics of discussion well microsoft founder bill gates his foundation is extensively involved in funding projects in africa address the summit and spoke to al jazeera about why he was there. my focus is on the opportunity. of the human capital here in africa to the right things are done with the young people in terms of health and education that there's a very bright future for the continent there's a lot of great examples here who've done an amazing job getting their primary health care system or clean and you know no reason why that can't be done in in all fifty four countries. and kurdish led forces backed by the united states are trying to push myself from its last pockets of territory in eastern syria twenty thousand civilians have been moved to safer areas but hundreds is still thought to be at risk events it is focused on the village of who's near the border with iraq. if

it were up to date with all of our top stories more on the crisis in venezuela now as al-jazeera talks to opposition leader one. and. you can. see. in this whalen 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 flee to neighboring countries unleashing the biggest migration crisis in latin america. with the crucial support of the military to 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. unleashing 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 mother who has powerful allies to russia and china one in the u.s. to stay out of an israel at. one point he maintains the loyalty of the military crucial to his prominence and 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. in a day on account of 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 populists. party'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 the opposition leader. to hear what he believes this unfolding confrontation will play out. one way dog thank you for talking to al-jazeera let me start by asking you how much war economic pressure against another administration can you ask for without hurting ordinary that is whalen's who are already suffering . you know what your but i mean they want to show. up at x. when they do off their initial and i mean there are those when you see them being only don't assume that i mean you would hope for a case you might there's always

a movie in a door and yes. put in seattle explode last year in their place. but i mean this way it came out on the phone with us a. couple who. in i knew that i had seen when they got any not a set up at the time i had on this. as you get to know my people and what i wanted to get out of his they said. that all that but if you don't. know him or you saw him. you know move on minister and. that was what i. meant it would be decided on various.

a lot of. that and. they let us know what i mean what they saw it honestly and they said it what it was he'll meet me unit the lens of what will. you know one thing i want to respect the way. all the rich and as i want to. i mean they're going to be in. the lead america oil rich and they go up in us up in us. and they are tell me your name in the also places you're not doing as well as your home you know that it broke there's a lot of it i don't base i don't know the here in the. galut i walk by under his wing and. claim you know this in the middle made on this new movie in the uk but it didn't include said i for one framing a scene on the whole in a sea is a danger. that they took

a simple way to look at is it the enquirer separate or are you dreaming. that i mean does he get annoyed. what about let me talk if only because he isn't going to go but how long can people who are already suffering resist that you know we're not going to get out. of the game i was with on the board as it went down to be how much ok me get an. order but who i want to replace one or both of them or seen them in the you know to me not real madrid you fronted on that one in the. it hit and we important. in the image as well and its rivals are the absolute. moto you're aiming but oh and in it oh there it is with a look that was in a sort of i guess it's all sort of put in but a little more fully studying it i still get your money that you know that of course i'm out there but on that end when i've been in enough money in approximately

a minute. they can get as it were to him to buy the same copy. mess also a year. over five days and i was going to him to let them out on that list and minutes would actually get. any impact on them being in them a good lot of the nominees you wanted that you would distribute that. or you stick with that i would say that i bought a modem. to get them all to the sun the. oil has found us the onus. and the older you know you never. get them on the bottom of the butt up where they threw it at what i mean. they were said to put it up us. you know they said oh. you're going to notice you and so it are grown you go or

more we. see and this or could only cause or that i mean i can he said in the thing that. you expect the military who supports president mother to allow that to happen . you know better or that is. that i know of good record there and when you do see i'm a lucky thing in support of the c m i would. see it as any mean going to see this at all mia russia why in mexico are offering to mediate in this conflict in 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 either thing of like to play could get a cumbia you know became you know begin to pick on you because you're the one in this or the heart must say there are a bully. i mean i was out of my clothes with the enemy yes you only ok my sika and . there are civilians in the winter when it is your own and we were in this room

they were we had our own they make we do why he. didn't want to pray or see on my phone or movie really. that i. assume. that i mean that you know i'm really neo ok most of all that i mean else as it was younger than exactly to put in all of their own video but i had to but i know what i could there be over the next you leave it in venezuela you could look at more important the book about them being you know going to get your legs if. they will not only that they will no posters you don't say must you know i mean i don't know my jewelry you can go to put it on and we see in the king could have bought a. lot of the op will he go. in full color 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 he was in going to have your preferences and it was a few minutes with rice and madison who really see it. as us and we differ who you are his. yeah but i mean there is someone who you were at a galaxy that i thought they were and they will look at us that way me so much that are going to go or get a little i'm going like you're in no no if i see no. brain if a man though i don't dig under your belt you're going to own a. you know what that make india lives on would it be sort of worth your time in the dark without. one and you also assume. that i'm going to make an even more remote. north of. the u.s. . you know. the l o l e. k and that with the level that it was in the quite get my

head but i didn't. you know yes i would get on a bit of them and. they get it or not but it would i would employ a parliament. as it is the one way you know and i look and it was you know and that in the end of sort of i don't be in the way. i thought of a thought it would break his opponent they love it i'm going to do you know will actually i'm. a minister look at them that the better you move your cool but. they don't say much i look come out of 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 simple extreme i. mean i. look at the same i would want to know

what. they were good at and i mean. you know it was a really nice. book yet this was a unanimous i agree i said i see no need us. may not at all in this ng go niña. if you come into it and i see no zero point five. or poor quality one of my seed but i mean that i said they seem to stick with that oh you know what i mean because i mean this is so me not so yet the bus and the minister now the so i got a bottom out on at the moment the noise that i'm a little bit about what it was on the other hand i look at what i don't know me as you know the i don't personally know some of the making for many throw their toys you know they're going to come in and out if you hadn't your make up and the dialogue where you sort of go if it's after better. if i mean it right after but it's a year. for. my little lucky or

a better me time i want to know when to quit as soon as you're in venezuela pork ignore the reason let me hold up is young but i mean this with let me know that that might be one conflict or you miss with it ok let me tell you when you're in the in the movie being in to support you in any more. but if you don't operate very well intentioned logic in my little. i mean. i would apostle i'm going to see him. by. way but you're agreeing with me there are risks the government has already shown on television just today the tanks the snipers they are prepared to confront demonstrators especially what they call civil. the rest. as you know i'm going to say but i'm going to get into. a number on the maoists are they in iraq the way don't assume. i don't then we

get on the air by somebody that isn't one of the lower leg and it was young. but all he came with an. element of from them and that i'm alone i wanted to show. up for your pulled out of europe by the moon but this is a very unusual situation you have two men both claiming to be the president won it last little with the support of the military actually has the power in this country and another yourself who has the support of much of the international community there because they people. how is this all going to end i mean at the number one at the numbers are going to have to do and you're going to do you. there are going out but i mean i do not believe it and you have been wound up going to. evaluate. them and they are looking at because of your movies that if you know we will end and we don't want to see the horn most women dealing on become

a little open as it was you know that they have a wedding in february simplicity and the. whole you wore it that i hope someone will or you had one pick a saying but i mean that is you know some things you want to. go to a he said without. any motors i know he won't do it but i said it and it could mean and it was a moment that i mean there for saddam us. no i know where i am without a border and what i would want us in will not be any of us ever the head of the any of us are in combat or. those us see where symbol carrying on conflict as an organiser we're going to. conflict hand it out and for a while sitting there reading this young. minister and he got it on about the import of your own can you say one girl opposition can i do it but i'll. be in the

young players to get it done and you know. she's. not really. nobody helped me that's what i mean this you know put an element on and i know that will. get them off. my knee and i will and won't. be going to i mean i think us. and it also when they do a point when you're not in a mood to better source. we pick a need to do in the mode of say to heal instead well what about. you know what about on the minutes where you've been speaking in secret members of the military what have they told you when i thought. they know me that it's really you know he really thought of them or trying to get what i want to sell our going to do you know or even if. i go to.

you know what is written in. particularly what i want to see that you know me meant open in and. i want to know if you're not in the us and you thought the same collation that went into his i mean he thought it therefore saddam operatic express also the content don't include this you see in the sendoff he said this was that any of these you and your daughter put out so for me to be had better say what they want to the content and i want us as implementable to see that. you're not there for us are you not know that. some of the present but well that the neo you. can get on the sea they will settle. but i mean that you're hopeless in the middle role. in the good all that all of it is one of. many that include you washington says that all options are on the table would you support u.s.

military intervention if all else fails. or going in or the embassy to seeing going to an article. in the lebanese army that you have been a lot out of. it about the approach you would buy these things on what you have them in this way but you're not ruling it out are you. that almost. all of them i said are going to sing gaudio look at the good and out of ordinary yeah. i may not go so she had to pull more than the limit as many people might like to wake up at the rodeo get it in play all right as a resource you own people morning cause i was what i said i am glad i say that because for many people watching this conflict unfold it certainly looks like the white house is dictating the terms of president you could ask mother this departure when. you. need to muster and i know it's. tough you have showing through so but over here the. international. had

a saying that that's what it was i said a minute but i said i would open and i thought well young that i am not. going to. that idea a matter a course in which older boys are going to promote her up and was heading for the seat in the one way also you know that i'm going to do the minister learn that a little bit to say i say let me guess you minister look. at this in the middle eat a. movie important record. and over here but without us support would you be sitting there that's i mean i love to go to a bunch of them and i need to. and i don't want them a drum need to get i need at the moment there my family at that going to get done the. moon eat. some of the four thousand of them because i'm going to. be able to go you know because you know i mean it's one upmanship you know if you're not used. quadruped was. selective selective sanctions not blanket sanctions

that's the big that's the. point of disagreement right now between the e.u. and the white house but i don't know what. he needs so i don't know yet and you know if you're not use. us in then some of the manager who doesn't include but all of us if you. will pay a dollar for those and then the eagle our implement them getting you know some. of them in the same place and the information i received to somebody in that this in the milk was in the milk media and they were. sort of missing the base and me. so you would get america if i wanted to persuade thought. it was embarrassing they're going to separate in the me. to them and they might he not look at what i was invited to go to better schools. inclusive last year.

that i would look at in a little bit of the way that being married. in minnesota is what they're always they may have said oh i don't know what there was a miracle to me and but if. it's not in a place in the u.s. it's because. let me say that there is and based on a set up of my own them and president my little says that there is a coup d'etat underway instigated by the united states and i think there is you would agree with me that there is an effort to bring about regime change there's no question about that but how do you feel about the united states again intervening here in latin america given its track record for decades in countries like chile and guatemala more recently in libya and in syria and why should the outcome be any different here in venezuela a process so it is unless you're going to put them in to put on as well as anybody really going to get

a clue. i don't know when they were going now you know but i mean that in a data from the orbit of the lead to steal. the election he says. there. were a republican and this was. a limited time one of the top political without. going to pick a guy to see took a look at you are you going to subordinate. in a way i made it up by using. united. your fanny. ok you know. and i wanted to see him either because i you know this. it pulled out of. the politically and there were a thousand. times and i was in the us. by the letter atari's

yamamoto. by i don't have a thousand hours it's absolute that. they said get an enemy was. when there's been a spike lee and. submitted by the you know in your mind. and . it was in the form shown us. but they can be said as to how caylus yes or better i mean then when do. we buy it it's absolutely. in them i would look. at that on the minister and you know it and the throwing. or comment said it was i thought it was they could more of it are really in there when we come in to. the ministry to do subsea to eliminate us from going the minister or. the c.e.o. in i mean do you change the books and the element of saving important one of them will seem community. noise going at the moment ok like dynamism of this

really yet it can be. you know we can move. into place so why not order elections right away. if dancing with them and their woman that arrangement like an excuse to. not have been with you. but what is will agreed under all this pressure to hold elections but while still in office internationally supervised transparent under conditions that everyone could agree to would you allow that to happen would you agree. this young. boy in your same article. on this. planet i took you very much looking to. talk to al-jazeera has requested an interview with the president and. we haven't heard back but invitation remains open.

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everyone has a voice and that's your boss here twitter and you could be on the street join the global conversation on out is iraq. you stand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. al-jazeera. although i maryam namazie and london just a quick look at the top stories now the u.s. and russia have come out with rival u.n. security council resolutions to end the political crisis in venezuela the u.s. is calling for elections while nicolas maduro is still president russia's counter

plan expresses concern to any attempts to use force to topple maduro opposition to one why does power no date has been set for a vote meanwhile the opposition says he will look at using volunteers to open new aid routes into the country in defiance of the government declared himself interim leader of venezuela last month and dozens of countries have since indorsed him to rise above has more now from caracas. one way to go are members of the opposition are getting ready for a week of what expected to be intense protests they're already calling for some groups to demonstrate on monday a massive demonstration in packed up and other parts of the country on tuesday other protests on wednesday the idea is to pressure the government to allow them to get aid into the country we already know that some aid is arriving medicines and food to the border between venezuela and some type of other aid is also expected to try to enter the country between the grower that i'm brazil and venezuela and why

the offset today also that could be i gather it out some caribbean island with the help of the motherland but it's not clear we child is going to take place what we know is that many in venezuela are in desperate need there are shortages of food because of the prices mostly of people cannot afford some of the basic items because of hyperinflation changing prices are changing from one minute to be other there's also an enormous sure off the medicines were in a hospital a few days ago where babies are dying because of lack of proper medicine to treat. for example so the situation is dire here but the government is saying that valid aid of being used politically by the opposition who's good man doing the pressing president calls for free and general elections for now precedent that elections are won't be happening in venezuela any time soon talks to a version of the u.s.

government shutdown appear to have stalled as u.s. president donald trump tweeted that the democrats terrible office indicate they want to shut down disputes between democrats and republicans over immigrant attentions of lead to an impasse it could see a resumption of government the government shutdown the federal employees missing two months worth of paychecks. a british newspaper says it has seen a plan by a lobbying firm to have the twenty twenty two world cup and caps are canceled it says lynton crosby an australian political. just offered to get the tournament awarded to another country in return for seven million dollars crosby's lawyers deny any contracts were signed or action and. the u.n. secretary general has told african leaders that setting an example to rich countries in their treatment of refugees antonio the terrorist made the comments at the start of the african union summit in ethiopia by refugees will be one of the main topics egypt has taken over from rwanda as chair of the fifty five member body of the microsoft founder bill gates his foundation is extensively involved in funding projects in africa addressed the summit and also spoke to al jazeera about

why he was that. my focus is on the opportunity. of the human capital here in africa to the right things are done with the young people in terms of health and education that there's a very bright future for the continent there's a lot of great examples here who done an amazing job getting their primary health care system working and you know no reason why that can't be done in in all fifty four countries kurdish led forces bank by the us are trying to push myself from its last pocket of territory in eastern syria twenty thousand civilians have been moved to safer areas but hundreds are still fought to be at risk if ends of his focus on the village of by whose near the border with iraq. and a rescue ship operating in the mediterranean has been renamed after the syrian toddler who died trying to reach europe in two thousand and fifteen the image of the three year old's body washed up on a turkish beach and it sparked

a global outrage and came to a pitch in lies the plight of those fleeing war more news a bit later on aussie. at first glance they could be the remains of an ancient civilization. or an eye catching natural phenomenon. these strange hills surround johanna's by. the largest city in south africa. but their beauty is deceptive and toxic. in fact the dunes are made up of mining ways. from. the leftovers of south africa's

most profitable industries. and within the life some disturbing secrets. now it seems that heart wrenching journalists must time to do has uncovered to the shocking truth of exactly what's in the mind taps and just times deadly they may be. sunrise america river basin. one of south africa's largest freshwater reserves.

bridget corrigan is a botanist. and a specialist in the region's biodiversity. this is a very special catchment for a lot of reasons if it's a unique why diversity from not just the terrestrial but also the first one of our diversity is very special it's got about fourteen species of fish and a lot of really endemic species of invertebrates and quite insects that contribute to the health of the sort of this river system. there are about two hundred tree species in america. that's seventeen of them. and about four hundred in the bed spaces. it is a national treasure and the north west doesn't have a lot of these river systems a lot of the systems in this province are heavily degraded. the crown jewel of this not true treasure lies just a few paddle strokes upstream. a sanctuary hidden at the heart of the reserve.

this is america i were at the source of america river and the water bubbles up from big underground water kevin's at that point of the day the water is clear is anything very low conduct seventy which means there's no souls there's no pollutants in this in the system it's really very very pure. the water is crystal clear but it might not stay that way. recently the mining industry has become interested in the area subsoil which is full of precious minerals regarded as a ten mining payments for things like. cup a silver or gold in the region so does pose a risk yet this place is definitely at risk and it's you know we would like to see those places as an absolute no guy for mining if you pollute this this area this

this underground aquifer. you can't just get that back it's not going to come back . so could the marco river basin one day resemble the other desolate landscapes left behind by the south african mining industry. like these flat lands dyed red by chemicals. or these mine tailings in the midst of south africa's forestalling and. some of them date back to eight hundred eighty six when gold was first discovered under a small town commons but. from that point on the mining industry began to deposits to breed all around the city. more and more waste piles of beheading often only a few dozen metres from residents homes. some of the may look as innocent as sunday's but they are mine tailings the slag heaps of years of extraction and digging for

gold i don't go over there to scare. the day going to see a whole year it's a run is born the day i. suppose i will doubtlessly will appreciate what will. appreciate it preformed for several i don't even first question just. sort of at the foot of the tree onto the road is brutal. the course tells us to discuss things with you to do. so what does it mean for those living next to these dunes. like yeah that's me. so does the wind come from the mine thirty's it flows this side of a rose this side or this side from just a tiny dylan mimi is a mother of five she spent all her life in the shadow of one of the largest mining

dumps in the country its residue is everywhere. the neighborhood has become one huge psalm. twenty thousand to you a quote from the. sun times yes your eyes becomes ok this is not tribes if you go to the teeming dame this choice is some mix some chemical in the act so i'm advising you to take not to go to mine because it's very dangerous to be it's unhealthy at the same time to go you must think it or. leave it you go to. a few months ago tiny dylan mean he wanted to find out how many people in her neighborhood of over a thousand residents were unwell so she knocked on almost every duel this house had as kids. this house then maga the owner of this house as i just told them this

morning you come here often here it's an every man or women or child around here is coughing has a pope him of coughing as appropriate his skin some of them are only things from the man who. says. he the minute us in your question i want to. question that needs. over one and a half million south africans live in townships like this. at the foot of mine tailings mountains. that's the sound of it gets into our food we get this bus we think this but saw that is why so many people here this is this island. this dust doesn't just make people vomit or cough several children in the neighborhood suffer from severe neurological disorders. or who do you know.