five days but the longer that went on the bigger impact that had on things like ports the i.r.s. the tax revenue people who have to start working very hard soon to give people the tax refunds all of those departments could be affected but it seems like at the moment both sides are sticking to their guns which is not good news for the federal workers going forwards and certainly not good news for president trump and his desire to get more than five billion dollars to build a barrier on the u.s. southern border thank you very much with the latest from washington. we can now speak to eric cantor a political analyst and author of the bestselling book the g.o.p. civil war he also joins us from washington thanks very much for taking the time to speak to us the situation at the moment has an unfortunate familiarity to it is always just posturing or could there actually be another government shutdown want to un to say. no this is not posturing at all in fact a potential government shutdown is real and remember i mean we've already seeing

three government shutdowns in the trumpet and presidency so a fourth one is certainly not out of the question i think that the issue becomes you know how how much how much political pain are members of both parties willing to feel as another shutdown looms we saw eight hundred thousand workers go without pay and i think if we see workers lose more paychecks that's just more revolt that both parties will be in store for. that could be you know the shell of a government shutdown or could president trump possibly go in another direction could he declare a national emergency if this isn't resolved. why i think we've already seen senator mitch mcconnell majority leader of the u.s. senate actually push the president away from this idea of a no declaration of emergency because that's just not in the best interest of the government and particularly the. the agencies where the president would actually

pull the money from remember if you're talking about declaring a national emergency much of the money that the president would actually take is money that has already been accounted for other things and so now you're looking at basically robbing peter to pay paul and of course that money that has already been allocated that money has constituents that are tied to it and so of course you have to look at the political ramifications particularly if we're talking about pentagon money because let's say you're talking about removing military construction and so we're looking at a now depriving soldiers of much needed resources and that never bodes well for either party and that's something that mitch mcconnell looking at the tea leaves as we head into two thousand and twenty is very much cognizant of it doesn't bode well for either policy report suggests when you look at polling numbers that president and the republicans perhaps have the most sleaze particularly nights of

the fact that you've already had the longest government shutdown in american history. right i mean what you have to i mean president because the president said that he would only a shutdown over the wall back in december that is still going to carry over and we saw the president actually lose some support as a result of that shutdown now much of it is starting to come back as a result of the most recent state of the union but all of that goodwill that he built up we could see that just leave in the blink of an eye if we see another shutdown go into effect after this friday and again mitch mcconnell is looking at his caucus because now the world's have reversed now you have many senate republicans who are running and very vulnerable districts heading into twenty twenty and now the eye is not necessarily just on trying to ensure the president maintains popularity and that the scene is made whole but also you've got very very

vulnerable very fragile senate republicans who are looking at challengers heading into two thousand and twenty and it's just not a good space and it also looks as though republicans have not been able to govern and that's something that just doesn't work well i think not you're seeing the country move into a political space right now thanks very much appreciate your analysis eric can join us that from washington with the news hour live from london will still ahead. a final push to force i still out of syria u.s. backed forces prepare for a ground battle. and israel says it will implement a controversial new law all costing palestinians millions of dollars and it's six of the best in the english premier league for manchester city lee and we'll explain in sports.

a british newspaper is reporting that a politically connected communications company pitched a plan to strip cats are of the twenty twenty two wild caught an investigation by the god. in the campaign quips in watch a man behind the idea was lynton crosby australian political strategist who has run several election campaigns for the u.k. conservative posse his c.c.f. partners company proposed a contract worth more than seven million dollars to launch a coordinated media campaign to discredit cattle and its well crosby's lawyers deny any contract signed all actioned david miller is the founder of span watch a british group that investigates the lobbying and communications industries in london what they wanted to do was. deal edition my qatari states continue with the kind of propaganda which you seem emanating from for example the united arab emirates which suggests that tar supports terrorism and indeed christian lines which are. in fact deeply islamophobia the idea of

targeting qatar has been some cousins national it was a miss is a similar sort of strategy that we've seen in recent years we will publish reports separately in this last year on the kind of campaigns which is a myth meant that the qatari. government people have been targeted by the year e. indeed and because it was the israel will beat joins the jest. but that will. well more on this i'm joined now by middle east analyst bill lloyd thanks very much for coming in to speak to us so this report comes in the backdrop of a very interesting complicated political climate and a media environment for that matter in iraq of misinformation and propaganda does it come as any surprise to you you know not at all i think it's all part of this long campaign that the iraqis in particular have waged to go to saudis and the

bahraini is and to some extent the egyptians it's all part of this blockade and you look at new think you know it really is time that they sorted this out there's a lot of pressure certainly from our government and from washington trying to get this feud sorted but you know the amount is in particular they just want to keep it going this this took place over a year ago the effort was rejected as it turned out it did didn't come to anything but you know. he's a he's a controversy occur there isn't the end with a lot of particularly good track record these ways these days i'm back you winning projects you're fighting to lynton crosby has his lawyers have said that no contract. action deal has been the official response that you know yeah but he did go he went looking for business didn't he that was the point i think and he didn't in the end get the business. when you mention the pressure

that's been exerted on doha appear is that cattle has actually the gulf crisis reasonably well how much but how difficult is it going to be to to continue this this campaign of sustained and prolonged pressure on the country well he would expect that the pressure to try and pull the world cup from qatar will continue i don't think it's been particularly successful last far and i don't think it will be successful i think the real threat perhaps is if the number of teams is increased. thirty two to forty eight and that would put qatar in a difficult situation they would presumably then have to try and share the cup you know it's interesting to think about if back in two thousand and ten the decision had been made to actually pick up two other gulf states will we be where we are now i mean there's a there is a there isn't there that one of the reasons for this blockade was that the number of days in particular were annoyed that qatar got the cup all right well thank you for shedding some light on this forest below thanks. well now to other stories are

covering kurdish led forces backed by the us are trying to push myself from its loss of territory in eastern syria some twenty thousand civilians have been evacuated from the area held by the armed group but hundreds of still thought to be inside if fence of by the syrian democratic forces focus on the village of loos near the border with iraq and wrong call reports now from an turkey's border with syria. it's being called the final battle against isis caliphate that is underway in burgos village of eastern syria and the kurdish led syrian democratic forces or s.d.f. has the backing of american air power the s.d.f. say they surrounded the villages in the early hours of something morning defeated nice old counterattack and now are inside the village come on does a confident that this will be eyesores last stand. when this battle will be sealed in the next coming days. most of the terrorists in baghdad as

a foreigner in the last two months most two hundred cells in were arrested they were foreign born with the full review there are varying numbers the coding to civilians who are leaving by tuesday 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 the i saw 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 and syria and many of them are

foreign fighters. but humanitarian challenges will continue long after the fighting and around twenty thousand people have been forced from their homes ahead of this old. including the families of eisel flights is they'll join thousands more in refugee camps where conditions are 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 fight his will fight until the bitter end in any reading of ice and propaganda suggests that they are all going to fight until the last moment however this battle is far from over and the next coming days will be decisive. doesn't it. joining me now is p.j. crowley who is a former assistant secretary for public affairs at the u.s. state department he is in washington thanks for speaking to us president donald trump is very eager to announce at some point soon that i still has been defeated

but how might you compare those with the more cautious comments from the likes of say the german chancellor angela merkel who seem to suggest that although the group has lost territory it still poses a threat. while the group does pose a threat to the idiology is a generational struggle but but certainly in terms of the caliphate and what distinguishes a caliphate from other extremist organizations was its ability to hold territory for sustained period in iraq and syria that phase obviously is coming to an end but the islamic state is going to be a force that we will have to reckon with you know for the indefinite future. we've been following developments very closely in nor than ne in syria right now and it's interesting that because you see the competing interests all of the key russia and of course america's kurdish allies it is the sense that the u.s. administration is prepared for how much more complicated it could get it is very

complicated you know the syrian civil war is is not one conflict it's many conflicts the united states has always to find its primary interest in syria in terms of the islamic state caliphate it has always you know attempted to resolve the broader syrian civil war through diplomatic means you know the challenge for the united states and others is that because of the intervention of russia and iran there really is not a path to a political settlement so even as the president you know will in the coming weeks order the beginning of the withdrawal of u.s. forces you know from syria there are a lot of loose ends that will be left behind you know the conflict between the kurdish forces in turkey the you know the conflict between you know various you know sunni elements and the government and the conflict between the united states and iran you know those are all going to continue if the u.s.

is clearly ball that by the intervention of russia and iran and then also that you have the cuts fairing that the u.s. will abandon them completely and turkey could then invade and and attack the kurds is now really the time for a u.s. withdrawal from the area. well i think the trump administration. has been leery of what we in the states would call nation building you know the president campaigned against your nation building in places like iraq in places like afghanistan he's very leery about a shift in the military mission you know but obviously in terms of ordering the withdrawal and now we're trying to fit a policy behind it he may well be doing something that the american people support he's doing it in the worst possible way. i think what he is doing is giving up a significant amount of leverage you know with a relatively modest number of troops on the ground that ensured that the united

states would be a factor inside the country and would be a factor you know as we try to transition from a military struggle to a political solution now in withdrawing the forces you know he's giving up that leverage thank you very much p.j. crowley appreciate your time. still ahead fully on the program forty years since the mass uprising of popular anger toppled the shah of iran back on the definition and assess where the country stands today and the favorite was the favorite but we'll tell you who's actually won the prestigious bafta award sorry about also coming up the legend lindsey vonn the race for the last time shit and sleep before tiring me i will have more on her at the korea later in school.

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 is in 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. a face can tell a story without uttering a single. unknowing gone. a simple touch inform. the young convention manity of life witness through the lens of the human eye. is what inspires us. witness documentaries on al-jazeera.

al-jazeera on arab media where every. welcome back quick look at top stories this hour now the u.s. and russia have come up with counterproposals 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 that any attempts to use force to topple him talks to a version of the u.s. government shutdown of reportedly stalled as u.s. president all trying to add to that the democrats terrible off as indicate they want to shut down and a british newspaper says it has seen a plan by a lobbying firm to have the twenty twenty two well cop in castle councils it says australian political strategist lynton crosby offered to get the tournament. awarded to another country in return for seven million dollars. now benjamin netanyahu says he intends to introduce what israel is calling its pay to play a little within a week it would allow deductions from the tax money israel collects from the palestinian authority for every person convicted of carrying out attacks against israel the p.a. office compensation to people who are convicted of those attacks this amounts to payments of roughly three hundred thirty million dollars a year to prisoners and their families if the law is passed it would result in israel withholding that tax money in response the palestinians have threatened to

refuse all revenue they receive from israel howry force it has more in this 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 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 no call it either from hamas in gaza or from the palestinian authority in the west bank either 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. the u.n. secretary general has told african leaders they are setting an example to rich countries and their treatment of refugees and ten you could terrorists make the comments at the start of the african union summit in ethiopia where refugees will be one of the main topics of discussion the leaders will also be focusing on institutional reform as well as the establishment of a free trade zone across the continent egypt has taken over from rwanda as chair of the fifty five member party malcolm webb has this update from other suburb of. the

outgoing african union president paul kagame here for one that addressed the opening ceremony he spent the last year trying to push through reforms to make the african union who are affected and leader but with limited success the plan to try and make the african union self funding but it's not there yet has been more success in trying to create a free trade area nineteen countries are already on the board and it needs three more to take effect. the continental free trade area was assigned and now this one. it just stands on a weeks away from entry into force thanks to the accelerating appears over a. president abdel fattah el-sisi of egypt has taken over as chair in his opening speech he referred to many ideals but few specific goals when buffy

a little 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 they are less interested in 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. 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 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. now iran's nine hundred seventy nine revolution came to the anger of millions of people rising up against the shah including left wing activists and followers of ayatollah khomeini the islamic republic by the events of forty years ago has lasted longer than most analysts had expected but today the people of iran a divided about the revolutions legacy al-jazeera as andrew symonds into iran has been speaking to a range of iranians some born since the revolution and some who were actively involved at the time. mohammad reza taj is one of iran's and many revolutionaries he reflects on life changing events forty years ago with the star broad. well before.

he took power the helm of the razor defected from the shazam e joining the revolution. he went on to fight in the iran iraq war of the nineteen eighties hundreds of thousands were killed and maimed among them mohammed raises a younger brother how many that reza. our belief in personal sacrifice for the revolution is for our spiritual leaders says we are the victorious ones because our enemies cannot put pressure on us militarily they are doing it economically and culturally. mohammad reza says he's against moderates in government and believes foreign influence is to blame for economic problems outside of a city festooned with the cobbles of the islamic republic of iran many people now speak openly about economic hardship. but forty taxi driver

a nola. is as old as the revolution he says he can't pay his bills. no matter how much he cut back on my spending i can make both ends meet i'm distraught i've got two children aged eight and thirteen for decades since the revolution of a population of more than eighty million and there's a big gap than ever between the rich and the poor the economic situation getting worse and made much more critical by the u.s. sanctions has led to high youth unemployment and inflation increasing by the day that's leading to subdued anger in many parts of iran. it's likely to get worse for the people before it gets better reimposed u.s. sanctions are now forcing more countries to stop importing oil from iran its main driver for growth we spoke to some iranians who say people have to show resilience

. that the issue has to be so we should all have the same goal we should protect our revolution from being. before he finishes speaking a bystander interrupts with her view of the revolution i don't know about but here it has driven us to dismiss very and poorer teeth people are poor and they have nothing left. young people in this crowded setting talk of leading a wrong once they've graduated from university this twenty year old plans to move to canada to work as a nurse i don't see my future here i don't think i can find a good job most of the rain and winds you. integrate. the divide between often stoic older generation and younger people has undoubtedly grown since mama the razor and others brought down a monarchy but he insists nothing can break the spirit of iran's revolution.

andrew simmons. to rome. thousands of hunger ariens protested in budapest as victor obama gave his annual state of the union address most of them are opposed to what they call the slave role a reform pushed by the prime minister to address the country's labor shortage it will allow companies to demand extra hours of overtime from their employees or band use the speech to announce a raft of new tax and loan benefits aimed at helping families and increasing the country's birthrate tens of thousands of people have taken part in a demonstration in madrid organized by right wing parties the protest is a calling for tougher measures against catalonia over 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 the center right popular party says this amounts to treason is calling for elections scheduled for twenty twenty to be brought forward. a rescue ship operating in the mediterranean

has been renamed alan carr 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 sparked global outrage and came to a pit in my eyes the plight of those fleeing war thousands of refugees have died trying to reach europe from turkey in north africa david chaytor was at the ship's naming ceremony on the spanish island of new york. in the early morning light of the dockside in parma a ship barry lynn made 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 were drowning 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 my

father or my father my wife was saying. across the world tribute was paid is suffering. of more than three years have now passed. the ship carrying alan curds 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 are now 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 is even one person having to do this journey and counting up getting help then that's already too much abdul-ahad 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 they are running for their lives out of war of killing and destruction. of. david chase the al jazeera new york. still ahead for you on the program all the sports news a footballer who died in a plane crash in january is honored by his former club in france we'll have that story at night. desperate for more news about who can speeders person you want to take a week or two officers i need to work i need the money part of it i think it's humiliating because i thought i'd be some worlds in i'm not risking it old fifty dollars. for a better future always saying yes to the house do you want to sleep on things.

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