they're going to eat until tomorrow. the cook and the cleaner will be leaving soon and they'll be left alone to put themselves to bed no later than six so they won't feel so hungry until breakfast. to resign b.c. to being forgotten in a country with so many other desperate need. to see in human. and worth reminding you again that we have a special page up at al jazeera dot com with all the latest updates on the venezuela crisis a crisis that continues to divide the international community you have on their list of countries that support president maduro which include china cuba russia and just recently sadik the southern african development community and also the countries if you scroll down that support opposition. they include of course united states canada brazil france germany spain among others some very useful information on there at dot com and as always with venezuela we're getting quite

a lot of questions and comments again today one here from elizabeth on facebook who says how likely is a u.s. invasion of venezuela that is the last thing anyone needs. a very important question how can an oil rich country venezuela of course an oil rich country be going through such a crisis thank you very much for all your comments and questions keep them coming on this and other stories that we're covering on the great today use the hash tag a.j. news great and all the other ways to get in touch on your screen right now let's move on to other world news now and we are heading to eastern syria where kurdish led forces backed by the u.s. are trying to push iso fighters from their last pocket of territory the offensive is focused on the village of by goes civilians have been fleeing the area but hundreds are thought to be trapped inside. imraan khan is keeping an eye on the developments from guys and ted he is near the turkey syria border iran the kurdish offensive in eastern syria is being described as the final battle against eisel is

it fell is that an accurate depiction description of the situation on the ground. well it really depends on who you speak to to speak to the syrian democratic forces then yes it is a final battle against eisel themselves with the americans is something this very much is a battle against the caliphate and bring about the end of the caliphate of course the telephone was established in two thousand and fourteen as a fully functioning state when i still took over huge swathes of both iraq and syria however the the caliphate as ice will define it one that is a fully functioning state as i say that was able to levy taxes generate revenue so oil and all smalls actually came to an end in two thousand and seventeen with the end of two thousand have means one has been a thing for a long time so why is president of the tribe for example in his comments last week saying that we're about to see the end of the caliphate well who's from losing all

seemingly calm conflating where i saw fighters are in eastern syria in the village obama moves with being a caliphate territory it's not simply where they are so it depends on who speak to but certainly the americans are pushing this idea that this is the final offensive against the caliphate however the syrian democratic forces say it's a follow book against themselves in the area the russian defense minister is in turkey iran turkey where you are what's come up what's come out of the conversation with the tech. global accounts in the very tense with whom they were discussing the situation in italy province though in september two thousand and eighteen there was the agreement between the russians and the turks to establish demilitarized zone within it in the province itself now the russians are here representing the syrians the turks are very angry with the syrians say that they've actually violated those terms of the demilitarized zone that have been

fighting rebels with in that area and they are sticking to the terms so everything that's coming out of the region suggests that they are very focused on this idea of these demilitarized zone as though there is going to be another meeting in sochi in february february fourteenth where this is likely to come up again of course turkey is trying to get used to. it lou problems as a way of trying to stabilize the situation in syria itself in order to be able to take a look at the rest of this in syria to be what it comes to the border with turkey how it's very angry at the syrian syrians are the focus is of the russians and the turks with him and of her but as i say the russians are representing the syrian government thank you for that imran khan live for us in. and as imran mentioned there the situation on the ground is a far cry from twenty fifteen when i saw control large parts so syria and iraq take a look at this map four years on after a concerted campaign by regional and international forces the move has been met

with just a few square kilometers of territory in the east of syria and that coordinated fight against size seoul is being discussed right now at the u.n. security council our diplomatic editor james may's joins us now live from u.n. headquarters in new york so what is the purpose of this briefing at the u.n. on i saw and what are we expecting to come out of it james. it's a regular briefing that the u.n. security council receives on counterterrorism and on what they call al qaeda because i salute still as it's if you look back originally derived out of al qaeda it's grouped in with the al qaeda sanctions of the united nations it's worth telling you that the u.n. on this issue doesn't really have any of its own intelligence there is no u.n. intelligence service so a lot of the information that they rely on comes from other member states of the

united nations who give information to the united nations and also open source information we're hearing a briefing right now from the coordinator of the counterterrorism office and certainly saying that eisel is not defeated as has been the case that's been made by the u.s. president donald trump they are saying that it remains resurgent in certain areas quite resilient in certain areas and although it's certainly reduced significantly and is now in only small enclaves in iraq and syria there are other parts of the world where there are eisel of if it's for example in afghanistan where the u.n. estimates two thousand five hundred to four thousand i still fighters in that country that clearly is a worry as the u.s.

tries to talk to the taliban trying to solve that conflict because the taliban is a pretty loosely organized group there are certainly various different regional tribal and ethnic elements enough come a star on and certain people fly the taliban flag even if they aren't core members of the taliban the worry is if i salute still there and you do peace with the taliban think clearly some of these tell. members might join up with thank you for that james spays our diplomatic editor in new york there and we will have more on the u.s. efforts to find peace in afghanistan with the taliban a little later on the show moving on to iran now and the president has signed rouhani says the country will continue to expand its ballistic missile program he was addressing tens of thousands of people in tehran to mock forty since one thousand nine hundred nine islamic revolution in a harder report the it's an honor will rally held since nine hundred

seventy nine iranians converge on our freedom square in central to her and to celebrate independence from us dominance this islamic republic is marking this year's anniversary engaged in the latest standoff with the united states and the message remains the same one of defiance. it was made by the man who had pushed for engagement with the west iranian president hassan rouhani sealed the two thousand and fifty nuclear deal with world powers which the us withdrew from a few months ago and really imposed sanctions mug the united states and israel they impose sanctions on us putting pressure on our nation a massive turnout means the enemy won't attain their goals so we will continue treading the path we chose forty years ago today in order to make different types of missiles we are not getting permission from anyone and we will not ask anyone

for permission to build them our military power will continue. the revolutionary guards have made it clear that iran is not ready to bow or compromise they have been showing off their military might displaying what are said to be to reinforce iran's defenses the west sees it differently pressuring iran to curb its missile development program the iranian leadership says that is not negotiable the years of sanctions and hardships we were able to handle it will able to pass this crisis the event is a chance for those in power to show that they can mobilize supporters to show that the revolution's ideals remain and able to project strength but there is no doubt iran's leaders are facing both external and internal pressures the trumpet ministration is squeezing iran to change its behavior in the region and stop supporting proxies in syria yemen lebanon and iraq iranian leaders say the current us administration is the most hostile that the islamic republic has faced in four

decades iran's supreme leader says this is barack obama the main part of the official discourse until the united states changes what he calls its evil ways. any time soon. says it's the pressure trump calls the radical regime in iran. some american officials. i predicted that the islamic republic would collapse before its fortieth birthday they were wrong but many iranians are facing what we're honey has described as the worst economic situation since one nine hundred seventy nine on the anniversary at least their voices are drowned out by those of the ruling elites core supporters are mad and we are here to prove to the support our leader commonly no matter how hard the situation and the backers of the clerical establishment are promising loyalty to the system and resilience in the face of their enemies so if they're. wrong well let's now speak to dina esfandiari

who is an international security fellow at harvard kennedy school she joins us live on the news great from new york thank you so much for being with us dina iran is certainly a very different country than it was forty years ago how does the reality today compare to the promises that were made what is the legacy of the revolution in your view it's undeniable that there were many promises made at the time of the revolution the most important of which was to get rid of any foreign intervention into the internal affairs of iran and to make iran more prosperous for most iranians today forty years later while foreign intervention has been curbed indeed it's it's clear that iran is not more prosperous and that promise definitely hasn't been fulfilled the trump administration's goal is regime change in iran they're not hiding it or by increasing pressure on the leadership with tough sanctions the toughest sanctions yet in fact is it working do you think it could lead eventually

to the collapse of the regime. again it's undeniable that the sanctions are having a real effect both on iranians and also to a certain extent on the elite the elite are somewhat protected from the full effect of sanctions just because of the riches that they've amassed so yes it has an impact yes it will make things very difficult but the islamic republic has weathered this type of storm before and it's likely to continue weathering it for the forseeable future things will get difficult but i don't think collapse is on the cards quite yet not least of all because there are still many iranians that don't want this government to collapse they don't necessarily support it but they don't want it to collapse because they don't know what will come next and last time that happened it didn't exactly end up the way they thought it would but there are a lot of people particularly the younger generation younger uranian who want change though what is the way forward that assured this young generation young iranians

a democracy they feel invested in that gives them a future the future that they want. absolutely no they definitely do want change i mean you have to keep in mind that the majority of the iranian population is very young it's very tax tech savvy it has no recollection of another government other than the islamic republic and yet it's very open to the outside world and it sees that there is a better life outside its borders so it's undeniable that they want change i'm just not sure that they want the collapse of the current government in order to achieve that change what's likely to happen in my opinion is that in the forseeable future they're going to push their government officials to bring about more reform in order to open the country up further now it's unclear whether the current government is going to be able to achieve that or whether they're going to be pushed back by the hardliners but that is the type of change that i think most iranians want to do you know one of our facebook viewers here asks her name is

elizabeth and she asks how does the post revolution generation view the revolution the hostage crisis and you know that what happened back forty years ago how do they view it. again keep in mind that the majority of iranians younger iranians don't have any recollection of the revolution or of the hostage crisis they were born afterwards so today they view it as as somewhat of a success in terms of getting rid of foreign influence in the country but beyond that it seems that they're not too happy with the way things have panned out they would like a better life they would like more opportunities they would like iran to be more open to the outside world keep in mind that iranians have always been very open to western culture and so there needs to be change on that front for them ok thank you so much dina for speaking to us dina esfandiari is from harvard kennedy school joining us there from new york let's bring in our social media producer and under

how is this anniversary being discussed on line was we heard there are certainly some dueling narratives here as far as the legacy of the revolution forty years on and we saw some of these images earlier many of them quite incredible of people who are braving thousands of people in freedom square in tehran braving the cold weather and snow to celebrate the legacy of the revolution now the supreme leader has well i should say his social media account has used this anniversary to address one of those chants that often gets so many headlines in the west honeys twitter account posted a message you may have seen the other day and it says that the phrase down with usa basically has nothing to do with the american people instead it's directed at three people president trump national security advisor john bolton and the u.s. secretary of state peo now when president rouhani spoke on monday he acknowledged that the country is facing economic difficulties as a result of these new u.s. sanctions that were imposed last year but he says that iranians will overcome such

problems by helping each other out opposition activists though are using the encrypted messages service telegram to show how some of their families are being affected by the sanctions. it seems like this having to wait for hours in some cases for government subsidize meat prices for chicken and lamb have nearly doubled just in the past few months and one of the more critical hashtags that i was seeing today used on twitter is forty years of failure forty years of failure you click on that you'll see some images like this one of people again complaining about the state of the economy this ban in common is holding a sign with his own hash tags here that reads unemployment poverty inflation and high prices now the u.s. state department has gotten in with this they've been actively promoting this hash tag both in english and in persian secretary pompei o. says the iranians were sold a prosperous future in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine forty years later he says the government has delivered nothing but broken promises other organizations

are using the anniversary to address iran's human rights record and promises again made during the revolution this human rights watch clip says that forty years of failed promises on human rights and give some examples one of them is a commitment to freedom of expression made by the supreme leader but hundreds remain in prison for peaceful expression. and on that note reporters without borders has released a report for the anniversary and it says that iran remains one of the most oppressive for journalists as well ranking one hundred sixty fourth on its press freedom index out of one hundred eighty countries that's a few slots ahead of behind in saudi arabia the organization says that the government arrested imprisoned and in some cases tortured hundreds of journalists in the decades since one nine hundred seventy nine now twitter remains blocked in iran but if you're watching us from there do get in touch some other way possibly by whatsapp or by telegram the number is right there on your screens let us know

how you see the iranian revolution forty years on you'd love to hear thoughts thank you very much and in pictures on al-jazeera dot com iranian celebrating the islamic revolution turns forty hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of tehran and other cities across iran to mark the anniversary also a why on our web site check out this very good opinion piece published just a short while ago about the revolution hamid dabashi a professor of iranian studies at columbia university believes that the iranian revolution was the last grand illusion of the twentieth century that opinion piece is on a website that al-jazeera dot com. you know where the news great on al-jazeera if you're with us on facebook live coming up a story from our friends at a.j. press on how grading hair isn't something to hide for some women breast flying into extinction scientists want insects could vanish within the next one hundred years why that's catastrophic for the wild to stay with us.

hello the useful winter rains are falling now in iran the whole system is quite big and spreads out through afghanistan turns back towards the caspian is not the furthest it's maybe the most active of the last couple of weeks so more rain is to come on tuesday snow depending on your height above sea level so a good part of afghanistan two minutes i will say it is snow and sleet study east was nothing towards the west into baton plateau leaving sunshine behind for a couple of days and that's true all the way back to the levantine cases at least in medicine clouds as stormy as it has been recently now the effect for the southeast this is the tail end of it swings through the gulf states in the next few hours and we go to show mild following which he's gotten dusty but certainly that cold feeling twenty two is max in doha nineteen in riyadh generally speaking fairly so you're fine weather and that breeze continues to blow through following the

clouds rain briefly trust a man come wednesday now you can almost imagine that joining up to the the whole of africa which is where the active weather is and that line then continues just in the top of your screen dancer process zambia towards i go live to clean it recently and go in the showers also are sporadic on the eastern side of south africa cape town's enjoying twenty three degrees a moment in the sunshine. on the streets of greece anti immigrant violence is on the rise there or you have to go for. this and that this is all fun plus it's something and increasingly migrant farm workers of victims a vicious beating it's. a slam is helping the pakistani community to find a voice the stories we don't often hear told by the people who live them undocumented and under attack this is iraq on al-jazeera and london pointed

on the. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for the dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country haven't truly been able to escape the war. the end.

to end the end. of. the e.u. . headlines on al-jazeera and of the top trending stories on our web site al-jazeera dot com at number one iran marking the fortieth anniversary of its islamic revolution this monday one of the top stories on the great today also trending malaysia's foremost prime minister najib razak toning down the billing ahead of the one m.t.b. fraud trial in malaysia and also the tensions over venezuela and the u.s. and russia presenting rival u.n. drops resolutions on how to resolve the political

a crisis innovator in venezuela all those stories and much more on our website at al-jazeera dot com. u.s. defense secretary is on a surprise visit to afghanistan patrick shanahan says government involvement in peace talks with the taliban is crucial to ending the nearly seven eighteen year war the taliban regards the government as illegitimate tony betty has more from kabul. passion at hand will want to reassure the afghan government that it has not been sidelined from these peace negotiations even though the taliban has said in the past they will not directly negotiate with them mr shanahan has said that the peace ultimately lies with the afghan people and he said that the afghan government should be part of that peace negotiation process the taliban has been talking directly to the u.s. there is concern about what speed is going for this peace process mr.

has said that he's hopeful that the some kind of deal on the table by july that's worrying some people because after eighteen years of conflict they're wondering worrying that how can you have a solution after just a few months mr shanahan has said that there was no instructions for the u.s. to withdraw any troops yet the taliban had said there was an agreement that seven thousand of the fourteen thousand force would be withdrawn by april he said that's not true but this concern also about does the taliban represent all factions opposed to the government and the answer is we don't know that there are many factions there a county network for example they've been operating they've carried out some brutal and barbaric killings and suicide bombings and we don't know if the taliban negotiators are talking for all of them we also have the eisel factor they're establishing eastern afghanistan and there is concern that if isis pushed out of syria those fighters will end up here in eastern afghanistan and that could be a big problem because as we know i saw and is not prepared to negotiate is prepared

to fight tony rightly in kabal there and a very interesting discussion on inside story recently about the prospects for peace in afghanistan the u.s. as we heard very eager to end its nearly eighteen year involvement in the country but what are the chances of a breakthrough watch this show by taking on the shelves tab at al-jazeera dot com and then click on inside story. now that today african union summit in ethiopia capital is coming to an end egypt's president. has taken over as chairman of the group from milan does president paul kagame e this is focus was on refugees and internally displaced people has been covering the summit for us joins us now live from at is so it's coming to an end soon what have they achieved and what was expected. we're expecting is a statement relating to the theme refugees and displaced people of which there are more than twenty million in africa but we're not expecting anything binding in in

that statement it'll just be a declaration of intent also expecting them to confirm some steps forward that have been taken towards the african union financing itself does at the moment depend on donations from countries outside of the continent and also expecting further details on a plan for the african union in partnership with the un to promote what they called reconciliation talks in libya with me is with me is solomon works for a think tank that observes the african union solomon will this plan to promote talks in libya come to anything doesn't the expectation i think. there has been a lot of attempts and efforts to bring together libyan actors and achieve a political road map which is binding and that shipped over to all political actors which culminates in the election that would hostilities. a government

that is inclusive of all different actors and how close is the african union now to achieving its goal of becoming cell funding. there has been a lot of progress in terms of increasing the financing of the african union a commitment has been made by all member states to fund hundred percent of that or will or budget of the african union. seventy five percent of the program budget and also twenty five percent of the peace and security budget of african union. the peace and security budget of the african union for the first time has raised eighty nine million dollars. in anticipation is to have to raise about hundred twenty million dollars and eighty nine us million dollars is a significant amount compared to where we were in two years' time that is quite

a major progress in terms of the financing the hundred percent mark progress is also made in that respect but we are not just fully there i think there is a need for achieving agreement in terms of the formula for a new scan a process meant that ensures that there is predictability in the. contribution of contributions of member states and there is no risk concentration in a few countries of the members of the african union previously only five countries contributed more than about some five per cent of the union budget which means there is significant risk concentration if one country defaults then that would be a serious budgetary crisis for the community that's not what is being disputed. thank you very much that was solemn and. analyst of the african union who works for a think tank that observes the organization bank here in doha thank you for that malcolm web life or is there an address and a spot of the a view summit

a statue has been unveiled which seems to be getting a lot of attention online more so even then the summit itself some are saying that well that's because the statue commemorates a former ethiopian ruler who sparked a lot of controversy both during his leadership and after his death haley served as the emperor of ethiopia from the one nine hundred thirty s. up until the seventy's and more than thirty years into his leadership he helped create the organization of african unity unity rather which is now known as the african union eleven years after his death role as one of the pioneers of the union is still remembered by many. i would get those games gangrene of the drive by doing and aside from many african leaders including the presidents of south africa and egypt a number of foreigners who might be able to see them in the crowd there were in attendance and could be heard chanting praise for the former ruler but that's because the rest of foreign religious movement considered him or considers him to

be a redeeming messiah after he granted an area of ethiopia's rift valley to the community back in one nine hundred forty eight but the statues unveiling has sparked a range of opinions online a bunch of divided opinions there are some who are praising the statue and are calling him a founding father as you see from this use use or hear of a man who fought for african unity while others are criticizing him and his legacy accusing him of committing crimes against humanity in eritrea and somalia during his rule now one other person here says that the statue is a bit of a slap in the face to the people who suffered at the hands of his government and his forces violations of human rights while others i think you might this isn't working properly but this person said that there was a mixed legacy there and for many people across the continent he was simply an african hero so let us know what you think about the story and the statue get in touch with us on twitter using the hash tag it's a news group andrew thank you very much for that let's not take

a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world this hour and africa's most populous nation will be voting in presidential and parliamentary elections on sunday incumbent president mahmoud abbas is running again for president and on a direction commission office in nigeria has been burnt down but it hasn't dampened the fervor ahead of the big day reports from my degree in northeast nigeria where preparations are under way. nigeria's president. in a final push for votes ahead of the country's presidential election. it's been a long tough campaign season. his main challenger is businessman and former vice president. who votes to deny him a second term. as a companion grows to a close attention shifts to the election commission which has come under close scrutiny and attacks. will we go to the left party accuses us of

pandering to the opposition party will we go to the right do possess this or stop under into the weeds like up with this of the of the of the of the ruling party but as a commission we have sworn to do what is right to look at the justice of the case and also to make sure that our primary constituency remains the nigerian people and the voting public voting machines have been delivered across the country ballot papers will follow last minute tests are underway the election commission has registered nine to one political party someone to three of these are vying for the post of president election officials say they are ready despite the logistical challenges now what is on the other hand face some difficulties of well they have to go through a list of ninety one follicle parties on the ballot to choose their candidate. some three hundred thousand policemen will provide security during the vote along with thousands of other security personnel. the army is also ready to help. but his

warning is sore just to steer clear of politics. provisions the biggest task goes to the voters more than eighty four million people are registered their job is to elect the president one hundred nine senators and three hundred sixty members of house of representatives two weeks later protests will be asked to come out again to choose governess and members of state brotherhoods. other trees i just need a way to northeast nigeria. are some breaking news now on the jamal murder case and the u.s. secretary of state mychal bell says his country is not covering up the murder of

the saudi journalist and will continue to hold all those responsible accountable sanjay arabiya continues to say it doesn't know where the body of the journalist says in an interview on u.s. television on sunday the minister of state of foreign affairs. said the kingdom is still investigating are also accused of not sharing intelligence jamal khashoggi was murdered in october inside the saudi consulate in istanbul he was a contributor for the washington post's and was a resident of the united states and now again my compiler saying that the u.s. is not covering up. matter in other news seventeen australian residents i believe have been detained in china as in the muslim wake or minority activists say the individuals who are visiting relatives when they were arrest said about a million way of course are believed to be held in camps against their will china's government though says the camps are voluntary and designed to stamp out extremist

tendencies the australian government says it's not aware of any residents be held in china. now the world's insects are on the road to extinction and could vanish within one hundred years that's the finding of the first global review of decades of research into insect populations scientists say the findings are frightening and a catastrophic threat to our ecosystems mariana hunt has a story. they're beautiful sometimes bothersome but withouten six scientists say life on earth is under three a global review of studies and two in six population shows they're declining eight times faster than men moles birds and reptiles at that rate the wilts in six could disappear completely within one hundred years as the maze. is built in six and nine six these appear in the hole. if the insects disappear we're going

to disappear to the whole agricultural system the pens among other things on the insects that are most vulnerable to extinction to control the other insects which compete with us for our crops so this is a a brilliant paper but at the same time one that scares the pants off of any biologist who understands how the world works it's not just the place of in six in the food chain that has scientists worried that poland that plants purify the soil and waterways recycle waste and have an important role in pest control and their numbers are declining by two and a half the st every year while climate change and been a zation are affected as scientists point to the intensification of agriculture as the main culprit the report's authors say in sick decide to have little real bearing on food production part of the solution is the art of all of how the world grows its food to be more environmentally friendly it's an overly optimistic paper

because it mentions the things that we should be doing in order to avoid the extinction of the insects the point is we're not doing any of them. this isn't the first time scientists from around the world have issued a warning about three pts to humanity the first was back in one nine hundred ninety three the second was just last year the problem is they say too few of paying attention made in the hunt al-jazeera. that was. on the bridge. from prison. his way home to. you.

welcome back now for some good news on a story that we've been following since the amber his absolutely folly have finally after two months in jail in thailand the refugee football hockey muller a.b. is set to board a plane home to australia in the next few hours he's been freed off the tile floors he's dropped bahrain's request for his extradition white hate reports from bangkok . after iraq in thailand for his honeymoon eleven weeks ago hakim al-arabiya is finally able to return to australia his adopted home the longer he

spent in prison in bangkok the more concern grew that he could be sent back to bahrain instead the footballer said he'd be tortured or killed if that happened after an international outcry bahrain dropped its extradition request hakim fled bahrain for australia in two thousand and fourteen avoiding a ten year jail sentence for vandalism which he says is politically motivated use of his release was welcomed in australia where he has asylum status prime minister or employees is coming home. or be pleased to see him at home when that are coups despite having travel documents and a thai visa he was arrested when he and his wife landed in bangkok in november there are several unanswered questions about this case particularly surrounding the issuing of an interpol red notice against his name which was requested by bahrain but given that hakim allowed a b had asylum status in australia that notice should never have been granted the red notice was granted on the same day that had received

a thai visa raising suspicions about the thai government's involvement the foreign ministry in bangkok said it didn't notify bahrain about the footballers plans but as the case dragged on the pressure on the thai government grew after a trip to bahrain by the thai foreign minister hakim was freed bring in end to an ordeal that shouldn't have been allowed to happen wayne hay al-jazeera bangkok. the football federation of australia tweeted a picture with the hash tag team home and a statement that they said that they thank the football coach community for uniting in an extraordinary way over the past few months now football's governing body fifa said they've been working with human rights organizations and governments to help secure his release as well but it's pretty clear that the man who deserves the most credit is foremost ray in football captain craig foster who's spearheaded the campaign to get freed he tweeted that this is a significant win for humanity people everywhere standing up for good pushing back

against regimes who flout international law for human rights while they're grateful to the thai government for release foster remains critical of bahrain. bahrain actually wearing courage to withdraw the extradition order that was always the most acceptable outcome and it actually is the best outcome because it's that extradition order and then attempted retribution by the royal and royals and government of bahrain which was the most disgusting aspect here and that's what we are fighting against mostly well i spoke to the chairman of her keams australian football club pascoe vale he says the team will be relieved to have him home but that they're not planning his return to the pitch for now. one of my so. i'm going experiences of my life trying to say that so much humanity out there and it's just me breaking down will be

a great feeling to obviously spy on at the club for nothing he at least done much to give him a couple of years now being the great force that he said that he was an island in the room struck me as a horror story for the king coming out in shackles and the. lost a lot of life not taking to very solid ended easy clean and pretty good shape and you looked very fragile people can imagine on what is mental state it's one thing and held in jail whole beat thinking that you know he's more for the iraq and when he came is ready to fly. the county trying my computer while you're sitting on the might for free roy one back you know than one to be the biggest one. i think can stop playing the game good but is dying retain an owner no honeymoon what that might be like. let's finish just some amazing shots from chile based

is the up and down held by christ in the pull city of valparaiso kibbutzes don't just rights they also need to pull off stunts on the way down while navigating the course. there are plenty of steps they whenever ribs of houses as well even straight through some houses in some places. all that while travelling at up to sixty kilometers an hour. there were three. it's a two kilometer track and it took the winner less than three minutes to complete it had your fair ada who is from valparaiso was the winning widest so. i guess that local knowledge. was. peaceable we're back with more eight hundred g.m.t. but for now it is back to folly joe thank you very much for that and finally we'll take you to the movies and two very different films have won big at the british

academy film and television awards in london the tale of a mexican family and one of a vain queen have captivated audiences and one coveted prices from the red carpet johnny angelo reports walking the red carpet for the back afterwards the british academy of film and television arts celebrities old and new hoping to see their work on it at the end of it and for the man who wrote directed shot and edited his own story came. the winter. i suppose so who are the old thank you. thank the mexican director won best film best director best cinematography and best foreign language film for roma the tale of his childhood in one nine hundred seventy s. mexico city. they are getting. a lot of.

i'm very happy that based on our ng the story. of a woman who saw the mystic worker from indigenous background. the specific color of this film is mexico so i want to thank also mexico the cost of crude british film the favorite also handsomely rewarded picking up six prizes including outstanding british film best supporting actress for rachel vises performance a best actress for livia coleman's vicious a body meant for the british queen. we having amazing knowing. this wickedly funny film is about less unknown royal queen and two women in her court fighting for her affections used greek director yoga salon to most has taken lots of artistic license with history to create a brilliant cynical comedy did years look at me did you look at me.

the bathroom was a watched closely in hollywood where on cheers day the final voting process for the oscars open most of the british voters for those awards are also members of this academy making these prizes and important projects of oscars success. never had fried chicken at these awards celebrated traditional storytelling no special effects needed to captivate new audience and carry off the prices. and that will do it for today's news great remember to keep in touch with us on social media at all times ageing is great for me for me back to the whole team thank you very much for watching we are live next on to sarah from island and sent to say.

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so we start in venezuela where it's been revealed that embattled president nicolas maduro has turned to fellow or oil producing nations to help reuters is reporting that maduro wrote to opec all scheme for its support against u.s. sanctions shortly after they were imposed two weeks ago opec has yet to comment the u.s. is one of more than forty nations recognizing the duras rival one go i don't know as interim president will trade unions have been protesting in support of quiet go ahead of a big rally planned for tuesday ahead of the national assembly you know just ahead himself interim president of venezuela three weeks ago sparking a political crisis brazil is one of his main baucus and wider is representative ria today's about andrea has just been received in brasilia as that his way has official ambassador. the sticky little corresponded today's a bow in the venezuelan capital caracas so to raise

a one point zero still getting plenty of international support but i guess the support he really needs is the military's. well most definitely i mean from where you go have the support if not go for the whole world it has all of a power such as the united states canada and latin american european union there is going to be a tense week in venezuela this one because there were demonstrations this monday we're right outside one of the largest universities in with this one specifically has around ten thousand workers and just a few until a few minutes ago they were blocking of the main entrance with some tires being set on fire among other things people complaining that they cannot make ends meet that they have a way just around nine dollars a month and because of hyperinflation they cannot buy food among other things but they need in order to survive so there is definitely tension to what we're seeing is that there's going to be an enormous demonstration expected to take

a few minutes this coming tuesday and demanded by members of the opposition to allow the aid piling up at the border between venezuela and colombia to be allowed into the country the government saying that they won't let that aid into the country they say that has enough in order to supply it that is anything but in spite of that what we have been able to see on him now that there's many many people in this country in desperate need at the moment to raise it is difficult to see what actually could break the stalemate effectively the stalemate in venezuela . well most definitely i mean what is basically keeping the muddling power is the military has supported in the past year have diminished greatly mostly because of the economic crisis what people tell you on the street they're saying this is not an ideological battle. system vaterland many of them used to be supporters of what chavez among other things but they're saying

that they need the situation to improve in a country that they have lost hope that the current administration can bring about any type of change and that's why the opposition saying is that the current administration cannot handle the enormous economic crisis that this country is going to and so far. that's why the opposition has been appealing to the military talking to the soldiers telling them and using the aid that's in the border between venezuela and colombia noted to put pressure on the military to force them to take sides and choose between the government of myanmar the rule and the opposition and why they are so that definitely there is patron rising in this country especially this week when more massive protests are expected to take place here in venezuela to raise a with the laces that caracas thank you. of course that is why this economic crisis is felt most acutely by the vulnerable the very young and the very old lost in

america at a used in human has been to a carriage for the elderly to find out how they a coping. this is a hill of hope in western venezuela in old age home where destitute or abandoned senior citizens are meant to live out their last years with dignity. but as always in times of acute economic hardship it's the youngest and the oldest who suffer most in the absence of full time staff seventy nine year old. keeps the gate locked and helps those who can't walk because he still can. we help each other out amongst ourselves michael most everyone he suffers from hypertension but there's no medicine here. and solace could walk and see when he came here three years ago now he's blind from untreated cataracts can't walk and is tormented by a hernia i think. last night i was in terrible pain.

i cry from the pain. i am very sad. only god knows. sometimes there's nothing to eat we have no help from the government there is no one to help us. the home is a foundation that runs on donations but they've dried up so there are no nurses or doctors and very very little food. the cook says it wasn't always that way. secondly they used to throw away to food while there was abandoned soviet and the crises came the crisis began six years ago she says most of the donors have left the country hyperinflation has led to widespread poverty and scarcity of oldest everything but. it's time for dinner and so you have a c.e.o.

who's confined to a wheelchair helps guide for the beneath this who's blind to the dining room and this is the dinner for the i will eat also grandfathers as they're called it's corn flour boiled in water because we're told it's been more than a year since they received any donations of milk and this will be the last thing they're going to eat until tomorrow. the cook and the cleaner will be leaving soon and they'll be left alone to put themselves to bed no later than six so they won't feel so hungry until breakfast. they are resigned they say to being forgotten in a country with so many other desperately needs. you see in human i'll just see that . in this way that. thailand's eco election commission has disqualified the king's older sister from

running for prime minister in next month's election the thai rocks a chop party shocks the country when its announced princess as its candidates on friday breaking tradition or royalty staying out of politics then back down a day later after the king said it was inappropriate because wealthy should be above politics. a refugee footballer will arrive home in australia later off to bahrain dropped its request to extradite him from thailand came out araby who fled to australia and twenty fourteen was arrested while on honeymoon in bangkok bahrain wanted him extradited to serve a prison sentence the vandalism but he said he'd be tortured if he was sent back when hey reports. after arriving in thailand for his honeymoon eleven weeks ago hakim al-arabiya is finally able to return to australia his adopted home the longer he spent in prison in bangkok the more concern grew that he could be sent back to bahrain instead the footballer said he'd be tortured or killed if that

happens after an international outcry bahrain dropped its extradition request hakim fled bahrain for australia in two thousand and fourteen avoiding a ten year jail sentence for vandalism which he says is politically motivated use of his release was welcomed in australia where he has asylum status as prime minister or employees claim is coming home. or be pleased to see him at home when that or koos despite having travel documents and a thai visa he was arrested when he and his wife landed in bangkok in november there are several unanswered questions about this case particularly surrounding the issuing of an interpol red notice against his name which was requested by bahrain but given that hakim a lot ab had asylum status in australia that notice should never have been granted the red notice was granted on the same day that had received a thai visa raising suspicions about the thai government's involvement the foreign

ministry in bangkok said it didn't notify bahrain about the footballers' plans but as the case dragged on the pressure on the thai government grew after a trip to bahrain by the thai foreign minister hakim was freed bringing in end to an ordeal that shouldn't have been allowed to happen wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. the number of people who have died after drinking contaminated alcohol in northern india last week has risen to ninety nine three separate cases of poisoning have led to a crackdown on so-called bootleggers who make and sell the toxic drink they suspect was made with methanol deaths from illegally made alcohol are common in there because the poor can't afford licensed bottles. the u.s. defense secretary has met afghanistan's president on a surprise visit to kabul patrick shanahan's trip is the latest step in washington's efforts to end the seventeen year war that he held discussions with ashraf ghani on national security.