al jazeera. you write every. u.s. congress to go she just say they've reached a funding deal on border security. alone so when you watch it all just there along my headquarters here in home also coming up allies of venezuela's opposition leader pile more aid on the border as the government launches a bid to seize his assets. i'm going to see

a new man in western venezuela where in the country with the world's largest oil reserves the petrel like the one you see behind me are two blocks long kilometers long. home at last australia welcomes back a refugee footballer after behind dropped its attempt to extradite him. welcome to the program congressional negotiators in the u.s. have reached a funding deal just days away from the latest government shutdown deadline the agreement covers border security president donald trump's addressing supporters at a rally in el paso texas near the mexican border he's promoting his long promised wall but the deal doesn't appear to have met his demands. let's join rob runnels he's live for us in el paso rob let's just begin with the reception that the president received and what is he actually been saying in el paso.

well sailor he's been given a very warm reception by the people who signed up to attend his rally in the el paso county coliseum which is about a kilometer away from here we're kept away by layers of security so this is about as close as we can get there so inside that auditorium about ten thousand people warmly applauding the president and agreeing with what he says outside however thousands more people some of whom are you know walking past me on the sidewalk as we speak were rallying against president trump's visit to el paso many people that i've spoken to said they felt insulted that the president pictured el paso as a community rife with crime drugs human trafficking and and all the rest and

a very unsafe place. but in his state of the union speech last week they say that's false they say that's not true that the city has always been very safe for the past several decades one of the safest cities of its size in the united states and they say that that is not related to any wall or barrier or fence that was built between this city and mexico which is about eight hundred kilometers hundred meters away from where we're standing right now as far as that deal that you mentioned being struck in washington some unusual bipartisan. agreement the president will be offered one point three seven five billion dollars to build eighty eight kilometers of border barrier now this is far less than what the president had asked for and far

less then the demand that resulted in a thirty five day shutdown partial shutdown of the federal government in december and january well for the needy democrats according to report. sorry go ahead i'm sorry rob just please to finish right well we're still listening to the president going to see what he has to say about the wall and about whether he'll possibly just describe this deal that's been struck in washington so let's just keep listening and will report back to you as soon as we get more details sorry about that premature and of course a lot to talk about and a lot to discuss who of course continue to follow what president trump has to say robert will say that a person. is an associate professor of american studies in political science at george washington university she says the prospect of another government shutdown. and. trump lost

a lot of popular support with the last shutdown his approval rating really went lower and so many americans suffered from it not just the eight hundred thousand workers who went without a paycheck but also all the people whose livelihoods support you know are draw from those federal workers so trump lost a lot of support and the impending shutdown means that he most likely does not want to have to go through that again it didn't work out well for him the first time and i think the republicans feel that way as well because the negative approval ratings also redounded on their party so they i think everybody is looking for a way to avoid the shutdown trump is not a very flexible negotiator even though he likes to act as if he is but he really has his heart set on a border wall and i believe and the money that he wants for it so there's a way in which he's going to have to be willing to give and be willing to compromise in order for this deal to be done to avert the shutdown we haven't seen him be able to do that quite well yet but you know he might be trying to in this

situation. and the other top story that we're covering here on al-jazeera is about venezuela because more aid more aid is on its way to the country as the u.s. and its allies pressure president maduro to let it in brazil has agreed to set up an aids storage center on venezuela's south eastern border there are tons of food and medicine already stockpiled in neighboring colombia the juror has ordered soldiers to block the eight describing it as a political show by countries trying to force him from power his government is attempting to seize the opposition leaders assets saying one accepted money illegally i think really they don't go in the end he has received money from both international and national sources without any justification on the constitutional and legal powers that have been established as the general auditor of the bali foreign republic of venezuela i have started an assets order on cities in one gerardo antonio where you don't marquez. has more from caracas. well

everything is ready here in caracas for the massive demonstrations expected to take place not only here in the capital inc us but also around the country mostly demanding the government of an equal out mother would have to allow the entrance of aid from different parts of the country between the border of it between venezuela and colombia between the border of brazil and venezuela and probably a caribbean nation that we still don't know which one it is because the opposition is saying that they're trying to gather some food and medicines from there this demonstrations are expected to be massive and this is happening just as. venezuela self declared interim president announced that some type of aid has already been distributed here in the capital caracas around eighty five thousand a small envelopes of vitamins and other things for children and pregnant women this apparently had been in the city since december still we don't know how the

opposition and conway though are going to manage to allow the aid that in at the border with colombia to enter the country because as we know the government of unequal of motherhood has repeatedly said that they won't allow that aid into the country that that's the type of intervention that they won't allow while this is happening we also know about why those being investigated by the government for receiving forming funds but this is something that is not the first time that happens to a member of the opposition and why you go is denying it and what he's basically saying is that they won't be intimidated by it and that's so asking people to turn to the streets massively on tuesday because they say that this is a persecution by the government. six top military leaders could be given immunity if they change choice he believes muros days of liberty. material strategy is to time with a fake negotiation or whatever to a get the opposition to divide and

be get the rest of us to sort of move on and pay attention to some other crisis and forget about venezuela and forget about what's happening that's his plan that's that's the model he's trying to follow it won't work this time this process we're on is irreversible now these countries are going to come back around there's no way you get fifty countries to read recognise you after what's happened so that's just a fact. to fellow oil producing nations to help the reuters news agency. support against u.s. sanctions shortly after they were imposed two weeks ago and it's the world's largest oil reserves but filling up a car with. reports from. one of dozens that goes on and on more than two hundred cars until we lose count all waiting and praying that they'll be able to fill up before the pump runs dry.

people sleep in their vehicles like luis who's been in the queue for three days maybe look here we are suffering we have a need we smell like monkeys and all these people jumping the queue how do they expect this country to function we need support. in the country with the world's largest oil reserves scarcity of petrol isn't you especially here in which shares a border with neighboring colombia. this has been happening for at least three years but every day it's worse. the list of reasons is long with hyper inflation surpassing one million percent petrol is practically free. this bill is worthless and if people don't have change they don't have to pay at all. and this has been feeding a widespread smuggling racket vehicles like this one have not one but two fuel

tanks that hold more than two hundred of the world's. much of which makes its way across the border into colombia it is a black market business that's controlled by colombian paramilitary groups but it's an open secret that it would be impossible without the participation of venezuela's armed forces and police who are supposed to patrol the boat. under. freddie banal whom the government has appointed as the defacto state governor concedes that a parallel economy has been created along the border. because the president prints between. two large. twenty leaders twenty. you cross the border and that same container costs one million the profit is extraordinary unimaginable for these mafias. he says authorities are cracking down on corrupt officials although locals insisted hasn't made

a dent six months ago president nicolas maduro had promised to raise prices to make smuggling less attractive but still hasn't done so and there's another problem in israel a state oil company is producing only a fraction of what it used to and must import petrol that's now even harder because of new u.s. economic sanctions. in the meantime ever resourceful residents of patchi to have introduced a new service to those who can afford it paying for someone to take your place to spend the night in the queue. you see in human. venezuela. marrone a footballer who has just landed home in australia of the spending two months locked up in thailand now the footballer was arrested in november last year while on honeymoon in thailand he flowed his native bahrain in twenty fourteen and received refugee status in australia but bahrain wanted him to return to serve a ten year prison sentence for vandalism he said he'd be tortured if he went back

to bahrain which eventually dropped its extradition order under thomas is that melbourne airport forcing andrew you know extradition requests don't just get dropped as a matter of course there must have been a great deal of behind the scenes diplomacy going on. absolutely what that behind the scenes the policy was right now anybody's guess we know that thailand's foreign minister travelled to bahrain over the weekend and it seems that the conversation between the burn minister in thailand and one of the political leaders in but right that produced. this big change because even twenty four hours ago it looked very very likely that i came up it would be in a bank vault prison cell for many months to come and potentially they were tense about right where of course he feared he would be tortured and certainly in prison for a long period of thought he was a crowd of about three hundred people here just an hour or so ago about forty five

minutes ago actually another i.v. came out so huge cheers real delight from people in the iranian community here in australia that began trying to get him free from the community in australia as well a real sense of delight and indeed surprise lots of anger that we got to the situation in the first place of course many people very very cross that he was able to be arrested in thailand that bahrain was able to issue this extradition order on him even though he's refugee and he should have been a mute from that sort of action while on honeymoon in thailand but the likes of course but he's back home now most of his original one the cool spot right in the country he played in the country you see it but his adopted home in the one where you feel safe at the end of the day and drew an extradition request has to be dropped by those that brought it forward he bahrain now why they dropped the extradition request is the big question of how much pressure if any a tool they were under to drop it these are all questions that haven't been

answered yet. absolutely well as you speak of the great cost of the former australian football kept saying who has been leading the campaign to get a came out of the free he is absolutely furious that it ever got here he says that the arrest in the first place that i came out arriving in bahrain was because he was a footballer because back in twenty eleven when the protest pro-democracy protests were going on in pot right it was sportspeople that the government there but securely targeted that's why he was arrested that's why this extradition order was put on him just back in the van but when he arrived in thailand he doesn't think that the football will thora these world wifey. and particularly at the purple association as well it did anything like an up to campaign for his release and he says that it's been left up to individuals here in australia to mount that kind and the pressure has been huge for the last couple of months it didn't seem to be getting anywhere we now know that pressure was behind the scenes praising

a lhari of diplomatic activity australia's prime minister lights on monday so credit for him arriving is released now he says that australian diplomats have been working very hard behind the scenes putting pressure on their thai counterparts and indeed that the iranian counterparts but we really don't know where in that language between australia but right now thailand the breakthrough came although we do know is that the majority is back here now and in a sense now is when the post-mortems will begin or leave it. well then thank you. now still ahead here on al-jazeera libya in focus we'll have the latest on what came out of the frickin union summit in ethiopia. we got plenty of wintry weather making its way across north america at the moment

big massive cloud is rain pushing in from the south turning to snow across the plains pushing up towards the midwest heading date to that northeastern corner and then we're still seeing some wintry weather making its way over towards a good part of the pacific northwest seattle has seen some record breaking snow snowiest february around seventy years more snow as we go through choose de wet weather coming into oregon into were washington state not too clever either of a lot of good parts of the west coast of california seeing some clouds there will be some rain here as well as that snow that we have moving across the plains into the upper midwest into that northeastern corner new york temperature at around two degrees celsius heavy rain are around the appalachians for tuesday pushes further research on wednesday that northeastern quarter right into new england eastern parts of canada seeing plenty of snow this will cause some chaos the snow meanwhile will continue around the pacific northwest yet again come down into the caribbean fied interact at say wetter whether that makes his way across southern parts of the

states will also push across the gulf of mexico into a good part of cuba but for much of the caribbean it's fine and dry. a face can tell a story without uttering a single lie. and knowing it's. a simple touch inform us. the un convention manatee of life witnessed three demands of the human mind. is what inspires us. witness documentaries on al-jazeera.

welcome back you're watching all jews there are means the whole robin a reminder of our top stories congressional negotiators in the u.s. have reached a funding deal covering border security just days away from the latest government shutdown deadline as indulge trump addressing supporters at a rally near the mexican border but the money allocated for border fence appears to be far short of his demands and more aid from the u.s. and its allies is on its way towards venezuela's borders supplies are being stockpiled in neighboring colombia present because material is blocking it and the government is attempting to seize the opposition leaders said saying he's accepted money illegally. also bahraini football or hockey my love of you has arrived home in australia after spending two months locked up in thailand he fled his native bahrain in twenty forty and received refugee status in australia but bahrain wanted

him to serve a prison sentence. america's top diplomat has denied his country's attempting to cover up in the murder of saudi journalist to market secretary of state mike pompei or has been speaking in hungary at the start of his european told he says the trump administration will work harder to ensure those responsible for the killing of punished just days ago the white house mr deadline to report to congress or whether it believes saudi crown prince mohammed bin salaam ordered the murder of. americans not covering up for america's taken more action in response to the tragic murder of democracy i believe i will continue to take more action continue our investigation we're working diligently and that we will present as many very clear couldn't have been more clear as we get additional information will continue to hold responsible accountable in eastern libya forces loyal to ward cleaver have taken over the country's biggest oil field known as the libyan national army the group took.

peacefully after it was overrun by a group of state guards and tribesmen demanding payment last month and they fighters launched an offensive in the south to expel a string of armed groups african union has called for a global conference to try to restore result the conflict in libya it wants to see elections held there and tobar the group has been holding its annual summit in ethiopia's capital addis ababa there is marc webb has more on the day's events. thirty one of africa's fifty five leaders made it to the summit at the african union's headquarters the capital addis ababa president. of egypt began his tenure is chair. we need to lend more importance to post conflict reconstruction and development plans and programs in order for us to push for peace and security in our continent and to prepare

a conducive environment for the return of our displaced people as early as possible . displaced people and refugees was the theme for the summit and the year ahead through more than twenty million in africa but there was no binding agreement or concrete action planned to help them the organizations peace and security commission announced a plan with the u.n. to try and hold reconciliation talks in libya ahead of its election to you later this year they think we need also the same instancing from the international community that we speak the same language and all in use this early interferences should stop immediately however no action was planned to address the conflict in cameroon several steps forward have been taken towards the african union's goal of the coming self funding always depended on funding from countries outside of this continent several european countries fund its programs and its headquarters paid for and built by china but ultimately in the years ahead the success of its plan to

become self financing will depend on whether or not member states actually pay up there's been some progress on creating a free trade area fifty one countries signed it nineteen of turned it into law back home in need three more to actually take a fact and that analysts say with a huge treaties and policies is often a problem the extent to which members of this actually walk the talk of it were. of the council for his work that they highlighted when they are speaking here of the african union the hadley the doctrine of whether or not what they're saying indeed is something that they follow up when they go back to their respective couplet that is where the major limitation in and problem is president paul kagame everyone there was chair for the last year he tried to push through reforms less as that is expected from sisi he's expected to focus more on security in the year ahead.

malcolm webb al-jazeera at the african union in abbottabad. a democratic congresswoman in the u.s. has apologized for suggesting on twitter that pro israel lobby group apac was paying politicians to support israel party leaders had condemned omar's comments quoting she used offensive anti semitic troops over as one of two muslim american women elected to congress last november she has endorsed the b.d.s. movement which seeks to put economic pressure on israel to withdraw from occupied palestinian territory and to give them protesters in haiti have been fighting with police for a fifth day in the capital port au prince many want to present to resign they're angry about rising inflation in the government's failure to recover billions of embezzled funds. also thing is set to resume in britain this week after it was halted by the outbreak of

a quite influenza the british horseracing authority says there is still some risk in returning to racing but strict bio security measures we put in place races were cancelled last week after the flu was found in seven vaccinated horses the country's horse racing industry is currently preparing for a prestigious annual festival june next month. twelve catalan separatists will go on trial in madrid on tuesday the legal action stems from a crisis that unfolded in twenty seventeen after the group held an unsanctioned referendum on catalonia is independence the case comes as the government continues to face challenges over talks with pro secessionist activists david chaytor reports from madrid. the the message was clear the united spain and the elections now. was forty five thousand demonstrators from the center far right gathered in the driscol and square

this weekend on the eve of the trial today accused the socialists that minority government of treason are free to hold roundtable talks with separatists to diffuse the cattle crisis. amid the growing tensions lawyers defending the catalan leaders who face charges of rebellion and a maximum prison sentence of twenty five years condemned the whole process pitiful . the trial is taking place in madrid spain capital a supposedly democratic country a member of the european union but for us this is a trial against the ballot box a trial against democracy. why are they being accused of rebellion in order to mung other things to suspend their political rights is the only way to stop them standing in elections. the key issue in the trial will be the file and sober account during the catalan referendum in twenty seventeen to make the charge of rebellion stick the court will have to prove it was deliberately provoked by the

defendants their lawyers will argue it was provoked by the police. all eyes in spain will be on this building the supreme court in madrid for the start of the trial or eyes that is apart from the socialist prime minister pedro sanchez who's more worried about trying to get his budget through the building just around the corner from here the parliament to do that need to support of castle and separatist m.p.'s the state news agency has already put out reports that he'll call a snap election for april if he doesn't get their backing. to al-jazeera but druid . decades ago a group of young idealistic sudanese filmmakers launched their careers but the industry has all but disappeared the story is told in one of two new documentaries that the berlin film festival offering a glimpse of khartoum behind the headlines from berlin knitting barber reports.

well. picking up relics of a bygone era for the sudanese filmmakers started out in the one nine hundred sixty s. and seventy's now they're determined to revive interest in their country's neglected cinema or industry. as easier said than done as the film talking about trees makes clear. it follows their efforts to screen forgotten classics and cartoon something that riles plenty of curiosity that is very near mint with brain tissue and they would look and see us regularly here in the real camera on the stand and see. maze lines they're doing on the moon in the cinema again. and win or when they're in winter's you know that of the daily question as well as bringing their story to berlin so hey guys mulberry has helped them restore some of their groundbreaking films made decades ago and they're also

showing in the festival. i tried to answer the question of hope hope you can regenerate. like this and i learned that on them the value of friendship real friendship and the value of sometimes taking that you choose. to take the difficult things you know not to compromise yourself i do myself. it might be ok. if i did take out the other might be a different generation a different struggle in how to more side by mar was a governess yes and i think it follows a group of women who find solidarity through playing football despite skepticism from some quarters of them. that they will add this or that. the difficulties they face from family traditions to politics to religion are echoed in the way the director had to operate. if you would go on to the streets with a handheld camera completely by himself no crew not to be seen as conspicuous quite

a small camera and was just filming and observing society observing football games and so you see that in the documentary you know it's very shaky scenes and hand-held scene but it's rufo to just the sense of being there. the audience is here have been treated to films from across the middle east and africa for many years now but these sudanese filmmakers hope that soon people will be talking about their country for more than just political unrest and conflict the thing about al-jazeera well it. is there with the whole robin to remind us of our top stories congressional negotiators in the u.s. have reached a funding deal covering the border security just days away from the latest government shutdown president donald trump's addressing supporters at a rally near the mexican border but the money allocated for border fence appears to

be short of history. as iris walking up to the stage they said that. progress is being made with this committee were to say you know what building the wall anyway they said. was. i say wait a minute i got to take care of my people from texas i got to go i don't even want to hear was borat is on its way to venezuela's for the u.s. and its allies pressure president nicolas maduro to lead it in brazil has agreed to set up an aids storage center on venezuela's southeastern border tons of food and medicine already stockpiled in neighboring colombia madeira has ordered soldiers to block the a describing it as a political show by countries trying to force him from power his government is

attempting to seize the opposition leader's assets saying one accepted money illegally we will be there on par with the entry that he has received money from both international and national sources without any justification or on the constitutional and legal powers that have been established as the general auditor of the bali foreign republic of venezuela i have started an assets order on cities in one of our doe antonio go away don't mark is borrowing a football or hockey model of a b. hers a london home in australia of to spending two months locked up in thailand the footballer was arrested in november last year while on honeymoon in thailand he fled his native bahrain in twenty fourteen and received refugee status in australia but bahrain wanted him to return to serve a ten year prison sentence for vandalism he said he'd be tortured if he went back to bahrain which eventually dropped is extradition order those are the headlines and back with more news here on al-jazeera inhofe and our next it's witness to stay

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