on al-jazeera television. let's. zero. zero i'm richelle carey this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes the thai opposition party that one of the princes to run could now be thrown out of elections and ordered to disband. spain's minority socialist government faces a parliamentary vote which could trigger a snap election of catalonia at the center of the crisis. in iraq where the campaign is on to say its cultural heritage and treasures after years of war. i'm far as small have all the day's sporting clearing we meet the afghan boys dreaming

of cricketing glory as their team prepares to take on the best and the world. the thai party that nominated the king's older sister for prime minister in next month's election is facing dissolution election commission has recommended to the top court that the thai rocks the chart should be dissolved earlier the commission declared princes eligible to run saying royals should be above politics as hard as linked to the exiled former prime minister taksin shinawatra when a joins us live now from bangkok so when was this move expected. well i think once we saw that very strongly worded statements issued from the palace late on friday night in response to this nomination that had taken place early on friday from the party nominating the princes as its candidate to become

prime minister there was only really one way that the election commission was going to go would have been a big surprise if the commission had gone against that statement from the palace which basically condemned the decision by thai rocks attached to the chart rather to bring the royal family into politics the real family seen as being above politics in thailand what the palace says goes on in that statement it said that this nomination of the princess was inappropriate and unconstitutional so the election commission has agreed basically with that statement and is forwarding it on to the constitutional court in the court will decide if this party will be dissolved so what does this mean for the political future of tax and. yes well he backs this party officially he's not supposed to have any involvement

he lives in exile avoiding jail for a variety of corruption related offenses so he's not supposed to have any direct involvement in effect if he is found to be involved in in organizing these parties having control over them that's grounds the grounds for dissolution as well so that is a problem but he's very much known of course by everyone in thailand that he is backing this party he still has his main party it has to be pointed out a running in the lake in the election that is poor thai the party that was in government when the last coup was staged in two thousand and fourteen and the military's been in power ever since so he still has that party ironically the reason that thai rocks the chart was set up was a backstop really bits because there is a danger that poor thai will be dissolved as well before the election some of the leaders of that party have legal cases hanging over their heads and if they're found guilty of those charges then poor thai could also face the prospect of being

dissolved so that was one of the reason the chart was set up as a backstop but also to try to get as many votes as possible under this new system where we have party list and constituency seats to think of as well so it's certainly a big sit back those people who would've voted for thai rocks a chart if the party is in the and indeed dissolved many of them will go to vote for her time now but some of them won't some of them will be disappointed disillusioned with the decision to nominate the princes as its prime ministerial candidate so wayne who does it seem is the front runner now. well it's very difficult to say i think under this system designed in terms of the constitution that was written by the military it's very difficult for one political party to dominate as we've seen in the past like good time for example that was in power as a suit when the last coup happened i think is still seen as very very popular right

around the country but to form the government it's going to need coalition partners and it could well be losing one if the constitutional court does dissolve. the other party to watch out for of course is policy another new party that is very much pro the military regime it has the current prime minister. as its sole candidate to become prime minister so they are also seen as being one that will pick up a lot of votes by a lie for us in bangkok wayne thank you so much spain's on already socialist government is facing a crucial test which could trigger a snap election parliament is due to vote on budget plans by prime minister petro sanchez her independence catalan party which opposes proposals will influence the result of the vote to twenty four hours after what's described as the trial of the century began and madrid twelve catalan separatist leaders faced twenty five years in prison if convicted for billion imitator joins us live now from madrid so david

look we expect when can rather expect that it's. yes the debate is still going on on the budget and we could have a vote within about two hours time but it's always difficult to say of course we shall but essentially petro sanches the socialist prime minister is trying to push through a budget which would increase the pensions which would increase the minimum wage increase social spending generally and also increase the amount of money going to the catalonian district so this is essentially what he's trying to push through but the he needs the support of catalonia in m.p.'s because he's running a minority government and they are showing no sign of supporting this because they broke down talks last friday with the socialist prime minister saying essentially they wanted to talk about independence and the prime minister said no we can't talk

about that is against the constitution and that breakdowns essentially meant that he could now lose his grip on power here and if he does it's likely he'll call snap election and that general election will take place the middle of april all the end of a pulls on a knife edge at the moment but it looks like he might well lose just vote and we will see the elections show so tell us more about what they can what the result of the snap elections could be. well there was this thing to a new voice on the political scene santiago a scholar now he's the leader of vox a party that's taken everybody separate by surprise because they helped topple the socialists in andalucía ending thirty six years of socialist rained down that and now he's very much on the right wing he's dictating the if you like the dialogue will certainly shaping it now he's got views. very much against what he calls you

know feminism and also he's worried about illegal immigration as he calls it he wants to expel more than fifty thousand illegal immigrants from spain but he's now road back on that but nevertheless we're hearing and you voice and that means essentially that we might see his party making gains inside the parliament behind me for the first time and also a general shift from the center towards the right in spanish politics so far as socialists are concerned that is not a good idea that want to avoid that very keen to come to some sort of agreement to diffuse the cattle and crisis but if he loses his budget vote it looks like the right wing going to start gaining momentum inside spain. thank you. in israel an opposition leader has demanded the armed forces allow the

delivery of aid sent by the united states within the next ten days as a who still has military backing says threats have been beige and must stop both pro and anti-government protesters have helped mass marches in the capital traceable reports from caracas. he wants to keep up with the pressure on the government of the water that's why venezuela's self declared interim president called his followers to take to the streets once again. we announce that february twenty third is the day for humanitarian aid into venezuela we stand by all sectors delivery drivers nurses medics to get ourselves organized. all the way from her son was killed during the protests two years ago and these day i am demanding justice i am demanding freedom i am honoring all the children that have died i'm here for everything that is happening in this country people are dying of hunger and a lack of medicines. food and medical supplies mostly coming from the u.s.

have arrived at the border between venezuela and colombia why though says more is on its way there are thousands and thousands of people in this part of the city that it's difficult to move the specific demand in this demonstration is that they want to force the government to allow aid into the country the other demand is that they would like for free and fair elections to take place in venezuela because they believe that last year's election process was filled with irregularities. towards the center of the capital government supporters were also on the streets to voice their opposition to any type of foreign intervention for the last four months. has been part of the government's militia he says he's ready to defend his country from foreign aggression. i cannot trust in humanitarian aid that has not been requested in venezuela we didn't have an earthquake or a war that justifies them forcing aid into the country we want to solve our problems if they want to help us they should give us back the money they are

withholding that's in the banks in europe in the u.s. . but support for the president does not appear to be as high as it once was the economic crisis has left millions of people struggling to buy basics and medicines and that's why many in traditional neighborhoods have joined the protests what. we are protesting for the old people because they're in a madison's because we want a free country freedom to do and what we will and the opposition is calling on the military to rise against people. and allow the following donated supplies in. military and civilian employees that of the border with the humanitarian aid without drama without confrontation and fulfill that to have you need to allow the aid in to save the lives of. either the problems of the solution and life.

but the military leadership remains known by the widow and they played a role in his administration. the opposition says they will continue pushing to break that relationship. some mention of dora had his own rally in the capital and here's what he had to say was not. let the drums of war stop but the threats of military invasion recede and burns will say in a single chorus with one voice we want peace we want happiness long live the national union live peace to victory always thank you god bless you may god bless our beloved. also in caracas university students held a twelve hour vigil to commemorate anti-government protesters killed in the past five years the vigil began with the march through the capitol on tuesday night relatives of the killed or missing also so far they held placards which read no more dead but more out of the news hour including. the study of i'm not happy

about it it's not doing the trick. president trump rolls out another u.s. government shutdown but will congress compromise. and the cost of religious and ethnic division in nigeria and the slow process of reconciliation. and sport a big win for the french champions and good carl how all the latest from the champion's league. says he is unhappy with the provisional budget deal that would give him just a fraction of funds needed for his border wall with mexico u.s. president says he needs more time to study the plan but is rolling out another government shutdown this weekend or so white house correspondent kimberly helka. an agreement in principle which would avert yet another u.s. government shutdown but will the u.s. president veto the deal at my happy at first glance i just got to see if the answer

is no i'm not i'm not happy and monday night democrats and republicans crafted an agreement giving donald trump just one point three billion for eighty eight kilometers of border fencing not a wall it's a small portion of the five point seven billion trump requested added see even less than what the democrats agreed to give him last december before the impasse for that reason there's doubt whether he'll approve the deal i strongly urge the president. to sign this agreement no one gets everything they want in these agreements the president must sign it and not not not cause another shutdown at a cabinet meeting on tuesday trump told reporters he's still considering his next move however it's clear he hasn't given up on his signature campaign promise to build a wall along the southern border of the united states and mexico i consider

everything i'm considering after the white house has said repeatedly it believes the president has the legal authority to declare a national emergency to build the wall that would allow trump to access already approved funds but democrats say the emergency is manufactured and have promised to challenge such a move in the courts lawmakers have until friday to get the agreement through both houses of congress and signed by the president but the u.s. president is under constant pressure from prominent conservatives not to sign the agreement anywhere public and that supports this corbridge compromise you'll have to explain if the president chooses to veto the legislation some government agencies will begin shutting down and hundreds of thousands of government workers will once again be off the job for the second time this year kimberlee health hit

al-jazeera the white house this treasury secretary is in china as the world's two largest economies try to end a trade war stephen richen is holding two days of talks with beijing's top economic adviser vice premier league he negotiators are trying to reach a deal on trade tariffs ahead of a march first deadline without an agreement us taxes on some chinese are set to rise twenty five percent it's. the world's most notorious drug trafficker is set to spend the rest of his life behind bars mexican drug lord known as el chapo has been convicted by a u.s. court two years after he was extradited to america the three month trial of walking guzman was packed with details of grisly killings political payoffs and elaborate trafficking schemes and well as on the reports in new york. after jury convicted joaquin el chapo guzman on all counts u.s. prosecutors made it clear the story of the man who was once the world's biggest drug trafficker was finished this conviction we expect will bring

a sentence of life without the possibility of parole is a sense from which there is no escape and no return. this conviction is a victory for the american people who was suffered so long and so much. money made billions pouring poison over our southern border as the verdict was read in the packed courtroom under tight security guzman initially looked shocked but he then flashed a thumbs up as he was led away by security guards from the court room through a back door moments later months wife who sat through every day of the long trial left the courthouse to a crush of reporters she didn't respond to questions as she got into will be a. guzman's highly paid defense attorneys said they would appeal and accuse the u.s. government of using guzman's conviction like it was

a prize in the war on drugs course is a trophy for the government i mean that the cocaine flow doesn't stop with joaquin guzman being convicted only for god's sake does anybody think that does anybody think that if that suddenly anything's changed over the course of the trial jurors saw pictures of guzman's diamond encrusted pistol and heard stories about him ordering killings of rivals including one for the crime of failing to shake guzman's hand but it was guzman sinhala drug cartel that often took center stage several of his former top level associates testified against him lifting the lid on a multibillion dollar operation that utilized all the tools at their disposal to get their product across the mexican border. well this is the last chapter of bill chapo guzman drug trafficking career it's by no means that in did this story for his soon to lower drug cartel back in mexico it continues to be the biggest drug

trafficking organization in mexico now run by two of bill chappell sons and it continues to traffic drugs throughout the world gabriel's rando i'll just brooklyn members of south africa's largest union are holding a strike over a large scale layoffs that stay known firms and private companies it comes just months ahead of national elections with president cyril ramaphosa is governing african national congress hoping for another term in office. joins us live now from johannesburg so what is it that the strikers want malcolm. because the south african trade union is demanding an end to all private and public sector job cuts also calling for covenant officials and business people to face prosecution and jail and specifically they're opposed to land reforms south africa's electricity company. employs about new fifty thousand people the

government is planning to divide it up and the people here say that it's going to be a right size ation job so that's why congress the trade unions that's called it's nor the more. nearly two million members across the country to not go to work today to go to a march like this turnout so it's certainly a lot less than what they would have hoped for they said they were going to be fifteen thousand people here today probably not even a tenth of that but over the last ten years versus from worse the trade unions paul has dwindled a lot of the reasons for that is because their members feel they have been very effective lobbying the governments of the african national congress into passing legislation that actually benefits their members actually benefits south africa's workers so there. our elections in may as we just said what is the significance of this rift between the unions and the government of the ruling a.n.c. . presidency run it was

a really needs the support of the unions to be able to go toe to go into this election the african national congress expected to get less votes that i had that i was before i was even a chance it could be it's majority of them went to president obama is it really needs to be on board to be on the other hand for almost one hundred liberal economic policies and restructuring the giant jaw forward and that's going to join these business leaders as we said going to china dress. around south africa's state owned enterprises and that's in direct conflict with the constituencies who support the new so now we balances these in the months ahead with what we're waiting to see is going to be difficult for him to please you need both of these people business leaders but you need to do that to be able to join maintain the african national congress is majority in parliament so that the a.n.c. stay in. the right not to have a spark malcolm thank you

a nationwide strike in belgium has paralyzing air traffic seaports and train services all flights in and out of the country have been cancelled for twenty four hours tens of thousands of airline passengers are affected public sector workers including police hospital and air traffic control staff are all demanding higher wages. government is reopening an immigration detention center on christmas island as after opposition m.p.'s managed to push through a new bill calling for asylum seekers to be sent to offshore prisons to get medical treatment christmas island is closer to indonesia than the mainland prime minister scott morrison says being sent to the remote australian territory will act as a deterrent to asylum seekers trying to reach mainland australia my job now. is to ensure that the boat's done tom my job now is to do everything within my power and the pair of the company to ensure that what the parliament has done to weaken apple does does not result in by its coming to

a strike. it is still the case that al government is running border protection in this country and that of itself is a great to tear and look more closely at how australia's offshore processing policy actually works so boats full of asylum seekers are intercepted by the australian navy after settling for indonesian waters and set of having their refugee status assessed on the australian mainland their detained for processing on the pacific pacific island now ruled some asylum seekers were also sent to manage island in papua new guinea and that center was closed in two thousand and seventeen but hundreds remain stuck there refugees seeking medical treatment can now be taken to the remote australian territory of christmas island they the man is executive executive director that is a refugee legal that's an end a pen a community legal center specializing in refugee and humanitarian law he says the christmas island center was inhumane and should not reopen. but the christmas

island change sion facility which is being in an operation on and off for almost two decades as these are to clean up dana myself with at meet with represents many hill. it is the detentions a huge detention center which of times has killed two thousand and eight asylum seekers who sort of protection australia and has been widely condemned as being prison life additions we shot for family and of homs people who've already fled. i'm sorry it is a very serious concern to hear the government suggesting that it will rain are. these detention center which has caused such severe additional harm to the people who fled from it is also not the content wise we would be in any way suitable suit old people who are going to be brought back from that route

a menace are you require who is seriously ill and require urgent medical attention and you simply not the conduct class with be held they female and so you have that whether with staff that's still ahead on al-jazeera a summer audience accuse the government of broken promises forty years after the revolution. and meet the new face of u.s. skiing that is the twenty three year old and for the challenge bar will have all of that coming up. hello there we've had a rather murky conditions for some of us in australia recently the satellite picture is showing this little area of cloud just drifting its way eastwards there gave us some pretty strong winds in fact the winds are still pretty strong in

sydney at the moment and that kicked up quite a bit of dust as well so that turned the skies a little bit of a yellow we kind of murky color a color that we're not quite acquainted to in sydney and that all is now working its way away from us but it hasn't finished with us just yet you see all of this on the satellite picture this kind of brown color showing up quite clearly is working its way towards new zealand so we new zealand over the next few days when you get some rain you can expect also to see a fair amount of yellow we murky deposits only coles as well looks like we're going to have some of that dust with us as well so for the next few days then looks like sydney will be a bit brighter and we'll get to around twenty five degrees but it will also be mostly dry further north as well and that's not necessarily good news because at the moment we should have our monsoon with us but it's really quite subdued currently dolan's getting to around thirty one might be one or two showers here but in townsville we're a long way above average temperature for this time of year so that could give us a few problems if that continues for

a while yet certainly at the moment it's looking drier but it should be for the south where the temperatures have broken now fourth in perth a twenty eight is our maximum which is really quite pleasant for us. weather sponsored by cats own and once. again stanton has the else geology of both mentally resources under her why are they so poor emotional you guys would finally form a government. of the toxin when essentially nowhere the more we would close down the more they push back we knew it was coming the question was do we sit and wait or do we surprised them with a preemptive strike tom bodett or on to see an. al-jazeera

. where every. watching out to syria let's pick up the top stories right now is high party that nominated the king's older sister for prime minister and next month's election is facing the dissolution election commission has recommended to the top or the thai rocks a char should be disbanded. spain's minority government is facing a crucial test in the coming hours which could trigger

a sound election arleigh minister to vote on budget plans and the outcome depends largely on pro independence cattle on parties who have so far opposed to venezuela . an opposition leader one has ordered the armed forces to allow the delivery of a i doubt it states within the next ten days as a who continues to have the backing of the military says threats of invasion must stop. some countries are snubbing us sponsored meeting about iran's role in the middle east but poland which is hosting the talks said iran will not be the only item on the agenda they said delegates will also discuss the presence of beisel and the war in syria. or. american hopes of uniting the world against iran won't be an easy task for the us secretary of state mike pompei o. crucially important countries are either pulling out or sending low level delegations to the warsaw summit aimed at curbing iran's growing influence in the

middle east will have sixty countries over thirty foreign ministers there from every continent save for antartica this is a global coalition that is going to deliver on the important mission as reducing the rest of the disseminated from the middle east for four or five iranian leaders who are not invited are denouncing the summit as a u.s. and iran circus i the trump administration reimposed sanctions last year after pulling out of a two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal between iran and world power was the e.u. though decided to stay responding to international concerns about the conference and its motives polish government ministers say it will cover syria i still yemen terrorism trade and security. the e.u.

alone does not in my opinion kiri sufficient for political weight to try to really influence the situation in the middle east only working together with the united states and broadly speaking to the community of democratic countries can we have a positive influence and achieve peace establish ation of the situation in the middle east. seventy countries are invited many are worried about a u.s. backlash if this the summit analysis dot the gathering would ever be able to achieve its goals if you don't have russia you have the indication by europe that they're not going to send high level people. and lower level people i think that's a sign and a signal our concern but also the limitations of working so that only regarding. what can be. that the us will settle for it but the u.s. has staunch supporters in the middle east such as saudi arabia the u.a.e.

and which have repeatedly called for a tougher stance against what they say is iran's destabilizing role in the region the summit which the u.s. hopes will show how it can build a global coalition against iran could cause embarrassment for the trump administration some countries are staying away while others are distancing themselves from the u.s. approach against iran's regional ambitions which combines sanctions with threats of international isolation. and employment and economic hardship are among the issues that drove iran's islamic revolution in one nine hundred seventy nine when millions of people brought down a corrupt monarchy forty years on many iranians say they've yet to see the prosperity they were promised a matter of a report from tehran the power of protest and armed rebellion i had to learn ruhollah khomeini was able to call upon helped him take control of iran in eleven

days but consolidating the gains of the one nine hundred seventy nine islamic revolution would take years. the new government struggled to suppress insurrections of its own and the economy all but collapsed revolutionaries have been jockeying for political position ever since and iranian people say their leaders have forgotten khomeini's revolution was actually about them. at a museum dedicated to iran's first national bank there is more wealth in a single display than many iranians may see in a lifetime. a literal treasure trove filled with the precious things of past kings . within these stately halls there is great optimism about iran's future. in their homes always problems are being imposed such as sanctions or war but the islamic republic with its rich resources and suitable geography and well i predict the economic future of the country will be. one of the reasons iranian supported khomeini was because the majority of the country's wealth was in the hands of the

few something that seems to be happening again the revolution played out on streets all over the country and once monuments to the strength of empire buildings city square statues have since come to symbolize the power of the religious movement that saw them torn down but as the years have gone by many iranians say the promises of prosperity that same movement made have not been kept. as often happens when there is economic decline many say things were better in the past in the time of kings. the problems we have had in the last two or three months are unprecedented war with iraq for eight years and we didn't have this level of inflation in poverty president hassan rouhani promised a lot but he lived the people who handled the war why did they do nothing for the people. be with them once i was a religious person i hated the shah but we tried to logan's to say silencing muslims was betraying the koran we believed in the koran but now i'm sixty five

years old i don't believe in the koran or mosques i believe nothing he must have been betrayed they broke my heart government leaders say they're doing their best and blame american sanctions as well as pointing to macro economic indicators that seem to show iran is on track to be classified a highly developed country it's a sign they say that things aren't as bad as they may seem but the high cost of living means problems that are playing out inside people's homes is where ronnie and leaders seem to be losing votes. to her on. election commission is promising that saturday's presidential vote will go ahead despite another fire at one of its offices of the third fire was happening within weeks of the last within a couple of weeks of the last one part me and in story thousands of voting machines in and and amber a state president mohammed who bihari is running for a second term several people were killed in

a stampede at one of his rallies on tuesday a rise in taxes forcing thousands of nigerians to move to neighboring cameroon the u.s. says thirty thousand people from the northern borno state have fled in recent days fearing more attacks by the armed group the violence has displaced more than two million people since two thousand and nine. and central nigeria violence of a different kind of thousands of people displaced the conflict is fueled by competition for land as well as religious and ethnic divisions and underlines the security challenges that will be faced by whoever wins the presidency. reports in the city. after a hard day's work benjamin moses and robot a colleague work the narrow streets of their batek neighborhood in jaws in central idea. fifteen years of conflict between muslims and christians here change the face of many communities as people move to areas they feel safe in this is. but benjamin

says he refused to leave his house and this predominantly muslim area of the city is the only christian here he said his church and friends all wanted him to be i don't i don't please i was two dogs if i die just because. because all my life lived in this part of. benjamin a school teacher and a taxi driver are inseparable. and it's in the wanted to hopefully we can all see our own son went. towards is very easy if you're. in central nigeria two thousand and eighteen was the many here say they will never forget the competition for land between farmers and cattle herders in addition to decades of struggle. and ethnicity led to nearly three thousand deaths. thousands of people were forced from their homes because of violence and are still living in camps. a lot of it was. because i said that we

hope is for them have all the things that the people raise as a source of the conflict well this is a damned fool talk about forgiveness is double talk about the conciliation. healing the wounds of conflict is a slow process this road marks the divide between the mainly christian and predominantly muslim neighborhoods of just a city why nigeria with all its followers thousands have been killed and homes and businesses destroyed trust among people here as their order and communities are trying to rebuild that brick by brick wall three years ago participate began efforts to reconsider communities that have been at war with each other for fifteen years it is a tough environment on the one hand but we are very excited about the prospects and the potential that these job holds for peace and security in the state because of how much our people embracing these ideas of peace for now the region is calm

but with elections approaching there is tension and mutual suspicion and people here know from previous experience that it may only take a street fight once again through the entire region into another cycle of violence . just nigeria at least five people have died in nearly week long anti-government protests and haiti demonstrators want president of an amway say to step down and they're angry about rising costs economic stagnation and corruption some protesters have been looting shops in the capital port au prince horse country america's has been battling instability over the past few years. a u.s. senator has joined calls for apple and google to stop offering a saudi app which helps women in saudi arabia track and restrict the movement of women then as sure as a government court all that process is applications for documents such as passports

and vehicle registration it could be downloaded from the out will store and google play critics say facilitates saudi arabia's garnished guardianship system which bans women from traveling accessing services without the permission of a male relative or senator ron wyden tweeted it is unconscionable that google and apple are making it easier to track women in control when and how they travel these companies shouldn't enable these abusive practices against women and saudi arabia s m a money is a professor of political science at university of waterloo she says while the app as an example of gender discrimination does make it easier for women to travel by replacing the need for filing paperwork. it's a sort of a government type of. act that's really supposed to facilitate paperwork i mean rather than having to go to your local ministry and file and it's a serious people where he can do it all online and it's really trying to convention

the fact that much of the middle east is very much hyper connected of course the app is in general at least the feature of the app that sort of is meant to allow a guardian to give authority to allow a woman to travel is of course very offensive i think for a lot of women not just at the basis you know sort such a such a travesty in many ways but i think in many ways you might also see that there will be saudis who will argue that in fact this may allow more women to trouble that are a fact rather than having a male guardian go to that local ministry to file the necessary paperwork can all be done online and therefore facilitate women's trouble outside the country again because the default is that women can't go outside the country without their male guardians permission that doesn't take away from the fact that obviously the very basis of the guardianship laws are offensive in nature but it's not the out that's the problem it's the law it's parliament is due to vote on plans that had extend president of the town role it's debating changes to the constitution to extend

presidential term limits if the motion is approved it'll eventually be put to a national referendum status stand down in two thousand and twenty two when his second four year term and. the region of normandy and northern france relies heavily on cross channel trade with the u.k. and it's pretty prepares to depart the e.u. there is concern but also hope. the reports from the port city have we struck. with his rolling hills and quaint cottages normandy is charm is distinct for more than a thousand years this french regional the english channel has had links to britain william the conqueror was born in this castle in ten sixty six invaded england and became king. today it's trade that's the main bond the u.k. is an important export market for this cheese factory but with britain set to leave the european union managers are worried feel regular it works. rex it scares us

because when i meet her british clients they aren't sure what's happening we don't know if they'll keep buying because maybe costs will change so we are closely following what's happening with bricks it normally these ports rely on cross-channel trade is the biggest one million passengers and three million tons of goods pass through each year ferries are turned around as fast as possible to save time and money port officials say breaks it would slow down the process record forward cabin of your there'd be more controls passenger goods will need to go through customs they'll be extra checks for lorries as the u.k. will be out of the customs union animal and plant checks will have to be done in another zone near the border there's little doubt that if when britain leaves the european union the impact we felt across this region while windies leaders are of course concerned some are also trying to regs it into an opportunity. in on a more we have many industrial links to the u.k. pharmaceutical aircraft in company factory and many of them will need to be aware

their business is in that is europe so if they want to be in europe but near the u.k. nobody's perfect nominees council has been campaigning to attract british entrepreneurs richard baker says the uncertainty surrounding brags it persuaded him to move his firefighting business from the u.k. to france last year even though he still feels very attached to england very much marcus you know royalists in. but i've also been a european because that's when you're talking about trading nations that seems today in the global world you have to be. to make mike that survival many people in normandy feel close to the neighbors across the sea and for great britain this decision to leave the e.u. some say that is the u.k. is sailing into uncharted waters the best they can do is be prepared and make sure that they don't miss the boat natasha al-jazeera frauds many of iraq's

most important archaeological sites lie in ruins after the battle against eisel on to ration exports from the european union are helping iraqis protect what's left of their heritage for reports from baghdad this is all that's left of nimrod the ancient assyrian city founded three thousand years ago i shall fight is seized lodged areas of territory in north and western iraq five years ago. destroying historical sites and artifacts they regarded as on islamic. this was nimrod before eisel arrived considered one of the world's great archaeological treasures once home to an assyrian king guarded by giant stone carvings a winged beasts known as la. of the smashing many of the artifacts using sledgehammers and power tools i saw detonation barrel bombs to blow up the city and

. the explosion felt like an earthquake according to people who saw it. two years ago precisely i was in the middle of it was just ten days after the site was a great it so i discovered what it means a site which has just been taken back from isis so we have course discovered the magnitude of their the majesty but we saw also the diversity of what we can define as a crime scene. the conservationist says it's been a challenge for the iraqi army to clear mines an improvised explosive devices from the area without causing even more destruction had a lot of people accessing the site which was not found so you have a individuals who are needed to every policeman everybody and moving out of it so it's difficult to fathom the shocking level of destruction committed by ice all not only on iraq soccer logical heritage but on archaeological sites across the region

now in recent years a lot of artefacts have been stolen and it's believed many of them about themselves in the private collections intelligence services here are now saying that they believe a lot of the money is going towards funding terrorism. security experts from the european union advisory mission and iraq want to build a database to help track missing artifacts and return them to iraq when we arrived here in two thousand and seventeen i already got the task from europe from brussels to do some. protection which because of. the culture of europe it's good to stop. so we are very keen to zero. in ruins in a region the cradle of civilization the challenge is to save what's left.

time for sports now with fara where shall thank you so much for start with the latest from the champions league we're only going or sold shares on b. iran is man united in term manager has ended they were stunned by visitors p.s.g. and their last sixteen tie playing the first leg at old trafford second half goals

from fresno camembert a and killing and they gave the french champions league things got worse for man united when paul pogba was sent off for a second yellow card and will now miss the second leg p.s.g. winning to nail the first time man united lost by more than one goal in a home european tie the second mike will be in paris on march the six but i think that we grew again in this match we did the next step to defend like this here and like you said not a lot of big chances to allow only a few shots a few shots outside the books and. it's it's a big achievement for us and of course it has to be has to be repeated we've had a great run and we came into this game in a great frame of mind great form but of course it was a big step book that they have omitted from the keeper until a strike. there is the reason behind them being. who are the favorites for the for

the champions league but then then again i think. that's the level that we need to aim for at this club. and the other last sixteen tie on choose a teenager nicole is an e.l.o. scored twice to leave to eighty two one victory over visiting court on that one thousand year old has become the youngest italian to score twice and a champions league game. juicer benghazi. praising him is right he did very well and in general he's improving beyond our expectations but they also think we did well with him sometimes making these boys play in prestigious matches can serve as an opportunity for them to mature and he did it like against real madrid i hear everybody taking credit for the newest game but i am the one who is coaching him every day and that is how you manage his growth. meanwhile four time champions league winners i.x. amsterdam are preparing for the daunting prospect of hosting the three time

defending champions around the dread the dog club have fallen behind europe's best since they last won the continent's top club competition in one thousand nine hundred five and after a difficult start to the season real have improved their form. real madrid. we see real madrid is a very good team with good ideas and tactics last week we saw they are improving a lot we have to do something about it and come up with solutions we don't just have to look we also to focus on our game and that's very important it's going to be. champions league match real madrid is always a favorite because of our track record in the competition we are in good shape right now so we are happy about that of course that gives us confidence but we were favorites this whole year and have been doing well le bron james and the l.a. lakers are in danger of missing an n.b.a. playoff spot they lost to host the atlanta hawks on choose day james put in an impressive effort scoring twenty eight points eleven rebounds and sixteen assists for its fifth triple double of the season but once again he couldn't save the

lakers. john collins and trey young each scored twenty two points to help atlanta to one hundred seventeen to one hundred thirteen win and snap a three game losing streak the lakers have now lost or of their last five games since that tenth and the western conference. the afghanistan cricket team is preparing to take part in that second world cup it marks a remarkable achievement for the players many young afghans learned how to play in refugee camps and is totally berkely reports from jalalabad cricket is also helping afghans cope with the trauma of war. no matter whether it's a cold winter or when i'm bearable a hot summer in afghanistan is always the season for cricket even with no more than a piece of wood for a bat a rocky piece of ground for a pitch and a stone for the wickets most young boys and many men have been hooked by the phenomenon of cricket which has swept the country. but these boys shout out the names of their cricketing heroes. years ago they would have been of pakistani

players today they're all afghan it's a remarkable story that has taken afghanistan from the rocky outcrops to the best cricket grounds in the world in less than twenty years afghanistan has gone from nothing to being the latest member of the international cricket council the i.c.c. and the elite group of twelve top cricketing nations of the world that work for some country but in twenty eighteen we beat bangladesh and sri lanka we drew with india and we got a full membership of the i.c.c. these are amazing achievements for the afghan nation we are playing now on grounds where they had never heard of afghanistan before. the afghan cricket board now has five stadia in the country and a flourishing youth policy minus cricket we are nothing because when we were young we played on the cricket. we don't have any good opportunity for education for those kind of thing but the cricket was free for us so. i think

a lot helped us and now we are here. afghan started playing cricket in the refugee camps of pakistan and since then it's become more than just a sport it transcends political cultural and religious divides and if anything it's become the one unifying factor in forty years of conflict could support cricket is the ambassador of peace the afghan cricket team has always given the message of unity and brotherhood to the entire nation and brought us together the afghan cricket team is the source of unity among afghans which started cricket in. their love cricket and also. good support for cricket all of us in their time so that's why we are here cricket has its own followers and its own language and it doesn't involve wall cricket is it. too many meaning for us for four other people thought as far as one is and what it is i mean happiness if. it's have eyes and in a country where so many of been traumatized by years of conflict cricket is providing

therapeutic qualities that are helping relieve stress. if afghans didn't have cricket they would take drugs or take part in war other miserable things psychologically cricket takes their mind away from bad things people will participate in elections but they will in cricket has become essential to the afghan people. afghanistan content to tame foreign teams on home soil because of the war that's another goal but for these boys the hope is one day they can be late their heroes and play for the national team i did some of the biggest cricket leads in the world for one of those few afghan success stories how's that tony berkeley al-jazeera jalalabad. and u.s. ski champion mcallister friend makes headlines when she races and when she chooses not to the twenty three year old won last week's super g. at the ski championships in or us sweden and then sat out several events this week she's now preparing to get gold in the upcoming giant slalom and slalom but after

ski legend lindsey vonn retired on sunday schifrin say she has a lot to learn before stepping into a new role as the next face of the sport i would like to believe that just being a really like kind person and a good athlete and having success in the store is enough to really promote it but it's not really i mean there needs to be some some drama some excitement some some really big personalities and for me maybe i'm growing into that right now i'm just trying as hard as i can to balance my own schedule and and ski as well as i can because my big goal is is not to be dramatic it's to be. in the starkey ready to win and that's all your sport for now much more coming up later but for now it's back to our thank you very much thank you for joining me for the news hour to get a moment visit our web site al-jazeera dot com we'll keep you up to date on the day's news adrian ten again is up next.

on the streets of greece anti immigrant violence is on the rise that all you have to go for a loved one jewel in the sun that prove this is all fun plus ism and increasingly migrant farm workers of victims a vicious beatings. a slum 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. an army

of volunteers has come together to help with the influx of tens of thousands of evacuees. but their retreat to a church shelter has brought new challenges an outbreak of norovirus and other gastrointestinal problems. smoke from the massive wildfires now blankets much of northern california leading to some of the worst air quality in the world but with more than twelve thousand structures lost in the wildfires concerns remain about long term accommodations jobs and medical care. local officials say there isn't enough housing stock available. every dude is being animal it's being leaked and you measure to support intelligence agencies are. to do things in secret that are a lawful or politically embarrassing all of the colleagues that i knew chose to retire from the n.s.a. big could not stand by and see all the work that they had done being used for mass

surveillance digital dissidents on al-jazeera. the thai opposition party that wanted a princess to run for office could now be thrown out of the elections and ordered to disband. hello i'm adrian for the game this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a crucial vote in spain's parliament that could lead to an early general election. a possible showdown in venezuela as the opposition sets a date for humanitarian aid to enter the country president but duro though says that's not going to happen plus. this is a day of reckoning.