hearts and what is going to have a tremendous impact are the sanctions that keep the government from having access to the sale of that oil particularly citgo which is its crown jewel it's the u.s. subsidiary that money has been frozen it's been put into an escrow account it accounts for seventy percent of the government's access to hard currency and that now is completely out of its hands so we expect that very shortly we're going to be able the people here in israel at least so we get going to be able to feel the effects of those sanctions always good to talk to you thank you very much our last america out of san luis in human natur inside venezuela. india says it will completely isolate pakistan following first a suicide bombing in indian administered kashmir at least forty four military officers were killed and dozens wounded pakistan denies any involvement in the attack or bad money how small. a solemn occasion in india in the minutes to kashmir the home minister russian of thing helps to carry the coffin of

the soldier killed in thursday's attack. one of dozens of security personnel targeted when a suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into the convoy on the highway prime minister observed a moment of silence to remember the victims before he gave a warning there are producers on the legal i want to tell the terrorist groups and their patrons that they have committed a huge mistake and they will have to pay a big price for this. it's the worst attack to hit the disputed himalayan region in three decades the pakistan based group jaish e mohammad says it's responsible for the attack although islamabad denies any involvement india has accused it of allowing armed groups to operate freely. it's issued a diplomatic protest to pakistan's envoy in new delhi and withdrawn trade privileges

to islam about. pakistan's foreign ministry issued a statement calling the attack a matter of grave concern saying they've always condemned heightened acts of violence in the valley. has been divided between india and pakistan since nine hundred forty seven both countries claim the entire region where tens of thousands have been killed in the past three decades the latest attack targeted a large military convoy investigates the still trying to piece together how the armed group was able to strike such a sensitive target what is an explosion doesn't happen. just. as india's national investigation agency begins its walk activists came out onto the streets of indian administered kashmir with many chanting anti pakistan slogans . the government has shut down internet in some areas and the military has imposed

a curfew in attempt to restore calm laura but in many al-jazeera. still ahead for you on the program an uneasy calm in haiti where the president is refusing to step down despite weeks of hunting government demonstrations. and they face criminal charges in the u.s. and canada the saudi students managed to escape from the country. the weather she fought to drive across a good part of australia now not too much clout to speak of little bits and pieces the plan rolling through the bite down towards the southeast and kona maybe into south australia as well adelaide around twenty eight celsius force that's the off in the simplest terms or maybe a couple degrees higher than that for townsville wanted to show was around the top

end but the rest of the country set some very pleasant summer sunshine coming through a little more cloud makes its way across western australia brightening up in perth around thirteen degrees for sunday is a thirty the full adelaide as well five and drier right up the east coast of australia getting up to twenty nine for sydney and also for breeze but a lot of dry weather too into new zealand for its time a little more clout does make its way into the south island but not fair too badly over the next couple of days temperatures are struggling a little last week we're getting up to around twenty six now is struggling to reach sixteen in christ as well can get up to twenty three over the next couple of days notice a little model a little warmer for christ as for the north we have a tropical system to make just keep an eye on there around of ottawa to pushing towards new caledonia over the next few days meanwhile some snow flurries there for more than parts of japan somewhat dry a little further south tokyo ten degrees. own

culture because of this week young and other period of africa's most populous nation what joblessness is such a huge problem with nigeria what chauvet the a three eighty beats for global travel oppression just like you would be plus a look inside turkey goes to states. on al-jazeera. welcome back just a quick look at the top stories u.s.

president donald trump has declared a national emergency to access funds for a border war with mexico democrats who control the house judiciary committee launching an immediate investigation into the announcement saying it raises constitutional issues venezuela's president has accused the u.s. of trying to destabilize this country in an interview with al-jazeera nicolas maduro also criticized european nations accusing them of supporting u.s. military intervention. in memorials have been held for at least forty four indian security forces who were killed in an attack in indian controlled kashmir prime minister narendra modi has blamed pakistan for backing you so a crushing response. well now to haiti where the president juvenile moyes is refusing to step down despite weeks of anti-government demonstrations at least eight people have died in the on rest which respond over rising prices and government corruption. has more from the haitian capital port au prince. after a brief calm on thursday protesters once again took to the streets of port au prince demonstrators marched near the presidential palace calling for the

resignation of the haitian president the crisis has put much of port au prince on a sort of lockdown businesses are are closed schools are closed people are having a very difficult time finding access to water and finding access to food we went out today and saw dozens of people protesting on the streets near the presidential palace but we also saw parts of port au prince that are sort of returning to a sense of normalcy people once again walking on the streets of the city vendors once again selling their products on the streets but there is still a lot of discontent left here in the city people are not convinced by what the president said that they a solution to the problems the economic problems that plague this country is actually on its way the president did val in his speech on thursday evening that this got that the government would soon be. giving a proposal for finding a solution to the ongoing political crisis but we haven't heard anything from the government as to what those next steps are actually going to be people here angry over government corruption yes but they're also angry over the systemic economic

problems that continue to plague the country haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere certainly the poorest country in the americas coupled with a declining economy over the last couple of years skyrocketing inflation even when things are calm in the country it's difficult for people and having no guarantee that that things are going to improve in the daily lives of haitians it's no wonder it's no it's not difficult to see why people are taking to the streets to protest. now authorities and zimbabwe say they don't expect to find survivors after two illegal gold mines were flooded on cheese day rescue teams have spent days trying to pump in the pit some well now in it to begin recovering bodies it's estimated that at least fifty people working in the mines near the town of douma when a nearby dam. spain's prime minister pedre sanchez has called early elections for april after losing a key budget vote the spending plans but forward by sanchez's minority socialist

government were voted down by lawmakers earlier this week including members of the two main castle and probably dependents posses snap poll on april twenty eighth will be spain's third election in for he is turkish president says the u.s. hasn't put its full weight behind the investigation into the murder of jamal khashoggi the journalist was killed in saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul last october to honest told turkish media his officials still haven't received all the documents relating to the case that he expects it to be heard by an international court the crown prince mohammed bin someone has been accused of ordering the killing but riyadh denies any involvement well in all the developments authorities are looking into several cases where saudi students at american and canadian colleges who are facing criminal charges managed to escape it's alleged the government in riyadh might have helped and flee the country rob reynolds reports. fugitives from justice believed to have been helped to escape from prosecution in the united states there

are alarmed indications that thought the government has help thought the nationals accused of serious crimes flee the country federal law enforcement authorities have launched an investigation into how saudi students attending colleges in at least eight u.s. states and canada managed to get away after being charged with crimes including manslaughter rape and possession of child pornography investigative reporter shane dixon kavanaugh has found multiple cases of saudi diplomats spiriting suspects out of the u.s. in many cases the saudi government has no money and legal. defense prosecutors law enforcement some of these cases the saudi government directly escaped the united states five of the accused saudi men fled the state of oregon the state's senior senator wants answers from the state and justice departments the

notion that thought eurabia can basically think it is above the law and that's what it looks like to the people of my home state it's just unacceptable in two thousand and sixteen up to rahm on noura was charged with the hit and run killing of fifteen year old fallon smart she was. pathetic. his intelligence two weeks after numerous trial he broke off his ankle monitoring device was driven to the portland airport in a black s.u.v. and was flown out of the country in a private jet authorities believe he was provided with a false passport he like the other man accused is believed to be back in saudi arabia to at least answer. a legal system that. put her color to front of a church. in all seventeen saudi men in the u.s.

and canada have reportedly disappeared while awaiting prosecution the u.s. does not have an extradition treaty with saudi arabia making it unlikely they will ever face justice robin olds al jazeera. well now to developments in northern nigeria authorities there reporting the deaths of at least sixty six people in a wave of violence this comes just before saturday's crucial election police discovered the bodies in villages and could do no state twenty two of them were children state governor necessarily refine arrests of been made and has called on the public to avoid revenge attacks well security is one of the main deciding factors for voters on saturday along with youth unemployment and rising inflation more than three hundred thousand security staff of been deployed to keep the public safe i'm an address reports now from the northeastern city of my degree.

after a long heated campaign season nigerians are set to pull out election materials have reached one hundred twenty thousand polling stations where eighty four billion bridges to voters will elect a president from a list of seventy three candidates we have already received all the logistic items we have received all the nicest sensitive items we have received the sensitive items and boxes the. papers and the rest of them and we have already identified. the vote comes as the country struggles with the same issues that have dominated its politics for years decades of mismanagement and large scale looting of the treasury forced the economy into its worst recession in two thousand and sixteen. it has since emerged from the slump but growth is sluggish there is

a need to encourage the growth of the economy to expand you know the capacity of the economy to absorb the excess you know labor force that we have so that is a key challenge. the country's largest voter bloc is the one worst hit by the lack of jobs and most one in four of the country's youth is unemployed lots of them like me sort of either want to. exaggerate the. traits of. the soul even exist but being a mug shot which may benefit everybody the culture of it you want them to promise this all be you know all the time salt this time around i want them to be accountable for whatever the cd. but the biggest threat to the country is security from the armed groups to come you know violence and clashes between farmers and herders tens of thousands of nigerians have been killed in the last decade. the

long queues the patrol stations that nigeria known for in previous years they have largely disappeared but africa's largest oil producer is still not refining enough for domestic consumption nigeria's the decryption sector has not fred any better over the last three years while basic education is neglected by evil state government university education continue to suffer from lack of by depraved funding this university one of the largest of nigeria is yet to receive much of the macarthur to do so after three months vision white stripe. whoever emerges us president of this election will be dealing with these and many other challenges the some larger and say previous leaders of either deliberately or lack the capacity to tackle a comedy greece. nigeria well it is a crucial election coming up on saturday that will decide who controls africa's biggest economy and from dozens of contenders it appears to have boiled down to

a battle between two men president mohammed who bihari wants a second term off to sweeping to power in twenty fifteen with promises to root out corruption and defeat boko haram but for his own book iran remains a problem although it's lost some territory biharis also been accused of using anti corruption investigations to crack down on his opponents and many say the president has not been quick enough to push for reforms and in him the nickname baba go slow aiming to wrest the presidency from him former vice president. are in made his fortune in oil he's already tried for the presidency three times but says his experience as a business tycoon and political power broker will help him unite the country and revive the economy but critics say he is corrupt i will be a car has been investigated for diverting millions of dollars in public funds towards his business interests while in government he's dismissed the charges as politically motivated well earlier i spoke to david also

a security an organized crime consultant he says corruption is the major problem even when it comes to security in nigeria. there's a lot of people that are given the responsibility to carry out some of the security measures but they don't really have the capacity to do it the ones don't have the capacity to do it and not given a platform to do it so i think this is a real situation for the nigerian government to look at that we have to understand some of these. a difficult situation south african businessman gupta has made his has had his arrest warrant canceled it was wanted for allegedly offering bribes in two thousand and fifteen minutes past the infamous south african family accused of having a corrupt relationship with the former president jacob zuma now what has more now from john is back. south african police have cancelled an arrest warrant for indian businessmen and jacob was issued nearly a year ago for corruption charges and his two brothers are accused of collaborating

with former president jacob zuma and his family to steal hundreds of millions of dollars of south african public money things that the book has and zuma deny south africans awaited for years to see people being held to account for the corruption scandals of the zuma years and many here will be disappointed if they don't ultimately see people in court or people in jail they're also waiting to see if things would change since president several run oppose a took over from zuma about a year ago prosecutors say investigations are ongoing and it's possible that by dropping the arrest warrant now they'll buy themselves more time to complete investigations which are still happening ultimately leading to a long list of charges against those who were implicated. just a quick look at the top stories this hour now u.s. president donald trump has declared a national emergency to access funds for

a border war with mexico democrats you control the house judiciary committee launching an immediate investigation into that announcement saying that it raises constitutional issues by using emergency powers trump is trying to bypass congress which has refused to approve nearly six billion dollars needed for the project we're going to be shining today and register. national emergency. and it's a great thing to do because we have an invasion of drugs invasion of gangs of asia people and it's not acceptable. our other headlines this hour venezuela's president has accused the u.s. of trying to destabilize his country in an interview with al-jazeera nicolas maduro also criticized european nations accusing them of supporting u.s. military intervention meanwhile washington has imposed financial sanctions on five officials coast in the duo including the oil minister. well morals have been held

for at least forty four indian security forces who were killed in an attack in indian controlled kashmir prime minister narendra modi's blamed pakistan for backing the assault in a crushing response pakistan says the allegations are baseless. authorities in zimbabwe say they don't expect to find survivors after two illegal gold mines were flooded on tuesday rescue teams have spent days trying to pump water from the pits and will now look to begin recovering bodies estimated that at least fifty people working in two minds near the town of douma when a nearby dam bust. and spain's prime minister pedro sanchez is called early elections for april after losing a key budget vote the spending plans but for by sanchez's minority socialist government were voted down by lawmakers earlier this week including members of the two main catalan probably dependents parties. those are the headlines this hour counting the cost is up next looking at this week's big economic stories including

unemployment in nigeria and ghost towns in turkey stay with us a team of chinese scientists embark on a daring deep sea mission searching for rare resources and new species. reveals china's underwater homes. on al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian finnegan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week young and unemployed in africa's most populous nation why joblessness is such a huge problem in nigeria. also this week the super jumbo that failed to take off what retiring the a three eighty means for air passengers and global air travel plus turkey's construction industry once the driving force behind economic growth

is facing huge challenges i'm stephanie decker in turkey and i'll be explaining why so many projects like this one have been put on hold. africa's most populous nation and largest economy has a youth unemployment problem in nigeria nearly a quarter of the population is out of work and twenty percent of them is employed for young people aged fifteen to thirty five the figures a grim fifty five point four percent of them are without work creating jobs has been one of the key issues in this year's election campaign as old as heroes have a tussle reports from. me and unemployment are big issues in this election many people voting age between eighteen and thirty five many of. the employed and they say they are for straights and some economists say for the twenty fifteen the unemployment rate this country has doubled and this is alice she's one of the people who try to make ends meet in nigeria she sells potatoes that she

fries here on the street sells them to the well who buy them for maybe about a dollar will still. need to study nothing but the managers are trying to delete something on the table for her children she just one example of the many frustrated young people here in nigeria my problem is the so powerful villains where with no money. no work no to no to no from them gotten up i don't know where to who you know what the streets no work no to not. going to to get drunk you see these young men any of them under the age of say many of them don't have jobs some of them try to buy operating locally known as. a motorcycle used as public transport the young man driving back and forth it was just the right thing indeed but it's not enough to hope that we have

a wins this election focusing on the economy and try to create jobs are the issues of course i think nigerians like the insecurity in the north and northeast of nigeria because the folks who live in real estate the oil rich area complain that the central government is spending too much of that balls on themselves and on the people you get people in biafra state for example who some of them want to break away because they feel marginalized by the central government lots and lots of issues but for the majority of young people will be voting in this election hundred eighteen and thirty five many many of them millions of them hold the government and whoever wins this election focuses on the economy and create jobs. joining us now via skype from lagos is andrew nevin advisory pop and chief economist at p.w. see nigeria i'm sure good to have you with us so joblessness a huge problem for nigerians what's it like to be young in nigeria today it's very challenging for young people here the official unemployment for young people

is getting close to fifty percent i believe and both graduates from university have great difficulty getting established people that didn't go to university should be getting vocational training are not getting it they're not getting into formal employment so it's a real challenge and given the scale of nigeria's challenge not just for nigeria but for africans and also for the whole so one of the systematic problems behind unemployment in nigeria is or oil dependency at least partly to blame i think of course it is i think oil over the last thirty years in this country meant that the author industries there's a lot of diversification that we ask i think the good news at this point though is everyone recognizes and also recognize it's a crisis given difference with four years ago people are discussing youth unemployment at least for you to be employed in order to have something to gain hold so it's quite a bit different than that. but the structural problems remain here the government

in the last few years not have the issues around the exchange rate or be loyal subsidy or the relationship with the c.r. national as opposed to the regulator at operating companies all of those issues are holding back and best area growth itself been running just below two percent but that's barely enough to keep a keep up with the rising population in nigeria what does nigeria have to do given all that you've said to grow faster. well we said the country needs to grow six to eight percent and we're growing population almost three percent as you just said our g.d.p. growth is two percent so we're getting or or poor people like the i.m.f. and the world bank we're going to continue for so we need more investment the most important thing i think the bill that recognizes now is that we need the private sector to grow we basically say the private sector over the next decade needs to be ten to fifteen times larger to really make

a dent in unemployment and poverty in nigeria and that means every sector of the oil sector we've got things like entertainment got i.c.t. we've got to manufacture and agriculture but we also have the biggest sector that needs to grow in nigeria's real estate everyone needs a place to live we have a deficit of seventeen million holes in the great thing about real estate is that it employs a lot of people particularly carpenters plumbers labor is it really absorbs that young population so we need every sector to work we also need develop across the country so legace is doing relatively well in nigeria but that's not enough we need six seven big bowls of economic prosperity we need to development in the rural areas as well is that the need for the african market to stop tradings. with itself how would opening up the the african market help to reduce the continent's reliance on exporting commodities. we did very clear on this we said africans are going to

continue to be poor unless african straight with africans and increase the value added so we're very strong proponents of the africa content of free trade agreement many countries are ratified in nigeria and not ratified it yet but it will come but it's obvious that if we're just exporting raw materials to europe or asia that we're going to continue to be in poverty in africa so i think people recognize that and i think the speed at which the continental free trade agreements come together is really astonishing and it illustrates the sense that a new pan african is coming and the leaders that have recognized and let africa trade with africa let africa invest in africa we're going to continue to be a good technology help to drive this interaction between the people and the economies of africa i mean we've already seen a leapfrog in africa and everyone is well aware something like mobile less of it where there is a centrally don't fix line system in nigeria we probably have one hundred million

people use and while we're going to see that in all sorts of areas in kenya of course you have all the money went and passed it which drives the economy but i think you're going to see in health care you are seeing a health care education even things like governance that that the technology is what really drives you there's no way to deliver health care to two hundred million or three hundred million nigerians with traditional physical system so there are a lot of people working on these innovations and you're going to see it in africa so i expect to see a lot more lead in many technology or do you know of any any startups that are employing young people in. well i think the startup disclosed famous here is and out which is an outsourcing startup it's being hugely funded by blue chip funders but what this shows you is that i think the jury has the chance to be a little bit like in the in the ninety's and what's our greatest asset here it's people and there's a large number of well educated young people in the key space. people are figuring

out the doing business and lay goes it's actually low cost for these kind of outsourcing activities so that's a fantastic success story here so andrew if you were in charge if you could make one change that would help the young and unemployed in nigeria what would it be well as i said earlier the biggest chance to really reduce our warming is real estate so i would focus on the land use that way it's structured in niger it really makes it difficult to buy and sell property essentially you have this term capital in real estate we've estimated about three hundred billion dollars u.s. dollars dead cat real estate we've got a lot of real estate industry there is that it would really absorb a lot of young people into a lot of us that would be the number one policy. and it's been really good to talk to you many thanks indeed for being with us on counting the cost very happy car thanks so much still to come on counting the cost trafficked to tricked into slave labor the thai fishing industry under the spotlight in berlin.

but first the u.s. decision to sanction venezuelans oil assets two weeks ago was a move designed to keep revenues out of president nicolas maduro as hands he's been fighting back stepping up efforts to keep state run oil company p.t.v. essay and its subsidiaries out of his rival's hands al-jazeera snus in human reports now from caracas. in the capital of the country with the world's largest fossil fuel reserves practically everything you see was built with oil money and now that money along with in israel's oil production has been reduced to a trickle. last month the us blocked the transfer of dividends from citgo the state oil companies us subsidiary its crown jewel. citgo represents about seventy percent of in as well as hard currency a government that is already experiencing an unmanageable fiscal deficit and

a suddenly deprived of seventy percent of its income and a government when no one who lend it money is simply economically unviable. that's the point of the u.s. sanctions to strangle than israel economically to force president nicolas maduro out. we had a large shipment of medicines to last the country for a year and a large battle for all materials for food the contras frozen the contracts are cancelled and the money. they suffocate us steal our money and then say hold on to the scrum and put on a show for the world venezuela with dignity since no to the global show. and now to add insult to injury the opposition controlled legislature has named a new board of directors to take over the u.s. based company. citgo operates refineries and supplies some fifty five hundred petrol stations in twenty nine u.s.

states. and israel a supreme court which is loyal to president nicolas maloof issued a rapid response. this is yet another assault by the national assembly which has been declared unlawful accused of venezuela's most vital resource its decision regarding p.t.b. a say a constitutionally protected company are null and void and have no legal effect the judge also ordered the extradition of the board members named by the national assembly to trumpet ministration prepares to announce yes war sanctions aimed at further tightening the economic news and president now the. unfinished house is empty highrises and row upon row of homes fit for royalty.