digital dissidents on al-jazeera. senior trumpet ministration officials are accused of trying to sell nuclear technology to saudi arabia an investigation is under way. hello again i'm. live from doha also coming up the president of pakistan administered kashmir tells out there there's a real risk of conflict with india after last week's bombing in the disputed region . twenty four hour window closes for syrians to get out of a desolate can find out why they didn't take the opportunity plus. an

estimated fifteen billion dollars worth of oil and gas was discovered off the coast of san diego find out next how this new found wealth is now part of the presidential campaign just days before the election. the first an investigation has been launched into whether senior officials in the trump administration have been trying to sell sensitive nuclear technology to saudi arabia a committee in the house of representatives led by the democrat says whistleblowers warned business interests pushed ahead of the law like had a ripples from washington. the twenty four page report is extensive and reach in detail providing names dates and specific communications relating to u.s. nuclear technology in saudi arabia the oversight committee under representative

elijah cummings based the report on what it calls whistleblower accounts evidence provided by career officials within the administration deeply concerned about what would appear to be a deeply corrupt process circumventing congress what is surprising us is the scope of u.s. government officials. directly involved and business to business talks. the way out this close and potential economic interest and the work that they were doing and that is certainly what is new among those named in the report to president trump's son in law and adviser jared cushion or who refinanced a deeply indebted new york building with a company called brookfield business partners which had just acquired a nuclear services company westinghouse electric under scrutiny as well question his ongoing relationship with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon. and

central to the report longtime trump supporter and one time national security advisor michael flynn who the report says was deeply involved in pushing a nuclear plan for saudi arabia that included the construction of as many as forty saudi nuclear plants the report says michael flynn was a paid advisor to a company known as i p three international during the presidential campaign through the transition period and even while serving as national security advisor the report ends on february the twelfth that is last week president trump participated in a white house meeting with private nuclear power developers initiated by i p three international and as a democrat led oversight committee commences a large scale investigation the question is whether house republicans will commit to it as well mike hanna al-jazeera washington. but this seems to be the latest

example of how the u.s. president sees his relationship with saudi arabia it's the first country donald trump went to after becoming president you'll remember and he's often talked about the importance of arms sales to saudi arabia and says they're worth more than one hundred billion dollars despite growing anger over the saudi u.a.e. the war in yemen president trump is opposed congress's efforts to stop u.s. involvement despite international calls for an investigation into crown prince mohammed bin solomon's role in the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi the us president says relationships with saudi arabia that's not the undermined and trump has ignored a one hundred twenty day deadline for a report on his murder requested by the senate a member of the iranian foreign minister he has weighed in on the debate in a tweet he said first to dismember journalists now illicit sale of nuclear

technology to saudi arabia ever abia fully exposed u.s. hypocrisy. now the leader of pakistan administered kashmir has told al jazeera that he fears there's a risk of war with india after last week's attack in the disputed region forty one indian paramilitary soldiers were killed in the suicide bombing the pakistan based group jaish e mohammed claimed responsibility our correspondent has a whole bara sat down with mustard can just a short while ago. we reject the allegations that the indian government has made and we all saw denounced the kind of frenzy that indian ruling party and the extremist groups have victor up there in india and the kind of anti pakistan and mewed sentiment that they are whipping up there is a very very negative and this is pushing the two countries to the brink of war and

we are against this kind of warmongering the other reaction that i want to give is that there is a bigger reality there is this incident of course and pakistan has denied any responsibility. but at the same time i would like to say that there is a bigger reality there and the bigger reality is that for the past seventy one cheers midis have been brutalized and about half a million views have been killed in the past. seventy one cheers and killing are continuing people are being tortured and maimed and blinded and women not being raped by security forces or these occupation forces so this incident should not be made to clips the the bigger reality however is the aspiration of the people of jammu and kashmir for self-determination for liberty and for freedom however the indian government says that the pakistani intelligence agency the i.s.i.

is to blame because they accused of allowing zation one hundred to operate under the radar for quite some time and provided them with bases in pakistan gesture muhammad is outlawed banned. and therefore their allegation their accusation is false and it has a purpose because they want to divert attention from the horrendous situation prevalent in the indian occupied kashmir so instead of addressing this situation they are changing the story the. changing the idiom let me also tell you that there was some diploma in the recent past in the recent years there has been some diplomatic build up into a god to do situation german push mood last year there was this report issued by the office of the high commission of listing all the human rights violations and crimes against humanity which are being committed by the years in the two thousand and eight it was the bloodiest yes it was. but they also mentioned he will rights violations on both. of the. mia the belong to different categories simon

we know in force disappearances and they are not arbitrary detentions there is no incidence of torture there are no sexual violence has been used so you can't compare the two situations more now from our correspondent in new delhi. india has always steadfastly refused any third party mediation in the kashmir dispute they say it's strictly a bilateral issue between them and baucus john even though has over the decades tried to get different third parties involved including the un before but india says no matter what parties in power that you know this is strictly a bilateral issue now with elections going on here india which would always take a tough stance when this kind of incident what happened is taking even tougher stance even the leader of india's office has been saying that we are with the government that this is not the time to talk action needs to be taken and

a lot of the news channels here in india a lot of the media is also pushing this narrative talking about the attacks continuously for days but some mary's living in various parts of india have told us they're now getting a lot of blowback from that the local mobs have come harassed even threatened them with violence some even breaking into their hostels and trashing the place and forcing them to flee to bigger cities like new delhi one student we spoke to says other students like him have fled the area because of the the conflict going on there but now that all of this is happening in the various parts of india that they're actually going back to mir just so they can feel safe. and dozens of trucks carrying women and children are leaving the last remaining eisel held pockets in these in syria the us backed syrian democratic forces or a c.f. say they expect to recapture the village of bug from the armed group within days

now it's thought that are around three hundred i saw fighters who are using civilians as human shields and holding them hostage meanwhile in the southern part of syria a twenty four hour window which would have allowed people to leave a remote refugee camp is now pass that no one apparently used these corridors that was set up by the russians now brooke bandcamp is in the syrian desert close to the border with jordan and iraq forty thousand people have been enduring terrible conditions there with little food and medicine now some of them and have been explaining why they didn't use the opportunity to leave. but i was going to see the crossings opened by the regime and the russian military police are claimed to be safe but the people here are not feeling any safety or stability people here feel as if they are drowning and looking for anything at all to rescue themselves the road to the camp has been cut. the people don't

believe that these crossings are open to. me but. i am for me personally if i leave it would be only to go from one day a trap to another if i found a safe place for me my kids and my family i would go to this is not opening the crossing is a good step but we wanted to be overseen by the un because of lies we have been told before nobody believes these crossings are safe. let's go live now to our correspondent imran khan these in southern turkey very close to the border with northern syria and iran let's start at the other side of the country with these corridors that apparently were not taken up by these desperate people in this remote camp forty thousand of them saying that they didn't really trust what will describe this humanitarian corridor. that's right there was a window of twenty four hours that began all night and came to an end nine am wednesday

morning and nobody was able to leave. the bus the fifty five kilometers of the a no man's land to where the corridors actually begin now speaking to people inside syria and outside syria i also question why it was why did this happen why didn't these people take up these corridors what we're hearing from some is that the they feel that the syrians and the russians simply put these corridos in place. to say that actually yes we do care about situation within our own camp. it was the f.s.a. free syrian army go but us that didn't allow residents to leave but there's also concern from the residents when the count you heard some of them speaking they're just saying that they didn't trust the russians or the syrians to allow them to leave the camps and go north which is where they want to go and the reason for that

is there is no international oversight we've seen corridos in the past the u.n. have been involved in this case the u.n. had nothing to do with the setting up of these corridors so there's a real sense of confusion as to why the russians and the syrians acted the way they did and we don't know whether that was backstage negotiations between the russians syrians and the free syrian army but it's more than likely looking at the notes between those three parties and those. rights and it seems as though the number of civilians being held in. a way you're. seeing coming out on trucks should mean that the. final push to remove myself from this last piece of territory should be ready to go ahead now. well that's absolutely right what we're hearing

is ten trucks have left carrying women and children and just to give you the geography of the area villages actually been flattened for the most part. hiding underneath the village and tunnels that they dug out a very long time to prepare for this conflict on the civilians have been living in what is effectively expected village on the outskirts of who's now how they managed to get to a place where the s.d.f. all was there a negotiation between the syrian democratic forces and our suffices it's unlikely there was a negotiation between those two parties it was a nice was interested keep the villages there for as long as possible in effect acting as human shields and that's something that the u.n. and the s.d. have said is an untenable position but now they've been moved out it looks likely that the s.d.f. will mount a major operation but like i say i slipped out a very long time to prepare for this and although it's less than one square kilometer that they have left it's one that they can defend however with the help

of coalition airstrikes and with this operation being mounted by the certainly the s.d.f. a very confident that they'll take back in the next few days all right a man for now thank you very much. still to come here on al-jazeera a split in britain's governing party three m.p.'s defect to a new independent group. and i was reading again in china shouldn't bring but it is the satellite picture give something away and there's a least some class here and given the scale of the country that's probably significant it is it reveals itself in the continuing forecast if you get as far north as hunan still this is the place where you're going to get snow but lesser in

the city of long as you can see but around and the rain is elsewhere moving through shanghai even touching hong kong and and fuji on during friday once it's gone the sun's back out and temps everything probably lift will hands up to about eleven by this time shanghai still stuck in the rain down a bit down to nine degrees we've got rain developing right now in pakistan this is an invigorating system moving slowly northwards hasn't given much rain the science of it certainly will give more next twenty four hours and in northern pakistan afghanistan they start to bring i think some mudslides with it there's always that risk there's the picture on thursday stuff course where you couldn't get to baton plateau and that's where it'll stay the day afterwards again is it's reduced and it's a matter of that's where the snow is going to be otherwise fine looking with it as is the case. of the next day it's still a northerly breeze through qatar. don't

need trouble as told of a special bowl with kim jong. now the u.s. president a north korean leader ought to meet again this time in vietnam were both very honored to eight months after making history in singapore and they strike a deal on nuclear weapons. and finally and the korean war follow us on the twenty seventh of february for special coverage on al-jazeera. traverses take a look at the top stories here at al-jazeera senior aides in the trumpet

ministration have been accused of trying to sell nuclear technology to saudi arabia ignoring legal objections a committee in congress is investigating the allegations iran's foreign minister meanwhile has announced that as u.s. hypocrisy. the leader of pakistan administered kashmir has sold out there he fears as a risk of war with india after last week's attack in the disputed region in which forty one indian paramilitary soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing the pakistan based armed group a mohammad that trained responsibility. dozens of trucks carrying women and children are leaving the last remaining pocket in eastern syria the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces all the s.t.'s say they expect to recapture the village of buggers from a eisel within days. now more on one of our top

stories and that's of the alleged attempt spy the trumpet ministration to sell nuclear technology to saudi arabia i've been speaking to rami curry he's a professor of journalism at the american university of beirut he says this latest investigation shows a growing impatience among u.s. politicians at the way donald trump has handled the jamal khashoggi case the really important point here is that you now have a congressional committee led by democrats in the house of representatives with a majority is democratic officially investigating. inner workings of the white house dealing with members of trump's family his son a law question or his top advisers linked to business dealings with saudi arabia and in some cases with the emirates in a context of concern in the democratic controlled house of representatives that the u.a.e. and saudi arabia have been for several years trying to influence american policy

through business relationships so this closes a very difficult circle for trump and is the beginning of a really important phase of an official investigation what you have to look at also is the wider context here which is that there is deep congressional anger especially among democrats but also among some republicans about the way that trump has handled the situation of the murder and dismemberment of the late jim after sugary and there is also congressional anger about the u.s. involvement in the war in yemen that the u.a.e. and the saudis are. undertaking so this just adds more difficult pressure on the white house coming from official congressional bodies that's the real problem that the white house now faces. now the russian president has warned the united states against stationing its missiles in europe speaking during his

annual address to parliament value my opinion said to moscow was not looking for confrontation with washington after both countries pulled out of a cold war era arms treaty earlier this month but president putin said russia would respond to any u.s. deployment. we lived in russia will be forced to create and develop weapons that can be used not only towards those territories that would threaten us directly which is good also against the decision making centers that are behind it the missile systems which threaten us. now to the u.k. where three politicians have resigned from the governing conservative party over what they describe as the prime minister's disastrous handling of brecht's it the women say they're joining a new independent group made up of labor politicians who have left their party or the brits it as well as anti semitism that all of this polls pressure on prime minister to resign may as she struggles to get parliament to approve her e.u. withdrawal deal before the break that deadline which is march the twenty ninth well

on a super is among the conservative m.p.'s who've quit the conservatives to join this independent group the right wing the hardline anti e.u. could squad that have destroyed every leader for the last forty years are now running the conservative party from top to toe they are the conservative party dear friends and they are dear friends now former colleagues who share those one nation values and principles will of course today deny it but i believe in their heads and in their hearts they know it. and the reason they know it's over is because we lost the referendum and breck's it now defines and shapes the conservative party. all right let's go live now to poor brennan our correspondent in london i'm paul just to be clear then we got three members of the conservative party to reason mase party joining eight members of the labor party the main

opposition what difference will this make to to reason may's task of trying to get that deal through parliament. there is a well there's a kaleidoscope of possibilities here as numerical force within the house of commons the lower house of parliament it's unlikely that the votes of these eleven are going to make a huge difference to be perfectly frank and the reason for that is because they are well known dissidents who voted against the government's handling of bret's it so far. so the government has not really relied on them in the past for support and so they certainly not going to rely on them in the future whether or not these m.p.'s can now act as a kind of lightning rod to attract more support from other m.p.'s disillusioned at the way both labor and the ruling conservatives have gone about handling the bracks it debate over the past two years that is potentially an area where there may be a bigger impact caused by these eleven resignations and i think the other

possibility of impact might be felt is in brussels where the prime minister is going later on the south after noon to talk to the european commission president john ford young cat and she has been told previously by brussels look if we can trust that we give you a deal or some deal that we negotiate is going to be written acceptance when you get back to parliament we might be more willing to negotiate but as we look at it as brussels looks at it the divisions within the british political scenario the british political scene mean that even if they gave concessions there's no guarantee that a majority would be attained in the lower house the house of commons and that's one of the reasons that brussels gives for being so reluctant to move on any of the points where the british would like them to move so as far as the impact goes first of all it's a damning indictment scathing indictment on the current political scene and the

standard of debates within the u.k. but the true impact it will will have to wait to see whether it actually builds up even more momentum than it has just over the past three days and pull they come from opposing sides of the parliament at what is it that actually specifically unites them. what specifically unites them is the disillusionment over the way that it's been handled for the labor m.p.'s it's because jeremy corbyn has proven not really to be in opposition to the government the government is pushing through bracks it's jeremy corbin the opposition leader is essentially acquiescing with them on that labor m.p.'s many labor m.p.'s would prefer him not to think that he shouldn't be from the conservative point of view as you heard him on a super you there they believe that the party this centrist party the party of business has essentially been infiltrated entryism it was called by a subroutine by her colleagues by a much harder right wing element r.j.

other elements like that which have driven the conservative party to the right rank and a super probably summed it up best when she said she's not left the conservative party it's the conservative party has left her poor brennan live in london thanking the saudis say the media says four soldiers have been killed whilst fighting who the rebels on the border with yemen the heavy say they're continuing their offensive at the border taking saudi positions south of san and a large number of weapons there not drown a saudi you a coalition intervened in yemen's war in twenty fifteen fighting the huth is to restore the government. and coalition fighter jets have launched two raids on an airbase in al dale army that's in the north of the capital sana'a which is controlled by the. egypt has executed nine people who were

convicted of assassinating a top prosecutor all of them were found guilty of taking part in the bombing that killed his shambat a cat in twenty fifteen six others had their death sentences commuted to life in prison the government blamed the attack on the muslim brotherhood and on the girls are based how mass group that both have denied involvement. the discovery of oil is often received as a blessing but it can also be a curse and that's what some people in senegal affair. a learning ahead of upcoming presidential elections that corruption is one of the main thing. they will head to the polls to elect a new president nicolas how cripples from the candidates have been accusing each other of. the ocean often brings the unexpected. up until last year. didn't know that beneath this ocean is an estimated fifty

billion dollars worth of oil and gas. present mikey sellers given exploitation rights to international oil giants this enjoy he says will make them rich at least that's what they've been promised. look at the neighboring countries patrol can be a curse it can create divisions but it can also be a blessing of. the resources to be properly managed. and so they believe the president is the man for the job he's running for a second term in office in the northwest coastal town of san luis promising more subsidies for fishermen in farmers the government is already investing in multi-million dollar development projects in ahead of twenty twenty one when oil companies are expected to start drilling. oil and gas hasn't started yet but already opponents of mike you saw accuse him of corruption it's part of this

presidential campaign because so many here fear that foreign companies and the political elite will profit from this newfound wealth at their expense. this man wearing sells campaign t. shirts was recorded by a local journalist distributing cash at an election rally remy party candidate has accused the president of drowning that country in debt while political newcomer says his brother who had been on. company our money laundering and personally profiting from the oil and gas discovery the president has denied all these allegations. the marquis shell is a total disappointment he stole all of our resources he betrayed the people who elected him with sixty five percent of the vote in the last elections he is a real disappointment in the two thousand and twelve election campaign saw a promise to tackle corruption during his time in office two of his rivals opposition leader kerry and former mayor of the car khalifa sol were jailed and

convicted of embezzling millions of dollars they're now disqualified from taking part in the presidential race whoever wins this election will be in charge of a country wealthier than ever before and so each candidate is trying to attract voters with the promise of a better life. nicholas hawke al-jazeera. toughest take a look at the top stories here it out there senior aides of the trumpet ministration have been accused of trying to sell nuclear technology to saudi arabia ignoring legal objections a congressional committee is investigating the accusations the iranian foreign minister has denounced the alleged attempt as quote u.s. hypocrisy the leader of pakistan administered kashmir has told. there's a risk of war with india after last week's attack in the disputed region forty one

indian paramilitary soldiers were killed in the suicide car bombing the pakistan based group a mohammed claimed responsibility. dozens of trucks carrying women and children are leaving the last remaining eisel held pocket in the since syria the us backed syrian democratic forces s.t.'s say they expect to recapture the village of buggies from eisel within days and in southern syria a twenty four hour window to allow people to leave a remote refugee camp has now passed but no one used the corridors set up by the russians look bandcamp is in the syrian desert near the border with jordan and iraq forty thousand people have been enduring terrible conditions with little food or medicine three politicians have resigned from the governing conservative party over what they describe as the prime minister's disastrous handling of breck's it the women say they're joining a new independent group this made up of labor politicians it left their party over

bracks it and anti semitism all of this polls pressure on prime minister to resume and she struggled to get parliament to approve her drawn deal before the deadline on march twenty ninth egypt has executed nine people who were convicted of assassinating a top prosecutor or were found guilty of taking part in the bombing that killed his shambat a cat in twenty fifteen six others had their death sentences commuted to life in prison the government blamed the attack on the muslim brotherhood and on hamas but both denied involvement saudi state media says four soldiers have been killed while fighting who the rebels on the border with yemen are right those are the latest headlines coming up next is the stream.

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a declaration by the country's president about any matches be enough to combat rape and sexual assault. well i ask our panel for their thoughts on what is urgently needed to reduce violence against women and girls in sierra leone send your thoughts through twitter and you too. we must stand up and address this those are the words of the president judy as a model while outlining emergency measures to tackle sexual violence against women and girls earlier this month b.-o. announced plans to form a new police division dedicated to investigating sexual assault as well as a special court to adjudicate cases he pledged.