five palestinians we're going to smith joins us live now from damascus gate in occupied east jerusalem and further confrontations but over the last week over what the palestinians have been further attempts by israeli security forces to assert control over the mosque compound or what's been happening down is that every time the gate has been unlocked by the walk which manages the al aksa compound on behalf of the jordanian royal family the palestinians every time the walk locks the gate or remove the chains the old guard is a put the chains back basically was closed sixteen years ago on a court order because the cold said that the group that was using that building was sympathetic will meeting with hamas the watch says now about sixteen years long goal not group as long disbanded they want access they want to get back into that building that's why they've been aligned chains were taken off and the police have said of your party said no put the chains back in today the change that's taken off

again and it's an indication or a symbol really a palestinian sort of resistance against the israeli authorities attempt to assert themselves in an area that is supposed to be under the administration of the walk that is this sort of incident that leads to tension and can lead to flare up so far as to today the day of prayer friday not to try to week lows. but it's expected they might do in the days to come and burn of the israeli prime minister has again raised the specter of security and too many concessions being given to palestinians if a new centrist coalition wins the election in april which is coming up. yes benyamin netanyahu has raised the risk of too many concessions being given to the palestinians because he faces for the first time in this election campaign elections the beginning of april a real threat to his ability to hold on to power a new centrist to centrist parties together betty got former military commander and

. former finance minister have joined forces to form a bloc against netanyahu in the april elections and the latest polls give them about thirty four seats in the hundred twenty seat knesset compared to about thirty seats the netanyahu said he's really worried that he's going that he risks a real fight worth so much so that he's allowed to extreme right parties to combine forces and he's offered them housing ministry and education minister seats in return for their support should he need to form a coalition government after the elections an indication that if you thought the israeli government already fairly reasonably right wing would be even more right wing with these two extreme parties forming part of the government bernard thank you. come on the news hour including we'll tell you why there are fears of a low voter turnout out of nigeria's presidential election. people may be tuning

into this year's oscars ceremony for reasons other than to see. before the well number one that his first tour title of the. dozens of trucks are moving out men women and children from high school is last on played in syria about a thousand people have been rescued from the east village of bugaboos but the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces say thousands more still remain trapped it's believe they're being used as human shields the s.d.f. is hoping to carry out a full evacuation later on friday for launching a final push to defeat the eisel site as well tim costello joins us live now from istanbul to memes are reports that civilian evacuations have now resumed what more can you tell us. well there i see evacuations continue actually it has been

underway for the last couple of days more than a week actually but we are hearing that just the number of the ice of fighters who are left inside the village of those is very small right now and most of them have been moved out. of forces rekers it's a neighborhood called el hoary camps and what we're hearing from the people in the ground that there are almost a few hundred of eisel fighters who prefer to stay but we know we have been hearing that among the thousands of civilians who have been evacuated out of the village there are also i still fighters who left the village with their families it's a horror of course there and now we have more complications as it happened during rock the evacuation according to s.f. until now seven thousand at the seven thousand people have been evacuated and they say that there are thousands of civilians left inside the town which is by the

iraqi border but we are hearing that i'm one of those i still fighters there are also foreign fighters and and now the people on the ground local people are questioning what is going to happen with those people after they are moved up to al gore camp in northern syria because they are telling that this is this is what happened in iraq operation as well people were moved to there were a sore where this beholds village is a. province and now they're moving up to north east and syria but according to astley after it is just a few days or just a very short time to announce a defeat an overall defeat against islamic state as the rest of the civilians are evacuated and of course this will be a welcome by the international coalition forces as the united states is also has also saw before. that have been

a victory against arsenal is very close but of course there will be a question what is going to happen afterwards because the u.s. wants to withdrew its forces from the ground just leaving it two hundred soldiers as a peacekeepers we're watching closely on the ground what's happening on the s.d.f. side also on the syrian opposition side ok so in fact you are staying in syria at least twenty people were killed in an explosion at a market held village near don't resort areas held by the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces and is close to an oil field. u.s. president well as sin and referred to the u.s. president has pulled back from plans for a complete withdrawal of u.s. troops in syria two hundred remain on the ground forming what the white house described as a peacekeeping force donald trump's been under pressure from advisers and allies since the surprise announcement last year. from washington d.c. . it's been over two months since donald trump made the surprise announcement that

he was going to be pulling out all two thousand u.s. troops from syria that's an announcement that came as a surprise and also went against the advice of many of his top advisers at the time well now we're getting indications that trump is backtracking from that a little bit with this announcement that the u.s. will keep two hundred troops within syria for an undetermined amount of time. the readout that came from the white house indicated that the phone conversation with trump and on the both sides indicated that they wanted to do what was right for both of the country's interests within syria and that really comes down to what they're calling this potential safe zone there in northern syria now that turkish air go on he wants this safe zone area stablished and in that part of syria in order to clear the kurdish militia forces out of there considers them to be

terrorist organization but the kurdish fighters were very much allied with the americans and helped very much lead the fight really in many ways the fight of clearing syria from eisel fighters and so the americans standpoint is they still want to protect the kurdish fighters in a lot of ways too so there's still a lot of unanswered questions on how this is all going to be coming about but clearly we're getting indications that trump indicates that these two two hundred troops remaining in syria will be good for the united states and it appears in some ways at least that this potentially is agreeable with erda one as well now the turkish minister of defense will be in washington on friday meeting with his american counterpart the interim secretary of defense for the united states will be continuing these to these discussions what is also unclear is well is how this decision will affect european. particularly the u.k. and france they announced that they would also pull out of syria if the u.s.

did that as well but now with these two hundred u.s. troops remaining remains to be seen if the u.k. and france remain in syria as well there are concerns all week long delay in nigeria's presidential election and fears of ethnic violence voter turnout people will cast their ballots on saturday last weekend that was postponed just five hours before the polls were due to open reports for. the stars of nigeria's film and dance world in a video promoting a peaceful election. commission. there are concerns about the country's ability to hold a successful presidential poll this weekend after last saturday's surprise delay and some fear a return of ethnic violence triggered in the past by disputed results with the background that we already have. misgivings and so on. about security

agencies about the government itself and so on and so forth but it's a high risk that results will be disputed. the results in some places and of the high risk. in a crowded field of candidates to stand out president. whose critics say he's failed on the economy fighting corruption and insecurity and one time vice president atiku abubakar accused of corruption but promising business friendly policies and jobs despite reassurances by the government down the independent election commission that the polls will happen this time and be free and fair trust in the process has been dented the public trust in government was all that high to begin with if. only it was over what do you think. of the. spending for so many years is really this is why we've come out to one hundred. two thousand dollars and why do you think that

is. and who do you blame for that you know tell me you know. you know what's up with the people in the nigerians have reason to be hopeful and reason to worry two thousand and fifteen is the first election won by an opposition candidate since democracy was restored after military rule in nineteen ninety nine made people feel that their votes and did not count but many see. this election and its. procreating balance against the other. great. step in the election observers foreign and local trying to ensure that doesn't happen. is a leading civil society groups sending more than three thousand observers to polling stations and conducting a parallel vote count on election night. and we believe that as an institution that

. had been the observers in the field as that independent all the sides system would help with votes and save it in the first because we want to actually count nigeria is africa's most populous country the continent's biggest economy its raunch toil wealth means who runs it matters but epic levels of poverty and unemployment suggest that job could be done better if you know how al-jazeera. polls open in senegal on sunday for its presidential election while there's been no televised debate some candidates agreed to participate in a public forum to attract young voters and with the average age in senegal just eighteen securing the you've that could be key to the trick reports in the capital . ordinary people got a rare chance to hold a three candidates to account during an election forum. among them eighteen year old. you say you are the candidate of the people but what would you do about

women's rights because i can't see it in your manifesto another takes the mike. what will you do for people with disabilities we need jobs what about foreign fishing vessels another. can't compete against that how many of our men have to die at sea before the government does something about it was visibly taken aback by some of the questions each candidate have a few minutes to answer. i wanted to look at him straight in the eyes and see if i can really trust him with my future and the future of a country on stage is former tax man he's the youngest candidate in the race he just as the anti establishment candidate but for cannot a john his policies appear conservative and you have young people who think like. people who think so really i don't think it's about the age i think it's about the vision and i think that nowadays. you have less and less people

who would present their vision. to identified. most. born after two thousand and have lived under only two presidents during the campaign many took to social media calling for a televised debate but with incumbent president and opposition rival refusing to take part in such an event the broadcast regulator announced it cannot take place on television. even people no longer vote for candidates based on religion or ethnicity they vote for ideas that's why we need a forum like this where the senegalese are better informed and can make the right choice. since independence there have been eleven presidential elections all of them resulting in peaceful transitions of power sinegal may have a long tradition of democracy and open discussion but not of public debate organizers of this event say attitudes are changing because the many who are

attending this event are first time voters and they are no longer afraid of confronting powerful politicians in public and asking them tough questions. climate change pollution unemployment or minority rights be important to young cynical while politicians make promises many say they are still undecided on how to vote. nicolas hawke al-jazeera to car right time for a check on the weather here's everton with a tale of two seasons also going on a year that's right there and proper spring weather across that western side if you've got eighteen point three in a point in scotland yesterday the previous record was seventeen point nine that was set back in eighty ninety seven spring has sprung in the west further east it's winter this massive cloud here that's sinking its way further south was mortally winds talking in behind temperatures really taking a tumble this line that i've drawn on here this blue line that is cold front and

behind that winds coming in from the north just minus three the top temperatures there in kiev ahead of athens not too bad sixteen celsius further west well sixteen celsius is a sort of temperature be looking at the heat of the day for paris today so maybe into london at the moment since we're going to keep our temperatures up into the teens but down across the southeast and colder if you have this cloud this rain this snow that sinks further southwards temperatures in athens struggling to get to around eleven celsius but the snow there she could see it was more than of the balkans over towards the black sea digging down into the good parts of greece as we go on into the second half of the weekend well athens will struggle to get eight degrees celsius. not sue woman's hole down here wet and windy weather for the eastern side of the med center of europe on the other had still been quite nasty it's crisp sunshine for vienna but look over towards the northwest and colder once again getting up to around fourteen self just probably a couple of degrees higher than that as we go on through the second half of the

weekend and spring will continue down all right and thank you very much all right time for short break here al-jazeera when we come back victims of sexual abuse by priests dismiss an action plan by the pope to deal with the scandal and the region on edge what's triggering fears of more violence in indian administered kashmir all the small to the rugby team having to take a giant lead toward the northern hemisphere his biggest international title more than status. i mean to me every week the news cycle brings a series of breaking stories joined them listening post as we turn the cameras on the media and focus on how they report on the stories that matter demands on al-jazeera was one of our biggest strengths that we talked to normal everyday people we get them to tell their stories and doing that really reveals the truth people are still gathered outside these gates waiting for any information most of

them don't know whether their loved ones are alive or dead or miami really is a place where two worlds meet we can get to washington d.c. two hours to get on jurists in the rest of central america about the same time but more importantly is where those two cultures north and south america beats of to teach to very important place for al-jazeera t.v. . he was sent to jail but under two different prime minister is. now he is set to become the next prime minister of malaysia. and why abraham and discusses what direction his country will take on talk to our jazeera. welcome back if you come out of the top stories here this hour u.s.

aid is being loaded on to cargo planes the air base in miami bound for colombia. the president maduro shut the border with brazil in the effort to block the aid and he says he's considering doing the same with colombia. hundreds of palestinians across the west bank have gathered to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of a massacre a mosque in hebron twenty nine worshippers died in a far right american israeli settler opened fire in one thousand nine hundred four . dozens of trucks and moving out men women and children from isis last on played in syria about a thousand people have been rescued from the eastern village of bug whose u.s. backed syrian democratic forces hoping to carry out a full evacuation late on friday before launching their final assault to defeat the ice or fighters. now day two of the first ever conference booking of sexual abuse by priests will see more testimonies from victims some of them have already dismissed an action plan presented by the pope on thursday as not going far enough ahead of the roman catholic church has been hosting

a four day summit to address the scandal really challenge joins us live now from that second city really so the mass going to presented this twenty one point plan to get things moving just tell us what it is and what do abuse survivors think of it. there and yes the plan that you mentioned is this one here it is called reflection points and it is a pretty technical document it has terms like let's create listening structures let's have periodic reviews of protocols and that sort of thing but what it boils down to is basically practical and the roman catholic church might be able to use if this actually leads to concrete action across the world and then when sexual abuse cases come up and it talks about basically giving

the accuses and the accused by youth hearings it is at the moment unpopular we've groups of abuse survivors such as echo. which is a pressure group that is trying to get the roman catholic church to adopt a zero tolerance policy towards sexual abuse and they say that the language that the pope used to use not so long ago last year which was of zero tolerance is not in this document and that's what they are concerned about that he might francis might be backtracking away from commitments that he himself made not so long ago and really the vatican's invited some survivors to give testimony at this meeting but not others so what's going on there. well the vatican is hearing video testimony from various survivors and there have

been select survivors speaking at points throughout this meeting so far but these are ones that have been specially chosen to come in and eka and other pressure groups say that they have not been invited in as they would like to have been done . it's essentially the church considers this to be a closed meeting that way it's can deal with problems inside its own ranks by almost definition the catholic church is. a conservative organization and it finds rapid change but it's perhaps undesirable but also very difficult considering its size and the fact that it is up holding centuries of doctrine so groups like the campaign against abuse by the clergy they say that they want this zero tolerance policy adopted now that for the church is something that at the

moment seems willing to do and it would by nature i think prefer a more gradual shift and that's why we have a documents like this which are pleasing some survivors who have been gathering here. thank you. now a sixteen year old swedish environmentalist has brought her clowns boycott campaign to paris. joined a protest in the french capital she's beheading a movement of school strikes and protests against what she says is inaction against global warming this comes ahead of a worldwide demonstration a modest fifteen that's got a lot of damage in the french capital david said as bring us up to date with the latest protests and what's been happening today them. yes we have about five or six hundred students sound climate activists joining this march which was led by that remarkable swedish teenager she really has made

a big difference to trying to activists she's got a very eloquent force and she struggles through to be heard she's very small very tiny with a voice is now very loud across the world and across time to protest no longer it's in the form the american vice president al gore used to say but this swedish school go now essentially many other people around the world down here in france have taken the day out of school to make their protest as she said that essentially that they don't have time fighting climate change and fighting the green gas emissions themselves they can't wait till they're grown up and they're in charge of future generations like them are at risk and that's why they're demolishing action be taken now and she's got a lot of sport here in front that's here from the days to the right the anisha rally earlier in paris today. usually spend the political move where you don't move i hope the politicians will listen to them look how much press came here to listen

to these kids more than listen to us who are always giving interviews i think people trust them they believe they are free insincere concerning their future not only for decades but for generations to come. sees no need to have to talk with a younger one so. most of things and more really can change because we're going to change go search. we are. going to reduce the groups. that are causing us and it's difficult to change that. so the ironic thing is that this protest is of course taking place in the host city of the crime in a call and president about no mcdonald's own attempts to try and keep down the gas emissions increase the price of diesel being completely overwhelmed by the yellow this protest and many people here say because he stepped back from that

target it's the exact example of the short term view of politicians when they should be both be taking the long view it's second to stop the climate change thank you. pakistan's army is promising a fitting response of attacks by india a top general made the remark a week after a pakistan based on group claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb that killed forty in the policeman new delhi has accused pakistan's main intelligence agency of being behind that attack a charge is lumbered has denied our correspondent as more from pakistani administered kashmir. despite the tensions between new delhi and llama by it is business as usual here in pakistan but one effect of the worsening relations can be seen at the fruit and vegetable shop the price of tomato which comes from india had already quadrupled and now it cost more than our dollar to get

a kilo of tomatoes not to mention the fact that most of the bananas are also coming from india and because india had a move the most favored nation status for pakistan it means that trade between the two countries is going to come to a word georgetown scale that in the area miles up to look at the chimney if our relations with india is not good then it's not important to tell indian tomatoes and the na na or any other community that we should buy not we should sell them the united nations then the international community is concerned because of the escalation on what happened in india but in the end it will be the last for board india and then pakistan is not just in trade but also in live in case there is a conflict between the two nuclear armed nation august and wants to diffuse the crisis

but the indians have already burned the pakistani prime minister's office for negotiations and dialogue india changed every time pakistan failed it is ready to investigate its fun that other prime minister has given a message to india in a stall very soft in which you know i was in the wrong hands. i will kill. the indian prime minister has grown all gone through foolishness. you are just come to stimulation come apart then for the person who did this to win the election you are taking the box from the back. i had already offered an olive branch to india. wall and therefore going to end date. right now is preventing. the international. offer.

working for indian intelligence. that has created everything for. and although that i ask your nature. dialogue. very dangerous situation full board. three meanwhile some groups in indian administered kashmir are warning of more attacks they've been using social media to get their message across to people in the disputed region estimate reports now from new delhi. have been reading the latest message on twitter thought to be from the group his team of several based in indeed in mr kashmir it's in response to last week's suicide attack claimed by another group jaish e mohammed that killed at least forty one paramilitary troops the unconfirmed message says in part the coffins of your soldiers will continue to fill the days

and far when our fifteen year old children will strap explosives on their bodies and barge into your army vehicles separatist leaders and indeed in mr kashmir say armed groups are gaining because there is no negotiation over the disputed region this is also a huge issue for two years old twenty five years old. this is something which the world community has to look at that how. awful it is being pushed by the indian state. many rights advocates are not surprised young feel frustrated. never listened to them then you. have the. youngblood they have. the social media this former advisor to the indian government believes the main point behind the message put on social media by armed groups is to remind the public they're still active sometimes they're claiming things sometimes they are they want to raise a banner. to show that they're still going strong these messages are keeping

tensions high and throughout india as there are fears there will be more violence and as armed groups speak out about last week's attack india's military is doing the same. on tuesday the head of indian forces in kashmir held a news conference throughout the rest all of them out of the question. there are some who are right. these young men listen to the generals words but it's not necessarily changing their minds i mean obviously people who can push people to the wall and then expect not to. as the battle for hearts and minds in kashmir goes on local kashmiris continue to feel stuck in the middle of the conflict without an end in sight as jamil al jazeera new delhi now a public hearing as begun in bangladesh of the results of december's disputed

election the opposition says promised to shake a scene as landslide win was rigged and it's calling for a new vote under a neutral government has more now from. several hundred people gathered here at the bangladesh supreme court auditorium for a public hearing on the controversial december thirty election this was called opposition l.-i the national unity front the candidates shared their experience what they face before during and on that day off the election i spoke to an independent analyst as to what they want to achieve through this kind of public airing this is what professor there are children had to say. to all the information together and make them. think about the election. and. this is part of that.

to make people the opposition members they're still continue to face harassment intimidation and false charges by the authorities and most cases they're not allowed to speak in public rallies they're not granted permission what's important is we were told. from. the current government is an illegal is not elected i think that's very important despite facing many different obstacles the opposition feel it is very important to bring the issue of the december thirty election to the public sphere and it wants to continue its movement tens of thousands of people have rallied across. the government of an action of the death of the.