ironically they are supposed to be the authority there and when they didn't want to allow the national guard to block the entrance between venezuela and brazil that's when the shooting began we have now heard that clive of the injured did manage to get. on the brazilian side of the border to a hospital because the health care center on their side on the venezuela side simply did not provide the necessary means to treat their wounds very serious wounds were told at least seventeen people were injured according to the latest tally and we're also hearing that up to twenty members of the national guards were detained by the indigenous guard and we understand they still are under some sort of a detention there including the general or the colonel i'm not quite sure of the rank that hasn't been confirmed who was in charge of the entire national guard along the borders so this is still very much a developing story indians are members of a of a national guard and of an indigenous tribes who are very combative they're known

to be combative and we also know that they are on the side of and that they have vowed to allow this aid to come in by any means necessary on saturday's yessing exactly that incident a liberal border sparked by whether shipment as a could be allowed in and that really calls the spotlight on rice's raises fears about what might happen tomorrow. nobody knows it's a certainly the opposition is keeping its cards very very close to its chest there suggesting that it could be a human chain that would be coming from the border the bridge is run directly behind it those are those tents that you see here where the venezuelan or the president my little concert is taking place right now there are only about fifteen hundred people there at this hour and there's a rock band playing but then the idea is that in the morning these people are going to start to try to cross from google into venezuela even though there are. large

containers blocking and fact have been a welded to the bridge but they have said that they're going to push them out of the out of the way we don't know whether they're going to go under the bridge around the river there are also three other bridges you should know in this area which are also going to be used to try to bring this aid across as well as two ports near the capital got access which was why doest says will be used for this operation how they're going to manage to do that without being stopped by the military which still supports president hugo as my little is certainly a mystery at this hour thank you very much our last america to see a new human there in venezuela forest well yes he has one else on the colombian side of the border where the venezuela. has been taking place. there's a lot of excitement here for this concert something that a city like never seen before and thousands of venice where lines have crossed into colombia to participate in

a concert but this is as much intertainment the as it is the political we've spoke to half a dozen groups of young people who told us they're planning to sleep on the colombian side to participate this early on saturday in an operation to try and move the aid to the medical and food supplies that have been sent mostly by the u.s. and are stored here try to move all that inside and what it's shaping up to be as the biggest showdown so far between the position and the government with president nicolas maduro remaining steadfast in this season and his decision of not letting that. the president is also here we're also expecting the arrival of the president of chile the president and other two planes filled with arriving from the u.s. and chile so more pressure put on do it all but for the time being the concert continues and people are very excited to be able to listen to some of their

favorite artists. well francisco marquez is a political advisor to the venezuelan embassy in washington d.c. and represents the opposition leader one he joins me now thank you very much for speaking to us so let me start by asking you about tomorrow saturday of course is the deadline set by. piles of aid to enter the country now we haven't heard anything about the opposition's precise plans how how might he get this aid into the country when the military is likely to stand against him. well we are witnessing right now in venice well it's the criminal nature of the regime in a country where you have over one hundred thousand a.t.v. patients that don't have treatment over sixty thousand cancer patients that can't get their medicines you're witnessing how the medusa regime is blocking off vital aid and not only blocking is actually murdering its citizens as you just mentioned

to not allow this vital medicine and food to come in so that's one aspect that we really have to understand the criminal nature of what i right now the military who have many of who have pledged their allegiance to the constitution and recognize interim president why don't they have a very stark decision to make that is to either side with the people and really and re provide the very the needed humanitarian assistance or side with oppression and we think that the option is going to be very clear and we are confident that the military whose family have the same problems like all of us on families will side with the people and mr morley is going to congress again about what you have you raise a very even raise a very interesting point there about the military and i suppose one thing we have seen throughout this crisis is that even if as families all suffering from the same problems they are choosing to support president maduro they are resisting calls by the opposition to abandon. so it's not the opposition it's the interim

constitutional government it's very important because my daughter had a sham election in two thousand and eighteen over sixty countries didn't recognize the oil gas which is the equivalent to the african union in latin america didn't recognize this election so because of that void why go was declared constitutional rights and i appreciate you know i thought it was a history in the government takes around the election but can i just ask you to focus on what is likely to happen tomorrow there are fears all of a confrontation between the people this caravan of people that. is called upon to bring aid into the country and the military you must be concerned about whether why don't might be leading these people into a very dangerous situation. it goes to the heart of your question your first of all every day that passes more military defections occur every single day more even security forces defect towards the president i don't and the reason

that's occurring is because right now the military option is to uphold the constitution or support oppression that's what you will see more and more and by the way more defections are going to occur in the far on days and in following weeks because that will occur it's just a matter of time the immense pressure that's occurring inside outside but as well as key for this and let's let's remind ourselves president my dose main priority has to has been to put at the forefront the needs of the venezuelan people and that's why he himself is going to the border with the venezuelan people to receive this aid and we're confident that when it's all military will make the right decision that is our trust we're asking them not to promote violence we're only asking them to support the constitution and what the people want and miss the mark has i understand what you say about want to go i don't himself studying to the border and being a pos of this and there is no doubt that people in venezuela are in desperate need of these aid supplies but i put it to you that he might be taking an enormous risk in leading an initiative like this and that

a big part of the reason he's doing this is to is to reinforce his own political message is to undermine the government of madeira. with all due respect the risk is for all of us once the risk is for that mother who has to tell their child that they can't eat tonight the risk is for that cancer patient who probably will die because they can't have treatment we have to put things into perspective every single venice one is fighting for one thing only for freedom they have the right to be able to food on the table to have access to medicine we ask of nothing more than any other citizen would ask in their country what's at stake here is not an exchange of power president has asked one mandate besides focusing on humanitarian assistance to have free and fair elections as soon as possible but the seizing of the usurpation must take place because we can't forget who's in power right now the regime financed by drug trafficking and oil money is oppressing its people and so yes the risk is a lot but not for way though but for the venezuelan people and that's why you see

millions of in a swelling on the streets six hundred thousand volunteers have been organized by the interim government to help distribute this humanitarian system so we're on the side of the people and the mass majority of the latin american countries are with us and i remember just pictures the evidence will show that we do appreciate your time in today's time and this window for the thank you very much francisco mike has joining us there from washington you know at the news hour live from london all still ahead of the united nations expresses alarm off to fifteen people are executed in egypt in february palestinians want the twenty fifth anniversary of the last massacre in hebron which led to the segregation from israeli settlers and in sport the owner of super bowl champions the new england patriots is charged with solicitation of prostitution.

we go to developments in syria now where kurdish forces are evacuating hundreds of civilians from my cells lost focus of territory al is off to as strikes by the u.s. led coalition hundreds of people have already. been rescued from the eastern village of bug but u.s. backed syrian democratic forces say around seven thousand of still trapped in the small besieged enclave feared many civilians there would be used as human shields which has slowed the advance but the s.d.f. says it's hoping to carry out a full evacuation on friday before launching their final push to defeat the i still fight is also for more on this let's be to cut is journalist host saying the same he joins us via skype from there as or thank you for taking the time to speeches can you describe the situation around you at the moment yes hi to you and all the viewers in my name is there who should have been the not who would think hussein under. the. ok and no no problem we know is he going to take forces if the after the last operation against

isis here in the that is but i know fred that is not or has been you know they want to a finish i said but that is a lot of is to be out there in. the legend that the consulate eight. days ago we saw a lot of the on the left but was there was maybe need one thousand today also there was a lot of video maybe near two thousand beyond a month over then i said you know i mean it's on the today show that there was a lot of minutes well and looks as i think you had but as the ethical month as they did. a lot of the media that was a village on that that. i said you didn't get them out and you being shelled go to human actions so it can. be counted to

a point didn't you know that open a mission to finish isis is here in. isis no it's just control because as long as they have and it has been a myth that is a lie so i think. it would be. better all of this to be done if not with that is the mission has to be on top of all of this to be on the left about was orderly about what if the if was going to you know the open ocean and the finish. was to get it. thank you thank you very much for bringing us some insights pushing has some joining us there from eastern syria from there is or explaining very that the evacuation of civilians is likely to continue the s.d.f. saying they hoping to wrap that up on friday and then there will be the final assault on the village of by guus to flush out the remaining eisel fighters thank

you. the u.n. has expressed alarm over executions in egypt saying fifteen people have been given the death penalty this month alone among them on nine people executed on wednesday for killing a top prosecutor in twenty fifteen. was attacked just a day before the second anniversary of mass protests that prompted the military to oust former president mohamed morsy six others have had their death sentences lifted but will serve life in prison. very concerned by the news from egypt that the total of fifteen people have been executed so for in the month of february through the month yet these include nine people were executed on wednesday. and six others who subjected to the death penalty earlier in the month israeli forces have shot dead a palestinian teenager at protests on the gaza border the fifteen year old was shot during the weekly march overturned demonstration at least forty others were injured palestinian protesters are demanding an end to the gaza blockade and the return of

refugees to land in what is now israel israeli forces have killed more than two hundred fifty palestinians at the protests in the last year. meanwhile palestinians across the west bank have rallied to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the ibrahimi mosque massacre in hebron on the twenty fifth of february one thousand nine hundred four american israeli settler goldstein shot dead twenty nine muslims cheering pres goldstein was a follower of a far right jewish rabbi and was beaten to death by a crowd soon after the massacre tensions between israelis and palestinians explode at that day the israeli army killed up to fifty palestinians during protests the fallout from the massacre dictates life in hebron today more than two hundred thousand palestinians a segregated from several hundred ultra nationalist israeli settlers is stay in heavily fortified and place are a full set reports from hebron. at a lot gate barring access to the israeli controlled part of hebron israeli soldiers

prepare for the protests they fan out on rooftops and check buildings before long a group of about thirty demonstrators from the youth against settlements movement heads towards a location these protests have ended in clashes in previous years but this time they're allowed to approach the gate as settlers look on. but we are asking to close to the open the close of the closed markets. the protests to twenty five years since an american israeli settler barrack goldstein entered hadrons ibrahimi mosque during prayers and shot dead twenty nine people whose knee rajavi was praying that day near the front when the shooting started. i think about it all the time i was tripping over people lying on the floor the wounded calling for help it's an unforgettable tragedy. in the years since hadrons old city has become starkly divided around eight hundred israeli

settlers and forty thousand palestinians living in close proximity and under the control of the israeli army. the demonstrators are also drawn. attention to more recent events the israeli expulsion last month of the international observer mission. set up in the aftermath of the massacre and this week's decision by the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to try to shore up his chances of reelection in april by embracing a far right party that had been taboo for the israeli mainstream. back at the protest site a second group of demonstrators arrives members of major political factions in the occupied west bank more numbers more noise more of a face off with soldiers but no major confrontation this is an end to what was a roads of lee peaceful commemoration of a terrible day of violence but it still goes to highlight just how divided how tense how militarized the city is twenty five years later how a force that al-jazeera hebron in the occupied west bank. still ahead for you on

the program don't mess with pakistan is the warning from the army as tensions mount between india and pakistan. the u.n. says we need to change the way we eat as it warns that the future of food is under threat. and then in sport the rugby team aiming to take a giant leap towards the northern hemisphere his biggest international rugby title . however there is no letup in the spring warmth across western parts of europe over towards the east we do still have a little taste of winter coming through this area clad is sinking its way further south which in this was some snow over the balkans some wet and windy weather making its way down towards greece and pushing into that western side of things with the top temps of around in degrees celsius further north we will see

temperatures recovering slightly in moscow top temperature here minus five degrees celsius meanwhile as that was fourteen fifteen degrees in london quite possibly a couple of degrees higher than that actually over the next couple of days i really feeling spring like here ninety celsius in madrid there's a little bit of cloud there into that western side of spain for a time rise up nicely as you go on into sunday we're hanging on to that mild air across a good part of western europe with present spells of sunshine sunshine too into central hours only christe side the funeral around four degrees turns colder still for athan the snow will then run eight celsius on sunday so feeding really really cold as you saw that clouds about rain will just lap down to the coastal shoals of libya as we go on through sas they are the side of that it does stay fine and dry will see temperatures not too bad in the back with a high of twenty one. monch

al-jazeera maggi has done debates discusses and dissects the big issues of our times in the head to head votes on march the twenty fourth and its first general election since the twenty fourteen military coup join us for special coverage in a powerful new film residents of occupied jerusalem share their thoughts on its present and future deal or no deal what does the future hold for breaks it will bring you the latest as the march the twenty ninth deadline for the u.k. to meet the new edges nira and we examine the development of an unusual alliance between radical buddhist monks a military and million mom march on al-jazeera. on counting the cost this week briggs's and cambodia it's the southeast asian economy that's most exposed to the u.k.'s e.u. divorce. nine months later lebanon finally has

a government but its economy is screaming for attention. charging the cost on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick look at the top stories this hour sudan's president omar al bashir is declared a one year state of emergency and says he's dissolving the centralist state government after months of protests calling his resignation. at least two that his whitens have been killed in clashes with security forces close to the border with brazil and the u.s. backed rebels have been checking out civilians from the last territory in eastern syria syrian democratic forces of preparing to launch a final assault. now u.s. president donald trump says he would veto

a measure to block the national emergency declaration he issued to build a wall along the southern u.s. order earlier on friday house democrats introduced a resolution aimed at stopping the declaration with plans to vote on it and choose day trump announced the order last week to free up billions to pay for his proposed wall along the us mexico border democrats say it's an overreach of presidential power. well in other developments new york prosecutors are pursuing criminal charges against president trump's former campaign chairman paul manifolds they say they'll file charges regardless of whether man a fourth receives a presidential pardon in a federal case out of what was convicted last august in a federal court of bank and tax fraud and pleaded guilty in a parallel criminal case in washington they'll be sentenced next month and could be sent to prison for more than a decade. now the u.s. president is saying that a trade summit with his chinese counterpart xi jinping could be held as early as march officials from china in the u.s.

have been meeting in washington to discuss a trade deal aimed at ending a standoff over tariffs between the two nations world's two largest economies have been working to end the tensions before a march first deadline or chapter ten see joins us live now from washington i guess you have it looks as though they're going to breach that deadline but they're still optimistic about reaching an agreement. yes optimistic in those trade talks with. today friday in washington but now they're being extended for another two days donald trump saying that's a sign that a trade deal is possible both the chinese and the u.s. saying a lot of progress has been made but there's no word on whether that marginal first deadline will be extended but a great like spectators now the might to be donald trump saying a deal had been made currency there are also reports from c n b c that china has agreed to buy another one point two trillion dollars of u.s. goods which would go some way to the reversing the the trade deficit between the

u.s. and china which is a big issue for donald trump and robert like ties of the to the u.s. as trade negotiator said that some progress has been made on the issue of forced technology transfer that's the allegation from the u.s. that in order to do business in china china forces u.s. companies to hand over their trade secrets which they then use to compete against u.s. companies now all of these things have been negotiated under several memorandum of understanding over the last few days and when donald trump called in the press and the u.s. and chinese trade delegation and that extraordinary moment happened robert litan eyes of the u.s. trade representative was explaining these m.-o. use and said well actually i don't really care about the use i really care about a final deal to be honest you can do whatever you want with you emma hughes and this bizarre exchange occurred in front of the chinese delegation out of the press . but they are binding you know president mr president and don't trouble as they are they really should we just have a final deal so finally exhaust creatively robert litan eyes of the u.s.

trade representative said in that case we're not going to call the memorandum of understanding anymore we're not going to call them or use we'll just call them trade agreements is that all right and then you turn to the vice premier of china and said it's not all right with you and the vice premier said you know that's all right with us so this negotiation was actually happening in the oval office in front of the press just a just a few hours ago so it does it's an interesting insight into the dynamic between the president and his trade delegation but those negotiations. our continued for over two days with her with the goal of having some sort of meeting with president tree in florida in late march thank you very much you have a tendency in washington. to mess with pakistan is the warning from the pakistani army to india as tensions mount between the nuclear neighbors india's military says pakistani intelligence was involved in an attack in indian rule kashmir last week at least forty one indian troops were killed in the salt which was claimed by an armed group based in pakistan but the pakistani government has denied any involvement and the military there says it will respond to any attack by india with

full force and we have to be in the delegation we have the views that means to eat of desired end state we're going to sponsor full spectrum camp and i hope you get this message and don't mess with congressman. thousands of nigerians are getting ready to travel across the country for the second time in a week to take part in saturday's delay presidential election the vote was originally scheduled for last week but it was perspiring just five hours before the polls would you to open well there are now concerns that the delay and fears of ethnic violence could push health many voters as jonah hole reports from. the latest in the stars of nigeria's film and dance world in a video promoting a peaceful election yes and. 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 and would bear so much sauce be shown on misgivings and so on i about about security agencies about the government itself and so on and so far there's a high risk that results will be disputed people would resist for protests the results in some places under the high risk of power. in a crowded field of candidates to stand out president marmaduke bihari 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 i nick 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 one has gone through the roof is over what are you thinking. if i see one after spending for so many years with you this is why we've come out to one. thousand dollars and why do you think that is if anybody's votes and who do you blame for that you know. tell me you know. you know i was up was that people in the nigerians have reason to be hopeful and reason two thousand and fifteen was 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. and but let me see if i. can see this index around it's. ok thanks again it's

a. 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. we believe that as an institution that. we have in the observer. system would help with. because we want to actually count nigeria is africa's most populous country the continent's biggest economy. for oil wealth means who runs it matters but epic levels of poverty and unemployment suggest that the job could be done better if you know how al-jazeera. well campaigning is also drawing to a close in senegal ahead of sunday's elections that president macky sall is widely expected to win a second off the two opposition figures will bought from running because of

corruption allegations nicolas hack brings us more now from dukkha. who says that this is where both initiated and just after the election this is where people will be out there to celebrate with a good president that this that they believe will have elected her for the moment here on the floor in terms of. the candidate to get a recess to say he's going to be open and visiting and he believes he can oppose the seat of the president not just on who himself is running for a second term in office he's been traveling throughout the country through this two weeks campaign promoting his achievements during his seven year mandate opening one infrastructure project after the other but for this last day the focus has been trying to convince young voters to come out and vote and try to persuade them to vote for them rival because in this country the majority of the people born after

two thousand their milena many of them have only experienced two presidencies under a bill i want in monkey selling they're calling for change and this is something that each candidate is promising change and in just a few days time to think these will go to vote and make that decision and who can bring the changes that many cities are hoping who are. all now the u.n. says tens of thousands of facing starvation in south sudan is fighting continues despite a peace deal signed six months ago to end the civil war in the seven million people over half the population face extreme hunger the u.n. says more people now need food aid to survive than when a manmade famine was declared in twenty seventeen and the risk of another famine is high. we are two nations also warning that the future of food is under severe threat consider this six thousand plant species can be cultivated for food but only nine account for two thirds of total crop production similarly the world's

livestock production is joe is based on just forty species but only a handful provides the vast majority of milk meat and eggs and these sources are disappearing from insects to see grass crustaceans and funky close to a quarter of nearly four thousand wild food species are in decline there are many causes the most significant being pollution over harvesting and of course climate change the hardest hit regions are latin america asia and africa one in nine people already don't have enough food and the world's population is expected to reach nine point eight billion by two thousand and fifty so how do we avoid mass starvation well the answer is you change what the un is saying that we must diversify our food sources eating species that are not widely consume things like insects and we could also be buying more sustainable products in a castros from the u.s. food and agricultural organization which commission that report. we are forgetting

what or grandparents ate and now all more than sixty six percent of the relation where all eat in from nine crops and from ten fishes species why over grandparents you know they knew all about six thousand different plants on more than by a hundred different fish and slowly we have been you know industrialize son and and commercializing only this us species and over that diet is been with us we think this is one of the problems for the population increase in their weight of becoming overweight and obese and also he's put in a risk. long term sustainable use of the buy in a bit biodiversity get out of. hundreds of french school students have much for the streets of paris calling for more action to fight climate change a web led by sixteen year old swedish environmentalist he's spearheading

a movement of school strikes out as there is david chase tell us also that. skip class and help save the world's climate the message of a sixteen year old swedish student spreading through the streets of. a campaign is gaining traction across the world she still can't quite believe what happened to be there when she first started striking last september i would never have imagined that it was going to be this big. and i think it's incredible it's just it's a surprise every time i see someone else striking and it's it feels incredible because regis says that action must be taken now they don't have time for her generation to take power and they must see it different to us now and that is a view that's being supported by many many people here in the play.