now in jersey. where every. hello i'm barbara sara this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes. venezuelan opposition supporters protected aid to trucks trying to breach the colombian border but two trucks have gone up in flames many protesters have been injured in clashes with forces loyal to

president maduro and two people are reported dead near the brazilian border. chaotic scenes at some polling stations in nigeria with president mohamed will hari is seeking a second term. a new protests in sudan after president bashir declares a state of emergency and replaces all state governors with military officials. and for a small have all the day's sport including they know massie's course his fiftieth hat trick to help barcelona take a big step towards retaining the spanish league title. thank you for joining us we begin the news hour in venezuela where there are reports that two people have been killed near the border with brazil in clashes clashes over attempts to get aid into the country the deaths were reported in the

border town of something a little bit what end where another two people were killed on friday a local doctor says the violence took place infighting between opposition activists and security forces. while earlier hundreds of venezuelans cheered the arrival of aid as pickup trucks carrying supplies passed through the brazilian border town of like at armor and into the crisis hit country but on venezuela's border with collage. several aid convoys supported by hundreds of opposition activists are still trying to force their way into the country. i thought carrying american aid and volunteers are trying to breach the border from colombia by driving across bridges separating the two countries earlier violence broke out in the rain yeah and then on the venezuelan side as troops and other president liberal supporters fired tear gas rubber coated steel bullets and live

ammunition to stop protesters colombian authorities say that some of the aid will be transported by a human chain across the border. while opposition leader one who i don't know saw off a convoy of aid trucks in the colombian town of speaking alongside the colombian president why go hold on troops to allow the convoy to cross into venezuelans from he said president maduro would be held responsible for any violence. but i mean that the. this is a landmark point in our history to allow the humanitarian aid to get in and to allow perspire to we must respect the human rights of the venezuelan people to the generals and all the countries that have formed this coalition the aid this been sent in we are turn lead grateful to you we're here at the friendship bridge and this is where all of our people have come together to help venezuela this humanitarian aid is going into the country peacefully to save lives go in but he

got money. humanitarian aid has just been handed over to the president in charge of venezuela one quite out we demand that it be allowed to pass peacefully intervention territory so that he can help those who need it stopping it will be an attack on human rights might be a crime against humanity. well an army major says he's defecting to the opposition at least eight members of the venezuelan national guard have also abandoned their posts colombian migration authorities released this video that appears to show three of the soldiers soliciting help from colombian officers. well the opposition meanwhile is trying to get the foreign aid across four bridges over the river which runs between the colombian city and sun and tanya did that shit out on the venezuelan side of the border now the main focus is this human believe our international bridge where some of the main clashes happened police fired tear gas and protesters threw stones in violent confrontations there earlier on saturday.

president maduro meanwhile has told a rally in the capital that he's broken off diplomatic relations with colombia and will expel employees from its embassy thousands of i do supporters thronged the streets in caracas to hear him speak president maduro is refusing to back down on his promise not to let the aging but the us is the aid convoy as part of a u.s. led invasion in his country doesn't need it. i can't continue putting up with this we can continue putting up with columbia lending itself to an aggression against bin as well and that is why i have decided to break political and diplomatic relations with the freshest government of colombia and all its ambassadors and general consuls have to leave it as well within twenty four hours get out of here only. we have correspondents on both sides of an as well as border with colombia let's get the first season cuckoo tied right now by this belief our border bridge so they've still had no luck on

a sunday or actually getting any aid properly across the border. well actually i think that the opposition has given up on getting the aid through at least for today two of the four trucks carrying they have already left the two remaining trucks or behind me and we've just been told by some of the opposition officials here that they are moving them back to the bridge where the warehouse where most all the avis being stored is the so the opposition is considering that they've tried least for today it's been has been a long day of fighting on this bridge and the bridge over where two of the trucks carrying the aid were burnt to the ground practically by people supporting president nicolas maduro according to one of the venezuelan opposition deputies who

are you again yanno said that members of the collective others are collectives for the revolution the civilians that support president nicolas maduro. two of the trucks the other trucks of the other two trucks that were on that bridge have been moved back into colombia so i lead. for now it seems like the opposition has not been able to do what they were with what they had promised to which was to overwhelm these bridges with their people and manage to move inside venezuela we also got two other information here from colombia the first one is that the twenty three members of the armed forces have defected throughout the day here on the border between colombia and the been a swell and that twelve people have been wounded some of them seriously by rubber

bullets ok so the. latest. toll there and also twenty three and then brazil armed forces the fact that brings the number up we've also heard in the past few hours alison that are there not nicholas for do though as officially broken off i guess diplomatic relations with colombia he's sending back to diplomats i'm just wondering if that is that any impact at the border whether things are a little bit beyond that right now. well we'll probably see the effects of this decision in the coming days that means that the border bridges the illegal crossings between colombia and venezuela that were shut down by the government late on friday will remain closed for the foreseeable future and this will have huge effect on the venezuelan population that live close

to the border and what's used to a crossing into colombia to be able to access is some of the goods that they can't be in venezuela or maybe cations many of them were crossing into colombia to do informal jobs selling things that they could buy at a lower cost in various ways and make a profit selling them. here so will have an effect on the humanitarian situation in the country at a time in which the latest sanctions imposed by the us of a ready war is even worse and even further the situation for many venezuelans inside the country top of that is of course a political crises in and increase in the tensions between the two countries since colombia is so clearly at the forefront of the supporting the opposition efforts to topple the callers my daughter and son there in the summer of thank you will now

let's go into venice relate self a lesson america is in the sea and human is on the other side of the border live in san antonio in the sea of the sea you've had a very difficult few hours a lot of clashes where you were you were earlier tell us a little bit about what's happening. yes barbara fact the clashes continue we are just off the main thoroughfare here of san antonio where just about a kilometer from here there are still armed groups roaming and firing live ammunition at passers by or at least into the air trying to. the national guardsman very very heavily armed we were by the entrance of these in mumbai levite bridge when some six hundred people opposition members led by the by some forty deputies from the opposition national assembly and the governor of a state tried to force their way across the bridge they were met by side with.

national guardsmen who fired tear gas and rubber bullets but they were able to back to bring down the first barrier the national guardsman ran and then we then we got we couldn't see how many but we are hearing at least thirty or forty call it people says they are called these are basically paramilitaries dressed in civilian clothes with with wearing balaclavas on their faces so they can't be identified began firing at the crowd this lasted for at least three hours the opposition members did disperse there were several people injured which i spoke to a nurse at the nearby hospital that says she received at least seven injuries. from from gunfire and that one person was very very seriously wounded with with a bullet through the lung we i saw someone being taken away injured who looked like he had a head injury and so it was very very serious indeed extremely violent and the gunfire continues the tension in this area continues but it seems as though the

opposition has basically withdrawn and is giving up on its attempt at least what we know to cross over or in order to try to bring the aid from colombia into than it's well on. the scene looking at a bit more widely how do you read the events today you know looking at everything that's been happening in venezuela do you think it's sort of the beginning of the end for nicholas for the. that's very very difficult to predict barbara. certainly the opposition and hope to have a major political victory by brit being by saying that they were the ones who were able to bring this aid into the country that has not happened but at the same time it does not make president mughals position much better on the contrary he will certainly receive a lot of criticism for the violence that was used he said a short while ago when he was speaking to supporters in the capital caracas that he was not in a battle for peace but i can tell you from firsthand experience that peace is not

what we have been seeing here at all nor an effort to ensure it. he will be under more pressure i'm certain from the international community particularly from the united states and so this is not over by any chance and i think it's much too soon to say whether this is the end for him but things will not get any easier for him a lot of venezuelans the see a new man or less america it is who the see as always thank you mohamed joins us live now he's impacted i'm on the brazilian border this time with venezuela so we've just heard about what the situation is like on the colombia venezuela border tell us a little bit about what's going on where you are because we've actually heard reports of deaths near that border. yeah that's right barbara there are disturbing reports that are coming out of venezuela we've spoken to several migrants who have crossed into brazil many of them have passed through

this border town of in israel are called santa ana and when they were passing through they said that clashes between the military and this indigenous group that is trying to assist the venezuelan opposition in trying to get aid into venezuela these clashes are ongoing many of the people we spoke with who passed through that town said that it was really horrifying when they were there as they were making their way to the border but also many of them said that while they could not totally confirm this they are hearing reports that there have been more deaths in that town we know that yesterday there was one death in that town and that there were several injured from those clashes that were transported across the border into brazil to the town of bolivia which is the capital of of this state in the north but also today we have seen several ambulances go by we have checked with a hospital in bolivia they say that there are seventeen injured people that have been transported there were injured in those clashes and santa elena in venezuela

they have not had any in any deaths at that hospital they do not know about the death toll but they have said that as far as injuries more people are being transported taken there to be treated for those injuries and the many of them are in critical condition beyond that the people that we've been speaking with quite concerned about what's going to happen next we don't know yet what other attempts are going to be made to try to get aid into venezuela i was speaking to one u.s. state department official who was here on the border earlier observing what's going on this u.s. state department official said that there is more u.s. aid in other warehouses in brazil and they are awaiting word on when they can transport it to the border with other brazilian aid but right now it's unclear when if and how that aid is going to be able to get across this border and into venezuela going forward barbara where hundreds are injured with the latest saying. of course we'll be following all developments coming out of in his will with our team of correspondents still to come on the news hour from london mass arrests in

india administered kashmir over the last weeks from attack why it's unlikely to defuse tensions between india and pakistan where the vatican were survivors of sexual abuse have demanded the roman catholic church throw out abusive priests and those who cover up for them and then support a dramatic day for cricket in the caribbean and that's all coming up a little and. a vote counting is underway in most polls of close than the jury is the lead presidential and parliamentary elections mamadou bihari is seeking a second term his main rival for more than seventy other candidates is the former vice president. there were chaotic scenes after the laser at some polling stations and the hours before voting began gunfire and explosions were reported in two towns in the volatile northeast now in a moment we're going to be live in a bridge

a first though i made it three says this report from my duty. early morning confusion of this polling station and way to greet voters are angry at officials for failing to start the poll one hour after little and. the voting machines and reading fingerprints. the problem was eventually resolved. it was to fibro him was able to vote but he needed assistance at the polling station he wants an improvement in facilities for people with disabilities and i bet on that we will be exposed to danger if the person helping us has party preference this privacy should be protected better the early morning turnout in many areas of the city was good despite reports of attacks sixty five year old mourdock you may walk up to the sounds of explosions in my degree but was determined to vote obama had a little we've seen and heard worse from. they cannot stop us from voting only die

once you can see how eager the people are the hours after the explosions the police say the city is safe and the civilians were not targeted but in the neighboring your by state hundreds of residents and petition voters led the town of go down after suspected broke out fighters attempted to infiltrate the city the army which acknowledged that attack say calm has been restored. six hundred kilometers from here president obama body votes in his hometown in doha the seventy five year old seeming to avoid the feat but be fillies protests as a good luck jonathan. one electic term in office he sounded upbeat although for some very hopeful indeed but you know you do that you know if you feel like you like them when you accept defeat and congratulate that we are not above eventually. going to be there were enough thank you very much you know. what a blowhard as close as rivals are to quote work are also cast his ballot hoping to return to the corridors of power he left twelve years ago. although delays were

reported in many parts of nigeria election officials are hopeful of a good turnout what is not clear is if the postponement of the vote last week will affect the final number or test their ballots a decrease al-jazeera made to go to nigeria well john a whole joins us live now from the headquarters of a vote monitoring operation in the new capital of john a good to see you how was the day of polling done where you are. at will here and it was you know pretty smooth barbara polling stations open on time and closed on time several hours ago elsewhere in the country many polling stations open very late and were allowed to stay open late how late frankly we don't really know there hasn't been a statement issued by the independent electoral commission to tell us that this vote is actually over indicating that part of the process went well and part of the process was still fraught with the sort of challenges the electoral commission had

when it decided to delay this vote by a week well let me bring in my guest who knows more than i do about the broader picture suits him but mallo is with the aga that's the enormous vote monitoring mission that you see behind us here thanks cynthia bring us up to date with the latest is it possible as far as you're concerned here to say that this election is over but the. well i wouldn't totally say that and that's because from the dates how we have from the few we had to most of the polls extended to four pm on the what's in process and two four pm what we're likely going to seems to have more polls open in the uk tomorrow what into comments because we have reports from some polling booths where votes will not take place to be on according to the electoral guidelines someone's would come at two pm the votes he would need to continue a comment or call that we're going. to see him somewhat more o.s.'s back to seek our numbers and of course going into the night session look at coming in from the

few days for the scene and what the results were should have been reports i mean the i was to have called in units where we did not have results announced yesterday that given all of that i mean is it possible to say that you know overall this is been a defective process or is it too early to say that it well i guess is a bit it's going to. there while i am because one we had reports of political play in the cold in units as our reports have shown us that sandy and what the forty one percent of oakland and then once you have lots of polls the feds the process we also have reports of critical incidents across the friends zones and we have requests from reba's where polling you need some what you was instructed we have requests from the more reports from can reports from lagos through you know so we have we have pockets of records of goods coming to them at different levels of effect votes not to spoil we needed also even votes which are suppression in some of the clinics where the talks in the lead however when we look at the climate of

materials while polls place we could tell that athletes from up when you need something unique it's one percent of the causing it it's an election about syria's president so we could be solved by means of much u.s. president i would start deployment of this much us presence in most of the cornea but most of the challenges would so with that point of would see india and counseling where. the process was going on smoothly and then sometimes you had to. pick it up to the police the. feds say still a pretty mixed it takes yes it's an epidemic speaks more. than we have. and would have to that's a shia in the morning on what has gone on mission work ok thanks so much it's going to be a late night for them and possibly a long couple of days ahead we're not expecting any sense of a final result much before monday. at home for joe jonas thank you.

sudan's main opposition party says protesters will keep up their campaign against the president after he declared a state of emergency late on friday omar al bashir also announced he was dissolving the central and state governments sparking overnight demonstrations but the streets have since been quiet the state of emergency give security forces including the military the right to raid houses and buildings without warrants and put institutions under surveillance if it seems that they will use the legal activities land property and or financial assets can be seized and all groups can be banned or regulated and have their transport and telecommunications controlled president bashir is also appointed six new ministers and governors for sudan's eighteen provinces all of whom have a military or security background for such a party has. they are calling for an end to their president's will. and announcing his latest move only hours after omar al bashir

made an announcement that reflects how much of these protests have shaken the government. very many already there are to clear the following to impose a state of emergency for one year to dissolve the national unity government to dissolve the provincial governments and we will continue to take measures to implement what i have resolved our country requires us to stand together it demands of to remain united patient and tolerant i am certain we will be an example to follow. for over two months people in sudan have been taking to the streets their anger ignited by an economic crisis they've demanded that omar al bashir step down according to sit downs constitution a state of emergency would allow security forces to arrest those deemed as a threat to the country and its political and economic stability. and new government will be formed which the president says will work on fixing the economy

as he called for dialogue some say his announcements are far from what those who've been demonstrating want to see happen i think that the demonstrations are likely to continue to finance our history and legacy for two reasons they cannot make situation is not going to improve and the demonstrations are basically based on economic cashiers so it's not just for him to say calm down it's how dire when the . economy has not been addressed so the most asians are likely to continue regardless of their status from agency. al bashir has ruled for nearly three decades he came to power in a bloodless military coup in one thousand nine hundred nine overthrowing a democratically elected government. since two thousand and twelve anti-government protests grew over rising costs. security forces responded each time using tear

gas and live ammunition hundreds die. the protests that started in december last year have become the long this wave of anti-government demonstrations since the country's independence with a state of emergency declared protests may be harder to sustain. and bashir may have found a way to end the biggest challenge to his presidency dorsetshire bari al jazeera. saudi arabia has appointed that prince highly bin salim on the king's son as they perceive defense minister he is the younger brother of crown prince mohammed bin salonen the former saudi ambassador to the u.s. he was recalled recalled from the post after the murder of journalist princess rima been to bandar bin sultan that will take over as u.s. ambassador and she is the first woman to hold the post. your special counsel robert mueller has been urged to has urged the u.s. judge to come down hard on sentencing president dollar trumps former campaign

chairman paul not afford better for his being sentenced for two conspiracy charges he pleaded guilty to last year the recommendation from a lawyer who was investigating russia's role in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. election and whether trump's campaign conspired with moscow in the criminal case a federal court in washington increases the likelihood that mall a four man a fourth will spend the rest of his life behind bars. still to come this hour more than ninety people have now died from drinking toxic alcohol in india most of them tea plantation workers the great lengths new york city is going to go to fight against workplace discrimination reported a new ban on what place walls on hairstyles and sports a big upset in the final the dubai channel ships i don't have an agent in the program.

hell or you say you have taken a bit of a shocker reminders febrile in the cold air that was a shock as gods so it's not affecting turkey and greece which means on the northern flank a bit of snow and maybe well higher ground in central greece athens max of only six degrees is quite a lot with my work should be about thirteen is an average was ankara that's not far off and all in rumania things warming up a little bit with the strength of the sun in kiev still around freezing western europe is still woman it should be fourteen or so in paris and london seventeen in madrid is probably conservative we saw twenty five yesterday you know it has been wet and it will stay that way equal the coldest of the leaker where it is more of a rain problem i suspect for greece turkey an increase in the to the areas south of the country south because with this cold air turkey into the central train we probably developed at least one storm center that means cold on shore winds big

waves triply thirty degrees in benghazi and twelve both with rain to the east maybe an eleven degrees that circulation will tend to drift east was for the eastern side of of libya and head towards new leadership but to be ours even by monday if you're anywhere in the central med that's disappointing weather. well on line. to the answer for them we've not got that or if you join us on saturday all of us have been colonized in some form or some fashion this is a dialogue we are talking about the legal front you have seen what it can do to somebody people are using multiple drugs including the funnel and some people are seeking it out everyone has a voice from the us your boss your twitter and you could be on the street join the global conversation on mt is iraq. donald trump as told of

a special bone with kim jong un. now the u.s. president a north korean leader ought to meet again this time in vietnam were both very honored to eight months up to making history in singapore and they strike a deal on nuclear weapons. and finally end the korean. followers on the twenty seventh of february for special coverage on al-jazeera. welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on anja zero aid convoys supported by hundreds of

opposition activists have been trying to enter venezuela there's been violence on the border with forces loyal to president maduro firing tear gas and rubber bullets at several possible points colombia says twenty three members of venezuela's military have deserted their posts in the face of opposition efforts to bring aid in against some of those orders. in of the news most polls have closed and of counting is under way images presidential and parliamentary elections mohammed who bihari is seeking a second term his main rival from more than seventy of the candidates is the former vice president. al sunday senegal will vote in presidential elections for the incumbent president rocky south senegal is booming thanks to its economic record but for candidates of the opposition poverty and unemployment is on the agenda as young senegalese continue to migrate to europe reports now from back. senegal rising

prosperous educated and with a booming economy it's this vision that president like you said he's promoting to get reelected i. am the candidate continue to progress to one that will bring prosperity to all senate at least. during his time in office new company registrations tripled among them is impact a car an incubator for startups but i think it's a great time for a youngster it was really to take a number of risks because very little things like this in my field an entrepreneurship there are a lot of things that are here and now going to appear before inauguration after the other cell is changing the capitals landscape promoting and narrative of a rising senegal. just a few kilometers away from downtown the car is a tool billion dollar construction site it's called genuine to present my case wants to turn this into a silicon valley for west africa but if you travel away from the cranes and

building sites there's another senate with a different narrative. this is. two hundred kilometers from the car and there are villages with no running water electricity or hospitals children suffer from malnutrition you sick out walked away from this life traveling across the mediterranean into europe with the hope to find better opportunities but he's come back empty handed. no there are no jobs here no opportunities at least not for us it's as if we don't exist and we don't count the politicians unless it's election time in one hundred five one time open senegal sinking in debt riddled with corruption and unemployment this is the narrative shared by the four opposition candidates among them political newcomer and anti establishment huisman son co. fifty one years of. politicians on star nothing because this country is huge has

decided to take responsibility and to take their destiny into their own hands fifty nine years of laws and betrayal. with conflicting narratives to choose from it's now up to the six million voters to decide which one rings true and which senegal to vote for. nicholas hawke al-jazeera to car. indeed authorities have arrested dozens of alleged separatists and sent thousands of reinforcements to indian administered kashmir it follows an attack last week that killed forty one soldiers sparking rising tensions with neighboring pakistan come high to reports now from in pakistan administered kashmir. or join indian military action just one hundred meters above the line of control. between one ministered by india and the other by pakistan. situated less than

five hundred meters behind them is the town. where the possibility of an attack by indian forces dominating discussions. roger ninety three years old an evacuation order an option for him. we are worried about our loved ones on the other side of kashmir but we are not afraid of any threat we are motivated and we will support pakistan's military against any aggression. at this nearby school the children are rehearsing for their annual school day but there is only one thing on their mind dressed in military fatigues they want to send their own. good but it comes to junk and not to india wants to fight us we are ready to fight back we are not afraid of any threat and sleep very calmly at night while our military is awake and alert we not even depressed whatever mr modi wants to do he should be

a strong enough to respond how we need him up. there teachers life will go on no matter what happens india. despite the threats from india our lives here as normal we still have a routine and come to school daily even though the border is just a few hundred metres away but we so far haven't seen any unusual movement of military. the people living close to the line of control are used right intentions in the region but are determined to maintain a semblance of normality then carry remain higher longer line of control opt out prior drug retaliated prescribed by india ribeiro wholegrain port then your brain by there also preparing for the work people continue to go about their business is in the town but no one knows what really happened next or who will make the next move. standard minister to push me.

more than one thousand people have died after drinking toxic alcohol in the northeastern part of india most of the victims were tea plantation workers in some state around two hundred others have been hospitalized that's come less than two weeks after more than one hundred people died from consuming tainted drink in northern india that's from eagerly produced alcohol are common in india where many people just cannot afford branded spirits. a german catholic cardinal has revealed that church files on priests who sexually abuse children were destroyed or never written the admission cable on the third day of an unprecedented meeting at the vatican on sexual abuse within the church victims have voiced concern that catholicism's geographical and cultural diversity may be getting in the way of reform or a challenge reports from rome. one archbishops and cardinals talk in the vatican

sexual abuse survivors have staged events like this and repeated that among zero tolerance throwing abusive priests and those that cover up for them out of the priesthood but a founder of the group ending tragedy abuse fears church politics might be getting in the way of something pope francis himself has previously called for two thirds of the bishops that are meeting there from the developing world mainly africa and asia and they are denying over minimizing the issue and they do not want a law on the books i asked liberia's mohseni a bishop whether african and asian clergy supported zero tolerance to show what we do we are doing yes but we have to define what zero tolerance means and i want to be well we. we have to decide where zero tolerance means zero tolerance you know we stay discourse in that you know more rigid it's easy always

if you don't is the road tolerance me on it's been of the crimean getting. getting a present of to preach to or whatever we have to definitely say that beyond bishop of luxemburg says regardless of where they come from most clergy do you want zero tolerance but acknowledges some differences exist. it's a little bit more difficult for other cultures where people are confronted to other real problems. child soldiers. country wal-mart women are raped nearly every day. it's more difficult for them to focus just on this problem but they also understand that the discipline the question is whether understanding lead to action it shouldn't be surprising this institution large and diverse as the roman catholic church might have internal divisions but for the victims of sexual abuse this must not be allowed to stand in the way or slow down

the reform that they are demanding now retellings al-jazeera right you know singer r. kelly has appeared in court in chicago over multiple sexual assault charges a judge described the allegations against him as the starving and set bail at one million dollars the fifty two year old whose real name is robert kelly turned himself into authorities late on friday he's facing ten counts of aggravated sexual abuse for incidents back as far as nineteen ninety eight numerous women have accuse a singer of sexual abuse over the past two decades now banning certain hairstyles whether in the workplace or at school is now considered a form of racial discrimination in new york new guidelines released by the city's commission on human rights apply to everyone but are particularly geared towards protecting the rights of black people christensen explains in new york's harlem

neighborhood so-called natural hairstyles are born with pride. but what is common to african-americans from braids to afros to twist. often comes at a price because we've been so indoctrinated to thinking that straight hair is better and has a more appropriate and more professional looking it makes it difficult for people to wear their hair naturally and to be seen as being professional i think that's changing roberta alloway used to straighten her hair when she worked in a corporate environment. the women who we would be hearing. in the supervisor would walk down women in the one changing history but stylists a natural hair is healthier a lot of work and it's a lot of money it's not. a transformation appears to be taking place at least a new york. legal recourse to any individual who's been harassed punished or

fired because of their hairstyle in york the city's human rights commission considers such acts racial discrimination the commission released the guidelines after this video went viral of a student getting his braids cut off in order to compete in a school wrestling match at the insistence of the referee who said his hair covering did not meet competition guidelines commissioner carmel in malawi says her office is currently investigating seven cases of hair discrimination again i think this speaks to the every day indignities that black people have to suffer not just in new york city but nationally and i'm going to guess probably worldwide my hope is that by the city by new york city making this clear unequivocal statement that this is a form of race discrimination that other jurisdictions follow violators can be fined up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars still corey taylor isn't convinced

the new guidelines will change things it can make a difference if you can prove it so the problem is going to be being able to prove it but many here in harlem see the change as a victory nonetheless. kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. well bridget todd is the editor of afro punk an online magazine which focuses on race politics and music she joins us live via skype from los angeles madame thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera now i don't know whether you could see the report that we just played out but we showed the image of the black young teenage boy you had his red locks cut off a basically by the refrain order to participate to a wrestling match and watching it like that everyone would record oil but actually how coleman do you think in your experience and from what you have heard and know how common is this kind of discrimination and it's very common i think it's one of those things where when you see it explicitly of course we all be quite well i

watched that edge of that young man having a char cut and i really felt for him but oftentimes i think it left explicit it's not only someone explicitly telling you your hair is unacceptable the way it grows from your ad sometimes the comment it's a it's a rude glance thing like that you know i had people tell me if i want to go on television i need to straighten my hair i don't make an arc and comment you know you look so much more professional just treating your hair so it's not always the explicit beings we are obviously that is wrong and i usually that it's racially motivated and i'm a lot more subtle so in light of that what is your reaction to this towards going past new york. i think it's a great first step i think if you like new york has such limits in terms of policy and really there really has to be a leader in legislation and so i think hey other cities that are very diverse might take the same steps but i'm also

a little bit skeptical i think you know we have laws on the books that also ban housing discrimination along the base of the race and it still happens and so while i'm really happy to see new york take the sat and i'm really really happy to see that they've explicitly said you know hair is part of racial identity and so you're going to have band racial discrimination and not not explicitly saying that hair is part of that failure so i'm very happy just yet but i'm also a little bit skeptical because again you have to prove it and it's not always so easy to prove because these things are often very subtle ok so i mean a change in the law is always a good thing i guess sometimes social change and change in attitudes sometimes plays a little bit of catch up so i how would you apart from the law try to change some people's attitudes to this. i think that's a great question i think a lot can really be this conversation starter so even if you don't live in new york even if you live in a city where this law is not on the books even just hearing about this maybe you're

a hiring manager maybe you own a nightclub maybe you you know are maybe you're tasked with drawing up that dress code broke public school even if there's not a law on the books that says don't don't do this you know don't have ray says that target and criminalize black men if you can still internally think well what biases that i internalized that say that black hair is less professional or less polished when i think of somebody who looks professional or looks polished who do i think and how is that playing along racial lines even if it's not explicit lot we can all take this moment and take this while with new york we can all take that as an opportunity to really think through our own bias and think through what we've been taught about race bridget taught organizer as of afro punk eminem thank you so much for sharing with us here another zero really appreciate it thank you thanks for having me. still ahead this news hour.

why foreign language films could dominate this year's oscars after being overlooked for years and sri lanka beat south africa to write themselves into the history books all details coming up in sport. monch on al-jazeera maggi have fun debates discusses and dissect the big issues of our times in the head to head to thailand 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 occupy jerusalem share their thoughts on its past 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 and the military in million mom march on al-jazeera . al-jazeera where ever you are. one of hollywood's biggest events the oscars is coming up on sunday but the ninety first academy award ceremony may prove a little different to previous years for language films often. overlooked in the past could actually dominate the show thanks to digital streaming platforms rob

reynolds has. been in capernaum lebanese director need to focus is on twelve year old zane who stands as a representative for the hundreds of millions of children worldwide war neglected abused and exploited zayn is a tough foul mouthed beirut kid played by seen all rafidah he flees his uncaring family to wander through the slums he finds a makeshift family with an undocumented ethiopian immigrant and her baby the film is a harrowing journey into the depths and yet at the very end like some impossible flower blooming amid the filth there is a brilliant flash of hope that isn't very unlike a different kind of family lives in director hirokazu korea does shoplifters multiple generations cram into a ramshackle tokyo house we soon learned this is a family born from the sesame of the members are actually related but they've

banded together to survive. so that's not what i do when a crisis explodes the family the consequences are dire for all but korea to shows how tenacious are the bonds of kindness and love obsessive tortured love is the theme of polish director pawel pawlikowski film cold war about an affair spanning decades on both sides of the iron curtain in post-war poland a team of artists transforms full culture into full throated stalinist propaganda jazz pianist victor played by thomas caught false hopelessly in love with teenage singer zula the luminous joanna coo league he plots their escape to the west but she did she see him in east berlin decades later they meet again in paris and this . bark is rekindled but their love is infected with

a kind of bitterness and only mutual destruction can unite them forever. by mexico's alfonzo quare road is a dreamily paced semi autograph it story of a fracturing family and the young domestic servant cleo who holds everyone together while fighting her own tragedies shot in black and white roma is a film whose images linger in the memory rounding out the category is florian henkel fun daughters marks never look away a three hour long epic exploring art love and politics an artist played by tom schilling's experiences nazi tyranny the total destruction of war and the suffocating grip of east germany's communist dictatorship cold war roma and shoplifters can all be seen on digital streaming platforms never look away and capernaum are not currently available online robert oulds al-jazeera for now

here is far with the sports. barbara thank you so much lino massi scored the fiftieth hat trick of his career his efforts lifting barcelona to a hard fought their way to sivia in the spanish league at bessie's gold bar so level twice to go into the latter stages to all he gave them the lead with five minutes left to complete his hat trick barcelona went on to seal it four two there are now temp points clear at the top of the table. going to sit down with it was really important to win here today because of what it means because of the opponents because of how the league is we wanted to maintain the advantage we had over the chasing teams and take on what's coming tottenham miss a chance to go within two points of english premier league leaders manchester city they lost she won a burnley despite the return from injury by harry kane spurs stay third in the table five points behind the leaders. you are a tool you'll get in that week that for me is going to be key this game gratiano

would open in. but. and then if we didn't win. it. and we can not think now in it to be a real contender. for some us if we were fortunate the most for us kilian and scored twice to lead a side p.s.g. to a three nil win over name and france's illegal comes as their presence said that both of them bobby and neymar won't be sold in the foreseeable future despite an ongoing financial fair play investigation. was talking as the club signed a new sponsorship deal with a french hospitality company p.s.g. are appealing to sport's highest court after european football's governing body reopened the case to whether the club had broken rules aimed at preventing overspending. cricketing history has been made in south africa have become the first asian side to claim a test series when in the country they dominated the second test in port elizabeth

winning by eight wickets early on day three back play debate series went against the second ranked team in the world it won seven straight series at home and just to give you an idea of how big of a achievement this is south africa have dominated asia's biggest teams they've only lost three of twenty home test against india against pakistan they've dropped just two tests from fifteen sri lanka's chimes means they become only the third team after england and australia to win a series in south africa. there's no excuse when trying it comes yeah we have to we have to be a lot better to play some good cricket but that the cricket we have been playing at home for the last two or three seasons if we were anywhere close to that we should have beaten this team and we were on top of our game we didn't score them on a runs that we wanted to. either magic batting collapse for england allowed the west indies to square up their one day series the windies bowlers putting on a fine back to win by twenty six runs in barbados david stokes has the action

right after losing game one the west indies needed a good start and they got one chris gayle doing what he does best clearing the stands on the way to another one day fifty. but it was shemar to hit maia who stole the show he smashed for sixes and seven fools to rack up a century in eighty three poles was a twenty chain road finished a bit of one hundred four and england needed two hundred ninety to win the tourists to chase down a record three sixty in the last game and they were cruising thanks to a ninety nine one stands between i would bowl good and ben stokes both of them past fifty and england were well on track eating just to run the ball to go chill up. in the series but the partnership broke and it all went from sheldon cultural and jason holder ripped through england's batsman the last six wickets folding for just

thirty five runs in the all out for two hundred sixty three and the west indies had squared the series with fourteen goals to spare the third match takes place in grenada on monday david strikes out his era. and he a cricket captain verite kohli says he will respect the decision of his government with regards to playing pakistan in the upcoming world cup his comments come after calls from india's cricket body to boycott the match a week ago based armed group claimed responsibility for an attack that killed forty indian paramilitary policeman and indian administered kashmir to time fifty over world champions india is set to meet one thousand nine hundred two winners pakistan in one of the most anticipated matches of the world cup on june the sixteenth and manchester. we're going to talk about what happened and really. sad about the incident that happened on stand. by what the nation. going through

and what the b.c. i decided to do and that is basically you have to be me and whatever the government and the board decide eventually we will go by that and we expect that. wales have moved top of the six nations championship table they knocked in one off the summit by beating them twenty one thirteen on saturday or earlier france beat scotland twenty seven to ten and are currently third. tennis now and swiss player belinda bennett pulled off a huge upset to win her first title in nearly four years unseated bennett beat world number four patrick in the final of the dubai championships this was the twenty one year old fourth win over a top ten player this week after knocking out the likes of simona halep and only in a split alina and a church last one title in two thousand and fifteen when she clenched the watches cup and toronto. and that's all your sport for now it's now back to you barbara in london thank you and that is it for this news hour do stay with us i'm going to

have the latest on all the news that we've been covering especially the developments in venezuela in just a few minutes i hope you'll be able to try. to expose prominent figures of the twentieth century and how and why buildings influenced the course of history the souls that did not get enough credit for it in the book you want to be the big historical figure but he was mandela the biggest con in the world the prisoner and the president who came together to end up

apartheid in south africa nelson mandela and f.w. de klerk face to face on. driven by outrage and spanning generations the real hinge of demonstrators gathered on the very day a widely criticized repatriation agreement between the governments of bangladesh and me and more was to begin the anger was all too apparent and the fear was palpable if you don't like we're so afraid that if they send one of us back to myanmar today tomorrow they'll send back ten and the day after tomorrow they'll send back twenty thirty or if we were given citizenship in myanmar then there would be no need to take us back there we would go back on our own we must remember the rancho among the most persecuted minority in the world at night in a stalking somali moms patrolled streets police. or lack of clean hands tired of gang violence the use the maternal approach to prevent crime.

the stories we don't often hear told by the people who live the mothers of ring could be this is europe on al-jazeera. that was venezuelan opposition supporters protect to aid the trucks trying to breach the colombian border. a two trucks have gone up in flames many protesters have been injured in clashes with forces loyal to president maduro two people are also reported dead in clashes near the brazilian border.

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