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ambassador to the united states and putting on a show a prosperous image being portrayed by senegalese president as he seeks reelection. thank you for joining us venezuelans trying to get aid across the border from colombia has faced violent resistance from security forces trucks have been brought from getting through but the opposition is determined to get it in security forces fired tear gas at protesters injuring almost three hundred people there were also confrontations at the entry point with brazil in one border town at least two people were killed but not everyone is staying loyal to president nicolas maduro defense minister says sixty members of the armed forces have defected opposition leader who remains defiant despite many trucks being turned back to meet the u.s.

vice president in colombia on monday to discuss the deepening crisis. you and his supporters a celebrating the massacre of a people you celebrate that today venezuelan hospitals do not receive humanitarian aid you celebrate the death of more venezuelans that is why the entire country has risen up al-jazeera as gabriel elizondo has more on the day's events. the four trucks carrying u.s. aid were trying to cross the bridge separating venezuela and colombia then one was set on fire. the opposition said it was set ablaze by the venezuelan soldiers but the government says the opposition did it to pin the blame on president nicolas maduro one incident and a day of confusion and violence. in venezuela there were clashes between supporters of opposition leader one and security forces several people were injured

. earlier venezuelan soldiers commandeered armored personnel carriers and ran them through their own barricades the ship and set up to prevent the u.s. aid from coming and four soldiers then ran across the border and defected and. watched events from the colombian side of the border he urged soldiers to defect in mass. a call on the armed forces a very clear welcome to the right side of history welcome to those soldiers who today sided with the constitution but it didn't happen. in the capital. and in bold and will save so. i can't continue putting up with this we can continue putting up with colombia lending itself to an aggression against bin as well and that is why i have decided to break all political and diplomatic relations with the fascist government of colombia and all its ambassadors in general consuls

have to leave venezuela within twenty four hour as get out of here oligarchy. on the border with brazil the violence turned deadly as campaigners tried to get aid and there's fear and anger on both sides and no clear path to peace. out. on the colombian side of the border he has the latest from qatar. it's been a long day of fighting here on the scene on believer bridge as the volunteers the supporters of the venezuelan opposition try to move the aid sent by the united states inside the business well but there were confronted by rubber bullets by tear gas thrown by the troops still loyal to president the call last month and by the quick he was the paramilitaries that are the friending the government the president of venezuela the protesters were full of optimistic energy in the morning as the

four trucks loaded with arrived but the mood changed it became increasingly more sour as the fighting continued and people here really became. even angry as their leadership decided to send the truck back to the warehouse where there had been stored for many days even so people told us they want to continue fighting if we have to die of hunger in the square look it's better to die fighting we can't stop we need to continue for our families despite the disappointment at least twenty people have been wounded some of them seriously and there are also have been a number of defections on parts of the venezuelan the military but it wasn't enough to open this bridge or the other ones along the colombian venus well and border but the question here on everybody's mind though is what will be the next move now that

this plan of the opposition has failed in other world news north korea's leader kim jong un is on a train heading to vietnam for a summit with the u.s. president donald trump it's a second round of talks between the two leaders they're expected to focus on denuclearization efforts on the korean peninsula at the meeting in hanoi in four days. met for the first time in singapore last june rob mcbride has more from south korea's capital seoul. confirmation that this epic journey is now underway has come from the north koreans themselves the state run news agency releasing photographs and also video of kim jong un inspecting a guard of honor in pyongyang before departing on his especially armored train with his delegation which includes can young child his chief negotiator interestingly this is the first indication that anyone in north korea has that there is a summit in the offing we have known of course for the past couple of weeks that it

would be. the dates of this a trump summit there has been no such indication until now for north koreans interestingly it is also being reported as he leaves north korea in the past given the obsession with secrecy and security north korean leaders might have been expected to conduct a foreign trip return to pyongyang safely before even letting go of koreans know a trip like this has taken place so it does seem to indicate a growing confidence by kim jong un. starts his latest diplomatic fora we know from restrictions put in place all rail networks in the south of china that his train will likely go all the way to the border with viet nam and then road restrictions in viet nam that have been put in place seem to confirm that he will then take a motorcade from the border to hanoi itself to begin this trip and vote counting is

underway nigeria after saturday's presidential election incumbent president mamadou wire east seeking a second term in what start to be a tight race with former vice president at a car electoral commission extended voting hours in some places where polling stations open late or ballot machines malfunctioned herron were tasked to report seventy eight us. many nigerians are watching election officials closely these voters in the commercial capital lagos say they want to make sure there's no rigging last easterly has cast doubts on the electrical machines credibility and competence. in long. distance from the race to govern the country with africa's biggest economy pits incumbent president. against main opposition candidates and former vice president

a tickler backer emotions are high they are displeased a result could lead to violence although there were delays in parts of nigeria election officials say they generally had with the turnout managers have to wait to find out who has won and by what margin analysts say it's going to be a tight race. early on saturday there were attacks in the north east of the country blamed on boko haram fighters but there didn't seem to deter the voters in rivers state in the south incidents of violence when some people weren't able to vote whoever wins in nigeria will have to deal with the precarious security situation and the challenge a turnaround in economy struggling to recover from the twenty sixteen recession how to meet us algis or. some sunny toto is executive director of an organisation that monitors covering the elections he says there have been widespread carcases of voter intimidation. attorney armed this morning based on the

data received from observation only forty one percent so for the stations that will put out twenty in this morning i doubt you reach responsible for the increase in the time of the two hours that electoral commission to use god's critical incident by the study. was will be in its early date. was even going there still detained at some point we also have the toes will be intimidated we've seen the military one of the state emergency you'll be for instance actually shorts and he's going. to be because he allegedly yuko leave to go preach go instantly or to lagos where. election materials were points and destroyed the body count aside this moment of all fifty of those totally unacceptable for. saudi arabia has replaced some bassett or to the us with its first female envoy

princess rima bins bandar takes over from the king's son prince khalid bin soundman who's been appointed vice defense minister a princess is a daughter of a former ambassador to the united states and previously works for saudi arabia's general sports authority promoting women's participation in the bigs best moment is a professor of political science at the university of waterloo in canada she says the appointment is about improving saudi arabia's image. well i think the message they want to send is that they're serious about making as much advancement they can for women that they're committed to the progress of women and bit by bit and they're going to get better and that it's very i think prominent the visual who knows the united states very well who was wealthy spoken and can do probably good for her country but of course the way it's received this probably one of a p.r. exercise an attempt to deflect attention away from a very tumultuous year after the murder of jamal khashoggi and certainly a lot of continued criticism of the saudis and their war in yemen and other

policies within washington and of course beyond really she's very eloquent she certainly understand the united states very well she's lived there for a very long time of course her father was the ambassador prior and so she very much americanised for lack of a better term probably understand the culture it knows how to be a valuable interlocutor all the things you want and a good diplomat particularly in a post like the united states but of course i think there are many people who will see this totally for a p.r. exercise i have no doubt that the saudis want this to be a p.r. exercise they need good p.r. frankly but make no mistake she is very successful eloquent and is deserving of the job still ahead on al-jazeera watch scott really just caught up in arms the head of household on cuba's new constitution and taking care of people hey we look at a move to stamp out racial discrimination in new york.

q. thank you thank you. how the response was lost in a significant winter's gone through can't guarantee it but that was it a significant amount of snow that something covered for example in the car. above my head now it's coming out of europe now that is cold there but it's going east is not coming sachs and so the prospects in for example beirut are of a warming trend there are a few shust around iraq running into western iran which will probably stay as rain given the temperature regime once they've gone way up into the low twenty's tara not sober beirut certainly the stormy weather in the mediterranean is quite a long way from the event so for the time being we can ignore it sars so this will wind direction is critical here at the moment we're picking up for an increasing normally rain down the gulf so monday still twenty five degrees bit more breezy and

then some of the southerly is warming up in mecca and medina up into the low thirty's in both cases maybe dusty but i think dry somewhat cloudy caught often. now after heavy downpours recently in madagascar towns near and for example zimbabwe it's a dry looking picture couldn't rule out a few showers in some mozambique or the eastern side of south africa they are certainly there and that sort of weakness but otherwise zimbabwe is zambian even tanzania sees far fewer showers than of late. the weather sponsored by cat our in. deming green bacteria in a. super heated gas escaping from the can it in iceland this is really the. innovation in the for what happened to experiments place exploring. how counter the impact of climate change the science of capturing the evening night on the fire on

the back of my maintained and the i don't have to contend techno or knowledge is here. you're watching al-jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour a venezuela is trying to bring aid across the border from colombia or face violent opposition from security forces at least two people were killed in the clashes along the border with brazil less police tried to block the aid president nicolas maduro has closed numerous border crossings north korea's leader kim jong un is on a train heading to vietnam for a summit with the u.s. president donald trump they're expected to focus on denuclearization efforts on the korean peninsula at the meeting in hanoi in four days. and saudi arabia has

replaces some bastard to the u.s. with its first female envoy princess remember bonda takes over from the king son prince khalid been summoned has been appointed vice defense minister. now people in japan's okinawa prefecture are voting on a plan to relocate a u.s. military base campaigners say landfill work at ten o kobe to expand the base threatens coral reef but there's long been resentment of u.s. troops say during world war two one hundred fifty thousand people about a quarter of the island's population were killed in the barrel of all the one nine hundred ninety five gang rape of a twelve year old girl by three u.s. servicemen sponsored protests against a u.s. military presence barrels containing toxic chemicals were found buried at the u.s. for ten more airbase former station there accuse the military of using agent orange which they say calls chronic illness for them and their descendants jeff kingston

is professor of asian studies at temple university he says polls suggest people will vote against the u.s. base. very low. to accuse been hard of hearing. luis allen people last autumn the new governor tamaki one a very decisive victory running on an anti base platform. the okinawa people are fed up with the. over president. of the american military forces they host about seventy percent of the u.s. base facilities and about half of the american military personnel so they think that they have suffered too much in terms of american crime but also they don't think the bases are there to protect them they see them as bull's eyes that endangered them in the event of

a conflict they're always talk about how shared values are the foundation of the clients but by steadfastly knowing the democratic voice of the okinawa people it seems that tokyo in washington are undermining those democratic now. so i think a lot of work you know ins feel that it's time that washington tokyo began to take their concerns seriously senate president is banking on a boring economy as he seeks reelection in sunday's vote but opposition carried a fair focusing on poverty and unemployment which is pushing people to seek better fortune in europe they get a grip or some of a car. when they go out rising prosperous educated and with a booming economy it's this vision that president barchi so he's promoting to get reelected. for. the country to continue to progress the one that will bring

prosperity to authentically things. during his time in office new company registrations tripled among them is impact a car in incubator for startups i think it's a great time for a youngster it was really to take a member of risks because very little things a person mayfield's an entrepreneur a lot of things that are here now going on here before inauguration after the other cell is changing the capital's landscape promoting narrative of a rising senegal just a few kilometers away from downtown the car is a tool billion dollar construction site it's called genya and you 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 an understanding 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 sickout 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 there are no jobs here no opportunities at least not for us it's as if we don't exist we don't count unless it's election time was what i'm 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 sancho. you can win your. politicians on star nothing because this country's huge have decided to take responsibility and to take their destiny into their own hands fifty nine years of lies and betrayal we have enough. 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 hawk al-jazeera the car. nearly eight million cubans will go to the polls on sunday to vote on a new constitution the government says it represents a series of reforms in socialist cuba but it's attracted plenty of criticism by anna sanchez reports some have ana. protestant and cuba pray for divine guidance. and for cubans to vote no on sundays constitutional referendum. don't stay home don't leave your vote blank you know what you have to put on the ballot. say the new constitution may eventually allow same sex marriage these are the proposed constitution has not respected the people's opinion on the issue of marriage and family who me. this sort of dissent is unprecedented in cuba and it's not

restricted to moral values the draft constitution brings in more freedoms to trade buy property and attract foreign investment it even sets presidential term limits but communism remains an try and as cuba's guiding force many here say the changes are the most significant since the cold war era the critics say ratifying the proposal will only serve to perpetuate the communist one party system for those pushing for a no vote the shadow of fetal castro remains in these pages islamists my things by qualifying years as the stage in society's guiding force it puts the party above the rest of the institutions recognized by the constitution and that's a threat against any democratic process. the no campaign complains it hasn't been given enough time compared to its government financed opponents. i am voting yes cuba is voting yes we are voting yes for the only this would be the best

constitution cubans ever had. the foundations for socialism have to be there we fought for that many years and now there are new things like private property it's the best in every way. it's thought close to twenty five percent of cubans are likely to vote against the draft but win or lose sunday will be a historic day it will be the first time cubans can say no to a government proposal out in the open and the sun just just see to have than a cuba thousands of people have been protesting in pakistan against what they're calling atrocities committed in indian administrate kashmir they rallied in karachi in support of pakistan's army as tension between the two countries increases. new concerns about the catholic church's commitment to ending sexual abuse have surface at a meeting in vatican city some victims wonder if church politics is getting in the way of real change on the third day of the meeting pope francis call for more

action against abuse him accused we asked each other how we can act responsibly which steps we should take to face the future with a renewed courage should we say as the prodigal son did father i have sinned we need to examine where necessary concrete actions for local churches for the members of the episcopal conferences for ourselves and this requires to look sincerely at our own actions and it situations which have taken place in our countries us singer r. kelly has appeared in court in chicago on multiple sexual assault charges a judge described the allegations against him as disturbing and set bail at one million dollars the fifty two year old whose real name is robert kelly turned himself into police on friday he's facing ten counts of aggravated sexual abuse four incidents dating as far back as nineteen ninety eight. now banning certain has styles whether in the workplace or at school is now considered a form of racial discrimination in new york christine tsunami has

a story. in new york's harlem neighborhood so-called natural hairstyles are worn with pride. but what is common to african-americans from braids to afros to twists often comes at a price because we've been so indoctrinated to thinking that straight hair is that are and has more appropriate and more professional looking it makes it difficult for people to wear their hearing actually 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's group. and 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 in new york you've got legal recourse to any individual who's that harassed punished or fired because of their hairstyle 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 christian salumi al-jazeera new york. one of hollywood's biggest events the oscars is coming up on sunday but beyond the glitz and glamour of the ninety first academy awards ceremony may prove and middle different from previous years foreign language. in the past could dominate the show thanks to what they just told streaming past forms reynolds has are. going to have to do. 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 zain is a tough foul mouth beirut kid played by seen all rafidah he flees his uncaring

family to wander through the slums you 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 there unless a different kind of family lives in director hirokazu kore it is 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 the way it was 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 the team of artists transforms the culture into full throated stalinist propaganda jazz pianist victor played by thomas caught. falls hopelessly in love with teenage singer zula the luminous joy in a coup 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 the spark 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 of florian

henkel fun donors 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. and again i'm fully back to the headlines on al-jazeera venezuelans trying to bring aid across the border from colombia have faced violent opposition from security forces and these two people have been killed in the crash as along the border with the president as police try to broccoli eight president nicolas maduro has close

several border crossings. three hundred. are hold the reins and i will continue and keep them in my hands and uphold the constitution as a poisonous and will govern and democratically freely for the well being of the majority of this nation this is my commitment to. the opposition leader who will meet the u.s. vice president mike pence on monday in colombia foreign ministers from the lima group bronc of latin american countries will be holding an emergency meeting to discuss the crisis in venezuela. and his supporters a celebrating the massacre of a people you celebrate that today venezuelan hospitals do not receive humanitarian aid you celebrate the death of movement as whalen's that is why the entire country has risen up. north korea's leader kim jong un is on a train heading to vietnam for a summit with u.s. president donald trump they're expected to focus on denuclearization efforts on the

korean peninsula at the meeting in hanoi in four days vote counting is underway in nigeria's presidential election several polling stations stayed open longer to deal with queues of people wanting to cast their ballot saudi arabia has replace its ambassador to the u.s. with its first female envoy princess rima been to bandar takes over from the king's son prince khalid bin salman who's been appointed vice defense minister thousands of people have been protesting in pakistan against what they're calling atrocities committed in indian administered kashmir they rallied in karachi in support of pakistan's army and u.s. singer r. kelly has appeared in court in chicago on multiple sexual assault charges a judge described the allegations against him as disturbing and set bail at a million dollars to fifty two year old is facing ten counts of aggravated sexual abuse four incidents dating back as far as one nine hundred ninety eight those are the headlines techno is next for knowledge is there.

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