and with the government saying that they want the president to step down and basically they want to see an interim government that has been happening for ten weeks now in sudan if parted in mid december over the costs over the rising cost of food commodities and it just quickly morphed into people demanding that president i'm going to show you and his fifty rule and step down now today now on friday when for when the president declared a state of emergency he dissolved the cabinet and dismissed all our state governors and appointed eighteen new military governors instead and he also appointed six the ministers on friday how and yes they have pointed to some more including the prime minister and the vice president all were sworn in today but people are saying that they do not recognize the government that has been formed by the president they did and do not recognize the state of emergency that has been for that that has been announced let's remember a third of emergency would give the military the power to raid any house or any institution that they feel like that they feel is threatening the institution they also the state of emergency also gives the government the right to arrest whoever the infield is threatening to dance that will it be and economic stability and

political stability people are saying that that's not going to stop them basically that despite the heavy presence of security in hard so many various parts of the country they will continue to protest and tell president i want your steps down something he said he's not going to do here saying two. gunmen have killed at least eleven chaldean u.n. peacekeepers of a military base in northern mali it happened early on sunday morning in the other border without geria the united nations has condemned the attack and is calling for a response and assault at the same base last able to lead to peacekeepers and left several others wounded the votes are being counted in nigeria where president model bihari is hoping for a second term there were some reports of irregularities during saturday's delayed election just before voting began a town in the northeast was attacked by suspected boko haram fighters are much more in lagos. now cubans are getting the

opportunity to vote on a new constitution for the first time in decades sunday's poll marks and historic day for the communist country an unprecedented two million people are expected to voice their opposition to the government reports from havana. protestant cuba pray for divine guidance. and for cubans to vote no on sunday's constitutional referendum. don't stay home don't leave your vote blank you know what you have to put on the ballot. religious groups say the new constitution may eventually allow same sex marriage. the proposed constitution has not respected the people's opinion on the issue of marriage and family. 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 and try and as cuba's guiding force many here say the tennis is 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 islamist my things by qualifying it 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 their own labor 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 taught 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 just and just see there have been a cuba north korea's leader is on his way to vietnam for a second summit with the u.s. president is believed kim jong un will travel most of the way to hanoi by train is due to meet donald trump on wednesday talks are expected to focus on denuclearization efforts on the korean peninsula. saudi arabia has replaces ambassador to the u.s. with its first ever female envoy princess rima been banned from the king's son prince khalid been sound man has been appointed vice defense minister the princess

is the daughter of a former ambassador to the u.s. and previously worked for saudi arabia's general sports authority promoting women's participation in the olympics. is a professor at the american university of beirut he says the saudi government's policies are the fundamental problem. the problem that the saudis have is that they don't have much credibility because of their policies not because of the people they appoint and princes rima is probably a very qualified intelligent amiable and articulate woman but she will have no chance to do anything if the policies of the saudi government in yemen internally in saudi arabia dealing with official she killing aftermath if those policies don't change then she will just find herself in the same situation as adults bear before her former ambassador from former foreign minister whose reputation was really tarnished very badly because he was caught up in the web of lies that came up after

the hush o.-g. killing the congress is particularly hostile including senior republican members of congress who in the congress sent a reform of the request to the presidency to deal with the holding accountable so the officials after the killing of her shoji and the white house ignored as the deadline to respond to that and there are now congressional committees investigating various dimensions of so us so do relations including the latest is the attempt apparently to sell nuclear power plants to saudi arabia without going to congress as the law requires in the u.s. so there are several areas and the war in yemen of course and the internal. arrest of particularly woman dissidents so there are quite a few serious issues that have to be dealt with at once and they're all related to policy none of them are related to personality. years of conflict often made it too dangerous for international teams to help in the conservation. sites in iraq but

that's not the anything at all about restoration efforts. in reports now from edibility. erbil citadel in the kurdish region of northern iraq towers above the old city it was built by the ultimate in the nineteenth century but archaeological remains show civilizations dating back to the same marion's built fortifications here around five thousand years ago. from a distance the walls look strong and well preserved inside moisture has been seeping up into the brickwork for centuries. much of this fortress popular with locals and visitors alike has either already collapsed will could do so soon. as our college ists we are facing many obstacles and preserving iraq's last citadels we lack funding there is government neglect there is no master plan with

us and international bodies we face losing our heritage and with it part of our identity. war and political instability have often made it too dangerous for international conservation teams to come to iraq for the security situation isn't the only thing affecting the preservation and restoration of archaeological sites. throughout the long history of civilization in this region various ethnic and religious groups of often violently for control of iraq's three citadels now experts here say that conservation efforts are often held back by what they describe as the politicize ation of iraq's heritage. this is the citadel in kill cook also built by the also means on a site that dates to the assyrian empire three thousand years ago the intricately decorated walls on which cling the last remnants of once stunning mosaics

a crumbling. sunni and shia arabs turquand and kurds have fought over the city for centuries said give me sadly the preservation of the country's three said styles is at risk no one can agree how to manage them people think if you claim a star site it gives you an economic advantage he has. most recently killed cooke was on the front line during the war against myself which is of great strategic importance because iraq's second largest oil fields are close by. and this is all that remains of the citadel in heat in western anbar province built on archaeological site also dating back five thousand years the town on the banks of the euphrates river was occupied by iso until two thousand and fifteen but i still sleeper cells still operate in the surrounding desert the security situation has been so bad for so long that conservation efforts stopped years ago revenue from

visiting tourists as is the case in kirkuk is also a thing of the past and this means thousands of years of iraq's history could soon be beyond repair chance strafford al jazeera that a bill. of the head of the roman catholic church has called for an all out battle against the abuse of minors francis has been speaking to in the fourth and final day of an unprecedented conference on sex abuse within the church francis called it an abominable crime which must be erased which allan's is live for us now from back to consider every so looking back over the last few days do you think the pope got what he wanted from the summit. i don't think there's any reason at the moment to think that he's disappointed with how this summit went it had two aims as defined by the vatican was basically to gather clergy from across the world

. and to impress on them the severity of the abuse that have been suffered over decades from people in all cultures of the world athens that it is collectively their responsibility to do something about it. the sort of subtext to this is that even though. most of the cases of sexual abuse that have been brought to light so far have come from the developed world the pope was impressing on. that it come from africa and asia other parts of the world that just because it wasn't being reported in their countries didn't mean it wasn't happening. basically they all had to go home and work in their communities to stamp it out and this was some of what he had to say. in contrast. it is utterly incompatible with the moral authority and ethical credibility of those persons

chosen by god to guide souls to salvation to let themselves be dominated by their human frailty or sickness and thus they become tools of satan and roy you've been speaking to some survivors and victims of priest sex abuse they say this conference doesn't go far enough so what more do they want to see done. well they were very angry i have to say they had a gathering in submit to square here where they expressed their severe disapproval with what they'd heard from the post they essentially said that what he had said was a kind of paedophiles charter i don't. allow for clergy to go back to their countries knowing the facts they wouldn't be hugeness of measures taken against them for covering up sex abuse in their countries the war they had once it's the survived group said it was for the pope to come out and say zero tolerance

zero tolerance for abuses and zero tolerance for those who cover up abuse and that meant that all of these people would be thrown out of the priest it's and the pope didn't say that so that's why the groups that are gathered here representing survivors from around the world are severely disappointed with how this four day meeting has gone i mean of course that it has to be said that going into this the pope was trying to play down expectations and saying look this is a step in the road this is not the final destination we have to move out of this meeting into another series of consultations meetings etc so work out that definitive approach of coals that are going to be put into a kind of practical handbook for the coptic church to deal with this issue going forward rory thank you. u.s. singer kelly has appeared in court in chicago a multiple sexual assault charges a judge described the allegations against him as disturbing and set bail at

a million dollars the fifty two year old turned himself into police on friday is facing ten counts of aggravated sexual abuse the incidents dating back twenty years he's due back in court on monday have another short break on al-jazeera when we come back the mascot stealing the show ahead of one of hockey's most fiercely contested rivalries on the status. part.

where every. welcome back now is the biggest event in tinseltown the ninety first academy awards are due to get underway in hollywood later on sunday as there has not been as takes

a look at the films vying to take home a competent oscar. the red carpet is been rolled out on hollywood boulevard and the on globes with the names of the winners are ready to open this year's academy awards feature a diverse slate of best picture nominees including the exploits of it half are consumed prettier over in black and. the life of an indigenous mexican housekeeper in the one nine hundred seventy s. in roma the scene he's using working for black beauty and the deep south blue problems a story of overcoming bigotry and creating interracial friendship in green book and the light was a brilliant but troubled gay rock star in bohemian rhapsody. films and performances selected you know the nominated this year for the ska certainly

reflects that hollywood has a greater understanding and it's putting forth a greater commitment towards diversity and inclusion i think that's a good thing but the four other best picture nominees are one vice a bio pic of former vice president dick cheney a star is born is a remake of a venerable tale of fame fortune and fate with a helping of popular songs black plans been. just spike lee's comedy drama about a black policeman infiltrating the k.k.k. and the favorite a lavish dive into the intrigues b. trails and lesbian love affairs in the eighteenth century british royal court the best female actor nominees include. in roma lady gaga in a star is born and melissa mccarthy can you ever forgive me but there's a clear favorite i mean glenn close it's like finally i mean glenn has been the

bridesmaid four. and it's like i am so i think everybody is like like the best male actor award contest looks like a dead heat between christian bale startling in person asian of cheney and vice and romney malek's passionate portrayal of the talented orbited freddie mercury is bohemian rhapsody the television ratings for the oscars broadcast have been shrinking for years and twenty teen was the worst year yet by including wardley diverse slate of dummies this year the film industry hopes to bring those numbers back up and give the academy awards more relevance robert oulds al-jazeera hollywood. type of sport now is far barren thank you so much it's a local darby that's watched by fans around the world liverpool versus match stand out it brings together the two most successful teams in english football liverpool

have a chance to go three points clear at the top of the table with the game taking off shortly liverpool be united three one earlier in the season a result that prompted the firing of jos a marine yet since then united have been revived under the leadership of former player only gun arsenal share and the club's fans have already honored him with his own song. with only at the will in united of one eleven of their last thirteen games her now has the chance to drop into his biggest victory yet. i've played a few of these myself and i know how to manage money to do it for the fans for everyone who works here. at the start you know there has been many comments about this is the big one on today into this one we've been looking forward to this one then is our job to be focusing in channeling or lots and edgy into

performance mode when we start the game on sunday or united are out of contention for this year's title but they do have a chance to undermine liverpool's hopes of ending a three decade wait to win the trophy in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's liverpool dominated in english football in one thousand nine hundred ninety they won the last of their eighteen league titles while out ferguson took over as united manager he said his ambition was to knock liverpool off their perch he did just that he won the league thirteen times and took the club's overall total to twenty two more than liverpool under you're going quietly ripple are finally inside of title number nineteen they've lost just once all season and a win in this game will move them three points clear of manchester city we will go there and we will be as good as possible prepared and try everything. through to get a result then that's the plan and. it's you never know. with two strong teams who

face each other so it's open until the final whistle and we try to use the time manchester city set top of the premier league table ahead of liverpool on goal difference their focus is elsewhere this sunday city will take on chelsea in the league cup final at wembley the chance to win the first of four possible trophies this season. this is still something that is new to you know. they fail much as she did fail because either one for titles mean three titles when it's going to happen once in their own lives that is not true for us so trying to win the next one enough to the new premier will see who is our. position a little messy scored the fiftieth patrick of his career his efforts lifting barcelona to a hard fought victory away to sylvia in the spanish league lessees gold bar set level twice to go into the latter stages to all he gave them their lead with five

minutes left to complete his hat trick or so went on to seal it for two they're now ten points clear at the top of the table. organisms almost it was really important to win here today because of what it means because of the opponents and because of how the league is we wanted to maintain the advantage we had over the chasing teams and take on what's coming. le bron james says his lakers teammates may lack the experience needed to reach the n.b.a. playoffs le bron has reached the n.b.a. finals for the past eight years this is first season with the l.a. franchise he scored twenty seven points but couldn't prevent a one hundred and twenty eight to one hundred fifteen loss to the new orleans pelicans the lakers are now three and a half games behind the l.a. clippers and them until near spurs in the final two playoff spots in the western conference. now it's known as the land of a thousand hills and over the next few days some of cycling's biggest names will be taking on the mountains of rwanda the tour do rwanda has been upgraded by the

sport's governing bodies so that can now include world tour teams only one other race in africa is in this category that takes place in the bar but rwanda's week long event is now the toughest stage race on the continent. i want to cycling really accelerated just over a decade ago when former tour de france rider jack boyer a settled in the country and helped establish a national team boyer says this year's race is a huge step forward for cycling in the country biking is in their culture but the real racing cycling was not in the culture and after a couple of years being there and starting the of a real national team we started the tour who won the along side of and that's grown significantly and the the people are just amazing the spectators are peer to. in africa and comparable to the alps stages in the tour de france i mean we have

millions of spectators every year which is quite the sight exhilarating experience for any writer specially the foreign european riders that common experience well number three dustin johnson has taken a four shot lead at the mexico championship his closest rival is worried about her roy who is on twelve under par after three rounds johnson carded a round of sixty six take control of the events having into sunday's final round. at a flying furball someone stole the show at the latest game in the n.h.l. stadium series the philadelphia flyers mascot grady took full advantage of a rare outdoor game and zip line did to the city's lincoln financial field stadium . seventy thousand fans were even happier with the performance of their team the flyers beating fierce rivals the pittsburgh penguins forty three in overtime. and

that's all your sport for now more later back to you dare i to far a thank you very much indeed well that's it for me down in jordan for this news hour but don't go away because i'll be back in a moment with more of the day's news starting to watch in a minute about. 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 plus nine months later lebanon finally has a government but its economy is screaming for attention. counting the cost on al-jazeera. if you want to learn about the world might look like very soon got hundred and angries in an extreme example of the predicament the whole world is going through. since mass ration storage we had paunch clashes between the cultures and the problems that the culture of that these. cars

say some grading to us is or is not comfortable with european culture this is not like food fascists. triumphal march. dreams of conquest and of global try. this is very very uneventful glide towards the precipice without resistance we are past the danger has already happened. it was then just ten years ago. now this is it. for some. say. it's a way of life. a battle is raging between the whaling industry and conservationists as the future of whaling in icelandic waters is decided.

people in power killing whales. tales of the borders the fights of aid the venezuela becomes a diplomatic crisis. coming up booming business versus widespread poverty and unemployment rival narratives. to elect a new leader. the pope called for an old battle

against sexual abuse in the catholic church. and it's hollywood's not to shine we look at the films that are capturing the most attention and what's different about this year's ceremony. some breaking news has been an attempted hijacking of a passenger plane in bangladesh the aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at chittagong airport and local media reports say all a hundred forty two passengers got off the plane safely landed the boeing triple seven was set to fly to dubai in the united arab emirates with a more on this let's go to tom that choudhry is live for us from dhaka what more details are emerging about this attempted hijacking. well well read as i can tell you is that. the hijacker has. said we don't know how he got in does not confirm reports. but

work officer in charge of the commander strolled. in. wrong that he had bad and everything else and it really reported all forty two packed and seven crew members are all safe we don't know the motive behind the high guessing whether it was our political. reporter but there we can independently confirm that saying that because the first issue. from one member of parliament in the aircraft and another witness and that was that pilot. if that is likely to happen. again we cannot independently confirm there this is from local t.v. news and made by. the local media. all right to tunbridge in dhaka time to find. of venezuela's opposition leader is calling on the

international community to keep all options open as his country descends into further chaos efforts by one weibo to get aid into the country on saturday backfired into scenes of violence destruction and death one of the flash once was the colombian border with venezuela which prompted president maduro to cut ties with his neighbor a latin america and its honesty and human is in san antonio on the venezuelan side of the border. opponents of an battled president nicolas maduro had vowed nothing would stop them from bringing tons of food and medical donations into venezuela on the colombian side of the border for truckloads of supplies tried to breach the heavily fortified simone believe an international bridge into venezuela but they never made it across the national guard was waiting at least two trucks were set on fire. was on the in israel inside opposition supporters prepared to continue

trying to open the car door it was the back i mean they must have been when we planned to walk to the bridge where the humanitarian aid will into and then form an extraordinary human chain to bring it into venezuela. they remained confident earlier three soldiers had commandeered armored vehicles and ran them through the bridge barricades before deserving into colombia dozens more followed throughout the day with the supplies and. the. bricks it. was was was was a god who was. charged and. they nearly made it to the customs building despite the rubber bullets and the tear gas fired by the national guard. that's when the so-called

public divorce or heavily armed pro-government gangs were brought in shooting live ammunition at will. the day ended with hundreds of unarmed protesters injured by the colombian border on venezuela's border with brazil the violence turned deadly as indigenous pin one tribesmen tried to get aid in and despite the defections opposition leader flung wide those pleas to the military to defect on mass were not heard. someone i'm asking the international community to keep all cards on the table i'll be meeting on monday with the lima group and u.s. vice president mike pence. sounded triumphant president nicolas maduro announced he was cutting diplomatic ties between colombia. i can't continue putting up with this we can continue putting up with colombia lending itself to an aggression against venezuela that is why i've decided to break the 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 oligarchy but my voter will unlikely be savoring his victory for very long economic and political pressure from the international community will surely increase as his countrymen watch the images of the food and medicine so many desperately need go up in smoke. you see in human san antonio that should have been israel so let's take a closer look now at how the mature a government has been blocking aid from entering venezuela before crossings along the border with colombia have now been closed the main entry point is the same on one of the international bridge it connects the city of coke with san antonio in venezuela but do as also shut the border with brazil there was violence on saturday at the gateway impact on the brazilian side as trucks carrying aid tried to cross into venezuela. as more from there. on brazil's border with venezuela

desperation turned to reach and the fuse was finally lit as rocks were hurled. so were accusations. some alleged venezuelan migrants started it all by setting this vehicle ablaze while others claimed venezuelan security forces were really to blame. for the outcome of the to let their throwing tear gas grenades into prison territory said this man who appeared both angry and panicked. eventually the injured were carried away and brazil's army stepped in that the mentality of battles are ordering these men first to put down their rocks then to move away from one of the brazil's army has cleared its border with venezuela all the people that were up there are now here in the center of the town of pocket i'm a for now the mood has returned to calm the question is will it stay that way many were still on edge a little bit down the report also i think there was one infiltrator who threw iraq

first so that the venezuelan security forces would be obliged to react against us but they threw rocks and other objects at us in brazil then we started throwing things toward them and as well. hours earlier though it was a very different atmosphere on this border cheers greeted trucks with venezuelan license plates as they carried aid supplies a few feet into the venezuelan side. of this humanitarian volunteer told me driving the vehicle had filled him with pride.