of millions more roman catholics around the world but pope francis is aware that sexual abuse is an excess tensional problem for the catholic church it's driven away worshippers and if it's not properly handles more will leave. the vatican never said this unprecedented meeting would solve the problem cardinals have called it a step on the road they must now produce follow up measures for clergy to take back to their countries and put into practice more each allan's how to zero the vatican . to the head on al-jazeera not so picture perfect the problems now confronting some of iraq's historical landmarks why republicans in the us are getting behind the democrats' climate initiative and it isn't because.

hello welcome to the look of the international for some quotes weather now moving across the deep south of the u.s. over towards the mid atlantic states clout that will continue to ease its way out into the atlantic bright skies do come back in behind say the flooding rains that have affected way way from mt mississippi up toward said tennessee anywhere in the tennessee valley they will ease out of the way it will be largely dry over the next couple of days seventy. seven for chicago that a cloud just around the prayer is pushing over towards the mountain states and the pacific northwest as well as snow in the forecast northern parts of california will have a couple of rather wet day san francisco in the rain on monday tuesday still writing this and snow there across the mountains up close rockies pushing a little further north as becomes a little more expansive over towards east coast so it back up to around seven therefore they say but a cloud there just around the panhandle into the deep south it should be largely dry there largely dry to. across the caribbean wanted to share was still

a possibility into southern mexico into nicaragua may be pushing down towards costa rica as well as we go on through choose day elsewhere across the race as i said it's right we have got some showers just coming into the windward islands but she's the afternoon. rewind returns a care bring your people back to life with brand new updates on the best of al-jazeera documentaries. holistically the us and no and the other student we want continues with kosovo but you fear and this was my return to kosovo and the little village of book one decade on i've come back to find out what happened to those hopes and dreams we want on al-jazeera.

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera live from doha a recap of our top stories more people have may have been killed in violent confrontations along that as well as border with brazil than previously thought at least twenty five people died in the town of santa elena when venezuelan forces try to stop opposition supporters from bringing in bringing aid into the country u.s. president donald trump says he's extending a deadline to increase tabs on chinese imports afterwards he's calling substantial progress in the latest round of talks with beijing and the head of the roman catholic church has called for an all out battle against the abuse of minors spoke francis made the pledge on the fourth and final day of an unprecedented conference

on sex abuse within the church. iraq's military says u.s. backed syrian democratic forces have handed over two hundred eighty eisel fighters it says a part of a contingent of more than five hundred iraqis in custody in syria and twenty fifteen eisel control huge sways syria and iraq linking the cities of raka and mosul kurdish forces are helping hundreds of civilians lead. the armed groups last pocket of territory in a syrian village by clueless as here people are being used as human c.s. which has snowed in the advance joshua landis is director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma who says it's taken longer than expected to fashion the last i saw fight in some battles the s.d.f. has been overwhelmed with the amount of civilians had been pouring out well over five thousand and so have all the other fighters because there aren't tunnels underneath this but who's and it's very difficult to dislodge people without

killing lots of civilians so they've been carrying on negotiations trying to get the civilians released it's taking longer than we thought because this is the end of isis they these foreign fighters have been collected in this one area and many of them are willing to fight to the death so it's a delicate it's a delicate process and whether it takes another week or so really is immaterial in order to save lives well we've been hearing that there are you know hundreds more but it's unclear exactly how many are there but i think it's in the hundreds by this point many of the arab fighters have had to try to disappear there were reports of perhaps one hundred fighters had gotten mixed in with the women and children and older people who had escaped already or had been taken off as refugees into the various camps where they're being collected and interrogated so the arabs are trying to fade away many and it's the foreign fighters that can't just slip off

into the night that are being collected there and many of them will fight to the end because. their prospects are really pretty bad. thousands of palestinian protesters have rallied in gaza calling on president mahmoud abbas to resign they're angry after he suspended the salaries of more than five thousand public sector workers last month the cuts are seen as an attempt by the palestinian leader's fatah faction to put pressure on rival hamas which controls gaza account a demonstration was held in the occupied west bank and supports all of a box is of conflict in iraq have often made it too dangerous for international teams to help in the conservation of logical sides but bass not all that's holding back restoration efforts. for some mabille. 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 all q.

logical remains show civilization is 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 in sunlight 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 the 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 and kill cook also built by the ultimate is 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 took land and kurds who fought over the city the centuries 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 cook

was on the front line during the war against isis. which is of great strategic importance because iraq's second largest oil fields are close by. and this is all that remains of the city and heat in western province built on al qaeda logical 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. zero at

a bill. hollywood's biggest night of the year is well underway in the. have gathered for the annual academy awards several of the major prizes have already been handed out reynolds is on the red carpet joins us now live so rob any big surprises tell us about some of the winner as. well so far folly we have got best foreign language film. we've got best animated feature this is no surprise spider-man into the spider verse best supporting actress is regina king from if beale street could talk best supporting actor is my lead from the green book that's the second time all the has one. that award best adapted screenplay award was just handed out a few minutes ago to the veteran director spike lee the best costume design has gone to ruth's carter who came up with these incredible outfits that you see in the

big hit black answer and the best cinematography award went to alfonso quarrel it was also the director of roma and shot it and directed it himself in a very fantastic sort of black and white a dreamy sort of look to the film so we're now still waiting of course for best male and female actor and best picture. we'll see we'll see how it comes comes out yet far you know there's been a lot of discussion of how the ceremony was. going to be difficult because there's no host but it's been moving right along so i think that the producers will probably be fairly pleased by the whole thing yeah it's not important to watch south coming up including best picture as you say and it's a interesting field this year rob best picture tell us about the front runner as. well there's vice this is a bio pic of the former vice president dick cheney there's ohanian rhapsody which

of course is about the tortured rock star. freddie mercury rami malek is widely tipped to win best actor for his portrayal of freddie mercury we have the green book which is encountered some criticism for its treatment of race relations and certain sort of a lot of people said it sort of simplified a complex subject we have got of course a black panther we have got. a star is born with lady gaga bradley cooper and we have roma and the favorite fantastic period drama from your goes to most thank you rob rob reynolds live for us at the oscars on the red carpet well of course speaking to you throughout the evening here on their. security and immigration and topping the agenda at the first have

a joint summit between arab countries and e.u. leaders egyptian president. chairing the summit with european council president donald tusk c.c. has governments to unite behind the goal of defeating terrorism need is attending the today meeting in also discuss ways to tackle the migration crisis impacting several european countries to say the hamas should i wonder out loud in all honesty with our brothers and friends i was the time not come to reach an overall plan on fighting terrorism it should include a strict security offensive to counter the terrorist organizations and other elements of terrorism and they should also be an ideological offensive effective against the ideological platforms and another important element is to prevent funding and other support given to them and finally make ration. i launched a knowledge and saw a lot of old those here who have shouldered the burden of population displacement

helped refugee if and acted early to tackle people smuggling we must work together countries of origin transit distillation in order to break the business model of smugglers and straffing because hulu people into dangerous journalists and feed more than day slavery to address the root causes of migration and displacement to stop irregular make ration and facilitate returns we have to mission and reintegration and those so to ensure the protection of refugees and the right in line with international law for britain's prime minister was also at the summit in egypt says she won't be holding another vote on bracks says this week we are having good

constructive talks with the european union we won't be bringing a meaningful vote back this week but we will make sure that happens by the twelfth of march it is still within our grasp to have a deal with the european union that enables us to be on the twenty ninth of march with a deal thousands of people have gathered in moscow and st petersburg to march in memory of former russian opposition leader boris nemtsov he was met as near the kremlin in twenty fifteen themselves was one of president vladimir putin's most vocal critics at the time of his death had been working on a recourse examining russia's role in the conflicts in ukraine. democrats in the u.s. congress are pushing forward with plans to try to save the environment they've launched an initiative a green new deal to tackle climate change and boost renewable energy sources republicans already want the plan to go to a vote in congress but as she had her tansey reports their motives are being called

into question. it plus you know i have to have spoken at the green new deal has been a priority for progressive left wing democrats elected last november it's based on the principle that the system that's produced unprecedented inequality is also hastening global environmental catastrophe i don't think that we selected by addressing climate change and what i see in some portions of the truth is that people for a frustrated because they don't feel like this is. the key goals of the green new deal to meet all of the u.s. is power to moms through renewable zero emission energy during a ten year national mobilization while ensuring communities and workers don't suffer during the transition the need for action has been echoed by a republican leadership that usually expresses little appetite for debate on the environment or economic inequality i've noted with great interest the green new deal. and we're going to be voting on that in the senate to give everybody an op

generated go on record. the republicans see an opportunity in the deal's emphasis on reducing greenhouse gases while creating an equitable society but no patootie to fracture the democratic party i'm not to save the planet the era of big government is over bill clinton shifted the democrats from left to right away from the social safety net to the primacy of market forces and big business now almost thirty years later the left is fighting back and the democratic leadership is the republicans will present them as socialist extremists even as opinion polls show broad support for higher taxes on the rich to fund government spending on education health and averting climate change house majority leader nancy pelosi is dismissive comments when asked what she thought about the green new deal where revealing the green dream or whatever they call it she replied nobody knows what it is but they're all for it right it's the grassroots calling for action on climate change and economic

equality the sunrise movement is a nationwide group of young people. hope placed the green new deal on the political agenda it says the leadership of both parties have a lot to lose if they underestimate support for the green new deal and the electorate frustration for how things are this is a crucial juncture for leadership for a long time we've seen the democrats say that they believe the science but fail to take decisive action what mitch mcconnell doesn't seem to understand is that he doesn't even have the support of his own voting base sixty four percent of republicans support what played out in the green new deal resolution. at the prospect of presenting the democrats to divided even to challenge an unpopular president may be well founded if the democratic leadership continues to resist policies but may lead to the change voters say they actually want shared returns washington. hello again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al jazeera more people may

have been killed in violent confrontation along venezuela's border with brazil than previously thought dozens of people are believed to have died in the town of santa and then as venezuelan forces try to stop opposition supporters from bringing foreign aid into the country but. at the moment we estimate there are twenty five people dead and eighty four injured we don't control the hospital the military controls it the people they killed they put them in an vehicle and took them to a military base that's why we're not sure of the exact number of did us present donald trump says extending a deadline to increase tire son chinese imports up to what's his calling substantial progress in the latest round of trade talks with beijing high levies on more than two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese products were due to be imposed from march for us the head of the roman catholic church has called for an all out battle against the abuse of minors pope francis made the pledge on the fourth and final day of an unprecedented conference on sex abuse with the within

the catholic church. security and immigration are topping the agenda the first ever joint summit between arab countries and even lead is egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi is co-chairing the meeting along with european council president donald tusk. governments to unite behind the goal of defeating terrorism thousands of palestinians have protested in gaza calling on president mahmoud abbas to resign they're angry that he suspended the salaries of more than five thousand public sector workers last month the cuts are seen as an attempt by the palestinian leader's fatah faction to put pressure on rival hamas which controls gaza and the academy awards are being handed out in the early whenas include regina king who was named best supporting actress for if feel street could talk while mahesh won his second supporting actor oscar for green book alfonso koran's acclaimed roma was named best foreign language film those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up

next it's rewinds. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you al-jazeera. i am. it was a it. hello welcome again to rewind i'm fully back to book since al jazeera english launched more than

a decade ago with built up an incredible library of award winning films here on rewind where revisiting some of the best of them and finding out what's happened since ten years ago kosovo sandwiched between serbia and albania on the balkan peninsula declared itself independent and independence held the promise of a new beginning after a bloody war had ravaged the country at the end of the one nine hundred ninety s. in the months following the emergence of this new nation al-jazeera correspondent bonamy phillips traveled to the village of barrack of all where ethnic said he and sold fled during the war where returning to make a new life alongside their albanian neighbors from two thousand and eight he is bonobo film about one villages attempt to forge an inclusive and peaceful future course of all a year of fear and hope. this is western kosovo and behind me

you can see the village of but. it's just a small place but what makes it so unusual in kosovo is that in late two thousand and seven a handful of serb families who had run away during the war decided to come back here that makes but one of the very few communities in kosovo where ethnic albanians and ethnic serbs live side by side as neighbors we decided to follow two families in one albanian and one throughout this his story in kosovo our idea was to see what the prospects of two communities living in peace in a land which has been divided for so long by hatred and war. as you can hear fell apart in the night the main lease. on moved into

costs of. the suppressed k.l.a. guerrillas fighting for independence for the majority albanian population to. many albanians splayed into neighboring countries a desperate exodus fueled by atrocities carried out by so troops. march nineteenth one thousand our nature began yugoslav to stop the persecution of albanians. nato succeeded in forcing serb troops out but failed to protect civilians. now they suffered ethnic cleansing at the hands of albanians some one hundred thousand fled from costs of the province which is regarded as the spiritual home slipped out of belgrade control.

if. nine years have passed it's february two thousand and eight and solve a bad year is one of the serbs who's come back to rebuild his old life in the village of berk of. first solve and his wife lupica a new start after years of demoralising exile in southern serbia. we only got here two months ago everything was in ruins and overgrown with weeds we have to start a life from zero which is very difficult. so far we haven't had any problems with out unable to. part of the time being. program. but solve those children could see no future in this ruined village and decided not to come back with him to call.

the returning serbs are mainly old mainly men. they've just heard that cos of those ethnic albanian. will declare independence from serbia in the coming days as they war on what this means as bizarre as it is no matter how hard they're trying to take it away from us we are staying i haven't stolen anything from anyone this is mine and mine alone it's all i have. on the other side of the village and of course avails divine. is an ethnic albanian working the land a verdict of over thirty years a tough life you can't even afford to send his children to school but he believes independents will change everything if. they're bored.

god willing it will be soon things will change for the better and we waited one hundred years for this and them said but you patients. so how did he and his family feel about serbs coming back to the village. they've come back to their property lines that have done something wrong will not come back and they don't come back but the ones who have returned have done nothing wrong so i'm not going to harm them they will be in their homes and we will be in our homes so everything is normal. the declaration of independence by kosovo's government was accompanied by an eruption of joy. in the capital that the sculpture spells out the word. of the ethnic albanian crowd saw this as the tryout the culmination of

a long and bloody struggle against the serbs. it was still dark seeing the next day and saying thank you to the americans and europeans who had back their independence . celebrations took place across cos a band would give an illusion his family a camera so they could keep a video diary this year hear his children joy in the street dances in a small town. and back at home or. even lose his grandson was allowed to raise a glass to the new era. that is going to be better the president is good europe is going to help us america are going to help the countries that are strong. we also. family to keep a video diary. they saw no reason to celebrate on the day of independence but

played cards at home hoping there would be no trouble in vain as it turned out was a was a reaction david belgrade not possible. was it was. a huge crowd protested the declaration of independence. anger and humiliation whipped up by prime minister costa beats. soon often. hundreds of times the american embassy. in kosovo that celebrated american friendship here they vented their new you read towards the west which they believed would help steal their sacred cos about. back in but salvato and his

brother. have bore down to earth and. planting crops for the first time since they came home they fill this important opens the doors and be a right of a mechanized ploughing machine a gift from foreign donors and the cost but government it should make farming easier but trouble is brewing again. this time in a nearby course of a. supposed to independence attack un and nato peacekeepers with grenades and dogs at the end of this chaotic day one soldier had died many dozens were injured. but the peacekeepers are reluctant to use force against the serbs call supposed future in the back.

good news is these are still happy day. off family film over the easter holiday. most ethnic albanians in kosovo all nominally muslim. but here in weston costs of many a catholic like lucian his family. back in but lucian saw those seem to be getting on well it looks like it might end the beginning of a tentative friendship they speak together in serbian as. over there. they're now partners in this new venture intended to lift out of poverty i. just opened. have part time jobs here again the heart responded by the cost of government and

foreign aid groups and the pig farm seems to be a catalyst bringing serbs and albanians together. of course this brings us closer we can communicate with them and they can communicate with us because we work together. weeks later in early may serbs elected a new governor. the nationalist prime minister. confronting the west over kosovo looking for another term. when the results came out in galbraith a surprising victory for pro western democrats led by president boris tadic which the democrats also reject the cost of an independence but getting serbia into the u. is their priority. for the celebrations went on long into the night this results reduce tension across the board.

sama in the village of but. the ruins of the houses destroyed in the. ugly reminders of what went wrong here not so long ago. but next to the new houses for the serbs who are trickling back. the cost of a government has helped build them it says it's committed to a multiethnic society where serbs are welcome. oh no more but there is a growing community and. and in june salva and his family feel this ceremony they call this day spousal marking the ascension of christ in the orthodox calendar . by tradition the serbs got there at the site of a ruined orthodox church just as they did before the. picture.