to about just now it's a race against time to try and save a species i think chrysler has an emergency plan. extinction. no way forward on the venezuela crisis while resolutions fail at the u.n. security council. i'm about this and this is all just your ally from doha also coming up pakistan says it will release an indian pilot it captures when it shut down his plane in the disputed region of kashmir. donald trump returns to the u.s. without a deal on north korea's nuclear program but differing explanations on the wall when

wrong is there's still a way forward. israel's attorney general says he plans to indict prime minister binyamin netanyahu. attempts to push for a resolution to the crisis in venezuela has ended with a standoff between world powers at the united nations a u.s. led vote seeking free and fair elections failed at the security council with russia and china vetoing the move and russia has had its own idea rejected as well kristen suddenly has more from the united nations. venezuelan opposition leader traveled to brazil on thursday visiting president jeroboam son our masters of european union states it was part of a tour of several nations meant to ratchet up international pressure on president nicolas maduro to step down. at the united nations quite those allies attempted to

do the same united states introduced a resolution calling for a free and fair elections in venezuela as well as humanitarian access but russia would not. habit city has opposed we are seriously concerned by the fact that today's meeting may be exploited as a step for preparations for real not humanitarian intervention and as a pretext for external intervention they vetoed the draft which was supported by nine other council members the us a special representative for venezuela said the biggest threat to the venezuelan people came from their government regrettably by voting against this resolution some members of this council continue to shield rural and his cronies and prolong the suffering of the venezuelan people. more than three million people have fled the country seeking food and medicine while others have taken to the streets in protest after an election widely regarded

as illegitimate supporters of the resolution pointed out that it contained no authorization for military force but venezuela raised the specter of colonialism the power to this will has to do with having this white house over at the end of an assault on people they behave like colonial east i'm not saying these approach yourself legal and i say sure love latino america russia introduced its own resolution reaffirming the territorial integrity and political independence of venezuela but it only got four votes european countries which have also recognized quite doe accused russia of misrepresenting the us draft and venezuela of working against the interests of its own people and i said that it is not true that the dilemma in venezuela is between war and peace as they have said it is not true that a dilemma in one ideology or another in venezuela it is between democracy and dictatorship. so the international stalemate continues nicolas maduro remains in

power and won by del wonders if he'll be allowed to go home christine salumi al-jazeera the united nations rather valencia is a journalist who covered latin america for newsweek he says by preventing foreign aid getting to venezuelans model is actually gaining support. venezuelan people are dead ones will be suffering from this stalemate both mother little especially from the moderate in this region where we are saying is that humanitarian help her but this really has become a proxy discussion or proxy war so to speak between mother little and one well i don't because my little knows that the team needs more time for him to remain in power and he's succeeding so far remember a couple days ago we started out by february twenty third the military top brass will relinquish any kind of support to the mother ministration but that never occurred and by stopping humanitarian aid to venezuelans means that mother though

is gaining time that is that has been the sole purpose of this administration in order for him to remain in power. north korea is accusing the u.s. of wasting an opportunity to strike a nuclear deal president don't on those walked away from a two day summit with kim jong un in vietnam with no agreement he says he couldn't meet the north korean leader's demands to lift sanctions. you into the if united states removes partial sanctions namely removes the articles of sanctions that hamper the civilian economy and the livelihood of our people in particular we will permanently and completely dismantle all of the nuclear material production facilities in the yongbyon area including plutonium and uranium in the presence of us experts and by the joint work of technicians in both countries. told me this

proposal was the biggest denuclearization vision that we could take in the present state in relation to the current level of confidence between the d.p. r. k. and the united states. has more of what happened in hanoi. before the summit u.s. president donald trump tried to lower expectations of a deal with north korean leader kim jong un but the expectation was at the very least that the pair would sign some form of agreement on denuclearization or make a joint statement instead the talks were cut short before lunch the table was set but the diners didn't show leaving donald trump to explain why razik lee they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety and we couldn't do that. they were willing to deano go portion of the areas that we wanted but we couldn't give up all of the sanctions for the the american said kim jong un was willing to dismantle his young beyond research facility regarded as the centerpiece of north

korea's nuclear program in exchange he wanted all economic sanctions lifted which was a step too far for the us unfortunately we didn't get all the way we didn't get to something that that ultimately made sense for the united states of america i think chairman kim was hopeful that we would we asked him to do more he he was unprepared to do that but i'm still optimistic despite that optimism this was not how the summit was supposed to go earlier on thursday there was no sign of trouble ahead kim jong un the reclusive leader of a repressive state even on to questions from reporters perhaps for the first time. here you're reading the. kenyan very mean if. you think. you'll know when you're jealous of him in i'm not really that i won't be here right . now i'm going to be the best answer you know but after two summits that have yielded very little there are more questions than answers donald trump warned about

this possibility last year ahead of the first summit in singapore saying he was prepared to walk away if the talks weren't fruitful it seems he's now delivered on that threat but with such a sudden premature end to this summit there must be real concern about what happens next. at this stage there are no plans for a third summit donald trump says kim jong un assured him there would be no resumption of misato nuclear tests but what happened in vietnam has proved that this continues to be an unpredictable road to the stated goal of ridding north korea of nuclear weapons wayne hey al jazeera hanoi. scott snyder is a senior fellow for career studies on the council on foreign relations he says no deal still means there is room for talks between the u.s. and north korea. well it's hard to say till we get a little bit more of a readout i think from the working level and try to make sure that we understand exactly but i do think the two sides have identified very clearly the gaps that

remains to be addressed and it involves the scope of denuclearization in return for the scope of sanctions lifting and so in that respect i think that we have a clear and relatively straightforward equation in terms of what would be necessary to move forward and then the question is whether or not the gaps can be bridged the working level talks have moved positively in the right direction but we don't yet have public evidence of a convergence of view on how to define complete denuclearization that's another good reason why the u.s. and north korea should resume working level talks in order to and do it in a situation where they're not preparing for a high level meeting in order to try to grapple with the substantial differences that remain between the two sides i believe that there are benefits to president

trump to having no deal summits and probably the biggest one is that if he had made a deal at this time i think he would have been especially if it were a bad deal he would have gotten a lot of domestic criticism that would have actually piled onto some of the other domestic challenges that he faces. pakistan's prime minister says his country will release a captured indian pilot on friday as a gesture of peace a day earlier india and pakistan they shot down each of those fighter jets in the disputed kashmir region pakistan says it downed two indian planes and arrested the pilot india said it shot down one pakistani aircraft and lost one of its own well i mean the fighting is kashmiris living both sides of the disputed border who are suffering the most as imran khan discovers. by car on foot the residents of to leave in haste this village on the disputed border area of kashmir known as the

line of control is typical of many in the area. shelling from both sides is not uncommon but in recent days it's increased to levels not seen in two decades and people aren't taking any chances are that the more the. need over there more after . hearing the government doesn't do anything we have to come to insulted we're now wondering there's no point in living. from the village alone some three hundred families have fled in surrounding villages artillery shells have damaged houses in this village the women and children have left but the men have stayed behind to defend. we stand with the army we stand here just a kilometer away from the border we won't leave forces behind there also similar scenes happening in indian administered kashmir is just part of that military

checkpoint law is the line of control the affected border between pakistan and indian administered kashmir and it's not just on this side of the border that kashmiris are scared people are also fleeing from over there. shows from the pakistani side has increased in recent days good luck i think to how do you i don't get me please he wondered when seems to make god protect everyone muslims as well as hindus and six p. that the two powers to consent so that peace peace is in the region and believe in trust creating. those prayers may well be in vain for now both pakistan and india are pushing each other diplomatically and militarily and so far neither shows any signs of backing down in the disputed region of kashmir is the people that are feeling the pain and once again they feel they're being used as pawns between the two nuclear powers in iraq on how does it trickle in. with a cut to as a former secretary in india's foreign ministry from new delhi he says pakistan

handing over the indian pilot is not a goodwill gesture but an obligation under the geneva convention pakistan in its present condition is in no position to carry out any further the indian attack on the terrorist facility. or the entirely justified and the pakistani response was very weak today at the military press conference the military representatives displayed bark of a missile which fell on the indian side which could only be mounted on an f. sixteen so this fall in the aerial operation which took place yesterday pakistan suffered a grievous loss of an f. sixteen fighter. and all of this. also despite all of his jim

rohn khan's brave having a sobering effect within pakistan too as far as india has made it very clear that it was not targeting the pakistan state or pakistan's military facility that was only operating against. this dog and that dog which has consistently launched deadliest attacks in india the jaish e mohammad indeed. that. got it out to put a bomb attack on fit really fall deemed him said in a predicted would be zero said that he is a member of the jaish a moment at least ten people have been killed in an attack upon a targeting the home of a judge in somalia's capital police say a car bomb was detonated in a plot to assassinate aba she had all mocked the chief judge of some on his appeals court after the blast near his house and mogadishu security forces fought off the

gunman who tried to force their way inside says it was behind the attack. still ahead on al-jazeera an outspoken critic of the philippines president faces a day in court we're going to have a live interview with journalist not. another blow in the fight to contain the a bowl epidemic in the democratic republic of congo. hello again welcome back we're here cross the western part of knight states we have been talking about the rain as well as the flooding going on across parts of central and northern california now the good news is that storm is making its way towards the east and we're going to be seeing much better weather across much of the west coast so here's your forecast on friday

a lot of that flooded area just to the north of san francisco partly cloudy conditions here on friday unfortunately as we go towards saturday we do have another weather system coming in out of the pacific now most of the rain will be towards central and southern parts of california but they're flooded area could as well see some more rain as we go towards saturday night and into sunday here towards easter we're looking a better conditions for new york with a temperature of about four degrees for you there across much of the caribbean it is going to be clear or dry partly cloudy conditions across much of the area what we're seeing here is those high clouds with a temperature of towards savannah of about twenty nine degrees maybe a passing shower towards nasa at twenty seven and as we go down here towards panama city it is going to be a cloudy day with temperatures into the low thirty's and then across parts of one as that is it is going to be a hot day for you attempted there of thirty but no rain in your forecast up towards rio that is where the front is twenty eight degrees there and it's sunshine a very warm day if you attempt this into the mid thirty's.

for some. others 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. they want to al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories the u.s.

led vote calling for a free and fair elections in venezuela has failed the u.n. security council a draft included a push to get in aid which is being blocked at the border by venezuela's military both russia and china vetoed the vote. donald trump has returned to the u.s. after talks with north korea ended with a deal in vietnam all the time says talks were productive but the u.s. cannot agree to lift all sanctions accuses washington of wasting an opportunity by rejecting its realistic proposal. pakistan's prime minister says a captured indian pilots will be released on friday as a peace gesture a pilot was caught after india and pakistan said they shot down each of those fighter jets in the disputed kashmir region. offended means journalist has just been back in court to try to get a libel case thrown out the case against the new site fundamentally r.s.s. has been brought on by

a private citizen she was arrested two weeks ago after investigators. papers at her office is the latest in an ongoing battle over media freedom in the philippines president raji go to attack his government has also filed charges against. things to say many addresses joining me now on skype from manila thank you very much indeed for giving us your time first of all let's deal with what was happening in court today how confident were you walking into court that you might be able to get some sort of result. he had been extremely confident that this case shouldn't have even gotten to court but that arraignment was the first and our motion to dismiss is taking center stage now and i'm confident about the argument which is essentially that the law didn't exist when this when the public when the story was published seven years ago and even if you were to actually take the government's argument that it was a republic in two thousand and fourteen the law itself was under

a temporary restraining order so it didn't exist just a simple there was no law and there's no violation for people who are coming to this story at this point rather than at the beginning why is that the government all of this action i should say is being taken now given that the story is told. it's quite a it's a series of harassment i mean if you take a look in the last year or so rappler has been slammed with ten live court cases that are taking up my time taking up our resources the second thing that really stands out for me is that this is the sixth time sixth time that i've posted bail in two months this case cyber libel is a case that i was arrested in but to a thread on my rights i think as a citizen were violated because i should have been granted bail immediately. i guess the end point is this these are just legal acrobatics to try to get journalists to toe the line give us some indication of the kind of situations that

journalists in the philippines find themselves when they're trying to report on certain subjects. i think we're sandwiched between up again the machine at social media ninety seven percent of filipinos are on facebook facebook is our internet and both on facebook twitter you tube where are you go and you'll see this also al-jazeera is a victim of this when you do a story that sets out the facts challenges for example the number of people killed in a brutal drug war that began in july fund sixteen it isn't the government narrative who are pounded with thousands and millions of attack messages in month one kings for me in the october twenty sixth and i actually counted and i was getting ninety nine zero messages per hour that's bottom up top down the government then uses it that's ours to pressure you into. following its narrative then in our case you can

see at most ten cases and six times posting bail six times in two months what's the attitude of people in the philippines towards the way that their media is being treated. i think we're extremely divided we're polarized as a society and again this isn't something unique to the philippines what's happened is that. filipinos have no idea what fact and fiction where that line fact and fiction exists and i think this is a problem with technology as early as november twenty seventeen reports all around the world pointed out that cheap armies on social media was the machines in many countries around the world the philippines is one of those cases in fact at one point facebook agreed this is ground zero so confusion that's the first fear is the second because keep in mind that this is taking place in an atmosphere where in july two thousand and sixteen about eight dead bodies a night we had

a drug war where the police as of december twenty eighth admitted to killing five thousand people that's because they bought back that's the excuse and then they have another bucket called homicide cases under investigation that is over thirty thousand people so there is there is a threat and then there's also just the vast majority. i learned of the numerous high yield of the drug lords hired to allegations of impunity and they're going about their lives very similar conditions during the times when martial law was the break in the session. thank you very much indeed for joining us on all jazeera thanks for having me as well as attorney general says he plans to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu for bribery fraud and breach of trust in three separate corruption cases netanyahu has dismissed the allegations as the result of

a politically motivated witchhunt the announcement comes ahead of elections in april but it's most reports from west to receive them. he is the first sitting israeli prime minister to be charged with bribery fraud and breach of trust benjamin netanyahu says he's innocent and will stay in his post. i am telling you citizens of israel this house of cards will collapse i'm certain about this i am four thousand percent certain about this i plan to keep serving you and the state as the prime minister for many years to come don't believe all the spin this depends on you it's not dependent on the officials or the analyst. there's no legal requirement for him to step down. and parties will appeal to the supreme court say look at slow it's not logical the job of the prime minister is a very complicated job because those sort of security issues in society nomic

issues you can go to law serve spend days in. the court netanyahu is in the middle of an election campaign which if you wins puts him on course to be israel's longest serving prime minister but investigators say netanyahu made decisions to benefit a friend who is the main shareholder in israel's biggest internet infrastructure provider in return you get positive coverage from this friends popular news website browse. netanyahu is charged with fraud and breach of trust because he accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in lavish gifts and there are allegations of a deal that would guarantee favorable coverage from a popular newspaper as of. the corruption investigation has been going on for years and doesn't seem to have dented netanyahu is popularity poll i believe is that guy only b.b. he's innocent these supporters are saying. they're all of the underdog most of the media. the left wing and the has been using this

to sway the voters of the likud that is. haunting him and want to. redeem him they want to go. to him benjamin netanyahu will now have an opportunity to argue his case before the attorney general who will then make a final decision on whether to go ahead with the indictment and that is months away what matters now in an election campaign has become quite tight is whether any new details emerge about the nature of the charges netanyahu faces whether the unsavory new details that there are enough to put off currently loyal supporters bernard smith al-jazeera west jerusalem. under protestors in sudan have once again taken to the streets to defy the government's ban on public gatherings.

chanting freedom peace and revolution for the people many joined in mass rallies across the country widespread protests broke out in december over the price of food but they've evolved into a larger movement against the president. the medical charity doctors without borders has suspended its work at the epicenter of the ball epidemic in the democratic republic of congo two of its clinics were burned down in the latest attack against aid workers trying to contain the dangerous virus alexy o'brien reports this is all that's left of an ebola treatment center in the eastern congo town of. attack is set fire to the building on wednesday before engaging in a gun battle with security forces for people with confirmed cases of the highly contagious virus played the same and are still missing but those who would miss not forget a ball is a lethal disease an extremely contagious illness and tired families in north if you have been in dismay to entire villages in west africa disappeared because of the

epidemic so the health workers are here to avoid the picture actually. it was the second such attack this week on sunday and now the treatment center just a few kilometers away and was burned to the ground the brother of a patient was killed as he tried to escape the blaze. set fires to areas that were not for treatment like the changing in utility rooms which were burned down in any case the treatment center is no longer operational. this is outbreak began last august and is the worst in the country's history it's believed to have killed more than five hundred fifty people and infected about three hundred others. the world health organization called a toxic mix of violence and community mistrust. the health ministry says foreign and. have been attacked on average three to four times

a week as armed groups for control of the region which is rich in minerals. is the first time an outbreak has happened in such an unstable an insecure area like east and it's a challenge for us on a daily basis for all the teams who answered the call to fight against the epidemic . the charity says its immediate focus is the safety of its patients and staff but with its medical work suspended it could affect. the virus from spreading and congo and across its borders. al jazeera. the world of classical music has lost one of its leading figures. and uk turned composer on very pregnant died on thursday aged eighty nine in a career spanning several decades seen joyed long ten years leading the london

symphony orchestra and the los angeles philharmonic previn also worked in hollywood winning for also goes for his work on films including my fair lady. and. this is all just see about these are the top stories attempts to push for a resolution to the crisis in venezuela have ended with a standoff between the world powers at the united nations a u.s. led vote seeking free and fair elections failed the security council with russia and china veto in the move and russia had its own idea rejected as well. donald trump has returned to the u.s. after talks with north korea without a deal in vietnam all trump says talks were productive but the u.s.

cannot agree to lift all sanctions young accuses washington of wasting an opportunity by rejecting its realistic proposal. you into the united states removes partial sanctions namely removes the articles of sanctions that hamper the civilian economy and the livelihood of our people in particular we will permanently and completely dismantle all of the nuclear material production facilities in the yongbyon area including plutonium and uranium in the presence of u.s. experts and by the joint work of technicians in both countries. told me this proposal was the biggest denuclearization vision that we could take in the present state in . elations at the current level of confidence between the d.p. r. k. and the united states pakistan's prime minister says his country will release captured indian pilots on friday as a gesture of peace a day earlier india and pakistan said they shot down each other's fighter jets in the disputed kashmir region pakistan says it down to two indian planes and arrested

the pilot india said it shot down one pakistani aircraft and lost one of its own. people have been killed in an attack a party targeting the home of a judge in somalia's capital police say a car bomb was detonated in a plot to assassinate alba she at all mocked the chief judge of somalia's appeals court says it was behind the attack. chanting freedom of peace a revolution for the people many joined in mass rallies across the country to defy the sudan government's ban on public gatherings widespread demonstrations broke out in december over the price of food but they've evolved into a large of movement against the president. and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after people. from that. africa's most populous nation the blah just economy has a youth unemployment problem and

a bit to control the internet of the future some say a kind of digital ion coats are these folding we bring you the stories to the shaping the economic world we live in. counting the cost on ounces era. iceland is one of only three nations in the world to hunt whales for some the practice is akin to brutal murder for others it's a sustainable part of the country's cultural heritage for those on the frontline of this battle between industry and conservationists it's also become a personal struggle between right and wrong.