after days of rising tension over kashmir both india and pakistan on the move to ease the tensions. i'm about this and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up no way forward on the venezuela crisis and why of all resolutions failed at the u.n. security council. donald trump returns to the u.s. without a deal on north korea's nuclear program but differing explanations on what went wrong is there still a way forward. israel's attorney general says he plans to indict prime minister

benjamin netanyahu. 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 said 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 we've got two reporters covering this story for us on both sides of the border is live in the indian capital new delhi first let's go straight to come on who's in the pakistani capital islamabad come out and give us some indication of the detail behind this planned handover the seems to be some suggestion that although it is being made as a gesture of goodwill on the behalf of pakistan they may have to do it anyway as

part of the geneva convention. where the geneva convention gods were to have their own laws and regulations but there was indeed an intruder who included into buckets on the airspace go buy gifts on death kept em dead or did it stay that indian come mando of the navy who has. said that he was indeed involved and. we didn't get done so bugger son could have kept him despite the geneva convention however as you've a critically said the prime minister of pakistan also created a day dead date for their gesture of goodwill in order to deescalate a major crisis because neither country forward a wall however the pakistani military spokesman and the pakistani prime minister riyad today dead their pockets on what is ready for any eventuality for good in

their state of red and pakistan's desire for peace and tranquility in the region however that country is prepared we have seen some normalization as you mentioned this morning there was a botched raid sixteen passengers which grows from water into india that brought such splendid because of that heat and tensions and it was during that budget standby to reopen it's a phase where jets been closed for the last two days almost because of an imminent threat of reprisals from india that dad did they are going to reopen this afternoon so there are signs that they may be and normalize a generac deescalation by ensuring that it is running ready heidi so foreign minister there debated go ahead and it's normal was with expected message from the crown prince of saudi arabia that does give president as always so guarded imraan khan praising them for their gesture of releasing this by

a lake como very briefly is this essentially the end of the motto as far as pakistan is concerned don't have the given an indication that they are looking for some sort of response from india to ensure that this is essentially the end of the . this is a very tricky question many people many defense. analysts saying that bug. capability to be able to defend against any indian attack however did it. go beyond that. and i did something which would make. your question correctly because there's a bit of a problem but at the moment. in the indian call it did it depend on. whether they were going to they're going to go

for. an indian attack now again. order event for the indian attack that. very delicate situation that needs for the attention of the international community to try and deescalate this. on both sides of the border who want to be a good nation and interest. come out for now thanks very much indeed i want to bring in size a male he's joining us as i mentioned before from new delhi give us an indication of how this transfer of the pilot is being handled in the indian media how would the approaching this. well people here rob are very much anticipating the arrival of the indian pilot on friday we're still not clear though whether the pilot will be flown to new delhi or be sent via

the land border and the vibe bug on the indian state of punjab but there at that location people have already gathered rob at this hour with garlands flower beds they really had to spit in their declaring spots been cleared a hero on social media so people are very much anxious for him to return now the logistics though we're not one hundred percent as we mentioned when he's going to come we do know though from the indian media his parents are going to be flown to delhi but on the diplomatic front though how this affects relations we're still not sure government officials and the indian media have not really give much credit to pakistan for this release as you mentioned to comment either there was an obligation under the geneva convention to hand the pilot back over to india but they're highlighting the diplomacy from the u.n. the u.s. saudi arabia the u.a.e. as really pushing pakistan to hand over the pilot there's no credit at all here being given to him or on. but even with this offer being made by pakistan if i

understand it correctly we are still seeing areas of tension in song on both sides of the border on. well rob in this situation when tensions are high between india and pakistan there's always shelling and that's what we've been seeing india is reporting that a civilian woman and a soldier were killed in firing off shelling on thursday in india in mr kashmir over the line of control with pakistan but now there's also been a crackdown the india's home ministry has banned the pro separatist and religious group jamaat e islami in indian administered kashmir and as we reported last weekend they had about one hundred fifty of their members arrested in a crackdown in the invasion to that they've imposed curfews in part of the capital of india in mr mir and as well as other regions in the south we're also getting robbed unconfirmed reports in northern india to mr mir of

a gun battle going on right now with two gunmen have been being ripped reported killed so far but again that's unconfirmed at this time thank you very much indeed one of the fighting it's miriam's living on both sides of the disputed border who are suffering the most as imran khan has discovered. by car on foot the residents of to leave in a 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 of people taking any chances for them or the amount of media but away over their mood after. hearing the government doesn't do anything we have to come to insulted are now wondering there's no point in living from the village 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 are also similar scenes happening in indian administered kashmir is just part of that military checkpoint law is the line of control the effective 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. may god protect everyone as well as hindus and six be the two powers to consent so that peace peace is in the region and believe in. 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. how does it juggle the . attempts to push for a resolution to the crisis in venezuela have ended with a standoff between world powers at the united nations or u.s. led vote seeking free and fair elections failed at the security council with russia and china vetoing the move and russia had its own idea rejected as well christensen and he has more from the united nations venezuelan opposition leader traveled to brazil on thursday visiting president jeroboam. massacres 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 knows 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 have it was 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 is 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 wanting to swim has to do with having this one on sovereignty and then it's one on people they behave like colonial east i'm not saying these approach your recall and i say should all of latin 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 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 venice well 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 one wonders if he'll be allowed to go home christensen. the united nations. north korea is accusing the u.s. of wasting an opportunity to strike a nuclear deal president donald trump has walked away from a two day summit with kim jong il and vietnam with no agreement he says it couldn't meet the north korean leader's demands to lift sanctions. 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 u.s. experts and by the joint work of technicians in both countries. 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 scott snyder is a senior fellow for korea studies at the council on foreign relations but he says no deal still means there's 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 and 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. still ahead and al jazeera another blow in the fight to contain the a ball epidemic in democratic republic of congo. we need to stop killing one

another to demonstrate that killing is wrong the words of a former executioner at a forum looking at the death penalty. hello again and welcome back to where we are watching the threat of flooding across parts of iran over the next few days now the big weather system is making its way down here towards the south and what we are going to be seeing is rain very heavy rain across parts of iran pakistan as well as afghanistan snow is going to be in the higher elevations so this is an area we are going to be watching as we go towards the weekend conditions start to improve across the run but that big weather system makes its way towards the east as well as into parts of northern india down here towards the south quite city well winds coming out of the north and windy

conditions few with attempted there of nineteen degrees here in doha twenty six degrees as we start the weekend on friday but that is soon going to change with temperatures are going to be coming down we do expect to see a high there of about twenty one degrees also over here towards the winds are going to be a big problem we could even see some lower visibility across much of the area over here towards and scott it is going to be a partly cloudy day with a temperature of twenty five and then very quickly as a bigger way down across parts of southern africa not too bad for cape town twenty two degrees for you up here towards your harrisburg though it is going to be a rainy day at thirty one but most a medic asco is going to be seeing some very heavy rain in your forecast we do expect to see a temperature there of about twenty eight degrees. christian priest you are a friend of the palestinians he's a true friend over every rock and champion of the palestinian cause.

and activist who is willing to sacrifice his freedom. for his beliefs. al-jazeera wild tells the extraordinary story of the archbishop and the piano. emotional visitor a reminder of our top stories this hour pakistan's prime minister says a captured indian pilots will be released on friday as a peace gesture bought it was caught after india and pakistan said they shot down each other's fighter jets in the disputed kashmir region. the un security council

has rejected wyvil resolutions on the crisis in venezuela a us led vote seeking free and fair elections failed that the security council with russia and china vetoed the move and russia had its own idea projected as well. donald trump has returned to the u.s. after talks with north korea ended without a deal in vietnam president 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. israel's attorney general says he plans to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu for bribery fraud and breach of trust in three separate corruption cases there are now who has dismissed the allegations as the result of a politically motivated witchhunt the announcement comes ahead of elections in april when it smith 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 the position parties will appeal to the supreme court say look at slow it's not logical the job of a prime minister is a very complicated job because those sort of security issues in society nomic issues you cannot the 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 friend's popular news website prowess 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 on the list is that guy only bibi he's innocent the supporters of same play the role 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 they're unsavory new details that they're enough to put off currently loyal supporters burn . al-jazeera western. the medical charity doctors without borders has suspended its work at the epicenter of the bully epidemic in democratic republic of congo turret's clinics were burnt 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 fled the same and are still missing will go through with this not forget a bulldozer lethal disease an extremely contagious illness and tired families in north if you have been in dismay to entire villages in west africa have disappeared because of the epidemic so the health workers are here to avoid a big tragedy. 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. they set fire 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 the 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 so far and infected about three hundred others i'd workers have faced what the world health organizations called a toxic mix of violence and community mistrust. the health ministry says foreign and local medical teams have been attacked on average three to four times a week as armed groups of ifa control of the region which is rich in minerals. this is the first time an outbreak has happened in such an unstable and insecure area like eastern congo it's a challenge for us on a daily basis for all the teams who answer 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 battle to stop the virus from spreading and congo and across its borders. al jazeera.

philippines journalist and has appeared in court in an attempt to get a libel case against her thrown out the case against the rappler news site found there was brought by a private citizen the court says the department of justice must reply to her dismissal request within the next ten days and says journalists in the philippines are being pressured to abide by whatever narrative the government provides. it's part of 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 spine taking up our resources the second thing that really stands out from the 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 and detained for a play on my rights i think as a citizen were violated because i should have been granted bail immediately.

against the end point is this these are just legal acrobatics to try to get journalists to toe the line i think we're sandwiched between propaganda machine and social media ninety seven percent of filipinos are on facebook facebook is our internet and both on facebook twitter you tube wherever 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 plans steam it isn't the government narrative you are hounded with thousands and millions of attack messages in month one kings for me in 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 its that's ours to pressure you into. following its narrative and in our case you can

see ten cases and six times posting bail six times and two lots more than twenty thousand prisoners around the world are on death row now a forum and belgium is examining how the capital punishment changes that saying all it should be abolished all run reports from brussels. who deserves to die the title of saffir morris photographic portrait series on display here at the world congress against the death penalty in brussels within one hundred. years the status of the day this is a campaigning for him petitioning for clemency and advocating judicial reform with a remarkable cross-section of speakers and delegates my name is and. i spent twenty years in prison twenty of those years was on death row for a crime of that didn't commit and demain was wrongly convicted of murder in tennessee since his release he uses his office to educate and campaign as long as you have to deal county innocent people go and i cain't think

a nobody did support the idea there were say there are supporters so much no innocent people normally kill you in are willing to sacrifice or maybe are newer to maintain a system nine hundred ninety three prisoners were known to have been executed in twenty seventeen although no figures are available from china which is believed to have executed several thousand people every year my name is jerry givens percent nineteen years i was a cheat executioner for the state of virginia he executed sixty two prisoners but the inevitability that one day he might take an innocent life led this devout man to quit before that could happen mistakes cannot be undone we need to stop killing we need to stop killing one another to demonstrate to killing this wrong we know that is wrong we need to show love for one another if we can replace the love. as to the hay tree it will be a better world for everybody one hundred fourteen countries have already up polish the death penalty and thirty two more have introduced

a moratorium on its use but as you can see from this great swathe of red here many countries are continuing to resist reform. but just this week egypt's president sisi rebuffed european union criticism and defended his country's use of execution by saying the two regions had two different cultures but the abolitionist campaigners remain hopeful in southeast asia there is definitely room for positive signs start from the decision of the malaysian government to abolish the death penalty let's see if they succeed but they have the willingness this is very important argument sometimes used in favor of capital punishment include to terence and retribution interpretations of religious law may also play a part the conclusion here though is that essentially it's a political and human rights debate and one that is slowly shifting. al-jazeera brussels. the world of classical music has lost to one of its leading figures.

conductor and composer andre previn died aged eighty nine in a career spanning seven decades he enjoyed a long tenure as leading the london symphony orchestra and the los angeles philharmonic bevan also worked in hollywood for all schools for his work on films including my fair lady and paul he and. this is all just here are these are the top stories pakistan's prime minister says a captured indian pilot will be released on friday as a peace gesture pilots was called off to india and pakistan said they shot down each other's fighter jets in the disputed kashmir region the un security council

has rejected rival resolutions on the crisis in venezuela a us led vote seeking free and fair elections failed at the security council with russia and china vetoing the move and russia had its own ideas objectives as well. donald trump has returned to the u.s. after talks with north korea ended without a deal in vietnam president tom said the discussions were productive but that the u.s. cannot agree to lift all sanctions young accuses washington of wasting an opportunity by rejecting its realistic proposal. you in 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 relation to the current level of confidence between the d.p. r. k. and the united states israel's attorney general says he plans to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu in three separate corruption cases netanyahu has dismissed the allegations as a politically motivated reluctant because of. a move would seem that for three years they have been conducting against as a political witch hunt an unprecedented witch hunt which aims to topple right wing government and bring to power the leftist party of lapita and counts that have put inhumane pressure on the state attorney general. those are the headlines we're going to lots more in these stories of course on the web site al-jazeera dot com coming up next on al-jazeera this is europe. lost and abandoned. downed and saved one on one east reveals how one is giving pakistan's lost children

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