richard corruption among the ruling elites the thoughts not sure who is the founding director of the security studies program at the doha institute for graduate studies is a specialist on the jury and told us the president is supported by three main figures with the fleet has been in the same condition since april twenty third since the first stroke so and after april you saw some of the major major changes in algerian politics while he was having the stroke you had the head of the intelligence head of the general mohammad midian who basically ruled over the last four twenty five years or through six presidents and twelve prime ministers he was sacked during beautifully kustok and then many of his generals were also removed from their positions so there was an undermining at the structuring of the security services to a certain degree now the and in his you know weakest weakest stages

supported by mainly three figures the chief of the chief of staff meeting to the head of the army deputy defense minister head of the intelligence which he appointed over three intelligence agencies and the and his brother basically was the businessman was the money so these figures are his are his main. pintos let's call them but also there are many generals who since two thousand to solve them for all the words who have left the service and who will try to capitalize on what's happening now in an attempt to fill the vacuum so far the democratic opposition the lot i don't see a strategy for them there's no centralization there's no clear leadership or what they're doing is mean more or less demanding demanding the army to stand by them demanding the head of the army to to stand by that but no clear strategy on how to capitalize on this and here is what is the main weakness of this of this movement

of the moment in the news ahead a united front afghan women demand their rights be protected as the u.s. and taliban negotiate here in qatar. and africa on show the continent's top film festival draws in the crowds and celebrates half a century of local stories on the big screen. hello the rain is developing across the southeast and parts of china at the moment we have a look at the satellite picture we can see the cloud here as it began to sprout up work its way towards the northeast and we're looking at some fairly heavy downpours as we head through the day on sunday so some of the wettest of the weather is likely to be around the fujian province and then the whole system gradually moves

away as we head into monday breaks up as well so in order great day left to it a tool there will still be a handful of showers day for some of us in the far southern parts of china and across into the northern parts of vietnam memorial two of those showers are likely to turn heavy with the old rumble of thunder a bit further towards the south and there's been little to. heavy showers here particularly over the southern parts of borneo through jobber and through some archer as well and this is the region where we're most likely to see the showers as we head through the next few days i think for the north there's also the chance that the clouds will be gathering near bangkok so here don't be surprised if you see the old showers well but i think by and large the majority of the showers will be further south over towards india and in the north here it's been incredibly wet recently as it has been in pakistan and afghanistan the whole system is sweeping its way eastwards taking it heavy rain and snow with it they'll be some again as we head through sunday. the weather sponsored by catalona.

it does look more and more like bangladesh is becoming a one party state give me one good reason why the opposition should have been voted to do part isn't the problem the human rights watch describes how opposition members have been arrested killed and even disappeared maybe house and goes head to head with a gal who is free to fuck you too we want to be a developed country they don't want is disputing the economic revolution you i don't recall saying this is a battle development is not the same as democracy head to head on al-jazeera. so the top stories for you here on al-jazeera donald trump's been speaking to the

people who got him elected the largest annual gathering of conservatives in the united states the president attacked democrats over their plan to tackle climate change and use profanity to dismiss their attempts to look into his personal finance it's. been funeral service terms of the latest violence in the disputed kashmir region at least seven people were killed in cross border shelling between india and pakistan. and i think it's refusing to balance the protesters demands that he doesn't seek a fifth term as algeria's president instead the eighty two year old is sacked and unpopular campaign chief a name to replace next month's elections. a high level talks between the u.s. and the taliban are continuing here in doha the u.s. envoy said an earlier round ended with unprecedented progress to end the seventeen year war the taliban is refusing to directly negotiate with the afghan government and wants foreign forces to withdraw its delegation is led by the co-founder of the

group. the more here and. therefore has wrapped up here in doha without any specific agreement being reached between the taliban and the u.s. but the taliban spokesperson is optimistic that they're on the right path and said that the have made progress but they haven't finalized any kind of agreements and of course at stake here is the future of over thirty five million people in afghanistan something the taliban wants to make sure that they are involved in their future and their governments that is now the issue here is the idea of u.s. withdrawals there is a u.s. troop withdrawal that is there's over fourteen thousand u.s. troops in afghanistan and the taliban wants them to leave their country the other main issue is the taliban does not recognize the current government in office ashraf ghani as legitimate they are not negotiating with him they're not being represented here and that is something the americans hope they can work on to bring

the two sides together to have a dialogue that will discuss the future of their country with all parties involved . thousands of women have met in person says across afghanistan meanwhile to ensure their rights are protected during these to go she actions and their voice the demands of the conference in kabul as this report. afghan woman a refusing to be left behind in political negotiations they say they want to present a unified front as the taliban in the united states hold talks to end seventeen years of who today there are four women behind them a fifteen thousand other they spoke after the largest ever national women's jirga council as the taliban met with the u.s. and or ha this was a parallel meeting except men were replaced by woman my good everyone came to see their perspective it was a proud moment for me among these women we cannot travel to other provinces because of security but this allowed us to be united the national women's jirga was the

result of a grassroots movement that began in kabul in august and spirit to all of afghanistan's thirty four provinces influential women from each province late the meetings the format included a question and answer session where they discussed women's legal and constitutional rights their role in islam and afghan culture then each province wrote a statement of their demands for peace these declarations line what they want and will fight for should the u.s. and taliban agree to a deal a scene a sufi is the acting minister of information and culture the government backs the woman's jirga but she denied they were all president danny supporters there were a lot of government. they were all women who believed in who have analyzed their involvement from different social economic political and nonpolitical government non-government civil society

addresses where they would. see that we have federal there is concern the taliban could roll back hard for women's rights but many women say it's conservative afghan values that they're rallying against and need protection from the provincial meetings where. in secret to protect woman from any backlash the woman's jurga highly guarded they set us on that most people are not among the taliban but they are like taliban just suited ties we can understand from their words that we are in danger they have the old conservative mentality that it's a threat for us and we feel they may try to kill us president danny is organizing a lawyer jurga in mid march with four thousand people men and women it's a national council to discuss their priorities in future negotiations these women will be there to determine that their voices are not forgotten shelob ellis.

the syrian democratic forces say they're closing in on the last remaining eisel fighters in the village of. and while the group by saying suffer a territorial defeat still premature to declare victory or chapell with support. exhausted hungry and sick thousands of women and children have fled their resort in southeastern syria in the last week ahead of a us back to salt on the last piece of ice will so-called caliphate the town of. the mainly kurdish fighters of the syrian democratic forces the s.d.f. say only those they call terrorists remain there now as fifteen thousand troops advance on the town and incendiary munitions rained down from the sky. we do not know what the clashes will lead to but the military operation will continue to eliminate terrorists inside if we notice any civilians we will try to avoid them and evacuate them during the ongoing military operation as the s.d.f. advance on five fronts they face more than

a thousand hardened fighters difficult terrain suicide bombers mines and a large tunnel network but even once bug falls and i still suffer what some are calling a final territorial defeat the group and its members will remain a serious threat this is not and of isis at all and we have seen how. this kind of similar terrorist group oughta now thriving in africa and i won't be surprised if these same groups when taught to get. the video they would have military operation inside you would order the united states of america because all the grudges and. political crisis that open that led to the emergence of this group.

there are. all the battle for is expected to end soon and commanders will declare the group defeated no one really knows for sure what happens after that and you should tell al-jazeera. rival groups of confronted each other in the israeli city of tel aviv or plans to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu israel's attorney general has said the decision to prosecute now yahoo will be made within six weeks some demonstrators held signs condemning netanyahu as the crime minister supporters said he's the victim of a witch hunt. faces possible charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust. up to two hundred thousand people have marched to the italian city of milan against government policies they say promote racism and discrimination it was a festive mood as the crowd snaked towards the cathedral it surely is seen an increase in racially motivated attack since the far right government came to power last year. yellow vest process is keeping up their demands as well for the french

president emanuel micron to quit that much for a sixteenth weekend in a row protests which began over a proposal to increase fuel taxes which has since been scrapped however the movement has grown into largely anti government brownies so support for those rallies it has tailed off as the president tries to engage people in a national conversation which is called the great debate the strategy is to gather ideas for a more inclusive government and as david chaytor reports from the city of rams he's getting support from one of the toughest scrubs. when the gate closes behind you at number twenty three boulevard robert spear in rants you might lose your freedom but you don't lose your vote the champagne city's only prison is the latest venue for president macaroons attempt to outflank d.l. a vest rebellion and listen to the voice of the people we can't identify the inmates but we can bring you their opinions simonis things we love as

demonstrations were beneficial as a guise of not a political party but to people to french regarded as the differences it was a good movement as it actually triggered his debate a debate that was needed. a thirty one year old m.p. from the president's party was the heart of the debate with the prisoners she passionately rejected their cynicism about politicians and they want to be i think we are living an excellent democratic exercise as of today we have received more than a million contributions to this debate and that is a success it was time to give back the word to the french people that you do see the big debate is meant to reach every now and every level of society even here behind bars and it is beginning to work present emanuel mackerels ratings are beginning to climb once again. the same can't be said for the conditions in french

prisons say have one of europe's highest rates of overcrowding. and leave france say to be the homeland of human rights but the penitentiary system is not given the means to guarantee that inmates human rights european regulations require we are to in a cell have a shower and a landline but sometimes we have four people in man square meters. that's the debate go straight to the key point it allows the detained population to be fully recognize the citizens as french citizens but radicalization is flourishing in french prisons the debate. how to tackle that has barely begun yet and scores of ice will fighters may soon be repaired treated from syria david chase al-jazeera runs. the african cinema is being celebrated at a film festival in the king of fastener with more than one hundred sixty movies all shot. from the pan african film and television festival of.

comedy. forbidden love. drama. and even animation. the world's biggest african film festival is celebrating fifty years of the continent's cinema. beyond the pomp and ceremony in brick enough asas capital an opportunity to discover and showcase some of the best storytellers on the continent. among them a director. with her film their last set during the ivory coast civil war it's a story of a father in search of his wife and son the unlikely hero the film is is twelve year old daughter hyla who saves her father from despair and self-destruction. could be making history this year as her film is shortlisted for the prestigious prize of

the jury never has a woman when the award. when you're a minority there are only four women directors and. there have been many times when i've been the only woman and so we need to fight so that our peers finally recognize the roles we have and just like the character illustrated in the film. while there is the increased threat of attacks from rebel groups in this al gore trying to overthrow the government targeting public gatherings people came out in numbers to watch the one hundred sixty movies being played out across all ninety. cinemas in walker do what you can because cinema continues to be a weapon for freedom it's our way to defend what's most precious to us and express our changing identity. a love story between two women was temporarily banned in kenya but it was a warm welcome from critics at the festival and is also

a favorite to win a prize. african cinema is a growing market estimated to be worth two billion dollars a year and yet filmmakers struggle to find funding and fortunately when private institutions that come from let's say here after america finance our cinema we are not able to voice our opinions of was we're not able to have the political activism and social activism that we wish to say and i. african cinema is like any other cinema it's funny and gritty and offers a fresh social commentary on society well for some of these movies are a moment of escaping discovery for others they're an expression of raw unfiltered emotions depicting people too often ignored nicholas hawk al-jazeera.

the headlines now on al-jazeera donald trump's been speaking to the people who got him elected the largest annual gathering of conservatives in the u.s. the president attacked democrats over their plan to tackle climate change and dismissed their attempts to look into his personal finances. they fight so hard on this which chant this phony deal that they put together this phony thing that now looks like it's dying so they don't have anything with russia there's no collusion so now they go and morph into let's inspect every deal he's ever done we're going to go into his finances we're going to jackies deals we get a check these people are sick of this. but making confident noises about challenging trump is bernie sanders in his second bid for the presidency launched his campaign in brooklyn telling supporters he expects to win the democratic nomination sanders described trump is the most dangerous president in modern american history other headlines of the disease but the fleet is refusing

to battle protesters demands that he does not seek a fifth term as algeria's president instead of the eighty two year old a sacked an unpopular campaign chief and named a replacement ahead of next month's elections have been funerals for victims of the latest violence in the disputed kashmir region at least seven people were killed in cross border shelling between india and pakistan high level talks between the u.s. and the taliban continue in doha the u.s.n. voice on my car says early around with unprecedented progress to end the seventeen year war the taliban refuses to directly negotiate with the afghan government. rival groups have confronted each other in tel aviv over plans to indict the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu the attorney general says the decision to prosecute him will be made within six weeks and up to two hundred thousand people have marched through the italian city of milan against government policies they say

promote racism and discrimination there's been an increase in racially motivated attacks it's a far right government came to power last year. that's a look at your headlines here on al-jazeera inside stories next. down but not out ailing algerian president adel is easy to insists on running for a fifth term and saying great protesters demand an end to his twenty year rule who's really in charge in algeria what is at risk for the region if the tension escalates this is inside story.

i'm richelle carey and this is inside story welcome to the program unfit for the job that's how hundreds of thousands of algerians describe president abdelaziz bouteflika and large scale protests rarely seen in algeria they poured on to the streets demanding he pull out of next month's elections many say beautifully go who was eighty two on saturday is unable to perform his duties as president so will he step down or is algeria heading towards political instability we'll speak to our guests in a moment first name parker has this report. they are the biggest demonstrations in algeria in decades this is the country's capital out cheers to the terrorists there are similar scenes in several other cities that demanded the country's ailing president up to lizzie's bouteflika withdrawals from the country's forthcoming presidential election. the student led protests have been growing in recent days

ever since the eighty one year old leader issued a statement announcing his intention to run for a fifth term algerian journalists have also joined the growing demonstrations calling for greater press freedom and political reform. flicka was elected president in one thousand nine hundred ninety nine. but after suffering a debilitating stroke six years ago he's rarely seen in public and hasn't given a speech in years here he is in twenty seventy two frail to cast his file at without help. demonstrators say he's too weak to lead. it's widely believed the country's really run by a group of military and civilian advisors who failed to find a successor to ensure the continuity of the country's leading party but national liberation front the parties repeatedly said the elections will be free and transparent. the standard is not here who really is the general. it's the

group behind the group in the presidency backed up by the cynical economic burns the leading business. and the army and the security. who are trying to foist one regarding their own choice to guarantee no continuity in power and that's a large areas really object to beautifully kept presided over the end of the bloody algerian civil war in two thousand and two and a return to international affairs following decades of isolation. but demonstrators say it's time for algeria's longest serving head of state to retire from politics leave al-jazeera take a look at some of the key events in algeria split a call history and nine hundred sixty two the country gained its independence from france and more than one million french fled the country in one thousand nine hundred eight thousands of algerian youth took to the streets against the country's economic conditions during a major recession

a decade long civil war began in one thousand nine hundred one between the algerian government and various armed islamic rebel groups tens of thousands of people were killed and then in one thousand nine hundred nine adel izzy's beautifully who was elected president and the civil war ended three years later. let's bring in our panel now in algiers via skype journalist paula and new fall a buddha executive director of the nordic center for conflict transformation also and al cheers on the line is a member book or a socialist and researcher at the paris based school for advanced studies in the social sciences welcome to all of you on the i'm going to start with you you say that these protests were a long time coming how so a lot what's your response been frustrated with the way the government that has areas that late for a long time. widespread corruption incompetence in all areas of life.

but i'm curious have kept mainly silent. for twenty years you know under the table mainly because they were going to the situation was a little bit better the violence through was the announcement that. would have let us bid for reelection in a next april. well judy i just don't want to be going well i'm not saying. no more not just what people are protesting but of little hasn't been able to normal hasn't given us shorter insists over and over again and not just boy will are focused enough even though they were first written with the government there with. so little do you agree with that as well that this has been brewing for a while yes this is what has been going for a while and i think the jury people to it was the moment and then claim you know

i think that there are sharp assume metric positions here between a new generation that does not necessarily lived the atrocities of war of independence and the civil war as well and the deep state that has been there for a long period of time i think the people chilled this moment they chose. their fate and they believe that this time they can actually win over a beautiful if they have one claim it's beautiful and they chose their their fight . before i go to mel actually if i let me follow up on something you said explain how you mean the term deep state because it means different things and different countries explain what you mean when you use that term. well deep state as we understand it here in the case of algeria is also all agreed that the claim of people is not necessarily against bush would. govern them does not really govern

the country there are people around who support a state of power they're pushing towards some kind of. some kind of continuation of of a state of power the way it is now so all of those deep state in my opinion in algeria are those who are behind the scenes that push in and hiding behind the beautiful to say that whatever it is in the country is because of what for what i believe the deep state here will try to do in the end if they see the protests of the jury in people who will be strong enough they are i think ready to let go but they will negotiate some kind of power settlement with the people ok. a male same question to you did you feel like that was something like this just a matter of time ari surprised. bronson that's the result of the long history of

course but what we have witnessed so far it's really a misfortune control chanche you know it's trying how syrians have been asking for chance in sixty to eighty eight months you want whatever demands of change were taken from them to set the rigid interest in eighty eight it was like to launch reelections well then relax where wherever you want to but then we will stop there literally process you want no more military important than a little grand vicksburg of the so-called fifth of presidents you want to mold social justice and we will have a run tire distribution so really self control with a keyboard in the during the instructions the best weeks and that could be seen in the willingness to met the pope of self you could see family families are there in the ranks of the protesters on the most reaches happy that is very very chilly i mean you could not stay in really that's not a revolution from sion everybody should their retention something that you could feel that where there is a real joy for a better than independence day debra's if you are the sort to control improve the

relationship between the protesters and the police you could see a lot of citizens to discus it with guns and trying to argue with them trying to come to them that they should join the ranks of the of the developing nations. as an i haven't business and i haven't so sorry even so even so protesters hurling both of the cackling although to deceive the church days to both men for example gave effect that could be seen also in the first show although the external money play ssion i think this put and also taken called by the other algerian something approaching to achieve good will to restore the image that the rest of the word has a house of them so they really wanted to give a mention of the of the major people of a major political image or people that is able to control its demand for change so one day about this this energy that she is describing why are some algerians not

afraid anymore. i don't think missourians were afraid. of the government i think it was serious war most serious war probably traumatized by the memory of the civil war and the ninety's. this is why one of the main themes of these protests has been the fact that they are peaceful they are saying to the government that they want change they want that they want they are challenging the system they want two point six eight in public life in political life but they are saying it is a peaceful protest and they don't want the. situation to go wrong i don't think people are not being afraid and i think people just didn't want things to go like they did and other recently. all these see any similarities between what is happening now and algeria and some of the arab spring countries.

i think one of. the involvement like i said of deep state. deep state is looking for the static of power and the new generation of young people who have different aspirations and needs and they want to change in the most peaceful way this is also to say that for every country have their own way of doing things and to pick their fights i think in algeria this time they there are no longer afraid because they think that they're going to win and i would not be surprised if. down in the next few days of few weeks and the second thing what is very important is when there are some changes in the intelligence and in the military we have seen for example but of america haven't changed many many people in the in the secret service and intelligence as well as in the military and those

people have grievances and i think there are join in or support people claims we need to understand that libya more it's similar to other countries as well. uno who are new followers mentioned as a couple of times who are these these people that are who is really running the country who is it that has decided that. needs to run again and even if he is incapacitated and if. whoever these people are want to maintain power so much why haven't they picked a successor to have avoided all of this i think the lack of can do so i can persuade dutch was released to the nature of the deep nature of the original self nine hundred ninety nine when put three o'clock going to blow to the to come back to put it in power at the idea was to make the international community forget about war crimes committed by g. army and the secret services so they gave the image of

a single president and ended the steadman as rulers and the credibility of this estate will go depleted to the figure of the trickle that it was all because that they won't be able to find their way out so that nobody will be able to replace them but i believe now that's much for the question i think that there's no doubt that that she won't run again their real question is. is the algerian people ready to accept make transitions denies from the top and country from the top has has been that way say that if you said you've got a good fake transition take chum's issues our last kind of transition family come transition with controlled from the top so the idea now is not cheap talk about this economy more it's really about what are they going to do next and the girl linked to the all for to the people another come today from that only ranks that will be it has been that time people to believe. as you do say it's

a real goal of politics i'm not sure that i'll jump people we accept that they are very conscious about this. what about she she makes a good point that together may end up being somebody else replacing it a flake a bit at the core it may still all be business as usual. does the army being having so much power play a role in this i mean at one point at what point will the army ever have pulled back a little i think it has to do with how much people are willing to say a problem that people are willing to stabilized i've seen the protests have been up into. most people are not just demanding an end or. another just with us and against with the. big four election they want to change the regime it was

a new or is it will. all or i don't think i don't know if the army will stay out of what's coming next but i would have started i'm not but i would say that. if b.p. maintained this the same pressure they've been it but then this past week i think the army. will have to. think rethink its position new fall if. point if people do maintain this pressure or if the pressure even as collates how do you anticipate the army responding to that. first of all i would like to say that the jury people have wisdom have patience and have experience and i think they're going to negotiate every step of the time now to have been clear that they want to the president a bit of a down the reaction of the army units that

a lot of questions about the position of the army. especially after the reconstruction of the army and the changes that occurred in the time of but from what i would the think is that they will give a concession in my opinion of the support of the step down of but for now the question is later on how do future political future of geria will be negotiated and who would be included in that negotiation if that's exactly what was exactly going to be my question is who is right now believe it or of what is happening who is the person to to push for these changes i mean obviously there are mass protests but is there a single voice. i don't think it's yet organized the well the this protest yet there are things i believe that behind the scenes and it must be some kind of support behind the scenes i see the algerian people are confident to win this this time and they're confident that there will be

a step down of. i think my assumption is that those people who have been. laid off from the. intelligence and the army could be supporting people's claims but until now the protests are not organized yet strong and. amelle what what role do other countries play in this obviously there's a lot of countries that have an interest in what happens in algeria there are countries i'm sure that are concerned that what happens in algeria might spill over into other countries as we've seen with libya and some of their other neighbors what role do you see other countries playing in trying to manage what is happening in algeria algeria. yes sure i would just like to make a point just before answering that question on the deluded sure i think it's not a problem for the army that i think it's not a real problem for the army and it's

a question of this is that there's no leadership that has been oppressing actually independent factors that have been trying and opposition parties that has been trying to. protect the wave has to say not sure of the protest and should join in the protest and to give some leader to emerge as individual figures on the protests it's also an approach you have people be arming on this because obviously have to the algae and people take a breath and then they are hoping that they will become back home there with a little get back home after having taken the breast of freedom and the most ration . the real question is about the real ness of the chance to accept the same people to. come she will to go on to live the same institutions not from fans from institutions so that will be an important point of this to see the future too on the south to a concert a question of external actors i think this is the sign as there is after the op

space that really the u.s. and it is you are totally lost and people disconnected from the people all the. way those still not would not have become people. demand for chance they are been taking the issues totally to the question of untied terrorism's fiscal specific oswald duryea and me gratian posi is i mean that's not absolutely not what is discussing to increase so if they want to be in line with the chance of going to take place in the country in the region they will have to look to connect with the people directly and to discus and maybe to cooperate on the kind of a children's institution but absolutely large to fully disclose to the elites how they have been doing for the schools so far. might some of the other. or other candidates that could. that could benefit from what is happening right now

with what the protesters. on wall i think the point of the protests is the. election that there are no real elections elections are not transparent. with the biggest bid for reelection was interrupted and directed at the fact that there are for the political so with that of there are serious candidates is not is not really important right now if the if the regime decides to change course there are probably will be a change can be put into a kind of there the election might be postponed but i understand you so what you're saying you're saying it's not even necessarily about another specific candidate it's just about this particular moment of saying it cannot be him anymore right exactly or

a. new fall are you concerned that this could spiral. into any type of chaos or spiral out of control if these protesters are determined not to back down. i think conflict thoughts would sometimes in the small details and the small details can take the conflict either to a new set of cooperation or to violence i am a little bit concerned because there is a very thin line between the fantasy of the ability that is offered by autocratic regime and the problems of regime change. that fine line the way it will be negotiated very important and if not all the groups who have been feeling marginalized or not heard for so many years are not included i fear that it might lead to some kind of violence and i hope that it's not going to get to that that's a great point you made a male he's basically saying there's always this push pull between stability and

democracy even though they're not necessarily mutually exclusive often people play on it to make it seem like they are they think that that has what has been at play is that people have wanted stability so they put off wanting democracy but what is to build they actually gotten them. i should say i think we should not be mistaken algerians as too willing to get at it and then up looking for evolution and if we have millions of people industry does that tweaks a lot of people have been afraid to join the protest so i think the liberal what are the stakes let's that led to that things have the money and if it was about the country richie and the repetition of the protest this comes the wave put this is will be able to call for the protests and to make themselves and also to have all the people join even not to look cool evil eye seems look a little will be very crucial for the next week's gender focus and to organize

themselves and of course we have seen down to judiciary which is trickles of lead to success of the rob spring we won't get rid of get rid of the old elites so eventually but that's not the most who go to the multiple steps to have that dream and own the chance tyrants fields and institutions and the country and she'll be of the of of the democratic process i mean as i was there my colleagues see stated they don't want another their actions with the same candidates the wants competition and that's will make them able to have transparent elections and that's not the priority right now all right i'm onto you you sound if i retire if i'm correct that sound you sound very confident sound very confident that beautifully good will in fact not stand for for a fifth term but changes did i get that right was that your assessment. i don't know actually i don't know what they were. but they did over the. what i

notice the pressure is enormous only the president told the political establishment in the country to personally. thank you very much to all of our guest for the conversation no fault of a car and the thank you all for watching you can see the program again any time and he visit our website al-jazeera dot com for the discussion on our facebook page facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter our handle as at a.j. inside story from a richelle carey the entire life and now. al-jazeera

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fight so hard on this which chant this phony deal that they put together this phony thing that now looks like it's dying so they don't have anything with russia there's no collusion so now they go and morph into let's inspect every deal he's ever done we're going to go into his finances we're going to check each deals we get a check these people are sick this is. the thoughts now from a political analyst eric hammer says trump's speech does highlight the extent of the divide in u.s. politics. walk for this president he has made his base he has made his home on the right on the far right and so now after a brutalising couple of weeks where he sees his declaration of emergency on the u.s. border wall threaten michael cohen threatening both his administration and his organization and of course the southern district of new york closing in this is us

a place where the president can be at home where he can be around his supporters and where he can feed red meat see pac has now become trump pac and it's a place of political conservative red meat today donald trump was the primary of the president's support now even among republicans is around eighty percent of very high and unfortunately what we're seeing with the president among independents and democrats of course his numbers are are at a astonishing low rate in fact if you look at texas a conservative state a state where no democrat has won and more than twenty years right now in a hypothetical match up with democratic challengers the president is in a dead heat with joe biden bernie sanders and kamel harris and so right now we're seeing the president if the election were held today it would be very difficult for this president to get to be all important two hundred seventy electoral votes so

right now with the president needs to do is is he needs to ensure that his base hold strong because unfortunately that's all he has keep in mind this is a president who now we know has paid off porn stars we see the president under siege from politically legally and so unfortunately this has become normalized we are looking at the fraying of relations with allies the united states and have held for decades and so everything right now from our treaties from our allies even from the us constitution is being frayed is being. pushed to the brink right now but making confident noises about challenging trampas bernie sanders in his second bid for the presidency his campaign in brooklyn sanders told supporters he expects to win the democratic nomination he described as the most dangerous president in modern american history the other headlines up to lizzie's beautifully because refusing to bands of protesters demands that he doesn't seek

a fifth term as algeria's president instead the eighty two year old sacked an unpopular campaign chief and named a replacement for next month's elections. they've been funerals for victims of the latest violence in the disputed kashmir region these seven people killed there in cross border shelling between india and pakistan. high level talks between the u.s. and the taliban continue here in doha the u.s. envoy says an earlier round ended with unprecedented progress to end the seventeen year war the taliban is refusing to directly negotiate with the afghan government and wants foreign forces to withdraw rival groups have confronted each other in the two e israeli city of tel aviv over plans to indict prime minister netanyahu israel's attorney general says the decision to prosecute him will be made within six weeks and thousands of protesters against serbia's government for a thirteenth week in a row they have marched in the capital belgrade against what they call the lies of

president alexander which there's your headlines another check of them in about half an hour next day. in december bangladesh went to the polls with prime minister sheikh hasina securing a landslide victory. she said she won on the back of bangladesh's impressive economic record and a decade of growth. her opponent say she stole the election. while international monitors accuse her of silencing her critics and muscling the press and the media. so is bangladesh becoming a one party state. and was hosting over one million rohingya refugees

fleeing myanmar how long can and will bangladesh protect them. and i've come here to the oxford union to go head to head with our rizvi the international affairs advisor to bangladeshi prime minister. and the historian and former academic i'll challenge him on whether democracy is dying in bangladesh and whether his country should be doing more to help the refugees. tonight i'll also be joined by. a swedish bangladeshi journalist and author of death squads and state terror in south asia saeed a team bangladesh is high commissioner to the u.k. and ireland and abbas faiz a south asia i am a list of you case essex university who previously worked for amnesty international for more than thirty years.

maybe the gentleman please welcome here is very. healthy. positions in universities around the world including oxford harvard and the university of virginia he's worked for the prime minister for a decade and his role is the equivalent to that of a cabinet minister. following your party the a warming leagues recent landslide election victory in december it does look more and more like bangladesh is becoming a one party state doesn't know. i'm surprised that you would say that this has been said earlier by a number of people so it's not that surprising part and surprised that you said ok because as one who has studied politics you would understand that just because the party has been elected three times it is not over one party state the reason that you're being called a one party state is not just because you win lots of elections and so many parties do that it's still knowledge and by which you win just to be clear of the three

hundred seats contested in the december election how many seats did you ruling coalition win in parliament to eighty eight to eighty eight out of three hundred years i went to the opposition when well let's seven let me put this question two hundred eighty eight letters and said let me put this question to you differently give me one good reason why the opposition should have been voted into power they did not have a manifesto they were ambivalent whether they were going to win the election or not so you're comfortable with a ninety six percent of the seat stuff so you are seen as now winning the kind of percentage victories that bashar al assad and kim jong un when ninety six re said that now that you're comfortable with the knockers know it this will be fine with no i think the comparison is totally irrelevant here there were the thirty nine political parties contested in the election free and fair elections to play a large number of international observers were there who saw it for themselves who

would not vote for a government which has performed brilliantly by any count and if you want me if you narrowly many brilliant governments and they win fifty sixty seventy percent ok you say it's a free and fair election. with that point as you know the european union has said there were quote significant obstacles which have tainted the electoral campaign and the vote transparency international studied fifty constituencies in bangladesh and found serious irregularities in forty seven of them and what for including fake votes ballot stuffing voters barred from entering polling stations the b.b.c. how footage of a stuffed ballot box in the port city of chittagong the other b.b.c. in transparency international just making this all oh one of my closes frame is the head of bangladesh transparency international so i'm not going to compute any other than deal with the report for seven out of the i would like the election commission found irregularities in fifteen or nineteen i forget the exact number of polling stations and run there when you remember there were forty thousand plus polling

stations so if he were going. fifteen or nineteen that's all there is if you go to your friend's organization looked at fifty seats of forty seven of the island don't have a regular i am yet that's nothing i can do about it off the top of my ninety five percent it's like your margin of victory isn't the problem the human rights watch describes how opposition members have been arrested killed and even disappeared in the months running up to the election there was a quote atmosphere of fear one hundred fifty opposition members were arrested just two weeks before the election surely that crippled your election campaign if the government keeps arresting your members these were people who committed arson and killing. in in the months of again really to mark two thousand and fifteen after that they went underground they did at the time of the election. there were allegations criminal charges against them and so when they resurface they were arrested by the sort of deal with some of the people you put criminal charges against in the opposition you said that a man called min to come on a dark

a dark or b.n.p. leader was charged with blocking a road in september twenty eighth seen the problem is he died in two thousand and seven. isn't this embarrassing how goes it is embarrassing you're throwing criminal charges off of the members who are dead of such charges that it is. embarrassing but one knows that in police investigation in many societies in developing countries often have these shortcomings it's not just the opposition that have been on the brunt of your government the media have had some issues i think it's fair to say you let me quote you you said civilization cannot flourish without freedom of expression intensity ship never works which is a good line but in practice there have been numerous examples of media crackdowns perhaps the most famous case is out of the photo journalist. who was dragged from his house by police after documenting a student protest in august and then criticizing your government on this channel

actually on al-jazeera english should have seen your prime minister described him as quote mentally sick do you think he's mentally sick or is he just a journalist trying to do his job. those who are familiar with the media in bangladesh will know one thing it is free it is vigorous. alum was not arrested for appearing and. and making a comment he was arrested for spreading this information which was inciting violence shahid is my very close friend there are a lot i'm told reporters outside court in august that he was beaten so badly by police that his tunic needed washing because of all the blood he was jailed for one hundred seven days and said he was tortured is that how you treat your friends i. have not said a word about his treatment all i have stated he is a close friend of mine and when he was arrested i took it on myself to make.