this former head of india's external intelligence agency believes about the islam being kashmir has links with armed groups in pakistan the fact is that jemaah has been bad news for a long time. and whether there was a need to ban. i mean there's. a government to decide. but. the bad had needed to be picked up and that should have been nuns one time ago this hasn't been arrested and speaking exclusively to al-jazeera tells of his concerns because of the ban and if. bannard did whole system will be stated and it will be a disaster for the needy and lot of people especially on the other fronts and were those. hindus the original group from which the islam broke away from the former across india like this and they're not bound with tensions

running high the concern for the indian government is how to regulate groups that offer an islamic education in indian administered kashmir without alienating an already disillusioned community. al jazeera new delhi so i had an al-jazeera going back home a better suite a journey for syrians who fled to neighboring lebanon to escape the violence. i'm sunday at all in. a form of monastery is set to become a school for the next generation right populist politicians. hello the rain is clearing away from china but it's not going to stay dry for long here's the latest system then you can see all of that marching its way eastwards

for many of us as we head through the day on monday this should be plenty of dry weather won't be around for long though during the day we'll see the clouds begin to build once more by the time we get to lunchtime on tuesday but it's a very different picture loss of cloud loss of wet weather that stretches all the way up towards shanghai many of us will have a very severe day you deed out towards the west there's also been a lot of what weather here recently to parts of pakistan and afghanistan but a fair amount of disruption thanks to rain and snow that system is now edging its way eastward and it is a breaking up so by the time we get to monday then it doesn't like most of us should be dry and the temperatures will be rising as well as they katmandu up to twenty one degrees in new delhi about twenty one as well for the south a bit more in the way of cloud will be with us in sri lanka that could just give us one or two showers i think most likely monday i don't choose to even hear it should be drawing towards the west and here in doha it's not feeling that warm at the moment of the winds are going to stay for a northwesterly direction as we head through the next few days that means jury in the day it will feel quite pleasant in the sunshine up at around twenty four but at

night still dropping quite low lower than we'd like down to around fourteen so feeling that bit chilly. i made every news cycle going to see the simple breaking story and then of course there's donald trump told through the eyes of the blackouts janel east that's right out of a hamas script that calls for the annihilation of israel that is not what that phrase means at all joined the least named post as we turn the cameras on the media i'm focused on how they recruit on the stories that matter the man in bad news a free palestine a listening post on al-jazeera. your

god is it a reminder of our top stories this hour tens of thousands of algerian zur protesting against plans by the president to seek a fifth term and office of the disease but the fleet is expected to formally submit this kind of papers for a lecture by the end of sunday demonstrations have also taken place in paris marks a new funds. people are dying in record numbers in afghanistan and you wonder port is documented three thousand eight hundred civilian deaths in twenty eighteen including nearly one thousand children that's the highest number killed since record keeping began in twenty zero nine. the u.s. and south korea have agreed to end large scale joint military exercises on the korean peninsula washington and seoul say it's part of efforts to reduce tension

with pyongyang but the two will still carry out smaller joint exercises in announcement comes just days after denuclearization talks between the u.s. president donald trump and kim jong un broke down in vietnam robert bright has more from south korea's capital seoul. effectively joint military exercises in south korea have been scaled back since president donald trump announced after the single poor summit last june that he was no fan of these war games as he called them that they were a waste of money but this confirmation that key resolve and foal eagle these spring exercises involving tens of thousands of troops of war planes ships and tanks will effectively come to an end is seen as a big concession they'll be replaced by a much smaller less high profile exercises these exercises have always enraged the north koreans who see them as a possible credit to war seems the joint to militaries of south korea and the u.s.

of now agreed at least in part with that saying that they do indeed lead to a rise in tension that these exercises are being ended as a way of supporting the diplomatic efforts this will be welcome by president moon j.n. of south korea who's once again standing in as a possible mediator between north korea and the u.s. to get things back on track it will also possibly help his personal initiative to try to help into korean relations go move forward to the next step he has stated in the last couple of days that despite the disappointment of the hanoi summit he's still determined to try to resume economic and tourism projects with north korea he still wants to try to go ahead with that although it's difficult to see just how without getting sanctions relief from the united states. venezuela's opposition

leader insists he will return home despite threats of being arrested. in ecuador where his match president's leonine manju by dollars and a tour of latin america which has taken him to colombia brazil and argentina the european union has owes them a debt of government and not to a rest for violating a court order not to leave the country. aid workers in brazil say indigenous people fleeing venezuela among some of the most vulnerable migrants or how much room has met one indigenous group at a shelter in the city of boy vista or doing all they can to hold on to their traditions. delicately weaving their traditional handicrafts the work being done by these women is one part practical and one part personal practical since it helps them earn a living personally because they feel it guarantees their survival. but i know that they were doing this so that we won't lose our cultures arts and crafts we need to

keep doing this so our children will never lose their culture of hania centeno like the others seated next to her is a member of the what out and indigenous community that lives in venezuela is orinoco river delta numbering around twenty thousand eight workers here say the what out were among the first people to be affected by the deepening troubles and it is wailing. she many of them were already living on the streets begging on the streets of venezuela hundreds of what i now live here at this shelter in the northern brazilian city of both eastern it's run by brazil's army and in geos and supported by the united nations refugee agency. to pass the time younger members play volleyball. while tribal chiefs reminisce about their beloved were no coat. it will heal by ease tells me the river seems almost to flow through their blood. and that now the river seems to be flowing ever farther away. but the

lunar we're afraid because the children are learning that we are in a shelter what we have here is very different from our customs of fishing and hunting and our traditional arts and crafts and unlike other migrants the what our are trying to get to other parts of brazil they prefer to stay close to venezuela hoping to make it back ensuring at least for now that their lives stay very much in limbo that's one of the reasons things have been set up differently here. at the beginning of the new show response that the additional response was to set up then as we didn't know the south but since they didn't like it they looked at the hamilton outside to sell their. hammocks because it's what they're used to sleeping on not. fernando good you know with the u.n. h.c.r. tells me hundreds of them have been placed in this converted gymnasium to help the white house feel more stable their normal very vulnerable position in the it's

clear when we receive them at the border when we check their health conditions it's very clear that they have more room than abilities in they need they have more specific needs. but it's not just the sleeping arrangements that are unique camp administrators also set up a communal kitchen. one of the more interesting things we found in this shelter is that the what hour are provided with food and they prepare their own meals it's another way for them to try to preserve cultural traditions many are afraid are disappearing. food that is about much more than eating. products that are about much more than selling essential threads of a history they'll do anything to keep alive. here at the pinto landi a shelter in board brazil thousands of syrians who fled to neighboring lebanon when

the war began are going back home the new minister in charge of lebanon's refugees is an outspoken supporter of syria's government is vowed to make the return of refugees a priority but human rights groups say those returning face arbitrary detention and torture by the regime reports. a new group of syrians is returning home thousands have made this journey in recent months but their numbers are still small lebannon hosts over a million refugees from the war in syria authorities say it is time for them to go home now that much of the country is back under the syrian government's control but there are those who accuse bashar al assad's government of reestablishing we're pressin rule they cite the southern province of daraa as an example there is a. lot of insecurity for the population there for former rebels as well as. people who never engaged in

military action but who are have a record. people supporting the opposition. being against the government. the opposition and there are had agreed to a negotiated surrender for an amnesty but some say the so-called reconciliation agreements are not being respected instead there have been arbitrary arrests. international organizations including the u.n. say the lack of security guarantees is why many refugees are afraid to go back. into the conflict and we haven't seen any reform being done by the syrian government towards the security situation especially syrian security services that are responsible for crimes against humanity. torture and death and. lebanon's politicians are divided on whether it is safe for syrian refugees to return home but the refugee affairs portfolio is now run by

a politician allied to the syrian government the newly appointed minister salih first act in office was to visit damascus it further politicize the issue there are some criticizing. the government. intervening in the gulf they believe in return to normalize direct contacts with damascus should happen until an international political solution is reached. many in lebanon complain about the refugee populations impact on the country's economy and infrastructure those who hold power say they will push ahead with what they call voluntary and safe returns for many syrians that could mean more difficult conditions to discourage them from. beirut. the former advisor to u.s. president donald trump is helping to set up an account of it for old white leaders

in italy has praised italy's populist government for its nationalist agenda he's hoping more countries will follow his example but a son your reports and to some residents on their talk will host the next generation of old white leaders. for more than eight hundred years the true salty charterhouse monastery in college park dar has been a place of quiet contemplation these days the last of the remaining monks is retired and it is no longer solely dedicated to the theory of pursuits the new resident has moved in with a more worldly plans in mind benjamin han well the founder of the d.d. tartus humana institute or d.h. i want to transform it into a right wing populist recruiting ground the first project is the cardinal martino academy for human dignity which will promote catholic social teaching with a special emphasis pro-life pro-family issues the second project is the academy for

the judeo christian west which will promote the christian foundations of western civilization one of the main backers is all right ideologues de bannon who played a leading role in president trump's electoral victory and was the author of his nationalist american first dogma his intention here to spread that vision across europe and beyond because then return home use what they learned here for the fight for the judeo christian west once they get back into their home environment the blueprint for this was a talk given by a baton to the d.h.i. at the vatican in twenty fourteen where he preached his conflict ridden worldview but we're in an outright war against shia hardass islam islamic fascism within this forum on astri is where the organizes and steve battle hope to create

a new generation of populist nationalist politicians and thinkers the next donald trump or viktor orban if you will but outside of these walls there is little appetite for this project. in the town itself there is a sense of discomfort about the plans to sue t. was until last year looked after by the state and there are concerns over how the d.h. i which keeps its funding secret to maintain the monastery. up inside it we cannot even begin to consider allowing steve benen to come to our town and special there just so he can do whatever he likes by launching this academy to attack the european union its result it becomes a battleground for europe we will defend it that at the. resulting project may sound a warning for the very future of the european union and increasingly fragile continent that threat is ever present this will be a front line where the forces of populism oyster the new recruits and create an

elite in their own image sunny diagonal al-jazeera. protests against serbian president aleksander are continuing for the thirteenth week in a row thousands of people marched through the streets of belgrade demanding media freedom as a precondition for free and fair elections demonstrations began after an opposition politician was attacked last november serbian opposition groups accuse the government of violent intimidation hundreds of croatian journalists have rallied in the capital is demanding more press freedom in recent months more than a thousand lawsuits have been filed against journalists who say the cases are being used to censor them grocers' public broadcaster has filed complaints against its own or other reporters and critics say the broadcasters only serving the ruling party's interests. asone and so heading to the polls in a parliamentary election that seen as a test for the far right center left prime minister you're iraq's us is the

frontrunner in sunday's poll but he could face difficulties forming a parliamentary majority a nationalist is stony and conservative people's party has been making gains since the migration crisis in twenty fifteen space x.'s first passenger capsule has successfully docked at the international space station the only passenger on the mission is a dummy named ripley carrying four hundred pounds of supplies the so-called a dragon capsule that will be used to shuttle astronauts to and from the international space station later this year space x. began receiving nasa contracts after the agency suspended its manned flight program in twenty eleven due to rising costs. this is all it is here and these are the top stories tens of thousands of all jiri and are protesting against plans by the president to seek

a fifth term in office demonstrations have also been taking place in paris say in france as he's both a flake and is expected to formally submit his candidate papers for april's election by the end of sunday. there's a protester from the it's a car citizen movement and she says algerians are demonstrating in paris because they feel a great sense of solidarity with those back home. a jury and in paris have a strong bond with their homeland and most soldiers in paris have been either been here for the longest time since their independence days or they're young people like me who came here for studies or for economic opportunities to find jobs and who are we all have very strong ties to our homeland. it is very important to mobilize here because we have to be an echo for what's going on in algeria and use elder's everyone is here where he is and family are also here it's very important

to not only say no to a fifth terms of presidency the no to a regime that has taken us all hostage for so long for all these decades the u.s. and south korea have agreed to end a large joint military exercises in order to support future talks with pyongyang on denuclearization the drills had been a point of contention with north korean leader kim jong un the funerals have been held for the victims of the recent fighting in the disputed kashmir region i mean seven people were killed on saturday in cross border shelling between india and pakistan. people are dying in record numbers in afghanistan a u.n. report documented three hundred thousand eight hundred civilian deaths and twenty eight hundred including nearly one thousand children that's the highest number killed since record keeping began ten years ago. he will return home despite threats of being arrested. in ecuador where he met with president

lenin you know two of latin america to drum up support against president nicolas maduro and that's. with a new leader in brazil changes to how we deal with in the u.s. brazil's vice president is playing an active role. not to talk to the press. the president just told me to be careful the vice president of brazil. zero. point. five lakh. hello i'm richard burton you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories we're covering this week how one interview that was never even broadcast

your. tax reform on the news agenda a news anchor in israel learned the hard way about what can or cannot be said about the occupation and israeli soldiers like father like mother like son nicaragua where journalism and politics can be a family affair and citizen journalists have had their crack at covering the rest in sudan now the artists are doing their thing. this week we're leading with one of those topics that television news producers would rather leave to print journalists or better yet authors because it's complicated it's about tax rates and it's not a sexy topic not a visual story until a young dutch academic spoke at the recent world economic forum in davos and made news by telling a roomful of billionaires want to fix the global economy then dig deeper pay up it's time to tax the rich then fox news's tucker carlson invited rutger bregman

onto his program mistake bregman went right after crossing the channel that he works for and the media in general for almost never covering the fundamental issue of tax reform it's fair to say that carlson did not take it particularly well the interview would not go to air but bragman managed to have the entire exchange recorded on a phone camera and once he sent it to now this an online news site it was destined to go viral and get people talking our starting point this week is tax avoidance global inequality and the complicity of big media. format is what's known as a double ender or a d.t.l. a down the line interview which means the host is in one place tucker carlson at fox news's headquarters in new york the guest in another rutger bregman in a studio in amsterdam and it was prerecorded it wasn't

a lot. of help and. now typically if that kind of interview goes wrong and the channel chooses not to air it the video never sees the light of day because it exists on the broadcasters server and nowhere else. but this one went viral obtained and released by the online site now this because in addition to showing up with an agenda. bregman had a plan he brought along a friend to record the video from the amsterdam and on his phone and to capture the audio from go thinks. he knew it was probably going to go to the group cost because he was raising issues that hurt them or make them look pretty bad and part. of their dirty money he was criticizing the fact that they are paid to represent

a particular kind of idea looking your millionaire. or you're not talking about what you thought is the classic car crash t.v. interview and i think that made him uncomfortable as well but i think the thing that made the most uncomfortable was that he was accused of not being an independent journalist that he was accused of working to a great ideology that will show he's paying. tax. on. it. he didn't like that he took umbrage with that they're all like oh i'm against to call this off. even twenty years ago you know this would have been unthinkable the very fact there bregman was able to get it out so quickly is itself a sign of the ability of different voices sometimes to break into the narrative and interrupt the dominant interpretations of issues like say taxing the wealthy i mean

i want i don't i don't know. the down the line interview between new york and amsterdam actually got its start in switzerland rutger bregman made waves in davos telling the world economic forum's well heeled audience that the best way to fix the global economy was to hit them in the pocket and har. we got to be talking about texas that said that. however fox and carlson would have been more interested in something else bregman told his audience a billionaire and observation that happened to square with fox's own ideology fifteen hundred private yet to hear survey that and ross speak about you know how the planet perhaps crosses producers thought that would be a kindred spirit regarding the hypocrisy of billionaires flying halfway across the world but it doesn't come at this from that kind of position at all the kind of

conservative populist position that maybe tucker carlson or fox news does but for me what really stood out from that interview was the moment when rocketeers to tucker carlson of being a millionaire funded by building a house you're not part of the. problem actually. went to the heart of this debate about the role that media and well paid people within the media potentially contribute to the debate all the lack thereof around tax breaks. and the criticism he wants new reports in the us the coverage of tax reform in mainstream news media is disproportionately luck while tax avoidance gets sporadic mentions when celebrities from the world of sports or entertainment are involved those advocating reform like rubber break members tend to blame corporate leaders

and the ideology of their owners for the shortfall but the truth is the little. more complicated with a little less reductive some of the media's aversion to tax stories even the corporate owned media isn't ideological it's commercial channels not wanting to lose viewers by testing their patients and burying them in numbers documents deductions credits and loopholes. you're right that reporting on tax can be dry and it can be boring and ninety five percent of that work involves reading very complicated spreadsheets financial statements and e-mails that don't make much sense i do think that television has gotten so much better and they've been great example of reporting on things like the panel in the paradise pages if reporting on tax and financial crimes has taught me anything it's that patience is a virtue i think stories run pretty well on television we have news walls we have

discussion programs that remember that if you're talking about taxation you're talking about inequality you're talking about poverty you're talking about real people's lives all that can be represented on television i think what's happening at the moment is out ideas like radical taxation across the board taxing labor income less. accumulated words these were outlier ideas only a couple of years ago but they're starting to take root now and perhaps the media is having to rethink where allocates space and time to those kind of discussions. commercial considerations are not the only thing the tax reform story is up against corporate ideology preaches that mo tax rates are a good thing that if billionaires are spared taxes proportionate to their income society will somehow benefit that's debatable but what does trickle down is the truth that starts on the executive floor and winds its way below to the news room

where it becomes a journalistic truism whether it is true or false for example. if a government cuts taxes it will lead to increased economic growth there is no evidence of that and yet it's repeated as though it's true it's not a challenge the cut is a great thing because businesses small and large well left to the federal robber barrons and be able to do is they see fit with their newfound hard earned cash the problem with the media really is that there has to be an ideological capture and there is a kind of narrative that has become dominant and one of the successes of neo liberalism is it seem visibility in the fact that people are not aware including journalists are not aware that they repeat sink beneath the house you know every ten children is there a cultural difference between mainstream media and the sort of voices without seeing the general public and audiences that yes there probably is i think the

media is only now coming to terms with the fact that people are challenging more bravely the status quo that even five years ago in a forum like this would not have been mentioned it's not a coincidence that in every project that we have the swiss wakes panama papers or paradise papers there is a pretty substantial number of media moguls television station owners newspaper owners magazine owners who appear surprise surprise as using tax havens as having secretive bank accounts so the question is significant is there a way in which that economic pressure leads perhaps to the distortion of media coverage the better question may be is there any way to this is my first time at davos rutger bregman has recently made waves that two institutions one a gathering of the rich and powerful the other a news network i want. to speak truth to power and i'm doing exactly the same thing

right now but your a millionaire funded by billionaires. and that's the reason why you're not talking about these issues bregman made news by stating the obvious that the rich should pay their fair share because sometimes it's not what you say that matters it's where you say it but the last word on this goes to the millionaire fox news anchor who went viral fifteen million views and counting. and. he didn't really mean that. hugh we're discussing other media stories that are on our radar this week with one of our producers tara enough starting with another interview that did not go well the u.s. based spanish language broadcaster only views you on lands a face to face with venezuelan president nicolas maduro what went wrong the interviewer jorge ramos did the interview at the presidential palace in caracas but

it didn't last long barely fifteen minutes according to ram of moderate didn't like his line of questioning of the challenging him on electoral fraud human rights concerns and humanitarian issues ramos he showed me this video of three young venezuela and eating from a garbage truck. not only did my door then abruptly end the interview ramos and five of his colleagues were held by security we confiscated all of their equipment including the memory cards six of them were deported from venezuela the next day seems like some of the best interviews these days aren't making it to air what arma duros people saying about this so the information minister rodriguez tweeted that ramos was a stooge for the u.s. state department he said the government has welcomed hundreds of john but that quote we don't lend ourselves to cheap shows and to be fair richard last week spanish journalist jordi alba away from the channel called left sexed up sat down

with a mentor in an interview where he pulled no punches and nothing untoward occurred we know the history and politics at play here caracas has reason to be suspicious of western news outlets many have largely uncritical supports for what some see as u.s. regime change in venezuela the government has arrested or deported news crews from chile france and spain but jorge ramos is nobody stooge his reputation around moving on to israel now an actor a woman there named all shot at. taking a lot of heat over comments that she made about the occupation of what did she say and why are people so worked up about it caught her took aim at an institution that is seldom criticized on israeli airwaves the military. limited the minutes of our lives to have a couple. of people wish she was referring to a segment they just run on channel thirteen a privately owned israeli channel about the beating of

a palestinian man and his son by israeli soldiers last month the victims were hung cuffed and blindfolded and the fifteen year old boy was made to watch of his father had his ribs and nose broken the soldiers reportedly started dancing afterwards so channel thirteen got thousands and of complaints over callers remarks she received death threats and the network has since find her a bodyguard israeli politicians currently in the middle of an election campaign feast on this incident prime minister benjamin netanyahu tweeted about it but his education minister naftali bennett went right after you confused idea of soldiers give their lives so that you can sleep soundly apologize did apologize and i show you the next week but she added this i mean it's there's no mclean viber goal that may make him a villain any. surely all the time i feel your cow shall not the michelle mean there are still are there no higher little. only at sea org.

ok thanks to our. last month we reported on one of nicaragua's most outspoken journalists fleeing the country carlos father nando chamorro said he feared for his life that he was facing extreme threats from the government when civil unrest erupted last year against the government of president daniel ortega models news outlets all on and on the air reported on those demonstrations and the crackdown that followed more than five hundred protesters jailed more than three hundred killed this is not just a story of another crusading journalist there's a lot of history here to morrow comes from an influential family the to morrows own media outlets his mother is a former president and his late father paid for his journalism with his life that was back in the one nine hundred seventy s. when daniel ortega led the sandinista rebels the political roles were reversed and ortega was fighting to get the story out with one foot in journalism and the other

in politics that your morals don't just speak truth to power they've held power the listening posts to sell a piece are now on a family that lives and works at the intersection of journalism and politics in nicaragua. this is a story that spans deliberations a family history of journalism including with politics a story about the get out one that is now being told from costa rica but you know what you learn. you haven't done little bit of that. goodness but number ten not in our heads up i'm presenting. this week one of his country's most watched current affairs shoes. knows december police raided one of the other media outlets and competed in. a week later they targeted. another media

house and arrested. so you know for tomorrow it was time to leave stock out of the record they raided our offices and occupied them with the military spy unless police have harassed us my home was surrounded by checkpoints for every time i had to leave or go back home i was interrogated. was whether to wait a day or rested on a trumped up criminal charge or continue to report from costa rica that any god i worked that it was very god got a fair number of columns fernando is the journalist with the most credibility and most impact in nicaragua his journalism is heavyweights and is focused on the political and economic issues a combative journalist that power finds uncomfortable and not just the current government because he has been critical of all governments of different political stripes people more defined in the in the for the long haul what's happened to carlos fernando is an example of what's happening more generally i think in december and again in the water from c.n.n.

. and his head of news you see it in asia but charged in basically kidnapped by the state and they're still in jail this is how the state cracks down on the media can . only imagine. more of the reporting the civil unrest in nicaragua since a wave of protests against the government of president daniel ortega destabilize the country last april if. you want my psyche the late story and you've got i work in the input device that's one reason why tomorrow is considered by the president's speech persona non-grata. all that is in the name motorola the country's most influential family faith in politics and in journalism five of tomorrow school fathers and his mother have ruled the country and today his cousin one moral is one of the opposition movements leaders the family also was main print outlets

including the oldest and. most renowned these paper napkins are the paper's critical coverage of the crackdown to let the government count its ink and last month published a plan from page in protest by a number. that blank page really made an impression on all of us journalists to see that a newspaper with such a long history and like a rock you i would need to resort to that form of protest against censorship we really are experiencing a state of siege and persecution in the media of the real. it's a newspaper which is always being in opposition to power and one which has always had very good journalists it is clearly aligned with an economic cost but that has not prevented it from doing the important work of watchdog journalism watchdog journalism many other. media outlets like have always behaved more like a political party than a newspaper has been able to determine who is allowed to be

a presidential candidate who is allowed to be a politician the newspaper product that's what i call it. a loan has a dog in this fight and he'll. yeah he's a pro-government journalist a prominent voice on state t.v. but he also has a point for the past ninety years lebensohl has been at the center of nicaraguan politics during the one nine hundred seventy s. as a food decade long summers of family dictatorship tightens its grip on power most financial models father was an editor. and the country's most outspoken opposition figure this is a fucking moron was assassinated in one thousand nine hundred seventy eight by some as a gunman protests erupted paving the way for then you know take a left wing revolutionaries the sunday need to take power.

to come with a newspaper during the eighty's and then the country defeating ortega in the nineteen ninety elections to become president. petro cracking john moore's legacy remains his cool values which were about the fight for public freedoms and a gradual still a rallying cry that's what journalists and ordinary people find so important about that story one that sadly remains relevant to this day c c in the week and they don't. look at what came after pedophile walking chamorro which was no less influential politically it was just the ghost of what here in the cargo has come to be known as the. people who push their political interests through the medium of newspapers in order to set the government's agenda. if i used their papers to wield influence that fourth day then i don't think many

have taken from the medium with more reach television a smiling. god only love the way they look at you know you see i don't know where to. look out for our bottle. get it but it is that if i if yes then for the past ten years the old take us have put up seven t.v. channels both to traditional sandinista party outlets like. oh yeah and cut government advertising across non sandinista outlets because out there knows that political polls are often won or lost depending on the media. but there are sort of i thought boy a mistake in order to take a cab back into power in two thousand and six and created t.v. stations and place them under his children's control. we already had camilla morris all involved in channel four channel eight and then there's the state channel

number six which acts like much of the nicaraguan state in other words like a feudal system linked to the presidential family and then there is channel thirteen along with numerous radio stations this all means that in the nick of regular in context they are practically no t.v. outlets that produce an aggressive form of investigative journalism nothing on the challenges the exercise of power. ironically they were and tomorrow were once on the same song. in the eighty's at the beginning of the revolution or take the lead it and to morrow run its official mouthpiece the sandinista newspaper body gather a barricade drop we part of the rollers i was part of the sun the nice to revolution it had its successes and failures in one nine hundred ninety s. on the knees more went into crisis and two paths emerge one was a democratization of the left which i followed ortega continued to believe in

a one party system which meant all for terri and control we're seeing the results of that now although it will be a dollar. two parts two narratives one speaks of the socialist revolution the other a social democracy times changed families dug in and today the political battle in nicaragua will to a large extent be thought through the media the media each side has at its disposal . and finally two weeks ago we reported on the media side of the political unrest unfolding in sudan and the information war taking place online social media feeds there have been flooded with images and commentary now come the contributions of sudanese artists also circulating online primarily via instagram artists like abdul rahman al nazir khalid al bay and started here who's viral images center around the

theme of freedom and dignity some of the artwork criticizes the sudanese news media for their role in succumbing to the power of the state and failing to tell the story will leave you now with some artistic impressions of a country in the midst of a power struggle and we'll see you next time here at the listening.

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calling for more protests this week but will his return home be a triumphant one he could be arrested when he gets there. also on the grid algeria rising thousands of protesters once again demanding the president step down but i've got is expected to formally seek a fifth term in office outrage over the decision has spread to europe and the u.s. plus this sect in the issues complicating talks between the u.s. and the taliban here in doha one sticking point there were draw all of american forces from afghanistan will that ever happen and when we take a deeper look and google to try and support a controversial saudi government app despite calls by rights groups and u.s. lawmakers are in the hundreds twitter stream the show us the has tag ating is great . follow you with the news we live on air and streaming online through you tube

facebook live and al-jazeera dot com good to have you with us on this sunday now venezuelan opposition leader one wideout is once again calling for mass protests this week on monday and tuesday the big question will he be there. to return to venezuela after meeting with latin american leaders in the last hour though he was supposed to leave ecuador but it's not clear if he's traveling back to come back a squad also faces the threat of arrest if he returns. man manuel apollo is live for us in the border town of kutai in colombia so what more are we learning about why those plans for returning to caracas. yes houssam we did hear that mr y. deal has wrapped up his trip to ecuador and that it was the last stop on that south american tour he met with the leaders of neighboring but

a seed as well as but i why he did announce he made that announcement made clear that he would be returning to venezuela on sunday but he did not give any details about what that itinerary would be so we're not sure as you mentioned whether or not he's actually going to be returning to get access mr why though does run that risk the possibility there's a chance that he could face arrest if he if he returns to the country the country's supreme court had mentioned that had issued a travel ban against mr vidal before he embarked on that tour of south america that was also that statement by president nicolas my little saying that mr y. though will have to quote face justice when he returns to venice wella here in colombia on the border with venezuela international aid continues to remain in containers unable to be moved across the border the official border between the two countries remains closed but people are finding ways of getting around that take a look. for thousands of venezuelans who live near the colombian border crossing

the touchy to river is becoming a daily routine the water is shallow but it still requires a bit of skill to make it across. most of the people we encountered here are venezuelan citizens carrying heavy bags of used goods they hope to sell in colombia . this is scrap metal people take this and sell it and use the money to buy food and then take the food back to the other side. of it miss says he makes several of these trips every day and is lucky to make twelve thousand pesos for the effort that's the equivalent of about four u.s. dollars. people cross over to sell scrap metal because there are no jobs no security this keeps them going there's a heavy military presence along the colombian side of the border but officers tell us they're only here to keep the peace not prevent people from moving freely between the two countries and if it's challenging crossing the border through the

river it's challenging this bridge serves as the official border crossing and is usually bustling with pedestrian traffic but a week ago venezuelan officials set up barricades to prevent international aid from entering the country through colombia since then people have had to find other ways to get across the border. as many as twenty thousand people are estimated to be crossing to and from minnesota every single day this river is what separates in a swell from colombia some people tell us they've been traveling for four hours or more in search of food others say what they're seeking is medical attention. this woman was rushed across the river on a stretcher after suffering a miscarriage her mother tells us they didn't know where else to go you know her mouth is purple she's vomiting infirmity it was no went to treat her if i didn't bring her here she would die. the local economies on both sides of this border rely heavily on commerce and it's clear that people are anxious for it to reopen even

though there's no clear sign of when that might be. here on the border with venezuela things remain calm but mr quiet though has resumed calls for more protests to take place in caracas on monday and on tuesday he's also continuing to call on the international community to place harsher sanctions on the on the government of nicolas modo. manuel thank you manuel apollo in caracas force . by upon aid workers in brazil say indigenous people fleeing venezuela are among some of the most vulnerable migrants mohammed gem jhoom met one group at a shelter in the city of boy who are doing all they can to hold on to their traditions . delicately weaving their traditional handicrafts the work being done by these women is one part practical and one part personal practical since it helps them

earn a living personally because they feel it guarantees their survival. but i know that they were doing all this so that we won't lose our cultures arts and crafts we need to keep doing this so our children will never lose their culture of hania sentinel like the others seated next to her is a member of the what aisle and indigenous community that lives in venezuela's orinoco river delta numbering around twenty thousand eight workers here say the what out where among the first people to be affected by the deepening troubles in venezuela but also the man is a city she does many of them were already living on the streets begging on the streets of venezuela hundreds of what i now live here at this shelter in the northern brazilian city of old beast and it's run by brazil's army and in geos and supported by the united nations refugee agency. to pass the time younger members play volleyball while tribal chiefs reminisce about their beloved orinoco.

by ease tells me the river seems almost to flow through their blood. and that now the river seems to be flowing ever farther away. but. we're afraid because the children are learning that we are in a shelter what we have here is very different from our customs of fishing and hunting and our traditional arts and crafts unlike other migrants the what are are trying to get to other parts of brazil they prefer to stay close to venezuela hoping to make it back ensuring at least for now that their lives stay very much in limbo that's one of the reasons things have been set up differently here. well at the beginning of the new show response the traditional response was to set that up then as we didn't know the show but since they didn't like it they would have the hamilton outside to show their. hammocks because it's what they're used to sleeping

on not. fernanda good you know with you in h.c.r. tells me hundreds of them have been placed in this converted gymnasium to help the white house feel more stable their normal very vulnerable position in the it's clear when we receive them at the border when we check their health conditions it's very clear that they have more room than abilities in they need they have more specific needs. but it's not just the sleeping arrangements that are unique camp administrator has also set up a communal kitchen. one of the more interesting things we found in this shelter is that the what hour are provided with food and they prepare their own meals it's another way for them to try to preserve cultural traditions many are afraid are disappearing. food that is about much more than eating products that are about much more than selling essential threads of

a history they'll do anything to keep alive mohammed al jazeera at the pinta lundy a shelter in bolivia brazil for more news on venezuela you can head to our website then just get a dot com there you can watch our latest episode of talk to our correspondent today some both speaks to brazil's vice president hamilton morale about his relationship to venezuela and their reaction to the crisis. now we want to hear from you on these stories you can send us your comments to any of our online platforms on twitter use the hash tag a.j. news grid our handle is a.j. english we're also on facebook or you can send a message on whatsapp or telegram at plus nine seven four five zero one or triple one four nine police have fired water cannon during large scale protests held across algeria ahead of the twenty three g.m.t. deadline for put a flicker to formally submit his candidacy for april's election there is heavy

security presence outside the constitutional council where students are trying to block beautifully because representatives from smith's submitting his documents the age two year old president is seeking a fifth term in office he's rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in twenty thirteen of those protests in algeria have triggered a show of solidarity in france which has a large algerian population hundreds have taken to the streets of paris war protests expected in march say in the south as well. use the lead in these protests and they are not that's really driving the conversation online very much so hasn't snap chats and instagram are constantly being updated with content under the hashtags but a flicker and also fifth term facebook has been used to organize a protest ever since action began in algeria on february twenty second all the way

until next week the demonstrations are spreading beyond algeria and france with protests also in montreal new york and chicago well we've started some of the algerians protesting in france here's what some had to say. but i have a cousin who are the same age as me that twenty's one the guy in the twenty's and struggling to get into cation to just get basic right that we do have here in paris just money protesting here today is just a way to say ok we got you and we're going to help you no matter what because it's that just any more than i was because we do live here but at the same time it's it's ours because it's our country. and that blocks of organs has been monitoring the internet activity since these protests started and this map shows that multiple destructions have occurred across algeria including in the areas of tissue and as the country continues to see knowledge demonstrations against the president's reelection and now is.