israel the controversial decision to turn them into a single diplomatic mission was announced in october by u.s. secretary of state might pay zero consulates been in place for nearly one hundred seventy five years and acts as a de facto u.s. embassy for palestinians many palestinians consider the move and downgrade and diplomatic relations still ahead on al-jazeera rescue teams try to reach tens of thousands of people cut off by devastating floods across afghanistan and pakistan where one of italy's richest regions for anti immigration policies thrives but migrant labor is key to the economy. hello there we've been seeing some wet weather over parts of japan recently for look at the satellite picture we can see the cloud here it's working away from the korean peninsula now but making its way across honshu it will continue its journey

there and as we head into lunchtime on cheese day it should be fine enjoy from a status in japan that's up temperature in tokyo of around fourteen degrees towards the west is a little bit milder in beijing will be up to sixty but watch this area of cloud here it's going to be working its way across shanghai and eventually making its way towards japan probably reaching us late on wednesday and as we head into thursday and be further towards the south and there's plenty of wet weather here is stretching from the southeast all the way up toward shanghai heaviest every part of the hunan province and up towards young shoe that system is gradually sinking its way southwards as we head into wednesday so we're likely to see a few outbreaks of rain in hong kong a bit further towards the south the moon majority of the showers at the moment the southern part of our map so they hit every part of java through borneo and into some much further north it's largely looking fine and dry for us in parts of thailand cambodia and into vietnam pleasant to thirty degrees thirty three degrees there and in city for the philippines though there's more cloud that we've got used

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watching out to syria let's recap the top stories right now the russian and country foreign ministers have held a news conference and regional security issues are dominated discussions between soccer level and shaikh muhammad bin al to iraq on phony. kurdish forces in syria say they are slowing down their offensive against last held area to protect civilians u.s. back syrian democratic forces launched a final push into the village to focus on fighting algeria's eighty two year old president has formally put his name forward for a fifth term in office abilities but it's like a has been facing growing protests against his rule is promising reforms if he went next month. afghan taliban says it's held talks with his back to stand foreign minister until all the group says suspects and has promised to promote peace and provide economic assistance it appears to have happened without the afghan government's consent meeting took place as negotiations between the u.s.

and the taliban continue in doha both sides say significant progress is being made in the armed group is saying the talks are in a very important and sensitive phase set him back or reports now about the talks in doha. these talks now spanning into their second week six days to be exact they took a two day break to consult we know that there are difficult issues on the table all sources being rather tight lipped about what exactly is happening but they do say they're making progress particularly one of the issues is the u.s. troop withdrawal from afghanistan the americans have around fourteen thousand troops in afghanistan the taliban want them out as soon as possible according to sources just a couple of months the americans are saying it's going to take longer than that so these a consultation that are going on trying to pinpoint trying to figure out some kind of timetable the bigger issues that are not even being discussed is something like a ceasefire throughout these talks the taliban have continued. it's attacks inside

the country so that also goes to show just the the challenges ahead whether what if anything is achieved here can be translated on the ground the people of afghanistan want peace and security they are hopeful that perhaps something can be achieved here but they are skeptical what that's going to be bloods in southern pakistan and afghanistan are killed at least fifty people usually have a year reign over the past ten days and usually have it is cut off tens of thousands of people. in kabul. the afghan military flying over flooded kandahar province on a mission to rescue one thousand people trapped by floods there's been heavy rain in afghanistan and southern pakistan for more than a week on saturday flash floods swept through towns and villages across the region we didn't just do your part and i would hope that the disaster took place in kandahar as there is no drainage and there is little public awareness which is why so many people were affected most of the fixed people were already internally displaced and living on the river banks so they were hit harder than the others the

traditional homes constructed from mud and clay stood little chance as the floodwaters search through rose garden or programmer or i'm a poor man the walls of my house have been damaged my two children were injured i'm asking the government to help me by providing tents it was a statement for those here today and they were distributing emergency aid on the advice of the governor we made a list of three hundred ninety seven families of that two hundred fifty families had their homes fully destroyed the un is sending teams and sitting up shelters to help the displaced i think another issue that we're dealing with is accessibility in some of the more rural areas that were only just getting to people are quite cut off they are quite vulnerable so obviously an event like this has a big impact on. the destruction extends from kandahar through six different provinces to harass and far in the west for than five hundred homes have been damaged or destroyed. as well as schools mosques and bridges in pakistan the

southern province of baluchistan has been hardest hit the military rescued hundreds of families stranded by flood waters relief camps have been set up for those at high altitudes dealing with heavy snow. back in afghanistan most people were hurt as their homes collapsed around them others was swept away in the water as in kandahar those who could travel might be away from faraway districts tomorrow i say hospital those who couldn't shoot as half a dozen medical teams try to reach flooded areas. but we have received in this hospital twelve dead bodies which include six men one woman and five children as well as thirty five injured safe many people remain missing and in such remote areas of afghanistan and pakistan is going to take some time to assess how many lives and positions having lost shelob ellice out is there a couple out of the u.s. or at least twenty two people have been killed after a series of tornadoes hit the state of alabama rescue teams are searching the

wreckage of homes and businesses destroyed in lake county it's fear of the number of dead could rise or such a party has the latest this is what is left of lee county in eastern alabama after several tornadoes struck on sunday the u.s. national weather service says the first tornado packed winds of up to two hundred sixty six kilometers an hour carving a path at least a kilometer wide people tried to leave the area before the tornadoes hit i got a car where for my kids. wife level two more going to my mother in law as we were just trying to get out of this area right here coming up around the corner as i was making a left right up there around thirty eight and then follow area right here. is very much just gone. the scattered debris is hampering rescue efforts in certain areas we've done everything we feel like we can do to save the area is just very very

hazardous to put anybody into at this point in time debris everywhere and it is just a has it has mentioned previously this evening just some mass damage to structures and residences in the area catastrophic is toward being used by many to describe what's happened here more than ten thousand people are without power across the state of alabama cold weather is forecast for the area after tornadoes with temperatures predicted to drop to near freezing the state governor has warned people there could be more extreme weather to come and there are tornado warning still in place in parts of alabama and the neighboring state of georgia door such a pari al-jazeera and as wales opposition leader back home on monday to late new protests against president nicolas maduro on i don't his wrapped up a tour of latin american countries seeking support to topple the door oh he was

last in ecuador but is now reportedly headed back to venezuela i don't hear on social media calling for venezuelans to join the protests the government is threatening to arrest him if he returns after years of increased tension between pakistan and india kashmiri leaders are criticizing the indian government's crackdown against separatist groups and the disputed region mali is accused of supporting an armed resistance against india hundreds have been arrested and leaders say their work for the region's most vulnerable children will now be affected solomon has more from new delhi. it's an early start for the students in shouldn't they come to this religious school from some of the poorest families in the region this hot drink in snack is perhaps the only opportunity to eat all the cold winter morning. many live in isolated villages and farms so it's a chance to see friends and catch up before classes begin however they may not be able to study here for much longer. the government has banned jamaat

e islami that runs this religious school and many more like it in the region it says the group supports armed resistance against india and is a threat to the country's stability. student says it's a disappointing setback for his education as a i want to do something in my life that benefits everyone i wasn't very religious and wanted to know how to pray correctly i was embarrassed that i couldn't answer questions about my feet this has changed what importantly the school has taught me social skills are to be polite speak to strangers and my elders with respect. late last month the central government banned jamaat e islami arrested scores of its leaders and sealed off their homes in indian administered kashmir there's been widespread anger in the community many feel muslims are being deliberately targeted and accused of being sympathetic to so-called terror organizations it's an accusation people here deny and say the government in new delhi is vilifying them for their faith and beliefs. regional

politicians and are challenging new delhi jaylen idea do not is an ideology it's an idea you can just so you know in a democracy is a battle of ideas if you try to imprison everyone you can imprison the idea it is going to for the really need the people of kashmir. this former head of india's external intelligence agency believes the islam being kashmir has links with armed groups in pakistan the fact is that the german been bad news for a long time. and whether there was a need to ban there i mean there's. a government to decide. but. bad had needed to be picked up that should have been runs on time ago this hasn't been arrested and speaking exclusively to al jazeera tells of his concerns because of the if. bernard the whole system will get stated

and it will be a disaster for the needy and lot of people especially on the orphans and widows jamaat e islami hindus the original group from which to mark the islam we broke away from the former centers 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 so whole raman al-jazeera new delhi a top executive from the chinese tech giant weiwei he's facing extradition to the us is suing the canadian government. lawyers say her rights were violated when she was detained and questioned in vancouver last december attorneys say she believes she was undergoing a routine customs check. a different photo journalist who is a better known as shock on has been released after more than five years in prison

he posted this picture on his twitter account with the hash tag hello asphalt used by egypt's political prisoners when they're free was arrested in two thousand and thirteen all taking pictures of anti-military protests he was later convicted with seven hundred others on charges of participating in unauthorized protests murder and membership of the banned muslim brotherhood group. in journalism we are taught to report the story and not be part of the story unfortunately what happened with me was i was the story this set in. i am not the first or last journalist to be detained famous journalist were detained and resumed their work when they were released i hope to follow the same path. not noticing has been entered gyptian prison for more than two years he's been held without charges trial or conviction they say mr tame by egyptian authorities on december twentieth two thousand and sixteen while on vacation to visit his family egypt accused him of broadcasting

false news to spread chaos al-jazeera denies these charges and continues to call for his release col us will need to negotiate a coalition government if she is to become as tony's first female prime minister or center right opposition party pulled off a surprise election when that they'll short of a majority a reform party with almost thirty percent of the vote the far right anti immigrant conservative people's party doubled its vote to come in third however the two major parties have ruled out forming a government with us it is one of the richest regions in europe in an economic powerhouse of italy and it so is also where the country's far right party now known as the lead has thrived almost a third of the region voted for the party and its policies in recent elections but migrant labor is crucial to the success of that region it's on the go has the support from the city of her own. a city steeped in history and as with other parts of italy their own is people are fiercely protective of their identity and customs

so much so that protecting these was one of the foundations for the likud party. where the league has always been important in terms of right wing parties and identity terry a movement it's an experiment into right wing politics we are battling for an identity and cause for defending security and against illegal uncontrolled immigration and the issue of immigration is always close to the top of the party's agenda there is a history of the extreme right here in verona back to the days of when it was part of the republic of salo during world war two and nazi puppet state these days it is the league that rules and they found the fervor of near fascist organizations here problem is that their anti immigrant rhetoric collides with the reality and that is that migrants are very much a part of the success of this wealthy region. it's heavy work making

motorized outdoor tools in this factory the assembly line chan's out lawnmowers and tractors one of the many industrial operations that defines venet of a powerhouse i had a look along the shop floor reveals how diverse the eight hundred strong workforce is the factory could not keep up with demand or maintain its leadership in the market without italian workers i don't think it about politics we take it about the business and when the business come into the matter so the integration is something that you have to do because you want a wonderful blog that you want quality you want to fish and sea and you cannot have it without integrity whatever kind of work is your environment. well temp ascent of the region's population is made up of my quince and immigration political parties have flourished. the immigrant labor force is indispensable

invented especially in small to medium sized businesses more so in this region than in any other two also has one of the oldest populations in the country which needs to mystic employees from this workforce despite this immigration strategy has worked for the leak in this region turning into slogans has proved profitable for the politicians in terms of votes but some businesses are asking without the immigrant workers would we still be making a profit. al-jazeera for rhona beneteau. richelle carey here in. the headlines for you here on al-jazeera the russian foreign ministers have held a news conference and regional security issues dominated discussions between sergey lavrov and shaikh mohammad. this is

a first stop before he goes on to saudi arabia kuwait arab emirates. really agree with friends there's a new to increase trade and economic ties we welcome the effort some cooperation the next stage will take place in moscow and. we highly value this relationship we value the cooperation between the russian government and the qatari investment agency for kurdish forces in syria say they are slowing down their offensive against last held area to protect civilians u.s. backed syrian forces launched their final push into the villages on friday. algeria is eighty two year old president has formally put forward his name for a fifth term in office adele's is beautifully to has been facing growing protests against his will he is promising electoral reforms if he wins next month's vote. the u.s. consulate in west jerusalem which provides consular services to palestinians has

been absorbed by the new u.s. embassy for israel the controversial decision to turn them into a single diplomatic mission was announced in october by u.s. secretary of state my comp aoe the consul has been in place for about one hundred seventy five years and acts as a de facto us this embassy for palestinians many palestinians consider the move a downgrade in diplomatic relations al-jazeera has obtained exclusive pictures from the home of the saudi consul general in istanbul after the murder of journalist. a documentary airing on the network details how turkish officials believe an oven may have been used to dispose of his body egyptian photojournalist who is a better known as shock on has been released after more than five years in prison he posted this picture honest twitter account with the hash tag hello asphalt used by egypt's political prisoners when they're free he was arrested in two thousand and thirteen all taking pictures of anti military protests at least twenty two people have been killed after a tornado hit the u.s. state of alabama rescue teams are searching the wreckage of homes and businesses

destroyed in lee county ten thousand people are without power because of the headlines keep it here much more inside story is that next. managing this that is going kashmir tensions remain high between india and pakistan but it could be another all out war between the countries and this peace in this disputed himalayan region even possible this is inside story.

hello and welcome to the program. sandwiched between india and pakistan kashmir has been a flashpoint between the two nuclear powers since one nine hundred forty seven both new delhi and islamabad claim all of the region each control's boss of it after three wars in the past seventy years a cease fire agreement was reached sixteen years ago but it has been regularly violated last week there were fears in india and pakistan were on the brink of a new war in. strikes in retaliation for a suicide bombing that killed at least forty indian troops in indian administered kashmir pakistan responded shooting down a fighter jet and detaining its pilot who was then returned to india as a gesture of goodwill but indian and pakistani forces have also exchanged have a gun fire along the borders of kashmir killing at least seven people we have the

latest from both sides first in delhi. maintaining the status quo has been a conundrum for india and pakistan that no one seems to have an answer for many others suggest that while kashmir seems to be the main issue between the two countries the de facto line of control may become and perhaps is the best possibility of a long term border between the two countries but to have that conversation islam above the new delhi need to speak to each other and as far as india is concerned new delhi has had a problem with pakistan over the last seven decades the country has been ruled by one military dictatorship after another civilian governments have rarely lasted long enough for new delhi to have a conversation with them a new delhi will not discuss issues like this with other elected military officials the nearest that these two countries ever got to speaking to each other about trying to resolve the longstanding issues and kashmir was in the late ninety's when the president has been business sheriff was in charge of pakistan that fell through

very quickly and then also analysts suggest how about the people of kashmir on both sides of the line of control their aspirations their wants and their needs should be considered will they be in the future is only a question politicians can ask and then for india the real concern is that no matter how far the negotiations go there are always non-state actors and militant groups or terrorists as they call them that are sponsored as far as new delhi is concerned by pakistan and it only takes one incident like that and pull warmer in mid february to disrupt the status quo it's a complicated political jigsaw that has yet no answer the inside story i'm still robin in new delhi about heydays following events from islamabad. danger in britain india and progress on remain a den or dime high once again or did the issue of kashmir were just come to the

forefront india has blamed by august on for committing an act of getting them when noble forty over its shoulder and located in forty wal-mart august on said dead it had no evidence to suggest that the attack was carried out from bloggers on saying that the regular you didn't die during the indian and ad d. i tag go in there question meeting with indian nationality bloggers on going to news to maintain their dates in their dangerous issue and are there to excite you must sit together across their day boil to talk about all outstanding dispute however india had already a good read by august on under their shimla agreement signed off to the war in one nine hundred seventy one that orders through to marjorie's said did bilaterally the problem areas india did not warrant a third party intervention could try and sort out their dispute and add that same time if you were just a dog group august on bringing up the issue of getting them the bugs on the prime

minister imran khan had already made and opened all four do india did progress on and willing to discuss all outstanding issue an order dissolved there's a dispute the boiler seems now in india are scored according to most analysts here and so fall their signature coming out of new delhi showed their did nor deescalation underway it has come all the hard for inside story from islam a lot. let's bring in our panel in new delhi prem shankar jiang journalist and author of the book me in one thousand forces some of the origins of the dispute in london victoria schofield historian of the conflict and the lahore via skype central asia security analyst ahmed rashid welcome to or mr john i mean judging from statements by officials from india and pakistan they don't seem to be willing to

further a scale of a quite so now what is next. you're right that i don't think there's any desire whatever escalate the crisis anymore because fundamentally the first of all the the attack in blue armor was something that came out of the blue. and so all that the indian prime minister did was it took full advantage of it because he's facing an election in six weeks six weeks two months and beating the beat of the sort of patriotic drum heads to get votes he's been doing that with his usual sort of flare for the last fifteen days and. we've had these two attacks but counterattack i think it served its purpose and now i think we've had a very soon that the poor dates would be noticed victoria as it's fair to say at

this particular moment of this is a going to be a turn chapter and from now on was going to be back to normal. well it's always difficult to get as you say back to normal with the dispute over german kashmir what you tend to have is a halt a period of deescalation a period of status quo on easy an easy situation some violence and then potentially another flare up and this is why i think it's important to focus not just on deescalation but on what might be the next step which inevitably has to be actually putting heads together and working out how in year in peace and the inhabitants of the state can can live together peacefully to to resolve the issue but those who have seen flare ups in the past is there any sentiment this time that this could be different it could be conducive to first political talks between iran

and not enjoy mahdi. one hundred one and i agree with that there won't be a major escalation but what i am worried about is that this level of of escalation that we have already could be maintained for another two or three months by the indian side because. prime minister modi is seeking election and it suits him to have a. pakistan that as an enemy there. it doesn't suit the pakistanis because they are facing a very severe economic and political crisis they want an end to this as quickly as possible but unfortunately i don't see. prime minister modi really are asking for a quick resolution or even just to go back to what was the theater's quo before which was not particularly conducive to want to circumvent but at least was not

putting the two countries on the edge of war. primm could be using this whole crisis to his own advantage but isn't there a burst of this could further spin out of control and he would and facing one of the biggest political crises of his tenure well that's precisely why he i don't think there's going to be any more escalation from the indian side as far as more these concerned he has got what he wanted out of it if it goes any further now first and foremost. we will not see he was able to portray india as a victim after the poor may attack but it is skill and one counter-attack that's ok with the repeat responded to what they did but a second one now would would would serve no purpose whatever particularly because the pakistani country attacked our airstrike was so carefully on was designed not

to take human life and in fact there would have been as far as i know almost no loss of human life on either side and it served as political purpose very well i doubt very much if he would like to rock this boat. he's a very fine orator is going to take full advantage of this and what i've seen is now he's picking on the on the opposition and saying why did you see this every day that the opposition makes a remark saying that look you are playing just like theater for elections you say ah but you are anti national so that's the game today victoria against the backdrop of the domestic politics particularly in india and with the upcoming elections do you think that more you will have to wait until after the elections to decide whether or not he will be talking to the pakistani counterpart. yes i did i didn't see anything happening before the elections and i think those premonition had

a right that it's going to be used as an election ploy basically to drum that patriotic drum it is arguable whether it might get out of control but one hopes not and there will not be any further escalation but unfortunately it's going to be some months until we see the outcome of the election before i think you ever get an initiative or an acceptance of a meeting between moody and prime minister imran khan with the russia this is a conflict there has been pitting two neighbors to support powers india and pakistan for almost seventy years but the whole issue is about kashmir do you think that to more of both leaders decide to start political talks about a way out of the crisis where should they start. well we've already got a blueprint which was in two thousand and seven when. prime minister

manmohan singh from india and president musharraf from buck's son owners to agreed on a settlement at that time and that september never came into being because of the political crisis in pakistan and the musharraf government unraveled so there is already a formula there which could be taken up i think one of the tragedies of in the last few years is that modi has refused to have a back channel in which a trusted aides of pakistan of bucks county leaders and indian leaders would talk to each other when this. when this plan came up in two thousand and seven it was largely due to back channels not through the official foreign offices all the political governments of the of the two sides but a very secretive back channel when moodie was proposed to have this back channel by former prime minister.