it should be they're saying that there's a lot of delays specifically with the security arrangements and church leaders in south sudan came out last week and said that they're there basically is that the peace deal is a very flawed that people need to step back and see what's happening that there's a lot of fighting the u.n. said that in the northeastern part of in the western part of the country sorry that there is fighting that civilians continue to be displaced more than ten thousand have been displaced over the past two months because of fighting between opposition forces that have not signed the peace deal and between government forces so they are concerned that this is deal is being slowly implemented and that there will be delays and a transitional government being formed and there are also concerns that when may comes when the vice president of the opposition direct my char should be coming back there are concerns that he will not be able to come back because of the security arrangements not being implemented so while the peace deal is still being recognized by some sides in south sudan there are concerns that it's being very slow implemented and probably one of the things that will be discussed today is how to speed up implementation. in khartoum heber thank you. chad has announced the

closure of its northern border with libya a month after libyan fighters from the south and its territory minister of security has called the area a crossroads of suggs terrorists and rebels more than chad is closely linked to southern libya the most of its food supplies come from let's talk to bill why he is in the libyan capital tripoli for us now what more can you tell us about why the border has been closed. will daryn according to. security minister. is to prevent is to prevent. smugglers criminal gangs terrorists and also what he calls rebels by rebels he means the oppositions who are fighting alongside the to be tribes the libyan to be tribes against libya's warlord plea for have to now this isn't has been taken by the security minister and. after one month from an intrusion that

was made by the chadian opposition who are on libyan soil after the. warlord who for have to launch of his military campaign in mid january in the south of libya. opposition groups who are fighting alongside the libyan cousins the tibble fighters against have some of them went down to the borders and they made an intrusion actually now this decision has been taken by the minister as he says to prevent the opposition to the opposition from another intrusion to prevent criminal gangs and terrorists we understand that this is not the first time chad closes its border with libya but in two in twenty seventeen the border the border is aware also a closed for a couple of months for the same reasons terry mahmood trying to.

israel's prime minister has ordered the demolition of the homes of two palestinians killed by israeli forces in the occupied west bank the israeli military says the pair were killed after the attempted to drive a car into israeli soldiers and prefer a village that's west of ramallah. but locals say it was million. one of the person in the vehicle was seriously injured israel demolishes the homes of alleged palestinian attackers to deter future incidents need to abraham last more from them in the occupied west bank the palestinian health minister says the two palestinians were killed and a third was wounded in the village of west of israeli forces say that the three palestinians have a car against israeli soldiers in the area two of them and the israeli army has also said in a statement that they're found fire bombs in the car however the palestinians say the big contest the version of. forces and they say that the area in which the

happened has witnessed so many car accidents in the past the israeli army has closed the area and many palestinians have suffered tear gas inhalation after a confrontation between the palestinians and the israeli army now the u.s. consulate in the west jerusalem which had been providing consular services to palestinians has been absorbed by the new u.s. embassy to israel the controversial decision to turn them into a single diplomatic mission was announced last october by u.s. secretary of state mike pompei of the consulates been in place for nearly one hundred seventy five years as a de facto u.s. embassy for the palestinians and the palestinians consider the move a downgrade in diplomatic relations but earlier we spoke with a senior fellow at the center for study. it seems to be undiplomatic sense of trumps diplomacy where he's basically looking at the entire israeli palestinian conflict through the prism of the neo and he is excluded in the counter

perspective therefore this is not conflict resolution this is not diplomacy so now eighty becomes awkward for the senior officials a little alone ordinary palestinians to accept the fact that they have to go to the u.s. embassy in jerusalem with the whole symbolic historic. and also psychological connotation that it's like they are pushing them and the trump administration is pushing us to accept started school this is not diplomacy to me this is more of twisting their arm and if he if trump is side in too close with netanyahu then i think he is losing not only the policy in but also the the islamic. communities that are now looking at him as a israel alone so there is a mistrust going on now among the palestinians and the among all the arabs in the region so the question is if we do not empower both sides the israelis and the

palestinians to come to the table with some confidence that they can bridge certain primary gaps before we come to a peace negotiation process then i think it becomes a matter of just you know another wasted in a window of opportunity for the white house as well as for all the stakeholders who would like to contribute in the peace process. the afghan taliban sas has held talks with us becca stands foreign minister in doha the group says is back astonished as promised to promote peace and provide economic assistance it appears to have happened without the afghan government's consent the meeting took place as negotiations between the u.s. and the taliban continue and both sides say significant progress being made will stephanie decker joins us now from where the conference is taking place stephanie says day six of these talks has there been any progress really so far. what both sides seem to be indicating is that there is

a positive move going on but there are difficult negotiations as you mentioned you're also seeing side talks between the taleban and is back to spawn's foreign minister here in doha you've had the russian foreign minister we've actually just seen his plane leave overhead whether he sergey lavrov met with the taleban is unclear but the russians also involved have hosted the taleban before the meetings are ongoing in that hotel behind me but they're being very secretive about what exactly they're negotiating we know the bigger picture we know one of the issues on the table is the withdrawal of american forces around fourteen thousand troops are made in afghanistan all foreign forces really the taliban want out and they want them out quickly what we understand is the americans are saying that it is going to take longer than what the taliban want on the table at the moment not really discussing any form of potential cease fire we know attacks by the taliban by their fighters on the ground have been ongoing while these talks take place but i think reading between the lines of progress is being made why because yes it's six days

with a two day pause it is now into its second week they are difficult negotiations just as the american envoy said in january when the last round of talks were held here he said you cannot and what he called a forty year conflict just with one meeting even if that takes one week but i think it is the highest level of talks it does seem to be making some progress are going to have to wait and see over the next couple of days what they've managed to achieve and whether that of course can be implemented on the ground stephanie thank you. meanwhile taliban fighters have killed thirteen the afghan police officers in an attack another seven were captured by the taliban they were taken when fighters attacked security checkpoints in northern conduct's province. floods in southern pakistan and afghanistan have killed at least fifty people unusually heavy rain over the past ten days has cut off tens of thousands of people the afghan government says flooding was the worst in kandahar at least seven years reports in

the capital 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 of the river and that 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 modern clay stood little chance as the floodwaters search through rose garden. or i'm a poor man at 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 still on a cd 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 we're 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. 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 but 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 waters in kandahar those who could travel made their way from far away districts tomorrow i say

hospital those who couldn't wait it is half a dozen medical teams trying 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 so far many people were main missing and in such remote areas of afghanistan and pakistan it is going to take some time to assess how many lives and positions having lost shelob ellice out is there a couple. of the u.s. or at least twenty two people have been killed in a series of tornadoes at the state of alabama rescue teams are searching the wreckage of homes and businesses destroyed in lee county it's feared the number of dead could rise. as 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 doorway or my kids. wide 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 zero area right here. is pretty 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 a just point in time debris everywhere and it is just as it has mentioned previously this evening just some massive 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. time for a check on the weather now his stuff looking at the u.s. then let's take a look at why those storms happened and first of all behind me i've got a map or this storm reports that this is where we've had reported incidents of hail there's in the green ones strong winds those are the blue ones and tornadoes those are the red ones and just in that little southeast corner there we've got thirteen no wind reports or tornadoes a most of them are from alabama up through georgia now that's all thanks to a system that's working its way steadily southwards and as it does so it's brought to some very explosive weather you can see this bright white area of cloud here on

our map now to the south of that it's really quite mild but to the north it's incredibly cold and because there's such a huge contrast in the temperature between these two and masses that's why we've seen such an explosive storm system that's working its way south within this still a risk of seeing some more severe weather over parts of florida over the next twenty four hours or so here just for your interest florida is sees more tornadoes than anywhere else in the states and it's even in tornado alley officially and elsewhere as you can see from our temperature map very dark blue color as it is incredibly cold at the moment currently one of the coldest places i can see from the real feel index is boman a little to kota minus twenty three is what it says on the thermometer but if you look at the winds there around forty six kilometers per hour and you don't want if you've got really low temperatures because it makes it feel even colder than it actually is so it feels more like minus thirty nine so incredibly cold but it's

good news for door because this is the lowest it's going to be all day off to this the temperature really begins to rise is still going to be below average and a long way below average over the next few days but at least the wood is over. the right stuff thank you very much for that still to come on al-jazeera after more than five years in the magician was renowned soto jonas known as showtime son. returns home. from the bar trade to sanctuary we meet the chimpanzees getting a new lease on life. and sport james harden is the star man as he files the houston rockets to another win that's coming up in a little more nuts david's. partner

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welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here on the al jazeera kurdish forces in syria say they're slowing down their offensive against isis last held area to protect civilians u.s. stocks syrian democratic forces launched their final push into the village of bad news on friday. algerians are continuing to protest after president of the losses but a fico formally submitted his name for a fifth term in office with a figure attempted to appease them by promising electoral reforms if he wins next month's vote. on the leaders of eritrea and ethiopia and south sudan on an official visit to holding a high level talks with president salva kiir in juba which will focus on regional peace and economic ties. now the egyptian photo journalist mahmoud abbas a better known a short has been released after more than five years in prison he posted this

picture on his twitter account with a hash tag hello asphalt used by egypt's political prisoners when they're freed was arrested in twenty thirteen while taking pictures of military protests he was later convicted with seven hundred others on charges of participating in an authorized protests murder and membership of the banned muslim brotherhood group. saying there's been an gyptian prison for more than two years he's been held without charges a trial or conviction hussein was detained by authorities on december twenty twenty sixteen while on vacation to visit his family egypt accused him of broadcasting false news or spread chaos al-jazeera denies the charges and continues to call for his release let's bring in hussein he's an egypt researcher for amnesty international he joins us via skype from tunis. how significant is the release of mahmoud abbas aide from an egyptian prison and why do you think he was released now

that. so a series of a few three days now is quite simply the fences he ended his completely unfair sentence that he was convicted to for this ignitor going to because this is a case where joran is has been detained and for over five years he has been convicted on completely unfounded charges he was convicted thanks to book unfair trial unfair mass transit so hundreds of people convicted for charges the court feared to identify that individual communities spente and so it is it is a significant it is economic and we saw now is how international pressure can eventually lead to small victories in order to receive state like egypt however it's still not a full victory because it can still has been twelve hours every day no police station from six pm to six am and many journalists remain in dresses and nobody

behind bars in egypt and media remain detained for computer consarn it is just like has been detained. just remind us about the trial itself when there was no individual criminal responsibility to prove them said the court just charged everyone in the trial was not a fan or possible was it. yeah that is completely unfair and tried as i mentioned it should be as it should be exposed to trial and was not off the just there because we saw is how the court convicted seven hundred sixty nine people twenty five twenty four princes including murder so you have seven hundred thirty nine people convicted or getting seven thousand people and you have a case where it's an entire case file if it is to link any individual reason was a specific act you have a trial that was sixty political you have a trial set saw hundreds of people detained for over five years which is in violation of egyptian law you have a trial where defendants were unable to defend themselves you have

a trial where people were convicted and this to this and since to this despite being not even on several. protests at all and at the same time you have a trial of peoples that were protesting and many of them were killed almost up two thousand people were killed on that day and yet not a single police officer was held accountable for the killing of six thousand were just as you say there are dozens of journalists languishing in egyptian jails including of course al-jazeera is very on what he's saying he's been in jail now for over seven hundred days without charge or trial let me ask you why do you think he still being held. so it's two things in my opinion so first is that station's recent been cracking down on journalists egyptian swords have been cracking down on freedom expression station swords under is not perfect doxies bastard egypt into what can only be referred to as an open air prison for effects to be hit cities no space for independent journalism there is no space for what was

a sion anyone can be arrested under completely unfair on from charges and second in prison for. crimes including for up to years without even being referred to trial the us apart it is written so it is to loot science courts and we have seen that they have targeted religious you know journalists before and it is it is partially due to its political position to say to educate ok by me thank you very much indeed for your insight into al-jazeera has obtained exclusive pictures from the home of the saudi consul general in istanbul a lot of the most of the journalists. a documentary airing on the network is shredding new light on his death and that his body may have been disposed of ashaji was killed inside saudi arabia's consulate last october has more now from michael. these pictures show a furnace a tenderer or when that was built by

a turkish constructor in the garden of saudi consul general's residence in istanbul just a few hundred meters away from the consulate general building where jamal for shift to was brutally murdered and according to order toppings obtained by the turkish intelligence his body parts were dismembered in the course of a general building again we heard from we heard from the police department and the persecutors office that. by the parts carry it in baggage luggage was and bags to the residence building close to the consulate and according to the f as i said into thought for two thousand eight hundred the police strongly suspect that his body parts might have been burnt in this town there were over the according to technical details of this all when it can for up to one thousand degrees celsius which means that it leaves no trace of the d.n.a.

of a body part or any bones and the turkish police insists that since toby who is a forensic experts of the saudi hit team who came to monitor jamal has shipped in istanbul his the certification thesis was about analysis of d.n.a. from the bones that's why they strongly now suspect that. body parts were burnt inside that over and it was already reported before and the reason why they came up to this idea is also that just a few days after jamal his ship was murdered and his body parts were brought to this place where the saudi men living inside they ordered. portions of meat than cooked meat and they did barbecue that's why the police now strongly suspects that . body parts were burnt and as well as opposition leaders are expected to protest against president nicolas maduro in the coming hours though has wrapped up a tour of latin american countries seeking support to topple moderate he was lost

and could orbits now reportedly heading back to venezuela to appear on social media calling the venezuelans to join the protest the government's trying to arrest him if he returns. after days of increased tension between pakistan and india kashmir leaders are criticizing the indian government's crackdown against separatist groups jamaat islami is accused of supporting an armed resistance against india hundreds have been arrested and leaders say their work for the disputed region is most vulnerable children will now be affected so iran reports from new delhi. it's an early start for the students in should it are they come to this religious school from some of the poorest families in the region this hot drink and snack is perhaps the only opportunity to eat or 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 to his education. 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 you can't jail an idea not is an ideology it's an idea you can just so you know in a democracy it's 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 to mark the islam being me it has links with armed groups in pakistan a factor that. has been bad news for a long time. and whether there was a need to ban there i mean that there's. a government to decide. but. bad had needed to rebuild. and that should have been nuns on the. i'm a go 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 with

stated and it will be a disaster for the needy and people especially on the other fronts and reduce jamaat e islami hindi is the original group from which to mark the islamic broke away from the former passengers 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 donald trump says he decided to end large scale military exercises with south korea in order to save the u.s. hundreds of millions of dollars washington and seoul agreed to cut back the drills and it's part of their heads to reduce tensions with north korea they'll carry out smaller joint exercises comments come just days after denuclearization talks with kim jong il broke down in vietnam. we think our combined defensive readiness

won't be affected because we'll be having combined command center exercises and coordinated outdoor maneuver exercises will also be maintaining for defensive readiness now a top executive the chinese tech giant a while away is facing extradition to the u.s. is suing the canadian government on one joe's 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. it's one of the richest regions in europe and an economic powerhouse of italy is also where the country's far right party now known as the league has thrived almost a third of the region voted for the party and its anti immigration policies in recent elections but migrant labor is crucial to the success of the region. has this report from the city of their owners. 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. is 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 here 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 off as 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 matters integration is something that you have to do because you want a wonderful product you want quality you want to fish and sea and you cannot have it without integrity whatever going to work is your environment. while ten percent of the region's population is made up of migrants. anti immigration political parties have flourished. the immigrant labor force is

indispensable in venator especially in small to medium sized businesses more so in this region than in any other it also has one of the oldest populations in the country which needs domestic employees from this workforce despite this the anti immigration strategy has worked for the leak in this region turning fears 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 verona venator the agency doctors without borders has suspended a bone a treatment in parts of democratic republic of congo are the two medical centers work tight now there are concerns the disease will spread to neighboring countries including south sudan hundreds of people have died from seasons august even morgan the town of yeah. close to the congolese border. it's taken

almost four days to make it to south sudan from a refugee camp across the border in the democratic republic of congo but before she can return to the home she left more than a year ago health workers have to check to make sure she doesn't have the ebola virus. i heard there was an abode outbreak and that it kills i also heard that if one person is infected in the family everyone else can get it too and i've seen the pictures of those who died from about and i was afraid that me and my children got infected so i took them and i returned to south sudan. because an outbreak first declared last august is the worst in the republic's history more than five hundred people have died and a further three hundred have been infected most of the cases are in areas controlled by armed groups making it difficult for aid workers to reach and if they do provide treatment. camps near the epicenter of the epidemic more south sudanese

are choosing to head home. people arriving from the neighboring democratic republic of congo are screened for ebola at sites like this one in the center of the.