his own using his harrowing images of international lawyers seeking justice for the by the guardians of peace killers on al-jazeera. pakistan cracks down on armed groups as pressure mounts after an attack that sent tensions soaring with india. and her grandma norco while this is alice their lives and also coming up trumps but school rivals launch a new investigation into him and his inner circle move the white house scribes as abusive. as well as opposition leader was welcomed home by cheering supporters on

the grounds of his protest against president has made during. and china slashes taxes and boost lending to shore up in a quantum it's growing at so its pace and yes. pakistan's navy says it's all said and indian submarine close to its waltzes which then turned away after being warned incident comes after pakistan's government moved to reduce tensions with its neighbor by stepping up a crackdown on armed groups which a banned by the un has been under pressure to act after attack that killed more than forty indian paramilitary soldiers and kashmir region last month on a group called the mohammed said it was responsible for bombing triggered the most serious standoff between india and pakistan in years. of more let's go live now to come all hives but first just a little bit more about this submarine well

what the navy has been showing a picture of an indian submarine. possibly by progress on maritime patrol aircraft of the navy the indian submarine voice forced to withdraw tried to enter pakistani water and that of course is coming at a time when the naval ground forces. and pakistan say they are dead ready for any eventuality the navy also stressing that did not engage the submarine because the government piece initiate dave indeed a dangerous situation however the indian submarine drawing off. in the meantime called pakistan saying it's going to crack down on all md groups how might this work to ease tensions with india. certainly meet some of their demands of the united nations and need to do tensions

with india depending on how this issue on the indian side the. information minister . did group going north be allowed to function or to operate from pakistan need get it dirty and that's now of course really include. individuals and organizations we are told with the information minister on how the government plans to attack these armed groups which are still operating in pakistan despite a major crackdown by the military against such groups. these groups everything their own history two thousand and fourteen we all pretty cool party use a national action plan and national action plan basically suggested our roadmap to work these groups as per that plan and we. stated policy to the

state that we will not allow any armed groups to operate or use pakistani soil and the monopoly orwellian sylvestre in the state after that we have taken. given many steps i would say but still there were some requirements there needs to be filled for example the fact of requirements that the night did include the funding of these groups so we have a plan in economic we have economic plan we have political plan and we have the if need be then we can also use force to curb these groups we regular about it we have and this has nothing to do with kashmir or. the information minister was also asked about the timeline for pakistan moving against any armed group tell operating within a territory and he said that that would now up to the security forces to decide on how they were going to move on this particular issue i can hide joining us there

from islamabad thanks very much. in the u.s. the democratic party has launched its most ambitious and best occasion yet into a less obstruction of justice and abuse of office by donald trump that's helping people in the presence in the circle including his family it's now set as part of a political hoax but says he will cooperate as our white house correspondent can really help. it's a sweeping and wide ranging demand on monday the judiciary committee from the democratic controlled house of representatives ordered eighty one individuals and entities tied to u.s. president donald trump including the president's son don jr to turn over materials believed to shine a light on trump's alleged abuse of power and obstruction of justice it's a political hoax. speaking from the white house surrounded by college football champions once again discredited the efforts to investigate his presidency but said

he would comply with the committee request i cooperate all the time with everybody and you know. the document triggers what's expected to be another lengthy investigation in addition to robert muller's probe into potential trunk ties to russia this latest effort is a coordination by more than a half dozen house committees including judiciary committee chair jerry now looking into trump's decision to fire former f.b.i. director james comey as well as efforts to protect former national security advisor michael flynn it's very clear that the president should be just as it's very clear eleven hundred times he referred to the mole investigation as a witch hunt he tried to fire he tried to protect flynn from being investigated by the by the f.b.i. you fired me in order to stop the russian thing the committee's efforts will be punctuated by hearings designed to create

a record of public testimony and could expose potential presidential conflicts of interest ranging from trump's hotel in washington to possible money laundering by the president's businesses and well impeachment proceedings are possible they aren't imminent no we have to do the investigations and get all this we do not now have. the evidence all sorted out before you impeach somebody you. to persuade the american public trust approval numbers have risen in recent weeks up to forty six percent and eighty eight percent of republicans still back the president that's why the investigations by democrats in the house of representatives are designed to be intentionally slow it's an effort to pick apart donald trump's presidency and illustrate a pattern of behavior that at minimum in the court of public opinion could hurt trump's chances for re-election kimberly healthy at al-jazeera washington is

actually a state might pompei says he's hoping to send a delegation to north korea within weeks of talks between donald trump and kim jong un and with no agreement little time off those discussions of vietnam two sides have given different explanations about why this summit didn't work out for mcbride tells us more from the south korean capsule seoul. a great deal of optimism on the korean peninsula in spite of the failure of the hanoi summit kim jong un arriving back into north korea in the early hours of tuesday morning after his epic four thousand kilometer train track across china taking the best part of sixty hours despite the early hour he was greeted by cheering crowds this of course is being treated as a great success in north korea a second summit with with u.s. president donald trump and also a state visit to vietnam the first by a north korean leader in more than fifty years so it's been treated very positively

which is being taken as an encouraging sign here in south korea that north korea is still very much invested in the diplomatic process going forward there's talk of a possible summit with the russians and also more importantly perhaps a nother summit with j.n. of south korea to try to get these talks back on track moon has chaired a meeting of his national security council something he doesn't normally do here monday in seoul when he was encouraging all of his ministers to try to work within the reality of sanctions obviously he had been hoping now that there could have been some relief from sanctions but really telling his ministers they have to accept the fact of sanctions being there but despite that looking at ways of trying to improve into korean relations as well as opposition leader has called on his supporters to keep protesting gets president nicolas maduro days returned to

caracas from a tour of his latin american allies after a failed u.s. led attempt lever eight minor apollo reports some computer near the colombia venezuela border. thousands took to the streets in caracas anxiously awaiting the return of the opposition leader when he was returning from a tour of several south american countries that have pledged their support for his proposal of a transitional government while many expected quite bill would be arrested for having violated an order by bin as well as supreme court not to leave the country his plane was allowed to land and get access and he announced he would be joining the demonstrations on the streets. you know let's go where in this together long live venezuela. as he arrived at the last eleven assailants in downtown catacombs why don't was mobbed by supporters as he told them his own citizens that momentum against the rule of president nicolas maduro is stronger

than ever again if there was any bottom left is a good idea to go to usurper who wears the venezuelan flag across his chest because of the kind of all holiday is not the president you're looking at the president in charge of venezuela. who counts on the support of the united states and dozens of other western nations also called on the venezuelan military to allow international aid to be moved across the border from colombia venezuelan officials have blocked off several bridges that connect the two countries unlike recent events near the colombian border the demonstrations that took place on monday were peaceful. despite mounting pressure against president nicolas mother would of both at home and from the international community the president did not make any official statements relating to the return of white build to get access there are more demonstrations expected to take place against mother to his government on tuesday a day that happens to coincide with the anniversary of the death of venezuela's former leader is one resident. so ahead here on the

program we'll have the latest on the flooding his being his song and afghanistan. three is this the failed coup and you look at what's expected to come out of the trials of those accused of being in bold. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast well over the last several days windy as well as dry conditions here across northwestern spain i want to show you some video that has come in across the region now they are dealing with this but it is been so windy that they've had a hard time getting a control on those fires across the region we have had some evacuations across that area as people need to leave their homes because of the dangerous conditions so all the next few days will be watching that but we do have

a weather system that will become the end and now bring some wet conditions over the next few days so we could watching this right here as that system makes its way towards the east well here across central europe it is the winds extending from poland all the way over here towards the baltics even in germany we have seen some very very gusty winds as well as power outages in many locations now that is going to ease up as we go into wednesday but we are going to see that big storm i was talking about out here towards the west making its way in windy conditions from the u.k. all the way down across parts of france as well as into spain over the next few days also some very windy conditions here across northwestern part of africa clouds also making their way across from parts of a libya as well as into egypt rain could be a problem in cairo you could be seen as michelle was in your forecast as well respected temperature there of ninety degrees. the weather sponsored by town and. went on line to the atmosphere and when that is your for them reason not to do this

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february. the u.s. congressional panel investigating alleged abuse of power by donald trump has demanded documents from dozens of people. in the film that's how the general jeff sessions are amongst those and spotlights. and venezuela's opposition need to hong has called on his supporters to return to the streets and step up pressure on president nicolas maduro to resign why do i received a hero's welcome after returning from a tour of latin american allies. floods in pakistan and afghanistan have killed at least fifty people having rain over the past ten days as cost of tens of thousands of residents afghan government says flooding in kandahar province is the worst and at least seven years it's all about us. now this is the main point in kandahar city where people are coming to get help behind me there with crowds of people out here this morning here the guards making sure

that only the people in the u.n. had actually been to the homes and sure that they were actually damaged put them on a lift chicks they brought them here this is not a secure area over here is where the food is being handed out you've got so you've got lentils you've got high energy biscuits for children you've got ted here that purify the water. migration agent handing out blanket. to children to keep them warm because of course it is winter here so there's a lot of work being done to try to help these people who have lost so much the u.n. and not the only ones helping you've got the military have done a lot of work in a thing twelve hundred people from the flood stricken areas whether it's river beds what have you to try to get the him to safety and love the stories coming out as well about what the military and police are doing. in far thirty don't make a lot of money but they donated one day of their pay to try to help these flood victims get back on their feet

a second member of canadian just intruders cabinets has quit. minister so she's lost confidence in how the government is dealing with a worsening scandal the plot to follow the resignation of justice been. able. to find she was pressured to help the construction avoid a corruption trial whilst she was attorney general and justin trudeau says china's detention of a former diplomats and a businessman is all but trade the two were detained in december just days after the arrest of a top. chinese executive in vancouver it was under reports. michael covert a former diplomat and current asia advisor to a brussels based think tank and michael spade or a businessman based in china two canadians detained in china since december on monday for the first time china said the two men are being held because they are

suspected of being spies but the arrest of the two men has been seen possibly as beijing's retaliation for china's arrest of a mangled one joe an executive at chinese technology company while away and daughter of the company's founder she was arrested on december first nine days later two canadians are arrested in china. since being released on bail has been required to stay in vancouver on sunday her lawyers filed a lawsuit against the canadian government after her high profile arrest saying she was interrogated before she was told she was even under arrest she was detained in canada at the request of washington allegedly she had broken american sanctions against iran yep a so it has severely strained relations between canada and china on monday canada's prime minister's scolded china for what he called arbitrary detentions we are obviously very concerned with the this position that

china has taken the safety and security of canadians is always of first order for this government and that's why we've been engaging in standing up for the two two canadians who've been arbitrarily detained by china from the very beginning but china was infuriated at their arrest and possible extradition of mang something it reaffirmed on monday. the u.s. and canada buz their bilateral extradition treaty and take compulsory measures freely against chinese citizens so it's a very early violates chinese citizens legitimate rights and interests we once again urge the u.s. to immediately withdraw the arrest warrant an extradition request on this main longo. as for covering the international crisis group to think tank he works for a full time city has not been allowed to see lawyers of foreign denied he's a spy or partook in any activities that threaten to china's security there appears

little chance of the situation deescalating any time soon meng is fighting to avoid extradition to the u.s. where she could face more than twenty years in prison if convicted her next court appearance in canada is on wednesday but the appeals process is long and complicated and could last months or even years gabriel zonda. new york and china's annual event to showcase the strength of the country bought the news coming out of the national people's congress is not as strong as china's words would like the world's second largest economy is expected to post its lowest growth in almost three decades as it struggles with debts and a trade war with the united states and its premier league expects the economy to grow by six to six point five percent this year strong by international standards but not by china's plans to cut taxes to help the economy the u.s. will no longer give india and turkey preferential trade status donald trump says

india has failed to provide assurances that will allow reasonable access to its markets and in turkey qualifies because its economy is sufficiently developed is currently allows five point six billion dollars worth of indian exports to enter the united states to be free that's under the generalized system of preferences program or d.s.p. which allows one hundred twenty one countries to export some goods to the us without paying tariffs and twenty seventeen turkey exported one point seven billion dollars worth of goods under the t.s.p. system. and the u.s. is extending sanctions against zimbabwe for another year ignoring calls from the government for them to be lifted don't trump says its policies of president. continue to pose a threat to the u.s. laws restricting media freedom and protests lead to fits and bob way could be reversing forest area rule in jordan to the longtime former president for put in the garbage. algeria's anti-government protests

a growing. holding demonstrations angry about present these beautifully it's isn't to run for a fifth term even though he has promised to quit. next month that's a figure has been powerful than twenty years and has rarely been seen in public as a stroke and twenty thirteen. the biggest demonstrations in algeria in decades continue to spread some shared on social media show protests in multiple towns and cities. the government is reportedly trying to prevent gatherings by shutting down the country's three g. and four g. networks for the student led protests a gathering pace demanding the eighty two year old president abdullah sees beautifully who's been in power for twenty years withdrawals from next month's election many want the country's constitutional call to intervene. to move if it is

time to leave is old and sick he isn't conscious about what he's doing it is on to raj or ruling not him not enough photoshop and we're saying that this regime has to leave which sped up that schools and no to the first and no to the system. responding to his campaign manager beautifully made an offer to shorten any time in power. that i pledged to organize early elections to be set up by the independent national conference i pledged not to be a candidate and that election but the compromise has failed to convince several presidential candidates have dropped out of the race leaving the election in disarray there are also big demonstrations outside algeria the french capital paris has a large ethnic algerian population people there are demanding beautiful acre retires from politics beautifully it was elected president in one thousand nine hundred ninety nine but after suffering

a debilitating stroke six years. ago he's rarely seen in public and is reportedly in switzerland for medical checks demonstrators say he's too weak to lead. on saturday he sank his veteran campaign manager seen as a tactic to calm the growing protest movement but there has been anything but calm in recent days for the two hundred people have been injured in clashes with many beautiful is the only leader they've ever known they want reforms to tackle high levels of unemployment that exceeds twenty five percent among those under thirty they want to do algeria the parka al-jazeera. your senses have expressed frustration after the briefing on the death of journalist jamal khashoggi the senate foreign relations committee met officials from the trunk of ministration discuss if sanctions should be imposed on saudi arabia they want to order an investigation by invoking the global magnitsky acts as in jordan explains from washington d.c. . former relations committee had

a closed door briefing with trumpet ministration officials on monday about the trumpet ministrations compliance with the global magnitsky act that is the law that requires the us to hold accountable governments and individual persons with sanctions for violating the rights of any of that country's citizens the senate foreign relations committee recently in vote them in its act in the case of the washington post columnist. he was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul back on october second senators from both parties have been very concerned that the administration doesn't want to jeopardize its relationship with riyadh and isn't doing enough to actively investigate the circumstances surrounding his shows he's murder or to hold accountable those members of the saudi government including

perhaps the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sol none for their involvement in kosovo she's murder apparently once this closed door briefing on monday afternoon ended at least one senator lindsey graham of south carolina told reporters that the hearing essentially was a waste of time and that he knew more about the ongoing investigation than the trumpet ministration official sent to brief him and his fellow senators meantime it was announced by the pentagon also on monday that a two year old contract between the u.s. and saudi arabia is moving ahead lockheed martin one of the u.s. is a main military contractors is going to build a thad missile defense system for saudi arabia for nearly nine hundred forty six million dollars the agreement was reached two years ago that the u.s. were to provide this technology to saudi arabia in order to deal with what the u.s. has called one line iran. influence across the greater middle east. in recent times

has been stepping up its rhetoric and certainly even though the timing is coincidental it seems as if this. of this missile defense system sale might engender more criticism of the trumpet ministration more than it might have otherwise expected courts expected to complete trials later this year for thousands of people accused of taking part in the failed coup in twenty sixteen many of the suspects are alleged supporters of a u.s. based business. is accused of organizing the coup attempt some reports from ankara . it's been nearly three years since a field coup in turkey killed two hundred fifty one people and wounded at least two thousand more relatives of the victims attend the trial of those accused of using the ak and airbase as their headquarters during the cooler temps in the capital on caracas in july two thousand and sixteen families say they want to be sure justice

is served then at least we're talking to our sons graves instead of them i want those responsible to face life sentences and not see the daylight should not they're denying their crimes by saying they were plotted by the government inside the courtroom they insult and threaten us by saying they'll come back the orders to conduct air strikes against parliament and a presidential complex were given from they are air base most of the five hundred or so defendants are military personnel from the commissioned officers to high ranking generals the turkish government sais the plotters are linked to the founder of the given movement to luck good men and his supporters turkey listed the group as a terrorist organization after to failed coup. fit their aim was to seize the turkish state government judiciary and the turkish army they controlled fifty percent of the army by two thousand and six and by two thousand and sixteen they got full

control of all key department more than seven to seven thousand people have been jailed pending trial since to cool it and the widespread arrests are still virtually authorities have suspended or sacked one hundred fifty thousand civil servants and military personnel and at least five hundred thousand people have gone through the court process in fact as the genitive the government to investigate these crimes what they should be doing is investigating the people who are actually responsible for criminal acts as part of the coup attempt and not persecuting people purging people who they believe without any evidence to be part of. a network of sympathizers for fertility any other people that they believe to be part of all that. is western allies have criticized the crackdown with the president project a paradox critics accusing him of using the failed coup to dissent based on the testimonies of suspects and informants some supporters offer to lochlann heavy use

equip names to hide their identities to infiltrate state institutions that's why the government fears there may still be others who could pose a threat but the spike delegations of a decades long infiltration some here say no hardline supporters of good men in political parties including the ruling party have been brought to justice. al-jazeera. without zero these are the top stories pakistan's navy says its boss is an indian submarine close to his waters which then turned away after being warned incident comes off pakistan's government moved to reduce tensions with its neighbor by stepping up a crackdown on armed groups which by the united nations has been under pressure to act after an attack that killed more than forty indian paramilitary soldiers in the disputed kashmir region last month

a group called mohammed said it was responsible bombing triggered the most serious standoff between india and pakistan in the years a congressional panel investigating alleged abuse of power by donald trump and its ministration has demanded documents from dozens of people and organizations close to the president his president continues to insist that he's done nothing wrong yes actually of states mike one payer says he's hoping to send a delegation to north korea within weeks after talks between donald trump and kim jong un ended with no agreement the north korean leader has arrived home after those discussions in vietnam the two sides have given different explanations about why this summit didn't work out. that as well as opposition leader one is called on his polices to return to the streets and step up pressure on president nicolas maduro to resign my day received a hero's welcome in the capital caracas after his return from a tour of latin american motions you believe god will only say i want to ask people

of venezuela is that a shred of fear they threatened only of us here they threatened me with jail death you saw it and well i'll tell you something it will not be through threats that they will hold us back we are here and we are strong united more than ever you know what i like you we are here and we are stronger than ever i q family thank you i hate thinking thoughts and pakistan and afghanistan have killed at least fifty people heavy rain over the past ten days is cut off tens of thousands of residents the afghan government says flooding in kandahar province is the worst at least seventy years is thought up to two thousand homes by have been damaged as our headlines we're back with more news here on al-jazeera after the stream stay with us. talk to. you personally

one of the main beneficiaries is that the case listen if you want to be a swedish of it in new york that's not exactly my point we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter. and i really could be here in the stream today in afghanistan's peace process where were the voices a women to afghan women who want a bigger say in the. war in their country online our community is already talking about how afghan women's rights might be affected by a peace deal with the taliban share your thoughts with us live via you tube and on twitter. on saturday u.s. officials continue the negotiations with the taliban attempting to end its.