twenty sixteen how come you didn't mention the meeting to congress i did i don't know if i got the transcript wrong. i don't think you are that sure that you can tell the difference between a polish guy a french guy holding a charge at the head on a. key members of a pakistan based group blame for last month's kashmir bombing among dozens arrested . sami's a dan this is just zero live from down also coming up libya reopens a huge oil field that was taken over by militia groups plus. its own. donald trump a south against democrats for expanding an investigation into his inner circle but

says he'll cooperate. and the patient in london becomes only the second person to go into a mission where they explain how. pakistan has arrested dozens of people as part of a crackdown on armed groups suspects linked to an attack that killed more than forty indian troops in the disputed kashmir region mid last month a group called jaish e mohammad said it was responsible the brother of its leader was one of those arrested the bombing triggered the most serious standoff between india and pakistan the years correspondent imran khan is live for us from islamabad so does it look like the group the governor rather is trying to wipe out the group. that's absolutely right on march the fourth the hawks on the government announced

a new what they're calling national action plan against these armed groups that base themselves out of pockets on the territory and they've arrested forty one people now that includes the brother. of masood azhar who's the leader of josh or mohammed and his brother in law and self-doubt a pox on the site these arrests are part of the key leadership of various different groups the forty one come from different groups not just mohammed so this is a very significant crackdown but there is a very key line in the statement that the pakistanis released saying that they have these people on the observation they knew where they were what who they have been arrested is the leader of joshua mohammed now there's all sorts of rumors flying around about him that he's ill that he may have passed away now we don't know where they are on the pakistanis very tightly as if they do know where years old and what sources medical condition he is in so there is still a number of arrests still to be made and this is what the pakistanis telling us

that in the coming days with the more and more arrests what we're hearing is the people who have been arrested have been taken to a jail in the whole well the process but that doesn't mean that the issue of armed groups has gone away on both sides of the disputed region of kashmir in india and in pakistan let's take a look. they challenge all kish meet will be free this group called themselves dean the brother of holy warriors their leader is mohammed haroun he's a firebrand cleric who supports armed groups across kashmir including jaisha muhammad that's the group who claimed responsibility for the february fourteenth attack on indian troops that sparked this latest crisis between pakistan and india . god willing the fighters of al bad are already across the country and are ready to pounce on their targets and are waiting for the right time and god willing this year will be the liberation of the whole of kashmir. the anti india and pro united

kashmiri ideology is fundamental to all of the groups in the region india has long maintained that these groups are directly funded and directed by pakistan's intelligence service the i.s.i. it's a charge pakistan the noise however the question remains what is pakistan doing about groups like al but their magazine and jaish e mohammad. after two thousand and fourteen we have game hard on these groups. now it's a stupid policy in pakistan that monopoly. remains with the state and norgrove will be able to use that bill bruford real reload to have that ability to use one for the groups so i think we are taking steps we have taken steps in the past since two thousand and fourteen we have clean steps and i think we are on the right direction the groups are active today on both sides of the disputed border in indian

administered kashmir hizbollah mojahedin regularly now attacks on indian troops yet india insists it's a domestic issue and says there's no comparison between groups on either side of the disputed border saw the suggestion that there is some kind of week where millions between the kind of terror challenge that india is facing and what pakistan is either dealing with internally on india's or an internal security issues which are related to the northeast have completely i would say different contours and it's a different profile so this is a case of apples and oranges in a very negative sense because these groups have been assisted by the pakistani state on a neighbor and so where there's your mama. you cannot compare them with what is happening with groups in india because they are being sustained and they are the strategic assets of the pakistani army there are many in kashmir who say that the indian army is occupying kashmir and that the groups are

a direct consequence of that india says it's there for security reasons meanwhile its armed groups in pakistan that seem to be garnering the most attention. the issue of armed groups and who supports them is a phony one in pakistan not a factor in your forty's say they are cracking down on these armed groups but it's clear that they are in the spotlight right now. the arrest though may not be enough to satisfy india i'm a lucky enough to reduce tensions between the two uclear on neighbors. although the group arrests will be welcome both internationally and here domestically in pakistan it might not be enough to put those groups out of action a lot of the armed groups say that what's going on in indian administered good excuse me is actually administration but occupation and that's what they're fighting it so it still remains to be seen whether taking out the leaders will be enough to get rid of those armed groups or combat thanks for that and pakistan

says it spotted an indian submarine close to its waters which turned away after being warned the navy released this video which is says shows the indian sub approaching it says no action was taken in order to help reduce tension between the two countries india says pakistan is spreading misinformation adding that it will deploy its naval vessels where necessary libya's national oil corporation is restarting limited production of it shut out of field in the southwest it's been shut down for the past three months by gunmen who took over the facility fighters who are loyal to war mostly for hostile then forced those government out as he's now ordered his men to leave after talks with members of libya's unity government mahmud up to our head has more from tripoli. libya's national oil corporation or in new c that is the state oil theorem says that the force majeure

a status has been left did on i'll shut out our oil field around seven hundred fifty kilometers to the south from the capital tripoli i'm sure our oil field the biggest oil producing field in libya was shot down on december ninth by armed groups and also a local militias and the sow's who wanted to put more pressure on the government of national accord to provide more services and to improve security to their areas and now three months of shutdown of production has cost the libyan treasury around one point eight billion dollars that is according to the national oil corporation during january forces loyal to the warlord twenty four have to manage it to get into the oil field and. field there was a hand over a peaceful handover of oil field to have to forces now the general prosecutor of

libya says the armored groups responsible for shutting down and shut are oil field are wanted now the n.o.c. says that the oil production operation for much of our oil field is coming back to normal democrats in congress have launched their most ambitious investigation yet into alleged obstruction of justice and abuse of office by donald trump targeting people in the president's inner circle including his family trump has denounced it as part of a political hoax and he says he'll cooperate here's our white house correspondent kimberly have hit. 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 to try to if fired he tried to protect flynn from being investigated by the by the f.b.i. you fired me in order to stop the russian think 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 a minute no we have to do the investigations and get all this we do not now have. the evidence without before you impeach somebody you. to persuade the american public transit 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 trogs chances for re-election can really help get al jazeera washington still ahead on al-jazeera venezuela's opposition leader is welcomed home by cheering supporters plans another huge protest against the president. deadly floods we'll have more on how tens of thousands of people in foggy pakistan afghanistan coping. in a welcome back well we have seen quite a bit of rain over parts of china over the last few days and that's going to continue as the as we go into the forecast take a look here on wednesday rain from food joe down towards hong kong turn to the of twenty one degrees now the big change we're going to be seeing is

a front that's going to be making its way towards the south so for show your temperatures do go down quite a bit to about fourteen degrees even hong kong you're going to sing it dip in the temperature down here twenty but rain will extend across much of the area over the next few days were here across india things about looking too bad we did see some clouds across parts of the south as well as a few clouds over parts of bangladesh passing into myanmar which could be some very heavy rain showers with those at times but temperature wise here i do about thirty six degrees on wednesday by the time we get to thursday temperatures really stay into the mid thirty's across much of that area in new delhi at twenty six degrees there and across the gulf not seen too much in terms of rain. of course but we are seeing a few spotty clouds across much of the area down towards miscarriage it is going to be a sunny day for you at about twenty four degrees here in doha those clouds could be passing by and by the time we get to thursday much of the same with more sun in the forecast for many in abu dhabi it is going to be a nice day for you with a temperature of twenty four degrees there.

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welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines now pakistan has arrested dozens of people as part of a crackdown on groups. linked to an attack that killed more than forty indian soldiers in the disputed kashmir region last month libya's national oil corporation is restarting limited production field in the southwest it's been shut down for the past three months by government and took over the facility loyal to warm old. than the force those gone out a congressional panel investigating alleged abuse of power by the ministration has demanded documents from dozens of people and organizations posted the president trump insists he has done nothing wrong. and as well as opposition leader. has called on his supporters to keep protesting against president nicolas maduro i was always mobbed by crowds after returning to

a tour of his latin american allies to gather support after a failed us why. attempt to bring aid into venezuela president maduro is threatened to arrest white girl for breaking a travel ban but the u.s. is warned any action against him will have consequences you don't believe god we're learning right now i want to ask people of minutes well is that a shred of fear they threatened only of us here they have threatened me will jail down 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 i'd like you we are here and we are stronger than ever i do you family i was thinking how do i meanwhile vote as well as marking six years since the death of nicolas maduro is free to censor a mentor hugo chavez the new swine looks at how much of his legacy remains.

chavismo is dead the opposition in venezuela has been saying that since the president for whom the ideology was named died of cancer on the fifth of march two thousand and thirteen. who would shove his chosen successor nicolas maduro continues to cling to power and the pressure from foreign governments and millions of his own people to step down. they blame him for run things inflation high crime and chronic food and medicine shortages was going to do it oh blames foreign sabotage particularly from the united states so that assuage his problems but not as colorfully as charges once did he criticizing former u.s. president george bush at the united nations in two thousand and six. president of the united states the gentleman to whom i refer as at the devil came here. talking as if he owned the world i think we could call

a psychiatrist to analyze yesterday's statement made by the president of the united states but says that she is alive and well citing health and education programs and the continued redistribution of wealth be done by his predecessor but even his supporters admit that is no charge but he doesn't have the same charisma or political astuteness he continues to talk of the future well aware of the mounting risks to his government. but honestly i want peace for venezuela we all want peace for venezuela stop the drums of war stop the threats of invasion let venice relist say with one voice that we want peace we want to know how well the two men shared similar politics the world has changed or prices have slumped and venezuela has left wing allies in the region have largely disappeared the doors critics say the only flawed elections and support from the military keep them in power the predictions of his imminent demise have been frequent these past six

years as they were the charges before him now president maduro faces one of his toughest challenges yet with the world watching to see how he reacts to the returns have been a swayer of the self declared interim president. from a trip to neighboring colombia well venezuela marks the sixth anniversary of the death of. the opposition is questioning his legacy nicolas maduro supporters are wondering how much longer it will keep the president in office and how does. the u.s. will no longer give india and turkey preferential trade status donald trump says india has failed to provide assurances allow reasonable access to its markets meanwhile turkey no longer qualifies because its economy is seen to be sufficiently developed the generalized system of preferences aims to promote economic development in selected countries by allowing some exports to enter the u.s. duty free in two thousand and seventeen turkey exported one point seven billion

dollars worth of goods under the program it represents nearly eighteen percent of all turkish exports to the u.s. and it affects mostly turkey's auto industry the u.s. decision to remove turkey from the preferential list follows ankara's and position last year of retaliatory tariffs on u.s. goods in response to american steel and al a million tariffs but m.k. or lou is a professor at the american university of iraq who focuses on u.s. turkey relations he says the trumpet ministration wants to maintain the advantage it has on trade relations with turkey. turkey was one of the first countries that were hit with steel and aluminum and scrap mentals tariffs in the spring and summer of twenty seventeen and these have not been removed it looks like they're here to stay and much of it probably has to do with the fact that whatever advantages or whatever trade balances that the united states is

maintaining with turkey and right now the numbers are pretty pretty close in the last three four years the trade balance have been mostly on on equal terms i believe the trumpet ministration from a purely commercial standpoint would want to maintain that advantage reserve eat turkey of course you could also argue that there may be political connections issues related to syria issues related to turkey's perhaps unwillingness to fully back u.s. sanctions against iran you know regional problems that sort that that that might be informing the trumpet ministrations decision making this sounds full mo boss carlos ghosn has been granted bail by a tokyo cold for one billion the end or about nine million dollars go and was arrested in november for allegedly understating his income and breach of trust he denies any wrongdoing the brazilian born executive was denied bail twice of affairs

he could tamper with evidence the conditions of his release include remaining in japan into this trial and surveillance cameras at his residence tokyo prosecutors are appealing the decision acquittals are rare in japan which has a ninety nine percent conviction rate. the u.s. is extending sanctions against zimbabwe for another year ignoring calls from the government for them to be lifted donald trump says the policies of president everson in the world continue to pose a threat to the u.s. laws restricting media freedom and protests have led to fear zimbabwe could be reverting to the or for a terrier role enjoyed under long time for president robert mugabe barber is deputy information minister tells i'll just hear the political opposition is tricking america into maintaining sanctions now this sumption actually putting the ordinary people about the unemployed people the people who are trying to make ends meet in

the united states in this heat of trying to assist those people disadvantaged could we should not really continue on the sanctions drive this should not cause you to listen to the opposition to the one sided story of the opposition where the i say we are being victimized or we are being arrested in the prison of pointed out is not that is rubbish that is not because these people are only gauging in putin octave it is and they are trying to would we get the international community to support them to subverted looked at the government and that will never happen united nations has closed its human rights office in burundi it says the closure was at the insistence of president on currencies as government officials say it has made sufficient progress in human rights so the existence of a un office was no longer justified the office was established twenty three years ago to investigate human rights violations following the assassination of then

president. rights groups want to be denied a leading role in setting the un's human rights agenda this is related to the office of the un special rapporteur responsible for the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms its mandate is up for renewal and egypt is reportedly in talks to help draft the resolution egypt was recently denounced by the un special rapporteur for severe reprisals against people who spoke to another visiting un experts and its government has been accused of many violations during a crackdown on dissent. palladia is a senior legal advisor and un representative for the international commission of jurists he says egypt is working to undermine un human rights for these. this is the one person in that huge architecture who has a specific job from the u.n. to remind states that they need to respect human rights or they counter terrorism

and to give them independent expert advice how to do that mexico has for many years played the leadership role in creating this expert position maintaining it while at the same time egypt has an appalling record of abusing counter-terrorism measures deliberately to repress human rights defenders civil society and other nonviolent dissenting voices within egypt so for us to to imagine sharing an important role in defining and maintaining this one expert who has that specific job to uphold human rights and vice states how to do that that this is like putting the fox in charge of the of the chickens and governments like egypt are very sophisticated clever and strategic when it comes to their international diplomacy and are very effective at persuading other states not to focus on much on them

but as civil society we do work very hard to find a way to give a higher profile to these violations and we always hold out hope that if not today that then in the days that come the you know the human rights council will give equal focus to to this situation but it certainly is not going to help if at the same time as these abuses are occurring these violations of the rights of people who even speak with you and experts that egypt is given a leading role. algeria's army is promising to keep the country secure and protect citizens from any more bloodshed the army chief of staff says there are some parties which want to return algeria to what he called the years of pain that's a reference to the civil war of the one nine hundred ninety s. but protesters have been demanding president of the as these would have legal steps down after his announcement of calling for a fifth of. the by. the.

floods in 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 in at least seven years charlotte ballasts is there. 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 alert chick's they enable 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 head here that purify the water you end migration agent three handing out blanket. the children to keep them warm because it is winter here so there's

a lot of work being done to try to help the people who have lost so much the u.n. and you know it's not the only one helping you've got the military have done a lot of work in a hundred people from from flood stricken areas whether it's river beds what have you to try to get them to safety and love the story coming out as well about what the military and police are doing the police in. 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 they think it's being hailed as a potential breakthrough in the fight against hiv along the man appears to have become only the second person to go into long term remission of the virus the patient was seeking treatment for cancer when he received a stem cell transplant three years ago as he was always also rather hiv positive doctors decided to give him bone marrow from a rare h.i.v. resistant donor three years later he stopped taking drugs to control the virus tests show he's still in remission timothy brown who was the first case had

a similar treatment in germany twelve years ago and has since lived the free. tomato works. says that while such scientific research should be encouraged governments should throw their support behind preventative treatments that are already available. this functional cure as we as we're calling it is obviously a significant step forward when not cleared is obviously a lot of a lot of further work that needs to be done in terms of the past ways and once what it what is behind that cure and i was it is further work before we can definitely say there is a full cure. we really want to recognize that there is a lot of further work that is needed to be done to develop a cure obviously a stem cell transplants are highly complex that there are significant interventions and not something we can use for the twenty seven million people living with hiv so

there's a lot more work we need to do to to make this a plan to build more generally as as a successful. solution for the problems at the moment we have highly effective antiretroviral medicines that. are very very effective they have low levels of resistance they have low levels of talks to city and they are a key key aspect of what we would encourage countries to continue to invest in but i do want to stress we also say this is a great step forward and it is really important that we continue to invest in and scientific innovation such as this. and let's take you through some of the headlines here now just here and now pakistan has arrested dozens of people as part of a crackdown on armed groups that include suspects linked to an attack that killed more than forty indian soldiers in the disputed kashmir region last month. pakistan

says it spotted an indian submarine close to its waters which turned away after being warned the navy released this video which is says shows the indian saab approaching it says no action was taken in order to help reduce tensions between the two countries india and pakistan india says rather pakistan is spreading misinformation adding that it will deploy its naval vessels where necessary libya's national oil corporation is restarting limited production that its share our field in the southwest it's when shut down for the past three months by a gunman who took over the facility sizes world war two wars from the far half stars then force those guardsmen out a congressional panel investigating allegedly abuse wives of power by donald trump and is an illustration as demanded documents from dozens of people and organizations close to the president trump insists he's done nothing wrong trump

sons and the former attorney general jeff sessions are among those targeted. venezuela's opposition leader one way though is called on his supporters to keep protesting against president nicolas maduro. is mobbed wide crowds after returning to caracas from a tour of his latin american allies there to gather support after a failed us drive attempt to bring aid into venezuela president of duras threatened to arrest kwaito for breaking a travel ban of the un his wall then the action against him will have consequences . floods in pakistan and afghanistan have killed at least fifty feet for the afghan government says flooding in kandahar province is the worst in at least seven years it's the stream now stay with us. talk to.

you personally one of the main beneficiaries is that the case listen if you want to be a solution 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.