lined with their day to day tasks and give them more independence and freedom to dispose markets a little not sure is the tomato exploration process was amazing and we have the technology available to know. well venezuela's president marks six years since the death of chavez opposition leader one why though urges state workers to help him oust. hello i'm barbara sara you're watching live from london also coming up. after days of protests against president hu to freak out algeria's army chief accuses some of seeking a return to the country's years of bloodshed pakistan arrests members of an armed

group blamed for last month's attack on indian troops in kashmir and the london patient becomes only the second person in the world to be declared free of the aids virus. venezuela's opposition leader one way though has appealed to state workers to back him in his push to oust the president nicolas with a little more though says he's in talks with the unions to call strikes in a bid to paralyze the public sector the strikes would seek to capitalize on the momentum spurred by those triumphant return to venezuela on monday after he flouted a travel ban to tour latin america there were concerns he would be detained by the flu into a singapore without being stopped and went on to address a huge rally in the capital. our public workers are being kidnapped by the dictatorship it's being kidnapped by

the regime today as a result of this meeting of this great event we will not continue collaborating with the dictatorship so public workers aren't obliged to corporate. nor be forced to do anything listen carefully we're headed towards a kid strike of the public administration proposed by the you we know that will come we know that the persecution will begin by. well meanwhile president nicolas maduro led an event think to commemorate that they're full of the late president. chavez that on march the fifth two thousand and thirteen sparking a series of events that are still playing out today because where there are claims that chavez is left wing political ideology known as chevy's mo is alive and well in venezuela but they were told the crowd he would defeat would be branded a crazed minority determined to be stabilize the country. campian or crazy minority continues with the hatred with the bitterness it's their problem

we will not pay attention to them we're going to stop them in their tracks let the crazy minority continue with this peace and we will defeat them have absolute security for chavez we will do it the great history of the country we will do it. man well that happened though is following developments from which is the year of the colombia venezuela border. but as with an opposition leader who met with public sector workers and union leaders in that ak us today this meeting was much anticipated very high on the agenda for one it's important strategically for venezuela's opposition to meet with public sector workers because this is a group that would otherwise be politically very much on the side for lack of a better term of president nicolas maduro so strategically this is an effort to win over the support of union leaders a few of the main points that were made during that meeting between one guy bill and public workers were the public workers asking why do to secure legislation that

could guarantee that they would not lose their jobs in the event of of a transitional government another point from the from the side of mr is calling for a national census to get an idea of exactly how many public circuit service workers there are in venezuela and lastly to continue with that momentum to continue with that pressure against the government of nicolas mother who he's calling on public sector workers to hold a national strike to to really continue that pressure against the government now converse lee on the other side of town in fact in the place where the former president of venezuela hugo chavez his remains were laid to rest you coalesce mother little commemorated the death of hugo chavez six years ago he's speaking to military officials and finally after several days of silence not. making any sort of mention to the news that one guy bill had finally returned to venezuela after a tour of several south american countries mr nicholas modo did call the opposition

a bitter minority against his government and he was calling for his own protests calling for what he referred to as a quote anti-imperialist march on march ninth that saturday march ninth this is. interesting because it's the same day that one guy is calling for even more anti-government demonstrations to take place and get access to as soon as this weekend we could see that power struggle between these two men nicholas mother widow and opposition leader one by bill play out on the streets of caracas. algeria's army chief says that he will prioritize security and not allow the country to return to an era of bloodshed thousands of people returned to the streets earlier keeping up their calls for the president to resign the protesters are urging eighty two year old the ben as he's put

a figure not to run in next month's elections which he submitted papers for on sunday and by hayward reports. i they've no know of a leader in the one country for twenty years. but there appears to be a groundswell against algeria as abdelaziz bouteflika in the capital algiers the message from thousands of demonstrating students was clear they want him to leave office now. we are against beautifully karna gets a regime we are fed up twenty years are enough we want change. they've been in power for twenty years we've overlooked the situation for too long to pass and it's time now for people to wake up and not just settle. some students were forced to cover their faces suffering from the effects of takeouts this outpouring of anger

began when algeria is ailing leader announced he would run for with term as president the cry for politically could to step aside has been growing louder every day spreading beyond the boundaries about. the military which helped lead and shape the country during and after the bloody civil war in the one nine hundred ninety s. wields power here and its military chief says it wants to guarantee algeria security learn real baggage. some parties which feel annoyed to see a secure and stable good. like it or do you want to take back to the years of pain during which the journey and people suffered all kinds of suffering and paid a heavy price the great people who lived through such difficult times were never given the bounty of security. president to to play has suffered a stroke six years ago and has rarely been seen in public since that he's offered

to shorten any new term in power but many here believe that doesn't go far enough. several days of protests against his rule have led to more than two hundred people being injured you know i am it can say constitute the rights to free expression is part of the algerian constitution we expect that those rights be respected where there is peaceful demonstrations under the rule of law. the military has warned that some people want to take algeria backwards protesters say they are looking ahead to trying to secure a better future and after twenty years it is time to change and he would al-jazeera . pakistan says it has of arrested more than forty people thought to be linked to on groups in the region it's part of a crackdown following an attack in kashmir which left forty indian paramilitary troops that the february attack was claimed by the pakistan based on. hamad the brother of the group's leader was among those arrested the bombing has triggered

the most serious standoff between india and pakistan in years well earlier the pakistani navy said it turned away an indian submarine it spotted close to its waters this video released by the navy is said to show the vessel approaching pakistan's territory it says no action was taken against a submarine and no in order to help reduce tensions and one can now reports from the city of mazar about on what pakistan is doing about josh mohammed and the other armed groups. they tell it all kish meet will be free this group call themselves but that it will jodeen the brother holy warriors their leader mohammed haroun he's a firebrand cleric who supports all groups across kashmir including jaish e mohammed that's the group that claimed responsibility for the february fourteenth attack on indian troops that sparked this latest crisis between pakistan and india . god willing the fighters of eldad 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 indian 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 they're rejecting and jaish e mohammad off. we have been hard on these groups know. it's a stupid policy in pakistan that. really 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 stepped i think we are on the right direction the groups are active today on both sides of the disputed border in indian administered kashmir has both 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. is either dealing with internally or india has all internal security issues which are related to the northeast have completely i would say different contours and the 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 where there gesture. 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 party. 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. real issue of armed groups and who supports them for anyone in the park is not a factor only authorities 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 nuclear neighbors. out as there was a for about. rescue and the aid operations are ongoing in pakistan and afghanistan where flash floods have killed at least fifty people heavy rain over the past ten days is cut of tens of thousands of residents aid workers say that around four thousand families are in need of assistance in afghanistan's southern kandahar

province alone schools bridges and mosques of being destroyed by what the afghan government says is the worst flooding in kandahar in at least seven years shelob ellis is in kandahar where fifteen hundred homes have been damaged or destroyed. now this is the main point in kandahar city where people are coming to get help behind me there was crowds of people out here this morning the gods 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 list. of them here because this is not a secure area over here is where the food is being handed out so you have got so you've got lentils you've got high energy biscuits with children you've got ted here that you're fired the water un's migration agency blanket. the 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 n.g.o.s not the only ones helping you've got the military have done a lot of work in esteem twelve hundred people from flood stricken areas whether it's river beds what have you to try to get the him to safety and lovely stories coming out as well about what the military and police are doing. 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 the thing. so. the families of. the french president.

hello there we're seeing quite a few showers over the southeastern parts of australia at the moment the system here is really direct on the temperatures but it's giving us a few outbreaks of rain as it marches its way eastwards behind it is feeling quite cool so it's a temperature melbourne just of eighteen degrees but look at the difference in sydney all maximum all the way up to thirty for those winds who change those we head into thursday there we are right down to around twenty one further towards the west quite a good deal of cloud over parts of western australia and that will take the edge of the temperatures so perth getting to around twenty eight degrees as we head through the next couple of days over towards new zealand and we've been enjoying our weather recently there's been a huge area of high pressure over us and it's been fine and settled is more cloudy wet weather on its way though so for some wednesday then plenty of sunshine and then that gets nibbled away by this area of wet weather and for the south island it's looking pretty soggy they jury in the day on the day that rain really where we quite heavy and we head up towards the north for some of us in japan we're seeing plenty of cloud

a few outbreaks of rain as well on wednesday and then that gradually is working its way eastwards as it does so it's popping up so more of us across honshu are going to see that area of rain towards the west there's more in a way of dry weather here for us in pyongyang will be getting to ten of course in beijing fourteen. the wells pollinate says are in decline. in this episode of. we meet entomologists on opposite sides of the planet protecting insights of all sizes crucial to preserving food chains. i've come to the u.k. to see how old industrial sites are being turned into bug reserves in an attempt to reverse this worrying trend. fighting insect to get on on al-jazeera.

welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera a day after his triumphant return to venezuela opposition leader one by doing his made public employees in caracas and urged them to help oust president maduro algeria's army chief says it will prioritize security and not allow the country to return to an era of bloodshed this is thousands of people protest again demanding the resignation of president of the lizzie's beautifully and pakistan says it's arrested more than forty people thought to be linked to on to groups in the region as part of a crackdown following an attack in kashmir that left forty indian paramilitary troops there. the french president ronald mccraw has called for reforms of the

e.u. which would pave the way for a european run a sense ahead of crucial european elections in may he wrote an open letter published in newspapers across the e.u. and warned citizens of all twenty eight states never has europe been in such danger breaks it stands as the symbol of that it symbolizes the crisis of a europe that has failed to respond to its people's need for protection from the major shocks of the modern world retreating into nationalism offers nothing. scuse me it is a rejection without an alternative this is the trap that threatens the whole of europe the anger mongers backed by fake news promise anything and everything. it's received a lukewarm reception from e.u. leaders european council president praised one of his proposed reforms the creation of a european agency for the protection of democracies he also called on voters to reject

anti e.u. parties that he said being set up by hostile foreign forces the seize influence in brussels and external i'll tell you to be able forces which are seeking openly or secretly to influence the democratic choice of europeans as was the case with greg that in the number of election campaigns across europe. and it may again be the case with the elections in may government officials in mexico have issued a rare apology to the families of five you who were killed in two thousand and sixteen corrupt local police kidnapped four men and the sixteen year old girl and turned them over to the to a drug gang in the state of vera cruz one of mexico's most violent relatives say the apology is the first official recognition that their loved ones were innocent victims and not criminals is officials initially claimed when they went missing. if you know the bar or this is it's an apology for the times when we tried to

criminalize you children and without justification they were falsely accused made to speak clear your children were innocent and never should experience what they did. the u.s. state department says it's visited a jailed saudi american physician being held in riyadh the statement follows accusations that while lead fatai was tortured by saudi authorities the new york times alleges that fatah a was beaten and shocked with electricity during his imprisonment in the brits carlton in saudi arabia it was one of hundreds of people arrested in two thousand and seventeen as part of a wide a crackdown on corruption by the kingdom. the confirm that he's detained in saudi arabia. confirm that we're providing him consular services. and that we have raised his case with the government of saudi arabia we visited him today. we visited him. in the

twentieth and we have. had consular access previously we we've raised and we continue to raise his case on a consistent basis for the saudi government. results from tests carried out on the remains found in sri lanka's biggest mass graves are expected to be revealed soon the bodies of more than three hundred people were discovered in march last year in manara north west town which was part of the battle zone during the twenty six year long civil war when our friend on those reports. instruction workers found human bones while digging foundations at a former government supermarket it led to the discovery of this month's grave in men in north question and. detailed excavation of the site under court supervision as on earth the remains of more than three hundred people around thirty of them children the judicial medical officer in charge of the investigation says the site

is being treated as a crime scene if it is for my burial site. ma stuff the symmetry is. having that. the coffins been. formatted at enjoyment but here it is somewhat different because you know that there are all up in thea saw i don't know of a date is the prime or anywhere. or. any other thing but to get it properly six bone samples were sent to the united states for carbon dating tests to find out windows in the three day medical office in charge of received the official results on monday they will be known when they're submitted to court the island of manner was famous for its fisheries in sion times and still boasts foot fishing grounds but many of its residents escaped to all these areas

during the civil war. fighting between government forces and the rebel tema tigers began in one thousand nine hundred three and ousted for twenty six years with hundreds of people still missing after the end of the border. discovery of this mosque grave in the heart of man a town has led to despair and hope hope that families of those missing will finally find answers so hi i'm mary last saw her husband figure are due in august ninety ninety she believes he was detained by the navy sea but doesn't know for sure in letting are they going to get out i laugh and smile with everyone but i'm sad inside it's an unless sadness wondering when my husband will come back whether i will see him at least once before i die or find out what happened to him. but the judicial medical officer will not speculate on whether the remains in the months grieve are those of your victims services see that was no sign of

a clothing but some of the bodies may have been found with metal shackles and it suggested some of those buried there suffered trauma investigators say they would continue to dig until they are confident all the remains have been recovered minutes fernandez jazeera manner. refugees who escaped fighting in mali by heading to neighboring burkina faso say they could be attacked or arrested if they leave their camp in the town of gori thousands across the border when armed groups started fighting forces supporting mali's government rob matheson reports. for the families of these million woman this refugee camp in the town of gori in neighboring book enough ass and is no longer a sanctuary they say it now feels like a prison. but the problem or you face is the arbitrary arrest by either of the two armies of mali and breaking no fast diarists whoever comes their way even without

a question. many people began fleeing from mali when armed groups demanding independence for the north of the country started attacking mali and government forces in twenty twelve mali's military fought back supported by troops from other african nations and france the mali and separatist fighters started carrying out raids across the southern border in book enough people in camps like this one say they're being blamed. our problem is that we were forced to leave our homeland as refugees we were welcome to burkina faso and they used to be enough relief aid now there's a big shortage of aid we can't move because of confrontations between the army and terrorist groups and now we fear the reaction of the people not the government and . since twenty eighteen there's also been a rise in the number of attacks and became a fast so itself they said to be carried out by several armed groups with different

goals the u.n. says at least one hundred thousand people have been forced from their homes in the last two months we. would have security is totally absent we asked them to remain in the areas which the makino fassero thorniest can control we complain of sure divide and we believe it is insufficient international agencies must do more to help them while they wait for more help these modern refugees say they are trapped in camps where aid is dwindling and the dangers are growing rob matheson al-jazeera. a rising number of young people in the u.k. have become victims of knife attacks the murder of two seventeen year olds over the weekend has ignited a public debate over the issue britain's most senior police officer has clashed with the prime minister over whether there is a link between police cuts and increased knife crime neve barker reports this is the brazen face of british knife crime mask gang members descended on

a college day a man just seven threatened students a seventeen year old was wounded six people were arrested since the start of the year ten teens have been fatally stabbed twenty seven have been killed in the past twelve months seventeen year old jodie chesney was murdered last week she had never been involved in crime she was with a group of friends in this park when her killer approached he stabbed her in the back and left he didn't say a word knife crime is no longer confined to criminal gangs in deprived areas it's everywhere. judy chesney charlotte huggins chew just siminoff the names of some of those killed who read out in parliament this week and this opposition labor m.p. stella creasy wants says from the government this is an emergency that requires an emergency response here. in recent years police rix periods deep funding cuts leading to the lowest police numbers since the one nine hundred eighty

s. the british prime minister denies the resource problem is to blame there's no direct correlation between certain crimes and peace numbers what matters is how we ensure that the police are responding to these criminal acts when they take place that people are brought to justice but what also matters is as a government that we know the issues that underpin that underlie this use of knives britain's most senior police officer disagrees in the last few years police officers numbers have gone down a lot of there's been a lot of cuts in other public services i agree that there is some link between violent crime on the streets obviously and the police and police numbers of course there is no i think everybody would would see that mohammed has she is a youth worker on the front line in communities most affected by violent crime he's also a victim i was stabbed an attempted robbery and i was in a watch on a break up a fight with some young people but for me again i was someone that was well

qualified i was never involved in gangs of violence etc however that kind of reinforce for me that case it's not really a choice for a young person to be a victim or or necessarily a perpetrator it's the environment kind of pushes you in a certain direction. for us as i don't have really let down our young people and you actually bear the scars yeah so i've. got shot in the show six stitches in my chest and i had another ten. steel war years is a charity that wants to take all the lives off the streets and turn them into something positive a ton of weapons is confiscated in london every month. and this is the result an outdoor gym in an east london park made entirely from recycled weapons allowing young people to refocus their bodies and their minds as police politicians and charities agree and disagree on new ways to tackle the symptoms and causes of knife

crime children are killing children britain streets. al-jazeera london you can find out much more on that story and everything else that we have been covering on our website the address al-jazeera dot com. and the reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera venezuela's opposition leader has appealed to state workers to back him in his push to oust president nicolas maduro possible strikes the paralyze the public sector and capitalize on the opposition's momentum spurred by those triumphant return to venezuela on monday after he floated a travel ban to tour latin america. we are born in our public workers are being kidnapped by the dictatorship it's being kidnapped by the regime today as

a result of this meeting of this great event we will not continue collaborating with a dictatorship so public workers aren't obliged to corporate ever again nor be forced to do anything listen carefully we're headed towards a kid strike of the public administration proposed by the you we know that rich will come we know that the prosecution will be given. pakistan says it has arrested more than forty people thought to be linked to armed groups in the region as part of a crackdown following an attack in kashmir that left forty indian paramilitary troops there the february attack was claimed by the pakistani based armed group mohammed the brother of the group's leader was among those arrested the bombing has triggered the most serious standoff between india and pakistan in years. algeria as army chief says he will prioritize security and will not allow the country to return to an era of bloodshed thousands of people return to the streets earlier

keeping up their calls for the president to resign the protesters are urging eighty two year old abilities beautifully not to run in next month's elections which he submitted papers for on sunday. a man in london the piercer become only the second unknown adult worldwide to be in a long term remission of the hiv virus he was seeking treatment for cancer when doctors gave him a bone marrow stem cells from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that resists hiv infection three years later tests show he is still in remission well those are the top stories coming up next earthrise goes to new zealand and britain to explore ways in which scientists are racing to stop the collapse of the planet's insect populations and though how we'll have more news at half an hour away thailand's military government is accused of using repressive laws to silence the general critics. but

a new brigade of artists is fighting back what i want to use makes thailand's rebel artist zero. or you're. insects make up eighty percent of the species on earth through over two hundred million of them for every human they play a critical role pollinating crops decomposing waste and supporting food chains. but a german study from twenty seven team has caused worldwide alarm showing that in some areas flying insect numbers of food.