people. gathering their forces the power. for rival protests. headquarters and. protesters refused to cave in but there's a warning from algeria as army chief for the people who want the president to quit . the fighter jet at the center of germany's tug of war with european allies over.

getting more. taken in south korea to curb an upsurge in air pollution. heloise showdowns shaping up between supporters of venezuela's political rivals. have both called for demonstrations in four days time and president maduro is to defeat the opposition the spite mounting pressure on him to step down money while rapala reports. that as well as border with colombia. if one is going to become the interim president of venezuela he needs to win the backing of those who have up until now supported president nicolas maduro to on tuesday he met the leaders of one of the most significant power blocs in venezuela the public

sector union. as you know in the embryo of forty 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 are no place to cooperate ever again no be forced to do anything. and monday i don't return to go back as after wrapping up a tour of some of the south american countries supporting his campaign he was greeted by thousands of people called on to the streets of caracas by the thirty five year old opposition leader. for his part president addressed military leaders on tuesday he acknowledged the demonstrations taking place on the streets of the capital but said the protesters should be ignored it annoys them out of so they're going to this saturday we are going to the streets on march ninth and t.m. paralysed march to commemorate the day of boulevard and anti imperialism the people

take to the streets to fight this saturday people take to the streets president mahmoud abbas speaking during a ceremony to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the death of former venezuelan leader hugo chavez the glow of the bowl of varian revolution which brought who good job is to power twenty years ago has dimmed with venezuelans now face is the fallout of a power struggle between a determined president and an equally unwavering opposition leader. who could. well the clamor for change is also getting louder in algeria students have led the latest demonstrations against its eighty two year old president refusing to stand down for next month's elections but algerian army chief is vowing he won't let the country go back to what he calls years of pain or hayward reports. they've known no other leader in the one country for twenty years.

but there appears to be a groundswell against algiers abdelaziz bouteflika in the capital algeria's the message from thousands of demonstrating students was clear they want him to leave office now. we're 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 process it's time now for people to wake up and not just citizens. some students were forced to cover their faces suffering from the effects of take ass this outpouring of anger began when algeria's 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 ca's. 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 lynn real bad that. some parties which feel annoyed to secure and stable do not like it do you want to take back to the years of pain during which 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 who typically has suffered a stroke six years ago and has rarely been seen in public since then 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 room have led to more than two hundred people being injured you. 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 for a change and he would al-jazeera germany is expected to decide in the coming hours if it will extend the battle on arms exports to saudi arabia it's under pressure from powerful european allies france and britain to lift the ban imposed after the murder of a saudi journalist. whole bread and reports. there had already been enormous international concern over the tens of thousands of civilian deaths caused by saudi led coalition air strikes in yemen since twenty fifteen. and when saudi agents murdered the journalist jamal khashoggi in istanbul last october germany

finally cried halt temporarily freezing existing arms deals and banning any new weapons contracts with the kingdom yet it often is active in foreign affairs and it's often said that it is a dilemma between morals and rail politic i think that's wrong the german government has had political principles since the year two thousand which say that we do not exporting countries in gauged in war zones. germany was not alone in its concerns last september spain counsel the sale of four hundred laser guided bombs to saudi. radia but unlike germany spain reinstated its deal a week later fearing the saudis might counsel a two billion dollar order for spanish built corvettes. germany's embargo has even bigger implications. the typhoon eurofighter the saudi air force has more than fifty already and uses them in yemen the cockpit from fuselage spine fin and part of the refuse a large a made by b.a. systems in the u.k.

the right wing and left leading wing edge made by spain allana and its only make the left wing and part of the refusal but the central fuselage is manufactured by germany and germany's export ban means britain can't deliver on a thirteen billion dollars deal to sell the next forty eight typhoon aircraft to saudi arabia airbus is chief executive vented his frustration at the recent munich security conference when those guns are going over to after we come to the conclusion to the germans are of the opinion the only day of responsible arms export policies and others don't need analysts warn that the dispute is damaging strategic alliances all the claims of defense cooperation in europe. is it is it's fairly run the disowned by the idea that there is no real cooperation on and on and on the level of defense but. at the root of it all though is that germany imposed

a moratorium not because of yemen but because of the night of jamal khashoggi and saudi arabia's ongoing failure to adequately explain the full circumstances of the killing in the absence of a full explanation riyadh has so far given belin no reason at all to reverse its original decision paul brennan al-jazeera. top u.s. senators are pushing for new sanctions against those behind the murder of. bob menendez on the senate foreign relations committee is among the many politicians who say they're frustrated with the lack of progress made by the trumpet ministration on an investigation into the killing in october the senators gave the president one hundred twenty days to determine and investigate the perpetrators global magnitsky acts but the white house failed to meet that deadline more from our white house correspondent. well i think we can take what a couple of senators who have a lot of power in the senate are saying collectively not just bob menendez but also

senator tim kaine both democrats but it is important to note that there is unity rare unity on this issue in the u.s. congress with respect to the notion that the administration has essentially flouted the law when it comes to the trigger of the global magnitsky act you remember that that was triggered in twenty eighteen the administration was required to come up with a report to congress a few weeks ago with regard to who it believed was responsible for the killing of shows you have to remember this ministration said very specifically that it would pursue this to the highest echelons of the saudi government so many moments in congress are very unhappy when the state department simply sanctioned just seventeen individuals but did not point to the saudi crown prince a conclusion that the u.s. senate certainly has come to after it was briefed by the cia director gina

housefull there was another briefing that took place on monday where senators had hoped they would finally get the information that they were looking for as a result of the trigger of the magnets kay act but they were in a word disgusted with what they were told according to not just bob menendez but also senator tim kaine essentially the senators knew more about this case than those that were put forward by the administration and european countries are expected to. cooperate with the u.n. prover into a murder the joint statement is scheduled to be released on thursday it will also demand that riad freeze detained activists while an intelligence officer from saudi arabia has tried to hold an anti qatar like church in switzerland. claimed four of the speakers. at the event in geneva workouts ariz deprived of their citizenship when journalists how they were allowed to travel without passports it emerged they

were actually in saudi arabia the united arab emirates behind and egypt have imposed a blockade on cats are since twenty seven. south korea's president has ordered his government to take extraordinary measures to combat air pollution seven major cities including the capital seoul have recorded high concentrations of fine dust particles that can cause a host of illnesses a number of cities and provinces have imposed emergency measures for a sixth straight day rob mcbride has more from seoul. the people of seoul and other cities throughout south korea have been breathing this now for the best part of a week and in the past few days the government has been holding emergency meetings trying to figure out ways of dealing with it they've put in place a number of special measures such as controlling traffic on the roads putting controls on construction sites power stations and giving instructions to things

like elementary schools not to have outdoor activities but there's very little the government can do here about the prevailing winds and it's cold a lot of this pollution has come from neighboring china in fact president moon j.n. of south korea this wednesday morning giving an instruction that south korea should be working more with china on what is seen here as a shared problem it's thought a lot of this pollution comes from deserts in china with the fine dust being sucked up into the atmosphere mixing with pollution from factories and power stations and then being pushed by the prevailing winds just far enough to cover the korean peninsula but not strong enough to take it any further so sophisticated cities like seoul having to wait for a change in the wind direction before it can get a breath of fresh air still ahead on al-jazeera a call for drastic action on plastic as it piles up in oceans around the world plus

politics immigration and organized crime why a region in southern italy is embracing political adversaries from the north. and out into what is generally in a quiet across parts of north america now we have lost the tornadoes but instead we start with some very very. cold air that's digging down from canada so many of us have seen the temperatures well below average looks like those temperatures will slowly be rising though as we head through the next few days so still cold force in minneapolis but nowhere near as cold as it has been out towards the west well that's where we've got more wet weather working its way in so a lot of rain and some snow over the mountains as well all of that's working its way eastwards bringing more wintery weather here as we head through the day on

thursday the eastern parts they will stay quite quiet with plenty of sunshine cool sunshine in new york with the temperature freezing a bit further towards the south and there's plenty of sunshine across the central americas before since of the mexico there's a few showers here and some of them are likely to be rather heavy they break up a little bit more there which we had through the day on thursday so more of us should enjoy a bit of brighter weather there were further towards the south and there's plenty of sunshine here but also a whole host of showers those are wrestling all the way down through parts of brazil rio is expecting yet more during the day to the south of that though it's pretty hot force in asuncion it's up temperature of thirty six of when it looks like we'll see more cloud by the time we get to fifty. in germany's capital there is a barber like no other so to put it to. those from cross what you have.

but as he said he changes his movie with. him going on the road. the stories are. told by the people who live there. zero zero. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera the venezuelan president nicolas maduro has vowed to defeat the opposition accusing leader and his supporters of destabilizing the country calling for anti imperialist demonstrations on saturday to coincide with an opposition march algeria's army chief has promised he won't let

the country go back to what he calls years of pain and he was talking of students led more protests urging eighty two year old president of the laws these words of freakout to stand down from next month's elections. in u. countries are expected to saudi arabia to cooperate with a u.n. investigation and she's worried or it comes as u.s. senators push for a new sanctions on those behind the saudi journalists killing. hundreds of fighters defending their last pocket of territory have surrendered to u.s. forces in eastern syria more than six thousand people have left the village of these in the past twenty four hours for mainly kurdish syrian democratic forces are trying to push out but it's feared hundreds of civilians could still be in the area near the border with iraq the white house has rejected a request by democratic leaders for documents related to security clearance of presidents of the president's son in law jared kistler donald trump's counsel has

called house democrats request unprecedented and interests of there were questions raised about how kush there who is senior advisor got a high level security clearance and a recent new york times report suggested that trump against recommendations by security officials and ordered his former chief of staff to clear shihab rattansi has more from washington following the reports in the new york times and washington post that john kelly the then chief of staff of the white house failed to give jarrad cushnie that security clearance despite the reservations of security officials the house oversight committee for more information from the white house notably what reservations did security officials have a cushion and why did donald trump. felt he had to lie about his role in giving drug question about security clearance if john kelly is to be believed but we have the response from the white house and that is look we'll give you general

information and general briefing about how security clearances are given out but we're not going to get any information on individual cases because that would violate the privacy of those individuals the house committee now saying they will think about what the next step will be it's not clear yet whether subpoenas will be following which might then really lead to court action which might mean that this is all just caught up for months and months and months and bureaucracy but certainly this debate is beginning now in august. a pakistan has dozens of people as part of a crackdown on armed groups they include people india suspects of being behind an attack that killed more than forty soldiers in the disputed kashmir region last month a group called jaish e mohammad said it was responsible the brother if its leader was one of those detained the bombing triggered the most serious standoff between india and pakistan in years pakistan's also saying it stopped an indian submarine from entering its waters the navy released this video said to show the indian vessel approaching it

says the sub wasn't targeted in the interests of maintaining peace. aid has been rushed to afghanistan's kandahar province after some of the worst flooding in a year as residents are salvaging what they were ten days of heavy rain at least twenty people have died while another thirty were killed by flash floods in other parts of afghanistan and neighboring pakistan charlotte bellus reports from kandahar. restoration runs deep and searches quickly through this crowds much like the floods that swept through here last week it's nine am and they want aid from the u.n. distribution point they say they have lost everything and need help. there are in need of assistance. but there is a list only those who have been verified as a nice and don't pose

a security threat. sixty year old abdul k u s one. the world food program gives him fortified wheat pulses salt oil he received some blankets it is meant to last him his wife and nine children for two months until they can get back on their feet. he has come here to pick up the supplies with his neighbor we followed them home. and this is what is left of this after a creek near here on friday night. this was your home can you show me what it was this a bedroom was this living in. one room is here and one here there were three rooms and one toilet here and then all gone now we were over here sheltering in my shop and i was hearing things falling down and then my home collapsed all my things were flooded washed away from the press some filmed this video as might broke the next

morning was the first time they'd seen the extent of the damage that i'm not upset this is from god and i have to accept. but if i find the money i will rebuild the house but if not then we will live in the town to. kandahar got half of its annual rainfall in just thirty hours from friday into saturday was olding a lot of water overflowing from creeks like this one and surging into residential areas and damaging or destroying homes like these ones made out of mobs and clay in total across kandahar province fifteen hundred homes were either damaged or destroyed kandahar's police chief says the number of displaced families could be as high as five thousand as offices responded across the province over the weekend dear fifth. we were able to reach all parts of the province and evacuate people out of the water and transport them to government buildings and mosques we saved a lot of people's lives especially on friday night. the military assisted also the

afghan air force he lifted twelve hundred people trapped by the rising waters of the army risking those stuck in here the snow at high altitudes it was risky because this syria is a taliban stronghold every rescue in far flung districts could lead to all five fires. first we block the area and want team secured it another team started helping the affected people we all knew our duty of who would secure and who needed to help the locals in the rescue operation. at sixty. one his children play a clip. of the. old straw plates about how the plastic we use every day is used only once and then thrown away it's causing widespread damage to our oceans habitats and food chains

and environmental organizations say that needs to stop now a new report from the world wide fund for nature of documents a dramatic rise in the production of single use plastics since the year two thousand we've used. in all the years before we're now producing nearly three hundred million tonnes of plastic every year and most of it isn't being recycled so to tackle the problem the groups calling for an international agreement. they say companies producing the waste should be responsible for cleaning up the mess. of programs of plastics. that's an advocacy group tackling he says countries need to come together for a common solution to the problem. one of the most critical points that is in the report is that actually states that we need a global stand therefore blessedly get into the environments that's the basic ingredient us actually missing and if you don't have a standard if you don't have

a goal what do we need to reach in a certain period of time yeah you don't consider it as a as a problem but what's going on right now is the government of norway and they actually are pushing for global standards on plastics that's a big step forward that needs a lot of support i think there is there are some setbacks there from countries like the united states jonah they're reluctant and strong language in regulating the bless the emissions. although and i'm convinced that the pressure especially about this whole topic of plastic soup. it will actually create a momentum do you have to start. yeah taking responsibility and cleaning up the mess and finding the solutions because their solutions are there every weekend do it on this and former boss carlos cohen is expected to be released from prison shortly after being granted bail by

a court in japan and ruled against the prosecutor's appeal and set the bail at nine million dollars was arrested in november accused the falsifying financial documents he says he's innocent. the french president has called for far reaching reforms in an open letter published in several european newspapers he warned of the dangers of nationalism pointing to brecht's it as an example. to voters to reject populist parties in upcoming european elections so his appeal received a subdued reception from other e.u. leaders european council president donald tusk praised just one of the proposed reforms that's a creation of a european agency for the protection of democracies he also called on voters to reject parties external forces which are seeking. to influence the democratic choice of europeans as was the case with greg that and

a number of election campaigns across europe. and it may again be the case with the elections in may well italy is a leg up party started off as a northern separatist movement but it's found surprising political success in the south of the country formerly known as the northern league the party's leader became an m.p. in the calabria region one of the poorest in italy and has focused his agenda on immigration from calabria reports. a town left to its own devices stuck in a troubled present does not know is an agricultural community of some fifteen thousand people in italy south it continues to live through hard times in the grip of the local mafia the input on guitar and yes it's a political party that once supported the idea of northern italy seceding from the south that's had its most surprising success here but people get the only party

that will sort things out is the league five star is a joke and i voted for them but not everyone agrees remember you. don't remember when salvini would call us calabrian sleeves and crooks. all the troubles that this town has the poverty your guys crime and lack of any civil society have been taken by the league party transfigured into another issue immigration one of the illegal only too eager to use to their advantage. so the migrant ship blockade is a promise made and kept usually can't take all these desperate people there are enough here in desperation underflow and sense of hope have been powering the league success here calabria is one of the poorest regions and italy and has been forgotten time and again by politicians over the decades and its place criminal organizations have taken root exerting a powerful control of almost everything here including politics. the leaks

coordinator in calabria domenico pictured here on his facebook page with the leader . has been key to its success but he has been accused of having had links with the mafia. last march mateo salvini celebrated his election as calabria sen. among those pleased with his win was a result of this form of a a jackal. who denies that the input on paper has had anything to do with the league's victory in the region. when people say that the league only won because the in the running that supported them i can tell you that in these areas the in the would have voted for other parties. yet this is a region where local governments have been dissolved because of math infiltration suspicion runs deep here. it's very surprising that an intelligent politician like

matteo savini hasn't understood this when you choose candidates who have links to these organizations how you are citizens to report crimes to the police if they fear of repercussions. not far from the town center this tent city one official of a makeshift housing hundreds of people mainly from sub-saharan africa exploited by the end that i get to they work in the agricultural sector for a pittance and provide a distraction for the other problems people face here. al jazeera has not. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera the venezuelan president nicolas maduro has the opposition accusing leader one hi joe and his supporters of destabilizing the country but there is calling for demonstrations on saturday to coincide with an opposition march on a phone call that could have been this saturday we are going to the street

a march ninth and t.m. paralysed march to commemorate the day of anti imperialism the people take to the streets to fight this saturday people take to the street algeria's army chief has promised he won't let the country go back to what he calls years of pain he was talking as students led more protests urging eighty two year old president. to stand down from next month's elections. countries are expected to ask saudi arabia to cooperate with the u.n. investigation into hostile g.'s murder it comes as u.s. senators push for a new sanctions on those behind the saudi journalists kelly south korea's president has ordered his government to take extraordinary measures to combat air pollution seven major cities including the capital seoul have recorded high concentrations of fine dust particles that can cause a host of illnesses

a number of cities and provinces have imposed emergency measures for a sixth straight day. people as part of a crackdown on armed groups they include suspects linked to an attack that killed more than forty troops in the. territory have surrendered to u.s. backed forces in eastern syria more than six thousand people have left the village of in the past twenty four hours the mainly kurdish syrian democratic forces are trying to push outs a. province after some of the worst flooding in years residents are salvaging what the. heavy rain twenty people have died in another thirty were killed by flash floods in other parts of the country as well as.

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