go say they face such threats every time the good guys are working in a situation where a lot of beneficiaries. in their crime is very very difficult to eradicate it the people that you have to rescue these guys they are benefiting every week from them on the outskirts of town the team is able to meet some of the goals although one of them agreed to go back all. the rest are too afraid of the traffickers and too ashamed to face their peers and relations we can't force them to go back those who are ready willing to go back to major remembers the we're working with them closely we're working with i.o.m. closely you're going to come together and take the girls back. while some of the girls have paid off the traffickers many are still trapped teenage girls are less likely to be left off even after paying an agreed of two thousand dollars thousands of the victims here in mali are kept in makeshift structures like they should be

forced to sleep with as many as ten men in a day some of them as young as fourteen were practically yanked off the streets of nigeria in their school uniforms those who got away i don't the ready for those lucky enough to escape at this safe house in the capital a group of thirty women and girls wait for their reply to. use filters through that some of them will be leaving in a matter of hours there was jubilation. but eighteen year old faith isn't among the ones leaving she's eight months pregnant and she has a lot of regrets. she's left home without telling anyone she's now drawn between her newly found freedom and how she will be received on arrival in nigeria. i believe there will quadrillion on my mother from my. uncle abel from. this sixteen year old teenager and thousands of others like her came to bali

through been a republic a trafficker promised her a new life with a well paid job the place who fired i first said if i won but they said i will give them a. russian military let them come here i shall watch nothing that's a simpleton it was. also gosh what's in the board sam chart from. the goals of the mining areas and other brothels of mali say they were registered by law enforcement on arrival they also appear weekly do store for jews was only problem with prostitution is when it involves bias at least under-age balance as an argument delegation found out report treating an estimated twenty thousand trafficked minus and young adults it's complex. and the girls and young women trapped in the sex trade here may have a long wait before they are reunited with their families.

al-jazeera. western mali. hundreds more i saw fighters defending their last parkers of territory have surrendered to u.s. backed forces in eastern syria more than six thousand people have left the village of goods in the past twenty four hours mainly kurdish story and democratic forces are trying to push eisel out. aid has been rushed to afghanistan's kandahar province after some of the worst flooding in years residents are salvaging what they can after 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 dallas reports from kandahar. yes restoration runs deep and searches quickly through this crowd much like the floods swept through here last week it's nine am and they want aid from the u.n. distribution point they say they've lost everything and need help. lost your house

is your basic. supplies or services they had and so they all were going there are in need of assistance. but there's a list only those who have been verified as a nice and don't pose a security threat come into sixty year old abdul k u s one zero zero zero the world food program gives him fortified wheat pulses so much oil he receives change 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 follow them home. and this is what is left of it after a creek burst near here on friday night. abdul karim this was your home can you show me what room so what was this a bedroom was this living. here whether in about 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 friends were flooded washed away from the press some filmed this video as light 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 that if i find the money i will rebuild the house but if not then we will live in the tent. kandahar got half of its annual rainfall in just thirty hours from friday into saturday resulting in 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 his offices responded across the province over the weekend . with. we were able to reach all parts of the province and evacuate people out of the water and transport them to government buildings or mosques we saved a lot of people's lives especially on friday night. the military assisted also the afghan air force c. a lift to twelve hundred people trapped by the rising waters of the army risky those stuck in here the snow at high altitudes it was risky because this syria is a taliban stronghold every risk you in far flung districts could lead to a five fight. 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. wasn't risk use but he must risk you himself now at sixty he must start again. his children playing

livia's to his burden what was the floor of the horse charlotte dallas kandahar. former boss carlos go on is said to be released after more than three months in jail cohen's wife was seen earlier at the torture detention center where he's being held bail for the former executive is around nine million dollars going was arrested in november for allegedly falsifying financial documents he has denied those allegations the date for his trial has not yet been set. federal prosecutors in the united states will open a civil rights investigation into the shooting of an unarmed black man california's attorney general decided to policeman wouldn't be charged over the shooting in sacramento california stephan crock was fatally wounded in his grandmother's backyard officers say he ignored their commands and approached them with a gun but investigators found the twenty two year old was actually holding a mobile phone again nothing can bring back stefan clark and

nothing helped end the pain his family carries i did i know that this is not house to quit clark and stefan clark's loved ones one each his story to end i know actually i saw how hard this has been first the tragedy. then the weight she and her family have been patient throughout three degrees through the anger through the uncertainty the white house has rejected a request by democratic party leaders for documents related to the security clearance of the president's son in law jared kushner donald trump's counsel has called house democrats request unprecedented and intrusive there were questions raised about how question a who is trump senior adviser was granted a high level clearance the details of sri lanka's largest mass grave are expected to be revealed soon the remains of more than three hundred people were discovered

last year the nelson and as reports from model which was part of a battle zone during sri lanka's nearly three decades civil war. construction 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. what's more stuff the symmetry is. having that. that coffins then. that form an average point 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

a crime or an ear. 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 when those in the green. medical office in charge here receive the official results on monday they will be known when they're submitted to court the island of man that was famous for its fisheries in sion times and still boasts foot fishing grounds. but many of its residents escaped to other areas during the civil war. fighting between government forces and the river thames tigers began in one thousand nine hundred three and lasted for twenty six years with hundreds of people still missing after the end of the war the discovery of this mosque grave in the heart of man a town has led to despair and hope hope the families of those missing will finally

find on says so hi i'm mary last saw her husband sundered right figure are due in august ninety ninety she believes he was detained by the navy at sea but doesn't know for sure in letting are they going to get out i laugh and smile with everyone but i'm saddam 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 their victims services see that was no sign of any 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 mannah shouldn't. south korea's president one day in has ordered his government to take extra extraordinary measures to combat air pollution

seven major cities including seoul have recorded high concentrations of fine dust particles that can cause many illnesses measures include shutting down public parking lots and missing the number of cars allowed on the roads. hello i'm a star and over with the headlines on al-jazeera north korea is said to be restoring facilities as a long range rocket launch site that it dismantled as part of disarmament steps last year the reports in south korean media follow the failure of last week's summit between donald trump and kim jong un in vietnam robert bryant has more from seoul the site that's normally used for satellite launches but it has been used for the testing of engines for ballistic missiles so it is potentially significant to north korea's missile development weapons program the.

satellite images seem to show that some restoration work has taken place doors replaced on a section of roofing were placed on one of the buildings at the site there then israel and president nicolas maduro is calling for anti imperialist demonstrations on saturday to coincide with a march led by his opponents the opposition leader has been holding talks with labor unions in a bid to organize strikes the u.s. representative of venezuela elliott abrams says washington is not considering military steps against venezuela it contradicts previous statements by the us president who said earlier that all options are on the table to deal with nicolas maduro we have lots of steps that we can take that will affect. for example the economy. the financial system that will affect members of the regime. steps along the lines that we have taken in the past but tougher nobody's

talking about american military steps except the regime and the russians actually. i made it clear repeatedly our policy is as i just stated diplomatic political economic financial pressure moving toward a peaceful democratic transition in venezuela germany is expected to side soon if they extend a five month ban on exports including planes to saudi arabia it's under pressure from its european allies france and britain to lift the ban imposed after them out of saudi journalist democracy those are the headlines join me for more news here off the inside story if you stay with us. and the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the globe.

six years since the death of venezuela's president hugo chavez two men along in a power struggle the country is dealing with a sparling political and economic crisis so is there a way out and what's cha this is legacy this is inside story. elo that i'm james space when venezuela's former president hugo chavez died on the fifth of march two thousand and thirteen it sparked a series of events that is still playing out today his hand-picked successor nicolas maduro continued the policies that his critics say have led to hyperinflation and widespread shortages of food and medicine opposition leader one

wydow is demanding the duras resignation but he's refusing to go. return to caracas on monday he defied a travel ban to drum up support for mass and american allies majority threatened to arrest quite zero on his return but the u.s. warned that any action against him will have consequences why those now calling for more protests on saturday against majority we'll bring in our guests in a moment to discuss all of this but first daniel schweizer takes a look at the effect of hugo chavez's legacy on venezuela's crisis. jody's moore 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. the chosen successor nicolas maduro continues to cling to power of the pressure from foreign governments and millions of his own people to

step down. they blame him for around things inflation high crime and chronic food and medicine shortages. blames foreign sabotage particularly from the united states so then assuage his problems but not as colorfully as chavez once did here criticizing former u.s. president george bush at the united nations in two thousand and six. the president of the united states the gentleman to whom i refer as at the devil marquis came here. doing all the 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 of lebanon surrealist say with one voice that we want peace we want to be 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 what do those 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 child has before. for him now president maduro faces one of his toughest challenges yet more than a swale among 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 al-jazeera.

well we have the chance today to discuss the current crisis in the context of venezuela's recent history and we have our panel for us joining us from caracas on skype is tamar poor us he's a former chief of staff for president nicolas maduro and a foreign policy advisor of late president hugo chavez in weren't sure in the u.k. tom long a professor at the university of warrick that's in the british midlands and in richmond in virginia in the us also on skype but normally based in venezuela we have roderick navarro a coordinator for the venezuelan opposition party. welcome to you all can i start with you term or let's look back at where we are now and the recent history nine hundred ninety eight was when charges came into power he was replaced by the door oh you work for both of them you're not got us into this mess didn't know how i

think if you're having me no not at all absolutely not the reading of the recent venezuelan history is from one thousand nine hundred nine on was a very difficult process led by a president hours of building them as well as the market see we need to understand why president ellis was elected in the first place that there was a huge debate in the country to create a new constitution that was indoors that was championed bent at baghdad as there was indorsed by a large part of the other population and that back then was rejected maybe opposition the very same people who today are backing one way bill and these are the very same constitution that. congressman graybill is defending today so one of the legacies of you would have as was in the first place giving as and institutional framework for renewing members on the market and the second thing now that we're commemorating six years of peace passing the president has was a much more pragmatic. then then mr my little one of the reasons by the way way

left mr miller's government and some others administration is because two things one he wasn't able and willing to friends formed to work to work reform as well as economy which has led us to this terrible situation right now and i don't agree with the idea with those who say that maduro is pursuing terrorists as policies that are very wrong the reason again way we can see a sharp contrast between the legacy of chavez during his term where been is and has enjoyed their highest standards of living ever ever when been as it is referred to as a country that was once a rich country we're talking about them as one of two thousand and thirteen we're not talking about the minister of twenty thirty years ago when as well as enjoying their higher leave it was than it ever under towers and this has simply be derated since his passing and for a diversity of reasons but among others because. as modern as leadership was

extremely ineffective with the in dealing with the challenges of an as an economy ok let's bring in roderick you are an opposition politician do you share that view it was great on the charges and the duro dropped the ball well we believe their model is a continued of the chavis legacy came because this is the same project is socialism ok and right now we're living in a country where we have three million people feeding from garbage and three thousand children at least after starvation so they're leaving in a silent genocide where the numbers of theirs are being heard and any war occurring right now in the world so right now chavez legacy is destruction is death is now a quote is islamic terrorism is castries. i'm in the region so i don't think that

a chavez legacy is a good theme in fact if you check the polls in venezuela and this opinion studies in you can see that the people who is doesn't like anymore is chevy's the project and the people is seek socialism in the large way in the light weight and also in the hard way so right now we have this a minute or it will serve in the power and they doesn't want to leave our it not only aim the rest of the chevy's them in power because de just want to be there for ever and defy the people he's doing for freedom and democracy right now inside when his will and abroad when his well is for having a republican system where everyone can go back to the country and rebuild a future and the country is well ok well we had two different us perspectives there

tom long you're a professor who studies venezuela they both have different views one blaming the doura one saying the problem goes all the way back to charges what's your view from your detailed study on venezuela. well i think it's helpful to put this actually in an even slightly longer context and we can think of three different layers here that have played out over different time spans in the longest lare there are long standing issues the venezuelan economy is reliance on oil venezuela has long been an oil economy its government has long been heavily dependent on on rents from oil to fund itself and that creates a whole host of long standing economic problems during oil booms it tends to undermine other sectors of the venice well and economy it also creates a pattern where because the government is largely funded through oil royalties and

oil sales people are less demanding of accountability from their government so we have that long underline where we then have the political economy that child is built on top of that layer which incorporated many facets of the preexisting venezuelan oil economy but also changed the other aspects of the economic structure that scaled back private enterprise or increased the role of the state and later the role of the military in different aspects of the venezuelan economy. and that tended to create a conflict between productive sectors of the venezuelan economy and the state a conflict that was certainly active on both sides and so that is this the second layer that comes from the legacy of chobits and then finally under mother would what we have seen is economic policy that is incompetent at

best. so all of these negative trends which are exacerbated in two thousand and thirteen around the same time as travis' death by the fall. all of the price of oil are are are handled very poorly under the the motor administration there is an attempt to scale up some of the programs that political scientists would think of as cliental istic programs that is in exchange of goods for political loyalty and to further push out private sector actors or to to weaken the rule of private sector actors in key areas of the economy through measures such as price fixing through nationalizations and again through increasing the military's control of crucial sectors like like food distribution i'd like to keep the wider context in this discussion but also bring

in the most recent events in venezuela but keep telling us all of you about the charges legacy in this discussion but i think it is important to look at where we are now six weeks i think since we've had two rival leaders in venezuela one returned to venezuela in the last few hours tema doro said or threatened that he might arrest him and he decided not to why do you think. it is not exactly accurate what you what you have said. already since he said that you know when he said that and i wrote he said he'd broken the law he said that very publicly he could have arrested him or tried to if he wanted to one assumes sorry and you let me and you allow me to speak of course. i'm not defending my daughter's position on this but what it what needs to be understood is that since january twenty third there is a challenge of power that is an attempt to split i mean this long six year or to be

more active by the year in venezuela that has led to a very deep economic and social crisis is building on top of a very political crisis that will. back in the year of this polarization between small and between and saito is more the opposition historic of position to the police a product i have already said that in the last years stepmothers management has made has made it easier has made the case for those who have talent that is in the past to criticize the government and have the intention to replace them through to replace so is more in office but during the last months one of the factions of the opposition one of the most extremist factions of the opposition has led the country into this mess which is a challenging executive power that has been recognized by the u.s.

and some latin american countries and some other european countries that is trying to generate a regime crisis and is trying to force a regime change in the country so the problem with that assumption is that it was expected by them that after general twenty third the date mr boyd also proclaimed interim president that then would be an institutional crisis in the country that there would be defections in the military that the state if you will would would split and that didn't happen this is the this is the the the deadlock we are embedded in now so mr grey though for instance has been improvising and trying to generate again that momentum for the crisis to happen so he has left he has fled out of the country he has a latin america he has come back to the country and the media have been following this strategy as if it was extremely important for you know we say where the wild

go and the reality if you will that is my true belief that the government which is very rational in its management of the economy is at least aware of the fact that it would be a great mistake it would be. a huge mistake to go on with that way or to imprison hammett's because that would further deepen the crisis everybody here is aware of the threats that the us administration has made that if anybody would touch way law there would be retaliation and the u.s. government has threatened venezuela with military action saying all the options are on the table even mr way the house and that's explicitly from colombia so it's a very delicate situation and again mr wade all leaning or coming back is just that a strategy to try to generate momentum for that breaking point to happen which again has a lot against it and say inside the country the reality of the gun trees much more

complex the military here in venezuela is that is an institution again is an institution that will will likely not blitz around this power struggle and and happiness or ok can i do a little let me stop you there for a moment if i can get roderick's view on that the sri is not going to join mr quiet oh it's interesting i cover a lot of the time of the situation from the un in new york and one very senior ambassador said to me this could be sorted in two or three weeks but if it's not done in two or three weeks then probably we have stalemate rodrick we have stalemate with the military is not going to change sides. ok well first. mr tener says. there is no such thing as white dollar he's self-proclaimed that's not true he's too lazy to make precedent of penicillin

because that's what continuations says and so it's like that the theme that there is no true that's not true the chap a study to march fifth and we can talk about this later chavis died in december two thousand and twelve and his day away took precedent way tonight was that of the most old adage that you know i was in the hospital when. i was sorry i'm talking so ok so to me time oh bring it will bring you will it bring you here that will bring you in even again in a minute but roderick can you just answer his question about the military doubt that must be know why go camp there must be no hope. roger in the military which resides they have not changed sides roadrunner roderick yeah i was a late president got when he where do you have what i get when i understand the point you're making time or i just want to press roderick who is a supporter of ms not the white guy is a brave then again i understand sorry i just want i just want to press and hold rick though is a supporter of miss the guy don't miss the garrido said he wanted the military to

change sides they have not changed sides and that has not happened yet roderick that must be ok you must be disappointed by but with that military forces right now is to president white or least asking to the military to join him then i could be president legitimate prevent israela as obeying him a second chief a command. that he speakers from i literally send his her pager ok and that is the posture of the legitimate president of venezuela well the white rhino that's why i think it's not the most radical faction of the opal station s d service says i think the most strong position. in the public opinion is dead it's necessary to change this game when the use of force is necessary because we are checking here about that. is that good for man with

nicolas maduro he doesn't know how to make the seizures no we are talking about the sec crimi no organization in power controlled by his will that have merit to me you know so ok let me bring you let me bring in top talk that tom long and tom dick taught history so we have a military that doesn't seem to more like it how can any crime not seen a change in sides this person because there's no now we have pale mate you know what once the only organization these united going talking and when i think there's a question for tom unless someone else is still talking to him and i it's an answer yup tom but i'm interested in the military have not changed sides we have total stalemate it seems where does this go now because the poor venezuelan people are already suffering life is getting worse when you look at the figures quite amazingly three point four million people according to the u.n. a flood that's well over the population size of the capital city yeah there's no

question and i think the of of the humanitarian crisis that happening in venezuela now and certainly of the of the refugee crisis that that has has generated as you mentioned what we've seen is stalemate i think the opposition strategy as well as the strategy of the countries the united states the lima group and others who have backed. it was that there would be.