the state national government started cutting the budget half of the three hundred patients were released to their families the rest had nowhere to go they began dying from starvation eventually we had one hundred and insufficient funds for food or medicine between forty five and fifty five more patients died of starvation especially in the last ten years. these patients who once weighed one hundred ten kilos and ended up weighing forty left with just skin and bones. the doctor of alaska says there was nothing they could do but transfer the remaining fifty patients to another institution in northern minnesota he's been told only nine survived. the psychiatric wing of sangli still has general hospital the only place now left in patchy the state for mental patients is another testimony to the crisis in venezuela as health services. we're going to make not only doctors and nurses but also means that because our salaries aren't enough to survive. the wind

was designed for sixty patients but with the acute shortage of personnel it could only accept eight and only those whose families can supply their food in medication the facilities are in a dilapidated state including the isolation cells the patients who become violent many no longer have locks. a lot of patients havok skate through to sea with. all over venezuela mental health institutions are struggling to provide sufficient nourishment and essential medication to ease patients suffering. the government blames u.s. economic sanctions but dr glasgow argues the decline began long before they were imposed. i never thought i'd see this in my life in a rich country like ours personally wrote forty five death certificates for patients who never should have died. and as venezuela's political and economic crisis worsens. it's almost certain they will not be the last to see in human are

just sita pretty big than israela still heard on al-jazeera. the threat on their doorstep how burkina faso is confronting a growing humanitarian crisis two white south africans are sentenced for killing a young black man in a case that's inflamed racial tension. and i there we've got a few bits and pieces of cloud across the middle east at the moment we've got one working its way towards kabul there then another one that's making its way out of saudi and across into parts of iran and then the final one that's here over parts of turkey now this one is the most significant one it's giving us the heaviest outbreaks of rain and it's gradually working its way south was another it does so

it is turning wintery over the high ground but we'll continue to track southward into iran there as we head through the day on friday the other systems well most of them have cleared by friday but we do still have a fair amount of cloud in the eastern part of our map that could just give us the old shower of snow or rain a bit further towards the south and here in doha it's going to be pretty blustery ger in the day on thursday a top temperature of twenty five feeling cooler thanks to that wind the winds are going to stick around there when friday should be fall carve out a top temperature for us of around twenty six degrees that i'm to the southern parts of africa and we've got some fairly active rain here thanks to a little low pressure that worked its way into land there it was over the mozambique channel but it worked its way westwards and it's disintegrating now but it's giving plenty of rain in fact some of us in parts of mozambique could see around three hundred millimeters of rain from the system by the time it's finished that could give us a problem with flooding throughout the west it's coming down twenty.

the president's son donald trump jr was promised damaging information about the hillary clinton allegation to see just. campaign with russia did you at any time former f.b.i. director james comey in any way shape or form a closer to the investigation into michael flynn and also as you. know. next question buckle field washington. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera chinese telecom giant weiwei is suing the

u.s. government has accused washington of hacking its servers and stealing e-mails the u.s. considers why waste products as a security threat and says beijing can use its equipment to spy on federal agencies human rights campaigners say british and american weapons have been used to kill and wound hundreds of civilians in yemen their findings were based on documented attacks by the saudi and you either coalition. venezuela has expelled the german ambassador for well coming. to corrupt us crying or has been accused of meddling in front as well as internal affairs and has been given forty eight hours to leave. well the u.s. congress has held a confirmation hearing for. his new ambassador to saudi arabia general john abizaid faced tough questions about how he sees this. his nomination comes at a time when global scrutiny for journalists murder and its involvement in the war

in the yemen she had reports from washington. sectarian violence the u.s. hasn't had a saudi ambassador since donald trump took office and retired general john abizaid acknowledged that if congress confirms him for the position he was soon to drop out a difficult time this is not to say that i am unaware of the challenges facing the u.s. saudi partnership today war in yemen the senseless killing of jamal to show wrists and the gulf alliance alleged abuses of innocent people to include an american citizen and female activists all present immediate challenges that american citizen is one lead fatah he who was arrested in november of twenty seventeen in a roundup of influential figures in the kingdom the late washington post columnist jamal khashoggi drew attention to his disappearance as part of his wider critique of developments in saudi arabia then in october of last year was murdered of a saudi consulate in istanbul the resolution is agreed to since then congress has

questioned the us saudi relationship as never before passing several resolutions condemning the crown prince mohammed bin salman and calling for the end of u.s. support for the saudi led bombardment of yemen some of gone from his main political allies have been at the forefront of the criticism and they were unsparing in their attacks against the crown prince of wednesday's hearing this guy's making it harder he's gone for gangster and it's difficult to work with a guy like that no matter how important the relationship is abizaid said the u.s. needed to look beyond the crown prince in order to safeguard the lines that undercuts what he called sunni extremism and iran our relationship with saudi arabia is bigger than a relationship just with the crown prince it's all about a nation it's about a government it's about a king it's about the oil minister it's about many many nodes of people that are interested in moving the kingdom forward in a better way in the twenty first century is that is expected to be easily confirmed as the next u.s. ambassador to saudi arabia she ever towns the al-jazeera washington which respects

a palestinian teenager has been killed by israeli fire. on the gaza border overnights israeli fighter jets struck several sites which they say belong to hamas in southern gaza israel's army says the strikes were in response to explosive devices being sent to cross the border friends and israel's central elections committee has disqualified an alliance of palestinian israeli parties from running in next month's elections it follows a petition filed by the prime minister's liquid party along with two others to the attorney general they accuse the coalition of supporting palestinian resistance and backing hezbollah up that petition was rejected due to lack of evidence holes to suggest that party would get four seats in israel's parliament the supreme court will have the final say on whether the coalition will be barred from april's votes veterans of algeria's war for independence have backed student led protests calling for president. to resign they say demonstrators have legitimate concerns weeks of

protests are posing a challenge to the eighty two year old leader who's standing for reelection next month after twenty years in power who has offered to call early elections if he's returned to office the u.n. says burkina faso is facing a full blown humanitarian crisis we're almost a million people in need of urgent help attacks by armed groups and intercommunal violence forced tens of thousands from their homes in the past two months now reports. storming a school in the hands of attackers is more than just a training exercise for the soldiers. who face unprecedented violence led by armed groups in neighboring mali now the attackers threaten areas just hours away from the capital work to do. the troops are already fighting in mali as part of a un peacekeeping mission there are already overstretched and ill equipped. first

mission is descending because we can contribute to international mission yes but all first mission is to defend your country but the threat comes from within. was a preacher from the northern region of who joined. an armed group based in mali calling on people back home to rise up against their government was killed in an airstrike in two thousand and seventeen attacks targeting both civilians and the state are intensifying tearing communities apart. so want to go ross mind in our duty co no relation to melody co have lived side by side russ monies from the mostly tribe from the poll community in january most people attacked their poll neighbors with machetes and guns after mostly mayor was it gunned down in an attack nearby the border. they burnt out of a lit our livestock everything we owned is gone we want justice the most the tribe

accused polar herders who criss cross the border between mali and brick enough asta to feed their cattle of supporting armed groups. community members attacked their mostly neighbors in retaliation burning entire villages including response home. we sense it was coming i had prepared myself to leave because of the feeling of suspicion quickly turned to hate the desire for violence was in the air it is still so intense. this cycle of violence has not only killed hundreds of people according to the un almost a million people are in need of urgent assistance aid agencies warn it is turning into a humanitarian emergency. has seen recent search in armed attacks that cost one hundred thousand people to flee their homes and half of them have fled within the last couple of weeks. fear mistrust

and attacks closer to its capital are fueling the violence in. the nation seems on the brink with the expanding conflict in the region now at its doorstep nicholas hawk al jazeera. two white men in south africa have been jailed for the killing of a young black man they caught him stealing sunflowers from a farm farm and a miller reports from colony in northwest province on a case that inflamed racial tensions. peter daughter of art and philip scotto last year found guilty of killing a fifteen year old black boy whom they'd caught stealing sunflowers on a farm where they worked they've now been sentenced to of are to eighteen years and souter to twenty three years in prison. the sentence comes two years after markham almost who was killed on the outskirts of the small town of collini markham or less parents a sock in agnes say their son's death was senseless and racially motivated. if my

son was a weight they would have not killed him the for being on the farm in taken floors they would have disciplined him or they killed my son because he's. following my kamala's death people here rioted some looted shops and burned down houses including property owned by the farmers the community was torn apart along racial lines. this is where markham orlow was found after he was caught on the farm he had suffered a broken neck but there are two versions to the story one is that michael miller was killed by the two white men who would courting stealing sunflowers but they claim the boy died when he jumped off the back of a van as they drove into the police station the families of these men say the trial wasn't fair and important evidence was ignored they save my kamala's death was an accident from our side really we we are sort of at something like this happen but

it's. december discipline on the on that side of the children. but the people in the township must teach the children do not take something that does not belong to you. good of art and scooter plan to appeal the conviction and sentence in recent weeks the only witness said he lied to the court when he testified that he saw the two men throw the boy from the back of the van but he later said he'd been intimidated bribed and made to read a statement to clear the farmers in twenty seventeen two white men employed were found guilty of attempted murder after they filmed themselves forcing a black man into a coffin they said had trespassed and stolen copper cables they threatened to burn him alive that court's judgment highlighted the extent of racial divisions in post apartheid south africa here in collini the life sentence given to daughter of art and scooter has brought some consolation to a community who promised protests if the sentence was lenient but closure appears

to be a long way off for the sleepy conservative town what is certain is that the death of a fifteen year old black boy has further entrenched racial divisions here from al-jazeera callignee northwest province of africa operations at kenya's main airports are returning to normal after strikes grounded flights for hours on wednesday period should workers union is locked in a dispute with kenya airways over contracts in job security the government has been scrambling to contain the strikes impact at nairobi's international airport which is vital for the tourism sector and thailand is asia's new hub for a big international art fairs but away from the glitzy galleries censorship laws and five years of army rule are making it tough for local artists in the lead up to this month's general election which is intended to restore civilian rule a wave of young artists are finding their ways to cross the boundaries drawn bros reports from bangkok. need headaches tensile

a street artist who uses spray cans to satirize thailand's ruling army since the twenty fourteen military coup has led a movement of political artists who are finding ways to avoid the country's streak censorship rules. approach army passy a former generals is heavily to win this month's general election but headache hopes his message to shake up the establishment but i would have on my current government has stayed longer than normal i've seen many military supporters are now unwilling to support them what i think this is a turning point. for the public is starting to listen thanks to bands like rap against dictatorship there anthem condemning corruption politically impunity and the growing social divide went viral with close to sixty million views of. the rap troupe believe their songs popularity is the only reason they. went on

a little discussion is good and he should be free no one should fear being arrested or getting thrown into jail for talking about politics. laws which protect the ruling military and mana key from criticism have been used on an unprecedented scale since the army took over shortly after the coup actress pointed man kong was imprisoned for two and a half years for performing in a university play that was interpreted as criticizing the world family i'll play is . very dangerous for them because we have. something that they don't want people to know about in this climate of crackdowns and censorship on artists thailand is actually hosted for big got exposed in the past year including the bangkok korean ali. but curators say they operate in a climate of fear. soldiers have righted galleries and removed art works critical

of the military government officials argue censorship is needed to maintain peace in a polarized political landscape. type people have a lot of freedom there's barely any problem but whenever you're leaning towards one side or slandering someone and present false information as fact and i think we take it seriously. but look to say repression only lead to move rebellion and rhymes drew ambrose al-jazeera bangkok or you can watch stuff full documentary thailand's rebel artists on one a whiny twenty to thirty g.m.t. on thursday right here on al-jazeera. the headlines on al-jazeera this hour a chinese telecom giant weiwei is suing the u.s.

government is accusing washington of hacking its servers and stealing e-mails the u.s. considers why was products a security threat and says beijing can use its equipment to spy on federal agencies the company denies the allegations the u.s. government had branded its right it has hacked into servers and this story and e-mails and songs quote these tragedies the u.s. government has never provided and every day supposed accusation that i we posies sample securities direct. the u.s. government is very no effort to a company and it's probably a bot. british and american weapons have been used to kill hundreds of civilians in yemen that's according to

a report by yemen based human rights group findings were based on more than two dozen attacks by the saudi and u.a.e. led coalition which were documented between twenty fifteen and twenty eighteen a palestinian teenager has been killed by israeli fire along the gaza border overnight israeli fighter jets later struck several sites they say belonging to. israel's army says the strikes are in response to explosive devices being sent to cross the border fence that israel has expelled the german ambassador for welcoming opposition leader back to corrupt us daniel criner has been accused of meddling in venezuela's internal affairs and has been given forty eight hours to leave the un says burkina faso is facing a full blown humanitarian crisis almost a million people are in need of urgent help after a surge in attacks by armed groups and intercommunal violence.

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