cats are endless. i really felt liberated as a journalist one of the about was getting to the truth as an eyewitness that's what his job. this is al-jazeera. hello there and welcome to this news. coming up in the next sixty minutes. shut schools and suspend working hours is a massive power outage continues into a second day. he and russia begin joint patrols in syria. sign of cooperation in the last major rebel stronghold.

thousands of protesters gather in algeria as capsule despite the president's warning of the risk of chaos. and an amazon tribe accuses the brazilian army of trying to wipe them out of a decades of dictatorship in an unprecedented tearing on their remote. turkey and russia will join forces to help maintain stability in the syrian city of to his national defense. stressed his concern of a serious violation of the ceasefire his country that's a military presence in the city will help the deal holds. it live in the should not use little use to do the patrols of the russian troops just outside it live border and inside it lip weaponized areas the patrols of the turkish army forces are

started there were some restrictions over using the airspace over it live in africa which also lifted today in this respect our cooperation with russia has improved we see this as a significant step for the continuation of the cease fire and ensuring stability. she's in istanbul for us and what we know saddam about these joint patrols is the first time isn't that we've seen this cooperation between turkey and russia. well yes we know that the joint patrols began at these tell if an hour ago and this is the first joint padfield between turkey and russia but first turkey joint patrol with a second convert inside syria is not the first time because turkish and american troops have joint patrol in the outskirts of kurdish held town while they go in they have finished and of course for turkey this is very important especially the two to sustain the stability and security in the last rebel held area a city which holds at least three point five million civilians because turkey has

some nine hundred kilometers border with syria that's why it is important for them and this is also underlined by the national defense minister he said that if the security and stability is harmed inside syria three point five million syrian civilians will not only flock to the turkish borders but also to the to the to the european countries so this is this is an emergency emergency situation that everybody should be aware of national defense minister said that they are disturbed by the sea is syrian regime's while the issues of the current cease fire that was signed between turkey russia and iran under. a stand of talks the minister said that the syrian regime from time to time continues to target civilian every through their military strikes that's why they want them they expect them to

stick to the cease fire and they expect the russians to stop the syrian regime's ceasefire violations this is what he said and he also added that they are always in contact with the russian counterparts and when and if needed turkish officials are also in contact with the iranians but there is a contact with the syrian regime is out of question the his that before before his statement recently turkey's pres. don had stated that there is a back door diplomacy ongoing between damascus and uncorrupt mainly through the intelligence agencies so now today we understand that there isn't a diplomatic. political or military contact between syria and turkey for now but the intelligence the intelligence diplomacy is continuing for turkey it is important especially on the it's a western side of syria but also he mentioned what's going on on the eastern side of syria especially the area under control of the syrian democratic forces which is

mainly the kurdish rebels and he. mentioned that the security zone which was promised by the united states should include turkish troops and the syrian kurdish forces the fighters should be at this thirty to forty kilometers mark from the turkish border ok many thanks for joining us there from istanbul with that update on the situation in syria and well over the border in iraq people are living with fare and stigma because of that ties to iceland that are going to reports from a camp in the disputed territory east of mosul thousands of iraqi children are paying for the sins of their eisel fathers many have never met or can't remember. miriam was a child bride she says her son was born after his turkish father died fighting for i saw the three year old boy is essentially stateless and recognized by the government as an iraqi citizen she says she doesn't want her son to make the same

mistakes as his father and receiving an education will help guarantee that. i have no soul just a body i can barely breathe i can barely move i only intend to live for my son i wish i had died in a strike. families with links to i saw fight it difficult to obtain identity cards this restricts their ability to move freely work with their children in school and apply for welfare benefits human rights groups say these families are even denied food donations by tribal leaders a humanitarian group called the public aid organization says relatives with ties to ice all are victims facing collective punishment the geneva conventions classify that as a war crime. or. do

believe the. more coups we need distance we need legal solution this country. shahad is raising six children under the age of nine in the past three years they've moved from one displacement camp to another unable to find refuge from being shunned she's mourned her eldest children never to mention that their father was an eyesore fighter she says she begged him not to join and urged him to abandon the armed group until he was arrested and it's in the end i'm a human being he's treated me as one i understand people lost loved ones but i am not accountable for my husband's actions. after years of war in iraq including the recent battle to defeat eisel a way forward maybe changes to the justice system to include prosecutions truth commissions rican silly asian and reparations that could be a long process. what is now

a private shame for these families may one day become a national reckoning for all iraqis natasha going to name al-jazeera east of mosul. large parts of venezuela have woken up to a second day without power forcing schools to close and working hours to be suspended the government is accusing what it describes as extremist sexes of sabotaging the biggest hydroelectric dam positions as mismanagement has ruins the power grid the blackout is adding to tensions brought about by the standoff between president this majority and opposition leader one guy doe is backed by around fifty countries including the us correspondent trey's opposes in caracas. we're here in the. in the. five o'clock local time there with power all around the country.

and many of them continue to be. the government is saying. the. united states. through. the corruption that exists. today we know the. people who are struggling to make it back home the power. but also. we know all the. people. protesting against the government there already. with hyperinflation and this situation only. we know that at least four people lost their. power station.

power. a normal. director of the u.s. government aid agency is in colombia where the latest shipment of international assistance from. this aid across international borders leading into the country. another u.s. cargo. on board. is positioning in the region at the request of. the shipment now moves into the hands of the colombian government until it can be safely transported into venezuela if this is the first time colombia has acted as an intermediary for provide tickets distance to another country we have achieved an important technical function

denying the existence of a humanitarian crisis president has said venezuela is not a country of beggars and ordered the closure of international borders with brazil and colombia. the last time the colombian government tried to move aid to venezuela clashes broke out with paramilitary forces and the cargo was set on fire. during a news conference and on thursday the deputy director of u.s.a. id told al-jazeera she's confident that won't happen again when it comes to contingency planning our contingency is that the borders will be opened and the humanitarian assistance will be allowed to enter venezuela. as many as five thousand people are crossing into colombia from venezuela every day in search of food for been as well and refugees like guess and her two year old son one manuel soup kitchens like these are a lifeline. for all of us venezuelans are dying of hunger there's hunger

there are children dying. since february fourth the united states and three other nations have delivered more than one hundred ninety five million dollars in assistance supplies include food hygiene kits and medical equipment. this latest shipment that's just arrived in colombia aboard this c one thirty aircraft it's carrying more medical supplies and other equipment that will add to the more than six hundred tons of international aid that continues to sit in warehouses on the colombia venezuela border but the big question remains how much longer will it remain here unable to cross over into venezuela. more than a dozen countries have pledged to assist in delivering aid to business will or even though nobody seems to know when that might happen. who could be much more still ahead including pakistan's crackdown on groups banned by the united nations security council. and premier league champions manchester could be banned

from european competition to win have all those details in sport. palestinians who have. occupied east jerusalem held outside the compound israel recently banned one hundred forty people including custody and the holy site it rests followed palestinians reopening the. ship sailed it off in two thousand and three saying ban groups be using it for meetings force it has more from. well the last of the tens of thousands of people who were inside the mosque compound for friday prayers are now leaving through lions gate here through the old city gate here in occupied east jerusalem but this area outside the walls of the old city is where a couple of hundred people came to pray at the same time earlier in solidarity with those who've been barred from the compound some one hundred forty people have been

barred access including senior members of the islamic work for the trust that runs the site in cooperation with the jordanian government the imaam of the mosque was here to lead the pres he said of the three hundred fifty thousand palestinians who live in occupied east jerusalem all had to work together to ensure that the site was protected what is happening is a battle over one contentious site within the mosque compound known as the temple mount to jews this area around the mersey gate was reopened by the walk several days ago after many years since two thousand and three of it's being enforced closed by the israeli authorities that was because they were targeting a group linked to hamas which had been using it the work says that that order surrounded so solely the group itself and should never of been applied to the closure of a specific area that is why they endorse the reopening of it they say that a deadline given by the israeli courts for next monday by which to return the

situation to the previous status quo is illegitimate because they don't recognize the authority of the israeli courts all these many government over the site itself so what we have now is a standoff there is a lot of weight being given to talks between the jordanian government and the israelis so far no breakthrough there though so we've had prayers and relatively minor protests so far outside the city walls here everyone there remembers what happened in twenty seventeen when there were major press major protests in the streets surrounding the old city and there were clashes between the israelis and the palestinians until metal detectors which had been imposed on the site in the aftermath of an attack against israeli forces were taken down again so so far the situation is calm but the longer it goes unresolved the more prospect there is of escalation. pakistan's prime minister emraan com says armed groups will not be allowed to operate from pakistani soil and carry out attacks abroad haida joins us live now from little hole cultist how significant

a statement this is it feels like a pretty big one. indeed a very significant day i mean given the fact that the government has already started to crack down again outfits across the country. properties and now the prime minister brown conroy's speaking in the southern province of if he were in order to allow anyone any military dog an idea here and do you spot gets done and david ignored be allowed to function there dollars. no one will be allowed to you would need. in order to carry out side and a broad so a clear statement coming from the prime minister at that time when the security forces clamping down on many outfits to cross the country some of them include.

a you've been witnessing some of this crackdown firsthand just describe what it looks like. what is happening today the district administration throughout the country have been ordered that they showed confiscate the acid. head office a bridge and now under the control of the government the autoloader did they have taken care of that day have ensured that they now control dogs. and several of that institution spread across the country and also the fact that the government is now taking over those assets we were able to witness hand over of ambulances which were all put it did by their motto i chatted to the organization and go down below and said we're being handed over to the government emergency response unit so for the first time we are able to see evidence on the ground that

the government is quite c.d.'s and does not warrant any militant outfit to be able to operate within pakistani territory ok come out and joining us that from the hall thanks very much. now authorities in algeria have halted train services in the capsule algiers in an effort to stem continuing demonstrations against the government it hasn't deterred protesters from gathering by train stations and marching in the streets protest against president up love these boards of flicka running for a fifth term now entering a third week the eighty two year old lisa less a warning of foreign infiltration in the protests he suffered a stroke five years ago and is in switzerland for routine medical tests. ass's it with me now here in the studio he's written several books on media freedom and politics knowledge area and is a professor of seats at communications at cattle university could speak to you again so the protests were due to start in earnest now what are we actually seeing

on the streets. thousand so far cheeriness or over the forty eight that we've had so far gerry adams. miller villages you name it mate you know talk about like twenty million nigerians are going to be our dad and so this is deferred for a day where they are going out just to say you know to. the fifth. election of the police even to potentially. how do we expect. to responds to these parties how they've been doing it so far where so far so good because you know do you know how to the protesters and there is no clashes between you know the people and the auto duties and this is a good sign that i see you know. out of me hasn't decided yet you know to go for you if it is it did so i think in the longer annoying the next few days it's

a deal is going to let down the president right ok well that would be certainly a big turning point yes yes we hope that it would happen so we don't know so far you know what's the. they let the decision i think dad dad trying to find a solution for because they were not expecting to know the smarts as you know going out just to say no to. half the candy they see of a president. and i think that me strength against some. of the political forces to make a decision and because you know dispute. that incident to go but. it's . the turning point for the out just to go and do it again and again and again you know. the president. is being compared to the two thousand and spring uprising that they largely escaped why is this happening now why are people

so fed up at this particular point in time where you know do waited because you know there was there was you know the men date was two thousand and fourteen two thousand and nineteen ok and they couldn't do anything in that time but the president was very sick critically to secure these now is in switzerland so now it's the third which they said this is much too much we can't stand this discount of things again it's that you know president was a shrewd from the political scene seen in algeria now it's like you know if you cut doesn't want to have such an exit it's for him this is a big big defeat and he wants to go to exceed the president see you know in good times in by the big not as we say in arabic but in force uniquely you know dissent constance's are going to push him just to to with that all because

of his health situation it's his if he can't which you know since two thousand and thirteen he was not. yeah because of his health conditions since two thousand and thirteen and yeah we know we are in two thousand and nineteen and his situation is very very bad ok we'll leave it there for the moment but thanks very much take the time to come and speak to you thank you now protesters have rallied and southwest yemen for a fourth day over the killing of a witness in a child rape case that was raised as a rough bar was killed by fighters from a group backed by the united arab emirates there's a witness in the case of an alleged rape the seven year old boy by fighters loyal to the. yemen's government set up a committee to investigate the death. and. my son was murdered his

killers took him right in front of my eyes outside the front door they didn't even use my presence i was looking at them and i was crying but they took him away an entire armed unit grabbing one man i called on the president to ensure they're brought to justice and that my son finally gets retribution when yemen's warring sides agree to stop fighting and withdraw their troops from a crucial port city there was hope that more food and medicine would soon flow in but with sporadic fighting still going on there is growing despair for nineteen million yemenis suffering malnutrition and illness aid agencies say time is especially short for children a warning viewers may find some of the images in a report distressing. even the screens have become mute. to give any toddler who hasn't had enough to eat for most of her life. let no one overhead at about three in. the eye wall is now

twenty four months old but she's suffering from acute mine argument as a result of the war it's very difficult to get the required food supplements we're doing all we can to save her life her condition has become acute and will probably become another statistic without proper treatment yemeni said they're tired of burying their children doctors say they're helpless to cope with a rare form of malnutrition. the child is suffering from acute malnourishment which is normally found in skin and bone or course your core. case is a combination of the two types which is very rare it started with skin bone then developed into core and both her feet about two weeks ago. the wilds not the only victim the un's children agency says one hundred thirty five thousand children remain in the besieged city of her they were they face the highest level of malnutrition and cholera in yemen. unicef says their living conditions are so dire

no one should ever suffer them. the fight between the coalition and who has destroyed health care system. the siege and bombardment of the port city over their heads wrecked hospitals ambulances even medical stores doctors say their missing ninety percent of medical supplies and equipment. specifically targeted the health sector and intentionally aimed at destroying its facilities more than fifty percent of all the medical facilities have been totally or partially destroyed including the main hospitals and maternal clinics half of the emblems fleet has been destroyed to the province is facing a catastrophic humanitarian situation it is beyond words of the board over the past four years because malnourishment among more than three hundred thousand children below the age of five alone. it may be too late for thousands of starving children

. but has a few days of hope left. it's only if those in power care and help arrives in time some of the job there. well winter and just will not leave north america and when they there is more to come is my role this is right the deep cold is being chef slowly north back into count of the us but snow snow or pits are plenty and in colorado reporting the worst season for avalanches in fifty years he is just the last few days we travel on the highway and they just roll across some of the quite to do very very vehicle barriers vehicles but you can't escape even if they blow across you say the worst in fifty years and it's not a sort of the end of it we're talking about just west of colorado springs up in vail mountain area ski areas expect with dismay that we are coming in to the spring akron oaks pretty soon and you see a massive cloud down here there are

a few more showers to come in this area and this is another potential developing storm so just wind that a bit look at the whole u.s. wasna south that veil of cloud just leads you to a bit of rain in the southern states and then still snow you'll notice in were just south of washington but then this develops now this in the next day or so as it rolls through wyoming into the northern plains states will involve millions of people and to get fifteen twenty centimeters of snow is a big storm system joining up with what was already there before so masses of rain for the south where flooding has been something of a problem so in the immediate future in particular around the midwest and the plains states this snow will roll east with but the temperatures at least are all miss rice. so i has had on al-jazeera a warmer welcome than most will tell you why portugal cops get enough breath in jeans. and joe will tell you why tie downs weightlifters will miss next year's

olympics and taking all that coming up in sport. the ultranationalist monks connected with one of the world's worst humanitarian crisis we doe as illegally maigret joining with the military to impose a deadly political agenda we have two photos of our nation what has happened to the engine that's one of the biggest stains on the country as all. those in the religion this is the politics me and mine an unholy alliance coming soon on all jews earring. the world's pollinators are in decline. in this episode of trying we meet entomologists on opposite sides of the planet protecting insects of all sizes crucial to preserving food chains. i've come to the u.k. to see how all the industrial sites are being turned into bug reserves in an

attempt to reverse this worrying trend. fighting insect to get on on al-jazeera. there again you're watching al-jazeera has reminder of our top stories this hour tacky and russia will join forces to help maintain stability in the syrian city of . both countries hope that a military presence in the city will help the ceasefire agreement it is the last rebel stronghold. millions of venezuela's been spending the night and doctors because one massive blackout the government is blaming sabotage alleging an attack

on the main power source. is in the grip of a standoff between the president and opposition leader. and algerian authorities of hole to train a metro system the capsule algeria's an effort to stem continuing demonstrations against the government protests against president upsilon seems birds of running for a fifth term is now and showing a week. and it is in syria the u.n. says more than sixty thousand people and now crammed into a camp after leaving isis last shrinking pocket of territory some have described scenes of horror and despair in the bombed out village of bag by the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces say isis defeat is imminent yes death has been applying a combination of force to put pressure on fighters who refuse to surrender followed by pauses to allow the fighters wives and children as well as other civilians to escape the great so-called bernie is the middle east regional director at the

international currency of the red cross and joins us now live from geneva a first of a great series saw two thousand people around about two thousand people leaving bugaboos on wednesday surrendering to the s.d.f. forces can just talk us through that process how they leave and then where they go onto. the people leaving those areas are treated. as a security threat by the parties to the conflict so there is a screening process and after those people after the screening process they reach a camp where they're still measure restricting their movement i believe what. is taking us by surprise is do number of people leaving those r.e.i. so nobody expected to see fifty four thousand people since december moving out of those are really are in dramatic you may turn conditions absolutely and these

people have now ended up in this whole camp which the u.n. says is struggling to cope with the crowds of people with distance describe the situation there for us. i think the situation is dramatic again a bit more than ten thousand people in this camp just in december two or three months back now you have fifty four thousand people. is present and these people you know i arrived in those camps in very difficult situation they've seen you know war they haven't had access to food that traumatized sleepless a lot of wounded a lot of sick and when. they found another traumatic situation. it's really a concern for us as i.c.r.c. we do our best to. support those people but it's clearly not enough

today and what about the eisel fighters who come out of the held in custody what are the conditions like the. i have not in a position to comment on the condition of detention of possible fighters what i can see. she sighed is of the movement of population that is a challenge but i would like also to stress that most of the people leaving those areas women and children saw the focus for us is also to make sure that these extremely vulnerable population is assisted just to give you an example today we have around nine hundred kids who are in a company in a very isolated area exposed to abuse read no support around them to cope with this situation so yes they are for sure some fighter there are

measures taken to deal with this like in any other conflict but today what should really be our concern it's all those families those children who are pretty much just alone ok great so called bonnie thank you very much taking time to join us there from geneva to little bit about the conditions there in eastern syria. thank you very much now u.k. prime minister to his m a has to get behind that deal ahead of a crucial vote and these negotiations with europe have stalled over the issue of the irish border you had given the u.k. until friday to come up with new proposals to overcome the impasse and these are votes on may's revised deal on the twelfth of march joins us live from london so he's made been speaking a warning holland to accept

a deal. that's right it's not a new attitude but she has been accused in recent weeks of deliberately trying to run the clock down to five to basically confront parliament the last hour with a situation where the u.k. faces leaving without a deal or voting for her deal in whatever shape that is of that so not new we did hear though a new change in focus even though she was talking in the town of grimsby a port on the eastern coast of england which was strongly for leave in the referendum part of her speech was directed towards brussels and i think this is really. behind the scenes an admission that reason may realizes that

things are slipping away from her as you said those talks in brussels have been going badly negotiators have tried to win legally binding concessions. or changes to that irish backstop solution which the you say just is not possible jeffrey cox the attorney general was rumored to be going to brussels on friday he is now thought not to be going there to reason they will speak to you late leaders over the phone over the weekend the one certainty is that vote next tuesday but all along she was pushed to take some personal responsibility for what many people in britain now see as a chaotic situation and she refused to engage with that over and over again she repeated almost a set phrase that the m.p.'s will have a choice to make next week let's have a listen next week members of parliament in westminster face a crucial choice whether to back the back seat deal or to reject it back

it and the u.k. will leave the european union. reject it and no one knows what will happen we may not leave the e.u. for many months we may leave without the protections that the deal provides we may never leave at all the only certainty would be ongoing uncertainty. so to resume a clearly also dangling the threat of no bricks it a tall she says that that is becoming more likely with labor shifting towards a second referendum if the deal doesn't go through but it doesn't look like this deal can be changed and it's very unlikely that a deal will go through so there are many contradiction in what contradictions in what treason me is saying all we know for sure is that m.p.'s will get another vote on the deal next week now the barber joining us there from london thanks very much . and his highest court says it was

a mediation between muslim and hindu groups. the case dates back to the destruction of the mosque in the northern indian town of a toy riots and one nine hundred ninety two sides claim the size is that it's been a source of tensions between the two religious communities. here we are again just two days after the supreme court reserve decision it's now ruled in favor of mediation in the case between three parties one a group of hindus claiming the land a group of muslim petitioners and another group of hindus representing the day the lord whom they believe was born on the site mediation has been tried in the past since the one thousand nine hundred two demolition of the mosque by about two hundred thousand ultranationalists hindus but those talks are always held by a third party and always unsuccessful this time it will be a panel of mediators appointed by the court and a former judge heading it and they'll also be a media ban in place but it's not what all the parties wanted because earlier

mediation had. the parties from the beginning were not very enthusiastic so. we expect that there should be some result of this decision will be expected another reason many believe the court is pushing for mediation is because the politics involved issues such as the bobby moss demolition are very politically polarizing here in india many analysts believe the governing b.g.p. got a big political push in the one nine hundred ninety s. following the mosque demolition with elections set to begin here in india next month analysts say mediation may be the best way to keep politics out of the case at least as much as possible. the chinese government has pledged support to telecom giant hallways lawsuit against the us government. says beijing will protect the rights of its people and companies always so in washington over a ban on federal agencies from using its technology the u.s.

considers huawei is products a security threat and says beijing can use its equipment for spying through the recent action against a particular chinese company and individual is by no means a pure judicial case but deliberate political suppression china has taken and will continue to take all measures to resolutely safeguard the interests of chinese businesses citizens south korea and the united states have signed a deal that would increase souls' financial contribution for the deployment of u.s. troops in the country solar's agreed to pay nine hundred twenty four million dollars up from around eight hundred thirty million dollars last year president donald trump pressured seoul to increase its share triggering worries in south korea that he might withdraw some of the troops the deal requires parliamentary approval in south korea three indonesian army soldiers are amongst four people killed in fighting with separatist rebels in pop or province army commanders say dozens of rebels with guns and traditional spears attack soldiers guarding

a new road bridge the national liberation army of west papuan is blamed for killing at least nineteen workers in december a building roads in india's poorest region where indigenous pop ones say they are discriminated against on international women's day papa new guinea is considering reserving parliament she seats for women all one hundred eleven seats of parliament are currently held by men from as the peter o'neill introduced the proposal saying it was only fair there was more debate about women's roles at the leadership level human rights watch has called papa new guinea one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman two thirds are estimated to have experienced domestic violence. three women who spent ten years in prison for abortion convictions have been released in el salvador it was thirty years sentences but the supreme court commuted the sentences to time served the court found their original sentences failed to account for their economic circumstances eighteen women remain behind bars on similar

charges and large the catholic and salvador portion is illegal in all circumstances tries people living in the amazon rain forest of brazil awaiting to hear if they'll be compensated for what they say is genocide committed decades ago army commanders deny the massacre of up to three thousand people to make way for a new road which i gave him the reports deep in the world's largest rain forest a hearing has been hound he says accuse the army of trying to wipe out their tribe during the military dictatorship in brazil between one thousand nine hundred sixty four and nine hundred eighty five. i lost my father my mother my sister and my brother i'm the only survivor in my family. federal prosecutors say thousands of indigenous people died to make way for a new road through the forest. and i saw a group of soldiers arrive over land and another by helicopter that dropped bombs

on our hearts military commanders deny attacking the tribe decades ago. why does this to me is where these bodies where is the residue material from the alleged bomb let's really look for the truth it's not the instinct of the brazilian army to attack indigenous people it never has and never will be what. indigenous groups is speaking out at a time of heightened tension they say nearly elected president jaya both sonora has stripped them of their rights and dismantled environmental protections opening the amazones mineral riches for more commercial exploitation construction on an energy pipeline through the amazon is due to begin in june both scenarios says he doesn't have to consult indigenous people because the pipelines the matter of national security the herring will decide on the tribes demand that the brazilian government pays its thirty million dollars in compensation and issues an official apology

victoria gates and be al jazeera. the rise and fall rifle to exam parts of europe has been matched by a growing reluctance to accept refugees one country has bucking the trend as portugal which is actively seeking your rivals slave reports from there's been. six years ago raf fats was a student in damascus since then his dad's been killed he's traveled to jordan and egypt before finding himself of all places in lisbon and now he runs a restaurant stops by other refugees it's quite a story but he's happy. i really like being here for different reasons i like the country the people the climates like home and the way they treat us i don't feel like a stranger here i can speak portuguese now and to make things much simpler house. there's been has become similar tenuously the most welcoming and yet least well known potential destination for refugees everything happening here is the opposite

to the rest of the european union portugal finds itself in a minority of one inside the european union the only country actively trying to encourage refugees to come and settle here the problem is trying to get them to do it and then trying to get them to stay portugal has reached out to greece and italy and is in advance talks with germany about relocating fountains of people the country has accepted many more from turkey and egypt portugal's interior minister makes the case for doing this in a way you almost never hear anymore inside the european union that it isn't only morally right to accept refugees as an economic and social opportunity any of the impact of refugees. know what countries is globally positive we should be prepared be prepared for that and saying this is not a moment tenant crisis the sea is a situation that we should see. along

a long time around and we should be prepared. portugal's problem is that it wasn't on the refugee route it has no natural community from the middle east even though there's virtually no racism here it's all foreigners the country finds it hard to convince refugees to stay so they hope that more places like the restaurant building a community will change things. like anywhere else the refugees are looking for opportunities but our experience is that when they feel welcome and integrated they don't want to leave. over the last five years the countries in europe with the loudest voices have been those claiming that refugees threaten the social fabric of the continent portugal's voice is much quieter but it offers a friendship which doesn't exist elsewhere. al-jazeera lisbon. again taking pictures that we just saw coming in a couple of moments ago of the crew dragon that's

a new space capsule built by space x. for nasa splashing down in the atlantic ocean just off the coast of florida after a mission to the international space center now this successful landing is expected to pave the way for a manned private space mission to international space station. russian politicians have approved a bill that could put anyone in jail for posting online criticism of the country legislation which passed the lower house on thursday would impose fines for publishing materials that disrespects the state peace offenders could face fifteen days behind bars a second bill that was also approved could block anyone publishing so-called fake news online both are expected to pass the upper house next week. felons government has resigned after ditching plans to reform the health care system. wanted to cut

the rising costs of caring for the rapidly aging population has plans collapsed in parliament following a scandal involving neglect at nursing homes. still ahead. the former world number one. reaches out to as well as joe had.

has gained all the support now laura thank you mention city face the prospect of being banned from european competition off the way for open to formal investigation

into the club of possible breaches of financial fair play rules the english premier league champions have been at the center of allegations published by a german sports magazine claiming the city's m. rotty owners shakman saw injected funds into the club to top up sponsorship income has rules have a limit on how much money and owner can add in a statement munch says he responded by saying it welcomes the opening of a formal way from vest occasion is not to bring to an end the speculation resulting from the illegal hacking and out of context publication of city's e-mails the accusation of financial irregularities are entirely false the club's published accounts are full and complete and a matter of legal and regulatory record crystal vent about is a journalist with bagel who first broke the story about possible irregularities he says the announcement of the investigation doesn't come as a surprise we have already the chief investigator if you if you flip him stating at the beginning of this year actually that if all those allegations that were

published in the past couple months were true then there would be a big problem and you could imagine even excluding mentions the city from the champions league so i think it was only a formal step for you if i were to actually officially announce that they are doing the investigation i guess will and treat to find out what they will find out in this process. this is actually the first time that mention the city has commented on our publications before each publication we asked them and send them a lot of questions about. the topics that we were doing research on and it always refused to comment and always stated it's. stolen material and it's taken out of context so this is now the first time that they actually say the extras ations our faults and what they're also saying is they will come the you if i investigation which we all do because now there's actually a framework and a possibility to to. put more discoveries out in the open and to see what's

actually wrong and what's actually right in this situation we work together with a whistleblower called we've been to from the football the express form and he handed over seventy million documents to dish beagle and to our european media partners and we looked into these files these documents for many months and for us as journalists it's very important to see that the files are authentic and that what we publish about is of public interest and both of those things were right and were accomplished in this case so we decided we have the right to publish those articles one of the favorites to win the europa league has suffered a big defeat in the first leg of the round of sixteen also had their first ever loss in front since they went down three one to ren after having a player sent off in the first half year i played only hope for silverware this season we must learn also to play when it's coming to

they. let's play it on the on the pitch but these not dispense today because we couldn't do our war. in difficult moment in mean it when one less play it like we wanted but i think we kind of weather. elsewhere five time champion severe weather held to a draw by slavia prague villareal picked up a win over then it's in petersburg while premier league side chelsea beat dynamo kiev three nil. there's a mouthwatering tennis match coming up later indian wells with two time champion serena williams and victoria as a rank of facing off in the night session this will be williams' first match since her quarterfinals exit at the australian open meanwhile sister venus is through to the second round after a tough opening match the former world number one beat germany's andrea petkovic in three sets of the venus last second set about the game show now face australian open final list and thirty petra bit of a. women's world the one day

a miss soccer opens her title defense on saturday against frenchwoman coast not end of it after high profile split with coach sasha suck as working with a new trainer jermaine jenkins and she's confident things are looking up. so it's been going really well he's kind of tough though so it's a little bit difficult but you know i mean he's he's a really awesome guy and he's a really good coach i think of course there's a little bit of pressure there but for me i don't think about defending i just think about winning another tournament so hopefully i can keep that mindset going for sure i think winning in new wells gave me a lot of confidence going into grand slams because it is seven matches for me because i wasn't seeded at the time and it's worth more like all of the top players play indian wells and so definitely it would give me a lot of confidence next year's olympic weightlifting competition would be missing one of its powerhouses thailand has chosen to sit out tokyo twenty twenty an all

white lifting competitions this year to serve voluntary one year ban six tie weightlifters tested positive for a banned substance at last year's world championships including olympic champion. seen here who is one of thailand's top two gold medalist at the rear lympics despite the ban thailand will still host the world championships in pretoria in september without any home competitors. the governing body of well that is the idea has announced it will elect its first ever female vice president the election will happen at the i w f congress this september and cats are ahead of the world championships the move itself is part of a plan to bring equality to the governance of a flat ics but the idea of stones will still take some time it says that two of its for vice president roles will be filled by women but not until twenty twenty seven by that stage women should have also equal represent representation in the

executive council right now only six of twenty seven members are female earlier we spoke to reuters where he says the idea has always been proactive in pushing for equality for female athletes. it's not as if the i don't really have is suddenly saying hey let's do something for women because they have consistently given the same prize money to women they've given women's events the same priority and of course they have had women represented in government i mean if you're not one thing when you think back to one thousand nine hundred sixty which is in my lifetime women were not allowed to run anything longer than four hundred meters on till the one nine hundred sixty olympics and of course we routinely see the same number of women finishing my reasons as men so there has been credible development in outlet ics in my lifetime and i think this is all positive for him personally i

am quite comfortable with their position on taxes and yes requiring someone to take medication for which there is no bet it will just freak cation and worse and maybe so side effect is something i thought i'd find on ethical i think i would give the i don't have the benefit of the doubt and say that they do vent or coincidental and finally most casual skis would take a chair lift or a gondola to the top of the sleights but not these three free ride as he went to extreme lengths in the austrian alps hitching a ride on a set plane any problem of course is that there's no way to land the airship and that meant the skis had to abseiled fifty meters down to the top of the mountain scary stuff it looks like their attempts to avoid the lift keys paid off as they got the best of the piece powder. lovely well that is always but for now. very jealous. and that's it for me nora while for this news i will

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