algy zero. a massive venezuelan power outage drags on into a second day shutting schools and businesses. this is live from doha also coming up. thousands of protesters gather in algeria's capital despite the ending president's warning of chaos. tacky and russia begin joint patrols in syria is

a significant sign of cooperation in the last major rebel stronghold plus. it needs just one more push to address the final specific concerns of all paula and three weeks before the departure date persons prime minister implores the e.u. to help strike a compromise on how brics a deal. areas of venice woken up to a second day without force in schools to close and working hours to be suspended the government is accusing what it describes extremist sectors of sabotaging the biggest hydroelectric positions as mismanagement has ruined the power grid blackouts is adding to tensions brought about by the present majority and opposition leader. who's backed by around fifty countries including the us. well due to the power outage we're actually struggling to reach our correspondent. but

she did manage to send this report overnight. we're here in the. city. invent around five o'clock local time there was a massive power outage all around the country affecting most of the inventor and many of them continue to be in the dark the government is saying that. the leader of one way though i behind this attack and of course they united states should be saying is that the corruption that exists in venezuela today we know the power that has generated. and the people were struggling to make it back home the power the metro system but also the traffic lights went. off we know all feel that in some neighborhoods people took to the streets with some protesting against the

government saying that they're already suffering from shortages of food medicine with hyperinflation and this situation only. every day the last time that a power like this happened in the capital we know that at least four people lost their lives here because the power stations were broken various we're used to have one of the most efficient power structures here in america but the situation has dramatically changed power have become a norm here in venice days. now there are reports that algeria nine politicians from the ruling party have resigned to join the government protests. continuing demonstrations still protest. against president. running for. a week. alteration in the process he suffered

a stroke five years ago and since but still and from what i described is routine medical tests. as with me he's written books on media freedom and politics in algeria as professor a strategic communications at kaesong university so we make of these reports that a number of lawmakers from the ruling party have actually switched sides now yeah because you know they are just following the logic of the people in the streets and the convention that it's time and that which if you do stuff out so not only did the looting but see that or see or saw that organizations like the war veterans organization they outside the side we've had to people in the streets. the. union want to keeps. going use ation some of its affiliates in many parts of the country. side into we've the people in the streets saw you know we we had

a moving toward like the classical organization that used to be with which if you cut out just you know. saying too much. the president has to step out so just to be clear these elements of what's in algeria is there is the power of the elites behind. this appears to be crumbling yes different because you know this is the third friday you know we are talking about two weeks getting into a deferred doing and this demonstration aren't going to stop just going on and on its snowboard so and the out some of them you know get allies that this is a non turning point you know i'm going to go back and it's time you know just to use their last week and just to side leave the people and students so now we're feeling that in india no man correct. in the young to rise of bouteflika to

sing song you know. things happen some some of the consensus is not that involved so what do you think the people who want to still retain power are going to do to retain that power how far are they willing to go. the people behind beautiful himself. yeah how far will they go to retain power where d.d. will do their best to birth to it now this is the big challenges that are waiting for and yet afford the thought of which if you caught it you know. because the knock you know for instance we are going to get out of which if you go after which if you've got what how out of it what the mechanism to change the system to get that out of. and this is a big challenge it depends on who who is going to to do the forces that are going

to be dead after which if you cut and you know this transition period it's very important to know just to we have to look in the boat over fifty yes you know it's a you and a v. hit how to get to that over the course mick i need some and to put a new ones that are open you know with the real political democracy and but axis of democracy and this is a very big step it's a few steps you know like in tunisia. fled the country but it's initiated is photo with them democracy you know and they're not to really achieve in you what. has asked for its what the what's happening in syria in give yeah it's a really it's an it's a it's a huge task. thanks very much for taking the time to join us thank you. also here

in russia will begin joint patrols over syria's north west and live where they've created deescalation zone the last major rebel stronghold in the seas of us in a syrian government offensive the true says come under strain though as al qaeda linked fighters began seizing towns and villages from rival government groups you live in the literal u.s. and today the patrols of the russian troops just outside it live border and inside it live weaponized areas the patrols of the turkish army forces are starting to there were some restrictions over using the airspace over it libyan afrin 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 across one of them goes only brings us the latest now from istanbul. for the turkish military of this is the second joint patrolling at first they joint patrols with the american forces in the outskirts of course dish out members and now it's

time for them to patrol in the outskirts of that in the demilitarized zone of the last rebel held area in syria for turkey the security and stability of his very important and that's why it turkey's national defense minister stopped that they are disturbed by the syrian regime's violations of the cease fire that was established today asked on the talks and he said that they are expecting the regime to stick to the cease fire while the they're expecting the russians to stop the regime from while eating the cease fire the minister also said that from time to time the syrian regime is still targets the civilian areas through their military air strikes and there should be stops besides that he said that they are always in touch with the russian counterparts and when and if needed they are also in touch with the iranians underlined that contacting the syrian regime is out of question however turkey's president recently stated that there is the back door

diplomacy ongoing between the intelligence agencies of the turkish and syrian syrian side but we all understand that still this diplomatic relations respect or diplomacy is still on the intelligence level of going to check on the weather for you next and then taking a look at how pakistan's crackdown on groups may backfire amongst the people. a success was passed in the atlantic ocean should mean where a is about to begin in this space. well if any miserable raining in hong kong the last day or so there's more to come it's not just hong kong the feed of moisture comes up from the warm waters of the

south china sea but will the rains has fallen also as well hons far west as chung do with snow in the higher ground pretty widespread there tends to be drifting this way again so as for taiwan some parts of ground are where the heavy seem likely hong kong's included shanghai is back in the sunshine the least sunday is a bit more rain developing at the moment in iran this is the last lots going up through northern parts of pakistan found north of india so that's almost out of play and usual showers maybe showing up not far away from chennai but the next development is going to be in iran and then takes rain through some parts of pakistan and afghanistan it will fall a snow of course on the high ground whereas india looks pretty dry place and only slowly rising temperatures the wind is currently fairly light encounter but as you can see saturday and increasingly on sunday will be a fairly strong north if you like which tends to knock temperatures back again can sometimes be dusty so we're in the low twenty's really for riyadh and but amazing

thirty six in mecca. well the online. when you didn't your for them. only if you join us on sat all of us have been calling in some form or some fashion this is a dialogue we are talking about illegal friend you have seen what it can do to somebody people using multiple drugs including and some people. everyone has a voice. here twitter and you could be on the street join the global conversation on mt is iraq.

and again you're watching our. top stories this hour large areas of the. second day without power the government is accusing what it describes as extremists of sabotaging the biggest hydroelectric dam the opposition says mismanagement has ruined the power grids. the reports in algeria that nine coexistence from the ruling party are designed to join anti government protests demonstrations against president of love these beautiful running for effect of now and. we. can russia will join forces to help maintain stability in the syrian city of. countries that a military presence in the city will help the ceasefire agreement that is the last rebel strongholds. over the border and iraq people are living with fair because of that ties 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 unrecognized 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 need a same here 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 a 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 i saw are victims facing collective punishment the geneva conventions classify that as a war crime. or. do believe we need more coups we need good distance we need legal solution this country. hates jehad 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 in his town what i had 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 which. 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. have begun a crackdown on groups that made dozens of arrests and seizing hundreds of the groups say they'll talons the confiscations and courts as yet to be any legal convictions against them. reports from lahore many of them up thanks this system

they provide to the pool. this is the headquarters of the jaish e mohammad group or j m or to the local area religious navy j e m going to accused of carrying out an attack in the disputed kashmir region which brought nuclear armed india and pakistan to the brink of wall. in impoverished. part of southern pun job which had been neglected by successive governments. and a humanitarian range of groups such as j.m. provide. education an ambulance a. lot of money to this is basically an education institute like any other college or university as you have witnessed there are no assault courses or any kind of physical training areas. and all the government crackdown on banned groups and a compound is now under control. that's noted

a case in the provincial capital long haul yamato dog group or j u d runs one of. my dad's been accused by india of being behind the two thousand and eight mumbai attack. all. day. i've always been. growing. and. for many provides much needed assistance that otherwise day will go without and that's where many religious groups find their support base. not just to help someone to feed and to provide shelter to the homeless and in emergencies providing ambulance services that's not a crime unfortunately our charity work has been stopped but it's not clear what they're handing over ambulance to government means that the ambulance continue to

run and dad for george will benefit from. the muscles. differently it's a matter of great concern for people like us as these organisations were helping by providing free food an ambulance for a reasonable price and even for free if you can't afford the government insisted that drags down its own decision. you're not even. up to your own initiative for our own futures not anyone's pressure to crack down it's across the board in no time and its soil will not be misused by anyone on any level in any capacity that is the ultimate goal. will fall more than a hundred people have been. more than one hundred fifty seminary schools he said even before. i did claim. it's all

about go through. the national clampdown had nothing to do with standoff with india and still fall had not revealed how we had planned to plug the service gap left by debt many groups which are now bank. a long war. protesters in sudan and defying a state of emergency political parties aligned to the government say they're committed to starting talks aimed at ending almost four months of demonstrations it's unclear the government can talk to. reports from khartoum. don't have a job from university campuses to the streets of the two thousand continue to demand the resignation of president obama. protests calling for the end of his thirty year rule are now almost four months old their ability and shows no sign of abating despite promises from the government to improve the economy and the declaration of a year long state of emergency that bans public gatherings and protests. the

government is corrupt as a pressure may enter into people's houses and beat them now all our brothers are heading to the street to my beating with sticks of really firing tear gas as a violation of rights all were probably she's a lawyer they don't represent the sudanese people even the state of emergency because there are no soldiers on the streets. the protests which started in mid december in the northeastern city of algebra were sparked by a rise in the costs of basic goods some opposition groups say protesters have legitimate reason to take to the streets demonstrators say they want to voice their demands peacefully but have been met with tear gas and bullets fired rights groups say security forces have killed at least fifty people since demonstrations began the government puts the figure at thirty two the un human rights council has criticised the government response and its use of force president bashir met the committee formed to resolve the crisis and repeated his call for dialogue as well as announcing the state of emergency bashir has stepped down as head of the ruling

national congress party with talked about preparing the environment for. political prisoners. so we can create an environment for a national dialogue because every side sticking to their positions will not help. but it's unclear who to talk to most of the protests have been called for by opposition groups and an unofficial body known as the sudanese professional association but some say while they participate in the protests neither the opposition nor the association represent them so nearly four months on anti-government protest remain largely leaderless making it difficult to start talks to settle the crisis. ahmed bashir has presided over sudan for three decades coming to power in a bloodless military coup in one nine hundred eighty nine to overthrow the democratically elected government the current wave of anti-government protests is in the first day of the most serious and persistent his remaining defiant and so are the protesters leaving no solution in sight to end the deadlock.

three weeks before breakfast is due to happen prime minister treason may has called for one last push from the e.u. to strike a compromise on her divorce deal is a may will take the agreement to parliament again next week of titian's overwhelmingly rejects this in january and if they do so again be asked if they want to leave without a deal or the departure date should be delayed prime minister may warns that if her deal voted down it could be called off altogether next week members of parliament in westminster face a crucial choice whether to back the bricks it deal or to reject it back it in 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 out all the only certainty would be on going on certainty

finland's government has resigned after ditching plans to reform the health care system. wanted to cut the rising costs of caring for the back of the ageing population as pan's collapse in parliament following a scandal involving neglect at nursing homes the rise of far right politics in parts of europe has been matched by a growing reluctance to accept refugees one country that's bucking the trend is portugal which is actively seeking new arrivals currently has this report from the . six years ago raf fats was a student in damascus since then his dad's been killed he's travelled to jordan and egypt before finding himself of all places in lisbon 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 it makes things much simpler. 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 foundations 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 so accept refugees as an economic and social opportunity area the impact of refugees on the know what companies is globally positive we should be prepared be prepared for there is not a moment kenyan crisis d.c. 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 was foreign as the country finds it hard to convince refugees to stay so they have that more places like the restaurants building a community will change things. like anywhere else the refugees are looking for opportunities but spirit says 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. israel's election board is facing accusations of racism after it approved far right candidates to run in next month's election a prominent israeli palestinian party. who had been pushing for the accusing the policy of supporting what he calls terrorism how to force it has the story from west jerusalem. israel central election committee is hardly a neutral adjudicator it's made up of political parties with an eye on their voting blocks as much as electoral law his decision to allow jewish supremacists to run in next month's parliamentary election and bar one of two major arab parties is causing controversy we'll say with

a high court and it will continue until the end we will not accept this discrimination against. people in israel the decision was celebrated by israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu who tweeted that his likud ruling party's petition had been approved and that those who he said support terrorism would be allowed in the israeli parliament the knesset israel's attorney general fresh from recommending netanyahu see indictment on corruption charges had said the petition. that blood sort the elimination of israel as a jewish state and supported palestinian attacks was not supported by sufficient evidence israel's top lawyer did however recommend the banning of one member of a far right supremacist party jewish power from standing for the knesset on the grounds of racist incitement the committee voted to take no action in that case this is not the first time that race has been an open issue in his radio election in two thousand and fifteen for example benjamin netanyahu on election day itself appealed to his core constituency to come to the polls because the arabs he said

were moving in droves this time though it all seems to be happening a good deal early. in his campaign on monday the israeli prime minister used the catch phrase bibi is nicknamed not to be a leading palestinian israeli politician and to the dismay of israeli moderates and u.s. jewish organizations he engineered an alliance between one of his prospective coalition partners and the far right group of jewish power whether he gets elected or not the damage is already being done both in terms of eroding people's trust in democratic institutions as well as disenfranchising and the legitimizing a twenty percent minority in israel the israeli arabs with a month to go before polling day the ballot boxes are being prepared the election is essentially a competition for right wing votes something is visible in the voting inside the election committee as it has been in the campaign itself perry forsett al-jazeera west jerusalem. now

a new space shuttle has returned from orbit unmanned dragon capsule splashed down off the coast of florida after carrying cargo to the international space station it's been was a beta test flight that may pave the way for the first manned mission by a private operator space x. is hoping to last into orbit for the first time in a few months. but with al-jazeera these are our top stories large areas 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 sectors of sabotaging the biggest hydroelectric dam positions as mismanagement has ruined the power grid the blackout is adding to tensions brought about by the standoff between president nicolas maduro and opposition leader won. nine politicians from the

ruling party in algeria have reportedly resigned to join mass protests now in the third week train a metro services were halted on friday to try to stop demonstrators in the capsule alj is demanding eighty two year old president absolutely not run for a fifth. turkey and russia will begin joint patrols of syria's northwestern province where they've created a deescalation say in. the last major rebel stronghold and the ceasefire has a vested as syrian government offensive the truce has come under strain though as al qaeda linked fighters began seizing towns and villages from rival anti-government groups. 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 starting to there were some restrictions over using the airspace over it libyan afrin 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. three weeks before brics it is due to happen prime minister to is a may has called for one last push from the e.u. to strike a compromise on her divorce deal is where it will take the agreement to parliament again next week decisions overwhelmingly rejects this in january if they do so again they'll be asked if they want to leave without a deal or whether it's of the departure should be delayed 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 and thursday would impose fines for publishing materials that disrespect the state repeat offenders could face fifteen days behind bars. with all the headlines more news here on al-jazeera after the stream. i'm counting the recharge your batteries call me because around the

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