we're entering. overflowing the streets of the capital and cities across algeria protests against the ailing president on now the biggest in decades. hello i'm to start the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up large parts of venezuela still reeling under the west blackout in recent years. living in limbo the families in iraq struggling with the stigma of ice. and women

around the wound international women's day with protests and pride. while the demands for algeria's eighty two year old president to cede power are getting louder and the crowds are growing larger by the day friday's protests against faecal were the biggest in twenty eight is hundreds of thousands of people have been turning out and huge numbers across the country the ailing president not to stand for a fifth time at next month's elections this was the scene in the capital algeria's where the demonstration was the largest since two thousand and one media reports put the number at more than a million people in the city of boston in the far east of algeria protesters packed into the main square they waved flags and called for political change and here in iran on the other side of the country there have been similar scenes tens of

thousands of mainly young men and women rallying in algeria's port city. mohammed has a top story car friday protests for the third successive week nationwide in algeria where and this time they appear to be bigger than ever. demonstrators demanding president i.z.'s with the clique abandon his bid for a fifth term in office in next month's election i just a day earlier eighty two year old beautifully who suffered a stroke five years ago and is in switzerland for what are described as routine medical tests urged algerians not to demonstrate and warned about the risk of chaos if they did the protesters didn't listen. to me not us i am here today with my daughters with the country's children to take back our last algeria we want to take it back so that our children find work so that they don't see and drown in the mediterranean sea. yeah neelam the system and please leave us look at the

people the action is here the people are here from old social classes from the youngest to deal just everyone is saying no church fifth or please leave you won't even be judged. and local media reports say that nine politicians from with a clique is ruling f l m party resigned to join the revolt. train and metro operators halted services to try and stem the tide of protesters a strategy that clearly didn't work across algeria demonstrations have been staged daily for the past two weeks since beautifully could confirm he would stand for another term in office on april the eighteenth since the protests began opposition groups have been attempting to come up with a viable plan on how to remove with a flicker from office in an open letter on monday the president said if he's reelected he will call for a referendum on a new constitution and another election at some point. our jury is armed forces are under mounting pressure to find

a solution but so far the response has been cryptic while alluding to the demonstrations algeria's army chief. evoked the civil war of the one nine hundred ninety s. urging protesters to be aware of history but the rallies continue with no signs of abating any time soon homage into just you. the rallies for change are spreading beyond algeria's borders there have been shows of solidarity in the french capital crowds gathered in paris say they're not just opposed to president there's a flicker but algeria's entire political system and in switzerland algerians gathered in front of the hospital where the president's being treated algeria's government says arrived in geneva for medical checks late last month but will be discharged soon. i'm against this because it's a nonsense it's amended shouldn't happen this mandate is a mandate of cheating and corruption the going president called run for president because he's health doesn't allow him but the algerian constitutional council has

accepted. and this is very telling of what is happening in algeria well stephen mcinerney is the executive director of the project on middle east i'm ocracy and he says he is expecting a big announcement from the government in the coming days. the protests were enormous they were wide reaching across the country and very crosscutting in terms of all segments of society participating numbers were really overwhelming and the move was really positive and inspiring i think it's very likely that we'll see significant concessions and significant announcement to come from the government this weekend i would expect either tomorrow or sunday i think it's very likely that there will be announcement of beautifully it will not run for another term i think it's also very likely they will postpone elections beyond april to give more time to kind of figure out a roadmap and a plan but we'll see i mean i there's been there was complete silence from the government today but i think it was encouraging that there was any kind of real

crackdown on the protest or any any real violence initiated by security forces which some had feared was a possibility so i think thing you know everyone's waiting to see what the government will say over the weekend. now to another country embroiled in a political crisis where rival protests are expected in several hours from now venezuela's president nicolas maduro and opposition leader have both called for demonstrations but the people of venezuela struggling with the west blackouts in decades schools and offices are closed hospital services are badly affected and although power has been restored in some parts of the capital caracas large parts of the country still remain without electricity after more than a day there is to reason both spoke to people affected by the power cuts they're. in the seven thousand years old and for the last few months she's been involved in a battle with bone cancer. she's already have part of one leg removed because of

her two more to get the. right one and keep her went through the whole thing telling her scheduled treatment on friday she was told it had been postponed the recent and electricity blackout affecting much of the country. i spent three months waiting to begin my chemo center of p. because the equipment was in working now because of the blackout again he quit working so i get my chemo. the source of the blackout has been trees too big to electric dam in the state of. almost every corner of the country has been impacted by the power cut. but it is in hospitals like this one where the situation becomes critical this is one of the most effective but nobody got i got electricity have been gone already for fifteen hours and initially the hospitals power plants failed and that's why the government was forced to bring in other power plants but

we're told that they're only able to supply some rooms within the hospital. is twelve years old and suffers from hydrocephalus she has been in the hospital for a week and in the in a moment or not anymore there's no electricity and because of that there's no water there are no syringes no goals we were told the power plant failed last night so i'm not sure how the situation here will continue. without electricity most of the capital remain closed on friday the metro railway systems have shut down so have schools and businesses. the political opposition blames the massive power cut on corruption and mismanagement. in two thousand and nine they declared an electrical emergency ten years ago they put one hundred billion dollars into the electrical system yet we find ourselves in this disaster today. the president. has blamed the outage on sabotage by the united states government has not provided evidence to

support his claim but his backers including captain. are convinced he's right. there are people who are planning to destroy the revolution we're talking about international opposition and donald trump and his puppets are trying to guarantee people get their jobs mostly for hospitals and other sectors. a few minutes later electricity came back in some parts of caracas the government supporters celebrated and chanted that the socialist revolution started by chavis won't be defeated any time soon. but outside behold hospital there was silence as mothers waited for any update on their children's condition their primary concern is not who's to blame for the blackout it's the hold their child gets the treatment they desperately need. another palestinian protester has

been killed during the fiftieth week a demonstration at the gaza border fence twenty three year old tyler arafat's was shot in the head by israeli forces when they opened fire on thousands of palestinians taking part in the protests he later died at a hospital more than forty others including journalists and medics were injured on friday. u.s. backed fighters in syria say they'll resume their assault on pockets of territory if no more civilians come out by saturday afternoon the syrian democratic forces have slowed their offensive on but who is to allow thousands of people to leave the u.n. says more than sixty thousand people who have fled the area and now crammed into a nearby camp and now the baby of a british teenager who went to syria to join a so has died according to syrian democratic forces the infant died at a camp for the internally displaced in northeastern syria show me a bag and gave birth to the child last month and all story turned to london the government had stripped citizenship for joining the armed group and in neighboring

iraq people are living with fear and stigma because of their alleged ties to eisele that's actually going to end spoke to some of them in a camp 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 knew. 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 if i had it difficult to obtain identity cards this restricts their ability to move freely were 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 we need more coups we need good distance we need legal solution this country. she had 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. weather is next but still ahead on al-jazeera barely scraping by and dropping to mom's leaves thailand's rubber industry facing and unfasten future and respond to the family of

a young man from indian administered kashmir to find out why he chose to take up. hello again and welcome back cross in eight states over the next few days it is going to be stormy for many locations we're talking about severe weather down here across the south as well as winter weather and advisories for winter storm watches and warnings up here towards the north affecting parts of the northern plains parts of ontario as well as come back so here you go on saturday very winter conditions up here towards the north winds are going to be a problem as well visibility could come down to near white out conditions there but here across a cell this is where we could potentially see some large hail damaging winds and the possibility of a tornado or two as we go through sunday as well the snow continues to make its way

towards the east but down towards a cell it is going to be quite warm look at this washington you one way up to about twenty one degrees there across much of the caribbean things are looking quite nice we're not looking at much in terms of rain some rain down here across parts of costa rica that is going to continue on that eastern coast but up towards savannah it is going to be a fairly nice day for you with the temps are there of about thirty degrees and then very quickly across argentina things are getting better down towards the south we are going to see that rain pushing up here towards montevideo but for rio de janeiro it is going to be a partly cloudy day with a tempter thirty three in that sense in about twenty eight degrees for you. toilers military government is accused of using repressive son's critics. but. one i want to. read last one zero zero. zero is

a very important force of information for many people around the world when old the cameras are gone i'm still here go into areas that nobody else was going talk to people that nobody else is talking to and bringing that story to the forefront. hello again i'm. reminded of the news this hour hundreds of thousands of algerians have staged the largest anti-government demonstrations nearly that he is the country has seen weeks of protest against president. since he announced he would seek a fifth term and office. the power is back in parts of the venezuelan capital after

the west blackouts in decades but the outage continues elsewhere with some areas left without electricity for more than a day. as in syria say they'll resume their assault on pockets of territory if no more civilians come out by saturday afternoon the syrian democratic forces have slowed their offensive to allow thousands of people to. well tension escalation between india and pakistan last month after a suicide bomb that killed more than forty indian troops they alleged attacker was a man from kashmir activists a young people from joining. as peaceful demonstrations on the security crackdown reports. among the trees in fields of this village an indian administered kashmir is the home of a suicide bomber. was responsible for driving a car full of explosives that killed forty indian paramilitary troops last month

sparking a conflict between india and pakistan. his parents have confine themselves to their home since then pranged and clutching to memories of their son trying to figure out how their cricket loving boy became a suicide bomber. he was very good at studies he was reciting koran reading prayers used to go to the shrines and stay in mosques says his son was shot during a protest in twenty sixteen and had to leave college because of it. other young men say these incidents are common and breed resentment this nineteen year old college student who won't reveal his name says he's been paralyzed for joining protests three years ago and his house raided over a dozen times he says he's fed up with the situation. i used to take part in protests. a few times i stopped them again i was harassed on my mother and father. i can't. even rights activists in the region fear young are being pushed into

joining armed groups because. if. they had a violent it's not. so government. for the militants. it's not just young men in armed groups that have lost their lives civilians and many in the security forces have been killed in the violence in indian administered kashmir some of the soldiers are named here and india's new war memorial military officials on the ground in kashmir say it's a misinformation campaign by armed groups that the blame for some of the violence. the region's military commander has lashed out at what he says is a descent from ation campaign. propaganda and even can't say anything without any proof i would like to tell again people of kashmir don't fall victim to this propaganda. as fighting between armed groups and indian forces continue as does the

intermittent shelling between india and pakistan who say they are caught in the middle. with few options in front of them the worry is the next generation may also get dragged into the conflict as jamil al-jazeera new delhi. marches and rallies have been held across the world to mark international women's day with many pushing for action on equality. in pakistan's largest city korat she hundreds of people called for an end to violence against women rallies were held in several other cities women also protested against child marriage honor killing and income inequality and in ukraine's capital there was violence as far right protesters disrupted a woman's march against sexual violence police were called in to separate the two groups and three people were arrested police in turkey used tear gas to try to break up a gathering of thousands of women in istanbul but demonstrators stood firm and

continued their march in solidarity with women unjustly imprisoned in neighboring syria one of the biggest marches was in the spanish capital hundreds of thousands of women rallied in central madrid many of them skipping work to take part women's rights as one of the key issues in next month's election and in argentina women voiced their concerns ahead of elections later this year daniel shrine reports from one is aries. it's a stark image from the pages of margaret atwood's novel the maids tale to the streets of one of cyrus the soil and for this is just one of the many ways we'll hear it being heard telling the world telling men what they want to be made up that are not my first that they stop killing us then there's our right to abortion it's our right because we're talking about our bodies and our decision to be a mother or not then equality in government and in business because in argentina like the rest of the world we earn twenty five percent less just for being women

the messages being relayed in many ways this knitted flag came from guatemala will be passed to another country in argentina women have added to it and. we've come together in the biggest feminist flag in the world as it. almost we're becoming more conscious of what it is to be a feminist which is to defend the rights of women children of the indian men defended worldwide the women's movement is growing it is becoming more visible growing all the time. and they all invent a swale of mexico brazil and chile each with their own particular issues but also with many shared themes. for them fifty women across argentina were killed in the past two months fifty thousand to treated every year for complications resulting from illegal abortions every year this protest grows bigger every year the voice is more powerful there are elections here in seven months time of the issues raised by

designed to resonate powerfully in those. living history a vibrant social movement as many in the region look to argentina to lead the way tens of thousands of women representing hundreds of organizations bob schieffer across the country have been rough the people i never mentioned i'm trying to make it takes to be to the left makes clear with these kind of things you know when peace be down. i hope something will come to come by my freedom. of the protesters on the streets today but tomorrow it will be taken to governments to the workplace in schools. and on the road to zero one osiris. the new york times is reporting that one of the largest u.s. talent agencies has returned a four hundred million dollar investment to saudi arabia over the matter of journalist jamal khashoggi it says the endeavor company is terminating its agreement with riyadh the deal struck in april last year was set to boost business

for the kingdom's entertainment industry. britain's prime minister is warning that breaks it might not happen at all if her deal is rejected by parliament next week trees amaze negotiations with the european union are stalled because of the impasse over the irish border. had given her until friday to come up with new proposals to end the deadlock may is now urging m.p.'s to back that deal when they vote on tuesday next week members of parliament in westminster face a crucial choice whether to back the brics 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 ongoing certainty

as there is no d.m. barbara has the latest from london. one of the groups that tourism it was really speaking to with this speech in grimsby which are voted strongly to leave the e.u. in twenty sixteen was wavering. m.p.'s from the opposition labor party she urged them basically and the rest of parliament to get behind her deal done going the threat of either leaving the e.u. with the without the protections of a deal or of possibly not having breaks it a toll but also she directed some of her comments towards brussels she said that it was in the european interests as well the brits and leaves with a deal when she said the way that the e.u. responds in the next few days would have a big impact on the outcome of the vote in parliament next tuesday on her deal she still hoping against hope that there will be significant changes to the irish

backstop solution something that her attorney general geoffrey cox has clearly failed to obtain over the past week so this. fear of continued uncertainty is what she hopes will push will concentrate minds but it's not looking great for the year deputy head of the e.r. g. hardline brick city group within her own party says there are likely to back the deal next week in the days after that there are votes to take no deal off the table with them to possibly seek an extension to the article fifty process but i think a recent events have taught us that nothing should be taken for granted former u.s. intelligence analyst chelsea manning has been jailed again this time it's for refusing to testify before a grand jury in an investigation to the whistleblower website wiki leaks a judge in virginia ordered had detention until she agrees to answer questions or the jury completes its wack manning was sentenced to thirty five years in prison and twenty

thirteen for leaking hundreds of thousands of casts a five minute she documents to wiki leaks she was released in twenty seventeen after then president barack obama commuted his sentence. the white house communications director has resigned and will now work on president donald trump's reelection campaign bill shine is a former fox news executive who joined stuff in july he left the network in twenty seventeen and the criticism of how he handled sexual harassment scandals has released a statement commending shine for an outstanding job in his administration well thailand is the world's largest exporter of rule rubber but its global price is promising and suffering the government has launched a subsidy program but critics say it's too little too late and an attempt to win votes ahead of elections scott highly reports from krabby a province in southern thailand. for generations the landscape of southern thailand has been dotted with rubber plantations it's known as the white gold that's tapped

from the trees but now in krabi province like many others the farmers have been dealt a double blow by world markets and one dispute in particular. global oversupply has driven the rubber price down forty percent over two years and the months long trade war between the united states and china has severely cut china's need for thai rubber. rubber farmers since he was a boy prop a car you know is struggling but is skeptical of a subsidy program recently put in place by the military government feed me to give them a try to help us but they just do it just to say face and fix the problem in the short term they don't think about the long term they subsidise the group of fifty eight dollars per fifteen hundred square meters of course we've got money you know if this program some economists see the subsidies as a quick fix is there only a short term benefit for some of the local farmers here it does nothing to lessen

their reliance on the global price of rubber and what needs to happen next they say is more of a focus on innovation advancing the industry here less on export raw rubber. as thailand heads towards its first election since the military coup five years ago some question the government's motivation behind subsidies rather than investing in the future of the industry. have. to do. they detest doing something that's easy. and then get properly because you do sing puppy. so they do call but the government defends the subsidy program as the only way they can work with the farmers how many who got if we don't have this program the farmers don't come to talk with us with. the government it probably is traditionally

a stronghold for the democrat party members campaigning out in the plantations they say the current program is bad for the farmers and will bring it to an end if elected although they'll guarantee a minimum price for rubber. but offer little detail of how they'll keep the industry going in the long term and how the people here will continue to live off their white gold it's got harder al-jazeera krabby thailand. hello i'm a star with the headlines on al-jazeera hundreds of thousands of algerians have staged the largest anti-government demonstrations in the early thirty years there's been a wave of protests against president otherwise he is perfect for the past few weeks since he announced he would seek a fifth term in office. and the rallies for change in algeria have spread beyond its borders there's been shows of solidarity in the french capital crowds who

gathered in paris say they're not just opposed to presenters of flicka but algeria's entire political system. the power is back in parts of the venezuelan capital after the west blackout in decades but the outage continues elsewhere with some areas left without electricity for more than a day but it was a way out to give us some would you worry first for your own security waiting because when the lights go out the criminals take advantage of the public streets to function that there are people in the streets your thirty's aren't present so you go around with caution and trying to protect yourself. we don't know any news about anything for you to supermarket when they told us we had to leave the country has become a disaster. us back to fighters in syria say they'll resume their assault on last pockets of territory if no more civilians come out by saturday afternoon the syrian democratic forces have slowed their offensive on buggies to allow thousands of people to leave. turkey and russia have begun joint patrols of syria's northwestern

province to safeguard a deescalation zone it is the last major rebel stronghold there have been syrian government strikes and fighting between rival rebel groups there in the past few weeks another palestinian protester has been killed during the fiftieth weekly demonstration at the gaza border fence twenty three year old was shot in the head by israeli forces when they opened fire on thousands of palestinians taking part in the protests he later died at hospital britain's prime minister is warning that breaks it might not happen at all if a deal is rejected by parliament next week leaders had given her until friday to come up with new proposals to end the deadlock she's now adding m.p.'s to back that deal when they vote on tuesday those are the headlines join me for more news here after what i want to east do stay with us. africa's most populous nation. has

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