three and that's why it's being creamy difficult to sort out the situation what we've been hearing all through our comment from balkan from the united states saying that there's a there's been dialogue between members of that area here in venezuela and the opposition well that's difficult to confirm for now the only that we know that from white always calling from active demonstration he's asking people to actively take of the street map have been ordered to protest that parents get away somebody poured now there's no real every day that the military be a bold move be willing at this point could paranoia around and cool carry out a coup against people out my beloved leadership remains loyal grandmother would and that the only thing we have seen i'm home now well thank you very much to raise of joining us there from a neighborhood in the venezuelan capital caracas. now a spokesman for the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces has told the reuters news agency that deadline has paused faisel to surrender his final enclave in syria he said they haven't observe

the presence of civilians in the village of since saturday and of received orders to attack in the coming hour as some i still fighters are still in the area as this video shot on saturday shows thousands of people have been evacuated in recent weeks with hundreds of isis fighters surrendering or being captured the s.d.f. say they pause the offensive to allow civilians to leave the area fighting has broken out between yemen's hoofy rebels and government bank forces in the port city of the data it's the most significant violence to be reported that since a cease fire deal was agreed by the warring sides in december local residents say they heard gunfire around the city the yemeni government has accused the who sees of breaking the cease fire and refusing to his droll forces from the city. students in algeria say the government's order to close universities won't stop them protesting against president abdelaziz bouteflika is reelection bid college campuses and shot two weeks before the spring break was due to start no official

reason has been given though as sonny gago ports. mobilized on the streets and then not backing down if algeria's will flourish he still got close to the university's early would stop the protest would appear to have been a miscalculation we are protesting a great if if president future a president who to speak out enough is enough in a country desperate for jobs anger at the unemployment rates and corruption has been growing especially since protests began three weeks ago hall is the dominant feeling that everybody's feeling at the moment are however the students are to an extent confused and because as i said the government is is why not all this plot twist also confusing but very well. but it's not just the students who are voicing their anger a partial strike across the country is also under way at expected to last for five

days at the center of it all this man president abdelaziz bouteflika who has rarely been seen in public since suffering a stroke in two thousand and thirteen but his decision to stand for a fifth term an upcoming elections has galvanized opposition in the country and while he's offered to limit his term in office after the election promised change how algeria is run it's not probably on breast cancer so pumped questions of whether bouteflika is being used as a puppet candidate by a faction of civilian and military because in a country that largely managed to sidestep the arab spring protests the rallies are a reminder that it's not immune to the disk and. head to that spot so there you go al-jazeera. meanwhile thousands of french algerians have been protesting against president reaches in cities across the country including in paris and last say around one point seven million people of algerian origin live in france some

protesters there are calling on the french government to show solidarity with protesters in algeria that paris has been cautious in its response. slide for you on the program our cow protection gangs undermining the rule of law in india. and as british and b.'s gare out for a crucial breaks it vote in parliament next week why on deal isn't making last minute contingency plans. hello there but it's all quite quiet over the southeastern parts of china at the moment for missing to stay that way over the next few days as well this area of cloudy wet weather is just working its way south away from us so we'll see it in luzon in the philippines but for the north it should stay fine unsettled and also force in hong kong those temperatures will be rising so they should get to around

twenty three degrees as we head through tuesday out towards the west and here we've been watching this swirling mass of cloud here it's now working its way through parts of pakistan and afghanistan and it's going to work its way also into the northern parts of india as well so lots of rain here and a fair amount of snow that's for monday and by choose day it will spiral away from us and things will calm down for new delhi the temperatures are definitely on the out now so twenty eight will be our maximum on choose day and for the south it is just the risk of seeing one or two showers in sri lanka a temperature in colombo of around thirty one hour here in doha as we head through the next few days i think we'll see the temperatures beginning to rise as the that wind is finally easing so we'll get to around twenty seven degrees on tuesday to the south of us there is a little bit more in the way of cloud that they've parts of oh my but it's not really threatening to bring us any significant rain muscat should be getting to around twenty four degrees on tuesday but it will be mild there insular we should be all the way up to twenty nine.

the tall as military government is accused of using repressive means to silence the general critics. but a new brigade of artists is fighting back what makes thailand's rebel losses. zero. zero. where ever you. can back a quick look at stories making headlines one hundred fifty seven passengers and

crew have died after an ethiopian airlines jet crashed shortly after takeoff from addis ababa a boeing seven three seven max jet was on route to nairobi kenya. large parts of venezuela are now into their fourth day without electricity at least sixteen patients have died in hospitals affected by the power outage and have been some reports of looting as well also protesters are back out on the streets of algeria calling for president abdul aziz bitch of it to step down transport workers are also on strike in the capital. and on the news the daughter of an opposition leader in sudan has been sentenced to one week in prison over protests against president tomorrow bashir and emergency courses also waive the twenty lashes nine female protest as was sentenced to on saturday but they will still be jailed for a month despite the state of emergency the ban and the ban on public gatherings students have been back out protesting against bashir at universities on sunday and

also boycotting lecture. and exams. but this gunman are being blamed for the killing of nine policeman in myanmar the outpost was attacked in western iraq and state on saturday night the the armed group called the ara can army has been accused of helping the on laws military persecute muslims north korea's been voting to elect the country's parliament it is the second such election since kim jong un took power eight years ago kim cares cast his vote at a polling center at pyongyang kim cheick university of technology kim is a member of the supremes people's assembly but ultimately he has complete control over the ruling party the government and the military voting is compulsory with everyone over the age of seventeen required to cast a ballot and there's only one party to vote for. india's election commissions as parliamentary elections will take place in seven phases between april and may nine

hundred million people are eligible to vote in nearly a million polling booths the world's biggest ever democratic exercise by minister narendra modi will be running for a second term against a group of opposition parties that mainly by congress president raul gandhi. will sunday marks the sixtieth anniversary of the tibetan uprising against chinese rule rallies have been held outside tibet in countries like taiwan and india china has put restrictions on tourists and journalists who want to visit him elaine country critics say it's another sign that china is repressing the rights of tibetans. so-called coul vigilantes continue to operate in india despite the supremes court ordering the police to crack down on them a recent report says forty four people have been lynched after being accused of smuggling or slaughtering cows and activists say the hindu nationalist that government has downplayed the attacks reports from the pradesh was.

that. this is one of several viral video showing violence by so called how vigilant easily india. self-appointed guardians of cows which are sacred to hindus claim they're being illegally slaughtered they're not afraid to use violence to stop that . for every victim there's also a family left behind. such as the son of an oscar a she was killed in two thousand and fifteen along with two other young men from this village less than fifty kilometers from new delhi. how can anyone who's lost their son live in peace we are devastated his father has been suffering from mental tension all of us are stressed no but it's meant was given to the perpetrators no attention was paid to us. a human rights watch report states that aid lynching cases they studied involve victims who are considered lower caste hindus the vast majority of those killed however were muslims the victims come from world in poor

areas like this not only far from major cities lynching such as these were known to take place in the past but they were rare now thirty six cases have been reported since twenty fifty some activists saying the real number is much higher. in september twenty eight hundred eighty a supreme court ordered central state governments to take what it called preventative in punitive measures to stop such attacks after most states failed to comply with its previous directive. this social rights worker spent a year and a half documenting cases of so-called calvin trillin theism while there have been convictions including that of eleven men in march last year she says the problem persists the numbers on the ground unlikely to be even higher and what we are what we need to look at is not just people who have died from the lynchings but the spate of attacks on people. various kalvik to landy's operate

across the country looking for those they believe are slaughtering cows. but on every count protection group advocates violence. children go to the head of this cow shelter says he understands why some groups are violent. there's a look at the reason behind people committing roylance book co-production because they are to be saved guarding an important thing the government is negligent do not provoke us long over the victims' families added to their losses the sense of abandonment by their government left to feel is just another statistic on a growing list says jamil al-jazeera dust with the british. us president donald trump congress for an additional eight point six billion dollars to help pay for the war he promised to build along the border with mexico trouble made this request when he delivers his first budget road map on monday the demand

is three billion more than he previously asked for and more than six times what congress allocated for border projects in each of the pos two fiscal year is it comes only heels of a battle with congress over wall funding which resulted in a five week partial government shutdown. thousands of people have protested in the russian capital against a new internet bill that critics have called an online on curson which will isolate the country from the world use over an internet bill passed its first reading in the lower parliament last month the kremlin says it's in response to a u.s. national cybersecurity law passed last year with the bill is approved it will route russian web traffic and data through route isn't exchanges controlled by state authorities it would also allow moscow to install equipment designed to identify the source of web traffic traffic and block banned content the bill proposes building a new national domain name system that would enable the internet in russia to

continue to function even if it's cut off from the rest of the world so it losses following these developments in moscow. around fifteen thousand people have turned up here in moscow to protest against restrictions further on the russian internet they're protesting basically against the sole so-called sovereign internet bill which is currently being discussed by the state but the bill basically wants it wants to cut off the russian internet from the worldwide web if that is necessary a lot of protesters we especially young people to end up saying hands off from or into that we don't want any isolation there were a lot of slogans against president putin and also the lawmakers who came up with this bill basically lawmakers say this bill is needed to protect the russian internet from foreign attacks for when cyber attacks for example what could have happened in st petersburg during the u.s. midterm elections where the true so-called troll factory was reportedly called off

from the internet to make sure that it could not cause any damage to these elections or cause any influence on these elections so that's one of the concerns these lawmakers have but protesters and a lot of people here in russia are worried that this is just another step towards more censorship the internet is basically one of the last resources and sources for independent information here in russia off the t.v. radio and newspapers have basically come on the stage and frome. as british and pays prepared to hold key votes next week on the terms of brac set our dealers here in the u.k. are making last minute contingency plans the british art industry relies on seamless shipping in the european union and galleries want to make sure that it continues for their customers means baka has more now from london. this is one of the biggest beinart an antiques warehouses in europe where high and

prepared for shipping around the world. the company service is top dealers private collections and museums so what's the most expensive item that's passed through. looking at in excess of one hundred million pounds so these are no more objects by any means or some might be small but very beautiful the international art world depends on frictionless shipping with little bureaucracy and few tariffs but as bricks it looms the industry is weighing up the challenges i feel there is just this lack of courage where we don't know what's going to happen if we if we get a deal next week then everything stays the same for twenty months maybe three years and then during that period they'll negotiate further but it does lead to further uncertainty and that makes long term planning quite difficult. for the moment are to shift seamlessly between the u.k. and the e.u. with very little red tape and with no g.t. in place for all of that could change when the u.k. leaves the e.u.

if there are no new arrangements in place they could well be new duties imposed the more expensive than half the higher the g.t. . this high end dealerships in the heart of london's financial district but the gallery directories had to make a difficult decision to close the current show of twentieth century abstract art several weeks early. the works of valued at seventy nine million dollars which means a possible tax bill of eight million dollars for shipping the bank to italy after the u.k. leaves the e.u. because italy and other e.u. countries levy tax on works imported from outside the block we are speaking about money so i can have this risk so far we don't have a for mission from shippers we don't have information from a lawyer subcounty so nobody knows so we can all see the situation of the view of pricks it from italy says so let it out let's up the c.p.a.

which means they've shot themselves in the foot some experts believe leaving the e.u. will be a golden opportunity for the u.k. allowing the country to reduce or remove all current e.u. levies bypassing europe altogether and attracting new global markets. while the industry considers the advantages and disadvantages of leaving the world's largest trading block some had to wait shipping their collections to a bricks safe distance. out zero blood. or there is more in everything we're covering and clear of course all the latest on the ethiopia adeline's plane crash in just a couple of seconds. just a quick look at stories making headlines now one hundred fifty seven passengers and crew have died after an ethiopian airlines jet crashed in ethiopia

a boeing seven three seven max jet came down six minutes after takeoff from the capital addis ababa on route to nairobi it crashed off to southeast of the ethiopian capital it's not immediately clear what caused the crash or a relative waiting for the fly in nairobi says initially there was confusion over whether the plane had landed. when you have a look at the board over the way from the phone to. the plane had to. take saddam on time to look at it he wanted voters who are comfortable does we do we see people come the notes he was sure. he was going to come out. of a few minutes. we saw some nice unfeasable to take us through. the drill and it was listening to look at the time it was the same time we were selected to leave the field. large parts of venezuela are now on their fourth day without electricity blackouts affected schools businesses even hospitals at least

sixteen patients have died from complications relating to the outage public transport has been under immense pressure as well with the metro still not running in caracas. a spokesman for the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces has told the reuters news agency that deadline as poss faisel to surrender its final enclave in syria he said they have received orders to attack in the coming hours as they haven't observed the presence of civilians in the village or who since saturday. fighting has broken out between yemen's who's the rebels and government backed forces in the port city of data it's the most significant violence to be reported that since a cease fire deal was agreed to in december students have been out on the streets of algeria calling for president abdul aziz beautifully to to step down they say the government's order to close universities early will not deter them from demanding the president's resignation you're upset with all of our top

stories one zero one east is next on thailand's artists who are fighting back against censorship and military rule. thailand is one of the toughest nations in the world to be a political office. five years of military rule and repressive loyalists of stuff called free expression. as the nation goes to the polls one on one ace meets thailand's rebel office fighting back against the generals in a desperate battle for democracy.

can go quite so much if i could protect people. to come up against dictatorship is making thailand's military base the news it took a piece of a comment about the tape yet no link autopsy findings. to the topic of fed up with the stations quote their song my country's gosp slams corruption military control and a social divide that's grown since the army took power almost five years ago when they cut the top. in the rafters with child but the truck with borrowed connecting with the public frustrated that the generals postpone the elections five

times since its release in october the songs had close to sixty million views. no yelling. running not up on the number of hits the song got kept us safe from the hands of the government. and will this set an example for others to follow that i can't say but we created a momentum and discussion in thai society we did it and survived. tike and us in the ten member group and what has changed in thailand has popularity. i think it's about timing. went viral at a time when it could the government the most. they can't improve the situation and

people are upset. in twenty four take up to thailand's twelfth military coup the army crackdown on free speech and banned public rallies. reporting here at the time i still soldiers swiftly stifle even the slightest acts of resistance. i did this in paperback i was not injured exactly how. i was well regarded in this life since then the laws which protect the military and want to keep from criticism have been used on an unprecedented scale hundreds of activists have been prosecuted even venting frustration against thailand's rules on mine is now a jailable offense. i know many people who have been charged and arrested. my father was taken to a military camp for two weeks that made me very angry that.

the rep to say continue to release more trucks but we. carefully composed lyrics to avoid since the ship close whole council and then went on them went up and then he he thought he meant the political discussion is good and he should be free no one should fear being arrested or getting thrown into jail for talking about politics. like my life because it's not just the lyrics of a song which attract controversy the music video reveals it's a violent chapter of toy history. the brutal massacre by state forces of more than forty demonstrators at thomas at university in one thousand nine hundred seventy six who were protesting the return of an exiled former dictator. they've recreated a pulitzer prize winning photo of one of the protesters being lynched reminding audiences of past military abuses that went unpunished here are targeted try to to

hide his cry over the image of. the new generation. renowned thai photographer and filmmaker manny tree one each whom said radio reports of the massacre neglected to even mention that any protesters had been killed even to. history textbook because they know that this single rider spirit to the people fighting for democracy. the massacre forms the basis of his pink band series which he says explores how thailand's consumerist society so quickly forgets the horrors of the past it's one of them was weiland in that type of decor history and people remember that this is why. any any government afraid of. man it owns an art house cinema in the capital bangkok

but he cannot screen his own film shakespeare must die. band in two thousand and twelve the film retells macbeth in a modern tie context and refers to the thomas a massacre. now man it's appealing that ban in the supreme court and will use rap against dictatorships portrayal of the massacre to bolster his case is so all we have that this isn't just face it is. the rapper. and can't. can't can't show what it will cost. despite the massacre of students at thomas a university to be continued the tradition of anti establishment activism. at the main campus theatre comedians are ridiculing a deputy police chief who tory is for making inflammatory comments as well as

a prime minister cryo general jack the general who led the could. know. when to put it all. in the ordinance that someone who knows what it means to suffer for your os pointed man kong was jailed in twenty fourteen for acting in apply about a fictional monarchy at this university i'll pray. very adventurous far for them because we are told. something that they don't want people to know about. she says nor mourns in the plight we considered disrespectful to thailand's more nicky's. under the country's lives me just lose she was sorry for a while but when the military came to power. and did not the performa with child for two and a half years there must control the people who have to. makes

confession. gado ask that because. under the military it will not win the kids this is the real life. but you have to face with the threat of the myriad. while some of the fellow performers the fled into exile. as him straight. to protest but to perform as she says this is one risk. i think that mary terry. they'll think that i will not be understanding that i was some odd. but. why i would not do that because i knew it. because i saw.

i saw the fear of the myriad terry. that's why they put me in jail because the fear . she's chosen a popular weekend market to stage a play about. two counts to one hundred. the number of inmates she was confined. to. feel fear scare about this but. i have a little bit of the people. that. seem a prison is like a ban from politics for

a decade so she ends her sure by polling the public. if. she asks because to take yes. cross no using lipstick on her body. on. this pop up performance is one of the more unusual things i've done the same. the public approves. of the security guards much you want to break the world feel. on the surface thailand's cosmopolitan capital bangkok doesn't appear oppressive

you galleries and trendy culture districts have created a contemporary arts but some curation say under the current military government they operate in a climate of fear. in downtown bangkok summer runs a local gallery in box known for its political exhibitions do you think since the coup happened in two thousand and fourteen that censorship has. was oh yeah definitely definitely. a lot of events are and you get this so to come and watch you they make sure that you do not express any opinion against them it's worse than ever i think yeah. for her life to stick submission some rock is working with a visiting portuguese assets. she says almost all the outspoken local artists went

underground or fled overseas after the coup that was the function of bad things at the time it was not serving as a tool for critics to criticize society the general elections jus in late march have created a new urgency for political arse but some rock is cautious the army will remain a powerful institution here because new constitutional changes have stuck the voters in their favor i want to but i'm also scared to do that you have to be. careful and smile you cannot do anything that straightforward all the masses that you want to deliver it has to be law players. one piece in today's show questions where the tile elections will be democratic it's a hollow ballot box when a version is cast it ends up on the floor.