and 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 promise to change how algeria is run it's not compound rest it's also prompted 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 discontent that sparked that sunny day ago al-jazeera. the u.s. backed fighters in syria have resumed their operation to retake i suppose last piece of territory the kurdish led syrian democratic forces have paused their final assault on both those to allow civilians to leave us the f.

says four thousand civilians remain in the town and of being used as human shields by isis. call is a former cia officer he says threats from groups will remain a less global instability is addressed. the real problem is less the coherent terrorist organization like isis or al qaida and these are they are real problems but they are really the product of in the exploiters of the social and political unrest incompetence and the suffering of societies that have collapsed largely isis came to exist because syria has imploded and exploded simultaneously and there was the problem with the insurgency in iraq because the united states invaded and bad as saddam was destroyed whatever stability there was since the u.s. policy is largely incoherent now you have someone at the head of the government who

is fundamentally incoherent in almost everything that he says or thinks that he believes john bolton is quite coherent himself although his policies are far different than those are other counterterrorism officials and experts would recommend but at least he is coherent the problem is that you can't have go in two directions simultaneously and if you don't know what direction you're going to go in you will go around in circles and that's fundamentally u.s. policy we're staying we're leaving we are supporting your deferring to russia we oppose russia we want to go after iran but everything we're doing is empowering or strengthening iran's hold in influence in syria etc etc so i don't have the answer because no one does american policy is at present incoherence. this is a doozy when we come back investigators from the international criminal court to refugees in bangladesh and the testers in moscow rally against the law and they say

will threaten internet freedom. however the last i break of tornadoes was nothing like as violent as that one on tuesday but you can see the disappearing tail as the cold front it's still got some spark and it's possible for the florida panhandle see something out of it in the way of severe thunderstorms i think the real story is the snow we've had thirty centimeters in the upper midwest enough to run through overnight you ontario believe in this picture than from monday the temp just above freezing for the deep cold is gone even from winnipeg minus six the next minneapolis minus three with snow on the ground of course masses of cloud in the south you on that is keeping the temp tricked us down to thirteen l.a. you probably dry but the rain is not far away as you can see if anything it might return to southern california then across the higher ground to be able to start up

maybe as far north as utah certainly that's the hint here we've got another developing system with a flow of moisture running up the plains states as a recipe for violent weather so we'll watch that from tuesday on boards that destruct sas now into what is normally quiet weather and with the exception maybe of florida i think it will carry on been that way this obviously the prevailing breeze with imparting up cloud against the coast of panama and costa rica for the last few days it will carry on doing the same so this coast of costa rica is a dumb one. rewind continues to care bring your people back to life i'm sorry with updates on the best about zero stuck you meant dreams the struggle continues from back to now use distance revisiting. anatomy of an american city close friends who

were lost to the streets i can literally see the future of baltimore to the ass of my students and it does not look rewind on al-jazeera. again you're watching al-jazeera mind of our top stories this hour china has grounded its entire fleet of boeing seven three seven max after the ethiopian airlines plane crash the jet went down shortly after takeoff from addison alabama killing all one hundred fifty seven people on board. one of the women on trial for killing the half brother of north korea's leader has been freed by

a malaysian court murder charge against indonesian. was dropped in a surprise move in the past hour. algerian state t.v. says president abdelaziz bouteflika has arrived back home after getting medical treatment in switzerland he's facing mass demonstrations for running for a fifth term in office. venezuela's government has suspended schools and businesses on monday as the worst blackout in decades continues there many areas have been without power since the outage started on thursday reports from caracas. for three days venezuela has been affected by power cuts. now that people have taken their frustration to the streets and started to block in the capital caracas . the people of venezuela are only asking for alex tricity and we don't have food the food is russian in the refrigerator there's no food or water. the situation has polarized the population between those who want to protest and those who don't. but

then supporters of arrived some with their face covered and armed some few will try to cut out a rolled up here and the fans are all for the better than the government supporters mostly known as cortex people we are basically told that the force may call out my little premier and remove everything they were using to block the road. one of their leaders. said he won't allow anyone to generate chaos. they want to shut down the roads and rule open them without distinction those people want to destroy everything and we will be harder on them just watch. the i like a paramilitary force they have more power than the police and have become a significant force on the street defending the revolution and the tearing protesters. there was a market nearby that merchants were forced to leave because of the tension in the

area and people rushed to grab anything they could. joyleen is only eight and was one of them we asked her if this was the only food she had to eat she said yes. water has also become a major issue people in the neighborhood have let the media has been without running water for a month they have to wait for hours to feel in their containers. the government is not providing basic public services like water and electricity and so many other things. the government says the latest power cut was an act of sabotage and struggling to restore electricity. but the power continues to go down venezuelans i already struggling with an enormous economic crisis the power outage is only making the situation worse. as

the palestinian president has chosen a long time advisor and critic of homicide as his new prime minister mohammad is a top official in mahmoud abbas's fattah movement and a former peace negotiator is appointed deep in a rift with rivals hamas here a place or army humvee who had overseen a unity government but resigned in january or to rivendell refugees have arrived in geneva from bangladesh to address a un human rights council meeting on monday the un special rapporteur will also deliver a report on her visit to cox's bazar refugee camp last month it is home to almost a million rohingya who've been forced to escape the violence in neighboring stephanie decker reports from the camp the large tree is a reminder of the thick extensive forests that stood here just eighteen months ago now uprooted to make way for hundreds of thousands of or hinder the two forced from

their land this is now the biggest refugee camp in the world. jamila katun fled me in mar in august two thousand and seventeen during the military crackdown on the regime in iraq and state she says of course she wants to go home but only if there is peace what they skate from she remembers was terrifying. our next door neighbor's husband and wife they were killed which is why we left how can we go back at least if we die here as a muslim will be allowed to have a proper funeral but if we die there will just be thrown away. she was part of a mass exodus into neighboring bangladesh as well as the united nations accusing the me and my military of burning homes abductions rapes and murder almost one million rangle live here in cancun are with an individual story of horrific violations of the law and now the bamboo huts stretch as far as the eye can see in

every direction this is a makeshift city built out of human tragedy and there is now an international push to find out what happened and who is responsible. the international criminal court has sent a team to the camp as part of what it calls a preliminary examination they did not want to be filmed preferring to keep their first visit here low profile the un special rapporteur yankee levy was in cox's bazaar in january but it's the visit of the i.c.c. that could eventually lead to charges against the me i'm our government justice is something everyone here wants including twenty year old muhammad who says he worries he is losing his life here but going back for him has conditions. we need running the id cards we need them to recognize us as running is also our mothers and sisters were raped we want justice from the i.c.c. they have to give us back our land and properties which were confiscated. mohammed

like so many of the other refugees was born in me and maher with no papers no official status not officially recognised to me i'm our government says they are bengali muslims despite their families having been in myanmar for generations all want to return home that many say they know it will be a difficult and long journey stephanie decker al-jazeera cox's bazaar bangladesh early us is increasing its dominance in the global arms market with a surge in sales to the middle east data compiled by the stockholm international peace research institutions u.s. exports grew twenty nine percent in the last five years at the same time the flow of arms to the middle east increased by eighty seven percent russian and chinese arms sales have fallen or turkey israel and european nations have increased their share india's election commission has announced the dates for parliamentary elections voting will take place in seven phases between april and may an estimated

nine hundred million people who are eligible to cast their ballots results will be out on may twenty third a new report is accusing former south african president jacob zuma of quote serious breaches of the constitution the government study says zuma use the intelligence services to protect his interests and targeted his successor cyril ramaphosa for leader miller has more. according to a report on the state security agency former president jacob zuma oversaw the creation of spy units within the intelligence service to serve his personal interests now these structures also according to the report apparently spied on opposing factions within the ruling african national congress for zuma factions that included one led by president. now that reports also reveal that not only was the security agency repurposed to serve zuma as interest but it also violated the

constitution during his presidency zuma was previously found to have breached the constitution when millions of dollars of taxpayers' money was used for security upgrades act his personal home now this latest report which was published by a process office appears to be an indictment on how factions within the a.n.c. led by zuma abuse the intelligence capabilities of the state since two thousand and five it would appear that zuma has influence with in state security allowed him to run for the presidency despite already facing corruption charges when he was the deputy president now the report also says that under suma the security agency spied on unions civil society organizations also influenced the media and abused funds and conducted illegal intelligence gathering operations azuma resigned as president

early last year and that was a number of corruption allegations when he which he still continues to face now since then the president has promised to clean up corruption now there's been no word on whether zuma will be charged but these latest revelations will only add to the increasing legal problems that zuma faces as well as the continuing difficulties within the ruling party around fifteen thousand people marched through the streets of moscow protesting against the new internet bill while demonstrators see it as another step toward censorship the government says the bill is needed to protect the country steverson reports. and not an attempt to isolate russia from the outside world this is how these protesters see the latest bill to control the internet with most of russia's media under tight government control the internet and social media are considered the last remaining sources for independent information i don't want to live like in china now with the

use of fire wall i want internet to be free and. i want to think three years ago it was a joke about that day we'll law prohibiting internet and art today we. see that actually it's not a job to suffer an internet bill proposes to reroute all russian internet traffic through a central point controlled by the state internet providers will have to install specialized equipment the government says it's needed because the country has become more vulnerable to cyber attacks from other countries. u.s. media recently reported that the american cyber command apparently managed to cut off the so-called st petersburg troll factory from the internet during last year's u.s. midterm elections staff at the building in russia second largest city had allegedly tried to influence the two thousand and sixteen campaign which was run by donald

trump a charge rejected by moscow. i want to comment on that particular episode as it was a report by western mass media but you free assume that such an event took place this is in fact why we are trying to protect our internet from the possibility of switching off internet from an outside american source but internet access but say it will take years and billions of dollars to gain full control of the internet china's. something north of twenty billion dollars and. that big around one million people work project. yes china internet is way bigger it's ten times bigger than russia. but even then there's bigger we don't have couple because in the worlds for these or something like one hundred thousand engineers the bill which is on its way through the russian parliament is the latest

effort by the government to control the internet since two thousand and twelve the government has imposed many restrictions including locking more than one hundred fifty thousand websites arresting people for political center to online polls and officially banning the popular messaging service telegram while many agree death threats of cyber attacks are real experts say that this bill could actually in danger internet traffic in russia even more recent bills to control the internet have been called clumsy and rushed but this latest bill is seen as a series attempt to control what is considered one of the last sources for independent information in russia dozens of people were detained during sunday's protest which was officially sanctioned by the government the reasons for the arrest have yet to be given the controversial bill will most likely be approved and become law later this year steadfast and al-jazeera moscow.

and has some say here in doha let's get around now the top stories china has grounded its entire fleet of boeing seven three c. seven three seven max after the crash of the ethiopian airlines plane the jet went down shortly after takeoff from killing all one hundred fifty seven people on board flight was headed to nairobi a day of mourning is being observed in ethiopia. a one of the women on trial for killing the half brother of north korea's leader has been freed by a malaysian court the murder charge against indonesia. was dropped in a surprise move in the past hour she'd been charged along with a vietnamese national twenty hong of smearing a toxic nerve agent on kim jong nam face a kuala lumpur airport and twenty seventeen algerian state t.v. says president abdelaziz bouteflika has arrived back home after getting medical treatment in switzerland he's facing mass demonstrations though for running

a fifth term in office u.s. backed fighters in syria have resumed their operation to retake eyesores last enclave kurdish led syrian democratic forces say the final assault on but whose will be over in days thousands of civilians are believed to be still trapped there the venezuelan government is suspended schools and businesses on monday as the worst blackout in decades continues many areas left without power since since thursday the palestinian president has chosen a long time adviser in critic of how mass as his new prime minister how much is a top official best is fatah movement and for peace negotiator his appointment could deepen a rift with rivals hamas the u.s. is increasing its dominance in the global arms market with a surge in sales to the middle east they differ in the stockholm international peace research institute shows u.s.

exports grew twenty nine percent over the last five years and the flow of arms to the middle east increased by eighty seven percent those are the headlines rewind is next. tall as military government is accused of using repressive science in general critics. of. thailand's rebel losses. hello welcome to rewind i'm richelle carey since al jazeera english launched more

than a decade ago we have built up an extraordinary archive of award winning documentary here on rewind returning to some of the best of them finding out what's happened in the years sense back in two thousand and nine millions of americans were celebrating a new president in the white house promising radical change and a better future president obama inspired the entire nation no more so than in baltimore or over sixty percent are african-american and violent crime and drug related deaths have been on the rise for decades but what became of all that optimism in the years following obama's election and two thousand and twelve al jazeera faultlines went to baltimore to find out here's baltimore anatomy of an american city. following a funeral through the outskirts of baltimore. and

his home and. he was twenty seven. today his family and friends. while the us homicide rate overall is stable. those involving black youths have risen. faultlines is in the city of baltimore to try to find out why in the inner city neighborhoods of a bomber's america. life for so many young african-american men continues to be a fight for survival. our city stubborn homicide count reached its lowest level since ninety seven he says.

thanks and we know that these crimes are the ones that gave us a bad reputation as a dangerous place and for too long instilled the deep seated fear that drove families away baltimore's man stephanie rawlings blake is delivering her annual state of the city address it's not time to celebrate a combative the population of baltimore the largest city in the state of maryland has been shrinking for decades. man rowlings blake wants to grow it again by ten thousand families within the next ten years there's let there be no doubt the state of our city is now better safer and stronger. every. month or so all the talk of the climbing crime rates baltimore is still

one of the deadliest cities in the united states but still talking about it. it's one forty five pm and the man has been shot. just what about another shooting incident in the city of baltimore so we're on our way to the crime scene out there listening to the police got to find out exactly where answered place is also messages sent out on twitter by the baltimore police department. police photographers forensic officers and detectives work to investigate the scene the bullet casings the marks that a. victim here was shot in the back. of the paramedics got off him before he was taken away tossed people have been taken away and everything. the pace of violence in baltimore can feel relentless. almost every day off is up another shooting.

today a couple of minutes before it in all these did come out but a bad enough that he left a car running down. star sheen and i see bullets hit the victim he fell in front of the chinese are still. at it if i had been. issued a state i would hear sit in area but they didn't like i say this incident could have been avoided but. this neighborhood is very close to downtown baltimore and there was. shooting incident here west six shots were fired and the police have been called out this is the shooting that we heard about in twenty four hours and being to the crime scenes here in the city of baltimore. today illegal guns drugs in the states hit number one target for law enforcement. the baltimore police department has invited us to walk the streets with them. though tours for

drugs notorious for drugs. but as many people as you see said now it is always one person with a gun but you want to stop the drug dealing as well right i do but i would rather stop the killing. not the drug dealing isn't. what the violence and most of the arrests you make must be for drug offenses very well at this point now but again that's that's that's not that's not the goal scorer fellas i don't want to be . the man says it's the strategy of targeting illegal guns that seem the murder rate dropped to the lowest figures in over three decades have i do you want to try to figure out how they get in the hands of kids or how they get into the hands of bad guys if the numbers of murders are down in baltimore and i don't know but if they are. that i would not describe ascribe that to a change in program ed burns is the former baltimore detective and school teacher

who went on to write the hit television series the wire we're not dealing with the root causes. so if you lock up a person with a gun there's a kid coming behind him he's going to pick up that gun it's an endless cycle the population of baltimore is way down all right so the population is down your numbers are down and we've gotten rid reductions and violence at the same time reducing the number of arrests which tells me that are targeted approach of targeting our most violent offenders is what will make the difference but one the focus is on guns man rulings blake says drug crime will continue to be targeted to i don't know we're never going to be at a place as long as there are people selling illegal drugs on the street whether they're illicit drugs or prescription drugs you know we will enforce that those laws. you say we want to get rid of and then once the post is. in combat and make a living in public housing they can't get health they can't get the job so how do

they live. and you should know a convicted murderer dony used to rob drug dealers for a living. he and his nephew who's a former dealer said some of the neighborhoods both kids are growing up in the feel like conflict zones this is. one tree the. shoot out. that's what it feels like. with the war. don't take going to dealing drugs after an injury ended his hopes of becoming a basketball player you know in the street eighty. one with a rock or. a back in my leg. or going about basketball. so there's always been a recession and right it always been a recession it can mean that's why we go we will go to the first day we lost the.

state easy is quick a thing of. which you go into which you will want to add in a slowing animal or if you then. don't same his friends say the environment name growing up in makes it difficult to imagine another way of life. so. a lot of fathers gone. nobody here to give. her to make it there's nobody to get. the blame for that dante friends say shouldn't only be attributed to those sucked into the drug business one of the few multi-million dollar industries this city still has left the government they like best and that's just why it's so they. don't want to lose down here we're lucky young black you for the that's the only place is really going baltimore wasn't always a city in decline. it was once a shipping powerhouse. one of the largest seaports of the mid atlantic states. and

a major center of industrial manufacturing. in the late sixty's baltimore had industries like bethlehem steel huge ship building and a very active war neill franklin is a retired police major who spent thirty four years in law enforcement has seen the decay firsthand late sixties early seventies my only job started leaving baltimore industry started leaving going overseas were ever it ended up just wasn't here in baltimore anymore but it was also around that time that richard nixon decided that he was going to start a war. against public enemy number one drugs but it was president ronald reagan who turned that rhetorical war into a literal one you have to show that you have a criminal problem so how do you do that through arrest at a time when drug crime was actually on the decline not on the rise we went crazy

arresting people for crack cocaine because of this. so-called epidemic that we were at incarceration rates began to just saw off the charts and we just put tons of black people in prison on the inner city. unguardedly no. more arrests meant more federal money. it's a system that still exists today in the form of federal stimulus the u.s. department of justice grants for crime control and community policing. it's not a war and drops don't don't ever think it's. it's a war on blacks it started as a war on the blacks and has now spread to hispanics and poor whites it was a war blocks and. it was designed basically to take that energy it was coming out of the civil rights movement and destroy it we have all

would tell me. makes ten years we have ten more me and i knew more made me come on then we got to stop at some point as a you know what you know people would say then we had to fight for we abilities for chances for people to save for opportunity. according to a two thousand and three report from the bureau of justice if current rates remain unchanged one in three black men can expect to go to prison in their lifetime even in the age of obama something akin to a caste system is alive and well in america the mass incarceration of poor people of color is tantamount to a new castle specifically designed to address the social political and economic challenges.