need to do more feasibility test to see whether or not it is indeed suitable to relocate large numbers but what the un have said so far is that it's a low lying territory that it's muddy subject to typhoons and more work most certainly needs to be established to see whether or not it is a likely alternative to the refugee camps in cox's bizarre and elsewhere but fears are growing that this may be a bit more of a private shore plan than first thought and thirdly perhaps that is the broadest conclusion from all of this is that the un feels that should go before a international tribunals or possibly to look into allegations of human rights abuses and war crimes as well whether or not that is the international criminal court or some other tribunals especially stablished to deal with by a mob that's really yet to be seen and debated over but we have heard from the. us or this morning who said that my mother was subject to the jurisdiction of the i.c.c. so it looks as if the u.s.

may have to think of new ways and putting the pressure on the mammo authorities all right thanks so much to leave barca there now more than one thousand algerian judges say they will not monitor the april elections if president abdelaziz bouteflika pursues a fifth term the group has formed a splinter organization in protest against beautifully his reelection campaign clerics in the country are calling on the religious affairs minister to stop pressuring them to give pro-government sermons state television reported the eighty two year old president returned home on sunday been protests around the country against his bid to run for another term. u.s. backed fighters in syria are fighting to claim my soul's last remaining territory the kurdish led syrian democratic forces resume the attack on bubbles after pausing to allow civilians to leave the s.d.f. says there are still about four thousand civilians in the town and ice was used as

human shields said to have an al-jazeera schools out shops closed after a weekend of power outages in venezuela. hello we've got more wet weather on its way to some parts of china at the moment it's chain retry but thickening cloud just starting to spill in here as you go on through the next day or so southeast is settled and it's sunny twenty five celsius for hong kong further north shanghai getting up to around ninety degrees over the next couple days but here's that rain and it will be heavy at times easing up towards will hand hong kong stays dry you see that easterly wind fading in and temperatures again getting up to around twenty four degrees celsius logic right see

across much of south asia you can see this little area cloud here that's just pulling out of pakistan we had some wintry showers is fizzling out it will be generally settle for choose day at least as you can see much of india also settled in sunny for tuesday might catch just creeping its way towards the southeastern corner of sri lanka by midweek by wednesday and by wednesday you can see want to shower just creeping their way back into central and northern parts of pakistan not too many showers in the forecast across the web in peninsula here we don't get temperatures getting up to around twenty seven celsius on tuesday not quite as warm weather say but still feeling very pleasant light winds a little bit of cloud in the southern parts of saudi arabia and also the possibility of some rain for the gulf of aden. as women's rights and again acceptance across the world. what's the status of global gender equality and how can progress be made executive director of un

women. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines now boeing stocks have opened down around eight percent in the u.s. following sunday's ethiopian airlines crash the aircraft a boeing seven three seven max went down outside of this babbar. is on its way to

nairobi all one hundred fifty seven people were killed. more than one thousand algerian judges say they will not monitor the april elections if president of the lies these beautifully can test them algerian state television reported the two old returned home after a two week camp since clerics are calling on the religious affairs minister to stop pressuring them give pro-government. the un special rapporteur on me and maher says she fears a new crisis for the remainder bangladesh relocates them to a nearby island going to leave has been briefing the human rights council after visiting cox's bazar refugee camp. forces aligned with libya's u.n. recognized government have been called to defend the northern city of service from an advance by the warlords really for. half the libyan national army which is backed by the united arab emirates and egypt less than forty kilometers from served

five thousand troops aligned to the tripoli based government as you start arriving in sirte on monday to bolster defense. iran's president has several highly as arrived in iraq for his first official visit president rouhani is in baghdad to convince leaders to defy the u.s. president trump administration is giving iraq a few more months to continue buying oil and electricity from iran before it and forces sanctions against iran. well it's now up to british m.p.'s to decide the next steps for briggs it that's the message from the european union which says it remains committed to agreeing on a deal in time for the u.k. to to leave this month to stay is the big vote m.p.'s will pass their verdict on time is that the reason is plan to take britain out of the e.u. lawrence lee has the latest from london so it does look like that vote is not is going to end in defeat for the governor what happens then. well you

know i was so into before about this new sense of crisis that seems of engulf the governments on the assumption that the lose if it's the same deal the reason they lost the last time by two hundred thirty votes that was a record in british parliamentary history what exactly does happen then and so it's been announced in the last few minutes by the irish foreign minister of all people that series m a's going to go to strasburg tonight's for what frankly last ditch talks a lot throw the dice with john claude younker the presidents of the european commission presumably in the hope that he can give her something else that she can come back to parliament with on tuesday directly before this vote parliaments have now got something else from them so please please support it it's either that or she's going to meet john claud young kids who ask him if he thinks the european union

would be prepared to delay bracks isn't extends well which is which is the thing that would almost definitely happen if she loses her votes again in parliament on tuesday all the rumors coming out of brussels to solve the noon is that they're so gloomy about the way the british of conductive things that they're only prepared to countenance a delay until may the twenty fourth which would be directly before the european elections that the u.k. would not want to or be able to participate in if you are going to leave the e.u. and so you know it now everyone's got to wait until to either make an impact in strasbourg tomorrow to find out what she says but the mood is is absolutely totally gloomy or it will leave it there thank so much in the car lot it's there for sale. her court in malaysia has freed a suspect accused of killing kim jong nam the strange half brother of north korean leader kim jong un in a surprise development prosecutors withdrew the charge against city eyeshot an indonesian national on monday but

a vietnamese citizen remains on trial for the murder florence louis reports from sholom where the proceedings to place. after two years in detention in malaysia city is now a free woman she had been on trial for killing kim jong nam the half brother of north korean leader kim jong il at the start of the hearing on monday the prosecutor asked that the murder charge against him be dropped and the reason was given the judge has granted her a discharge not amounting to an acquittal. i feel so happy i didn't text back that i would be released today a big thank you to president jerk every day day and all the ministers of the indonesian embassy here point to the lawyers from malaysia also of course thank you to the malaysian government for releasing me city says the first thing she's going to do when she returns home to indonesia is see her family the indonesian government fought hard for her freedom indonesia's law minister had written to the

malaysian attorney general arguing that city had been used as an intelligence tool of north korea cities lawyer said there wasn't enough evidence to convict her there was no direct evidence that she had played anything on you don't know as you can see from the c.c.t.v. recording. what was the only fall was nearly traces of. degrading production of yanks and that alone is only very is the company that still leaves don t. hong the vietnamese suspect in the dock her case has been adjourned until thursday following a request by her lawyers they too are seeking for the charges against her to be dropped. the thrust of the defense arguments for the city ayesha and dawn has been the same that they did not know they were taking part in a murder plot they've said they thought they were recruited to take part in a reality t.v. show. defense lawyers say the two women were mere pawns in

a politically motivated med for north korean men the alleged masterminds and identified by malaysian police as suspects in the case left malaysia just hours after kim was killed who ordered kim's death why remains a mystery florence to al-jazeera. malaysia. people across japan are paying tribute to the victims of the two thousand and eleven earthquake and tsunami which caused the nuclear meltdown of fukushima prime minister shinzo are banned japan's prince and princess led the commemoration eight years on since the disaster that killed more than fifteen thousand people of thora he's continued to deal with the cleanup us president. for another showdown with democrats over government funding trumps twenty twenty budget proposes slashing spending by five percent across almost all departments except defense which would get a boost to also seeking eight point six billion dollars from congress to build the

war on the us mexico border. venezuela's government has suspended schools and businesses as the worst blackout in decades continues electricity has been off in the capital and many other areas have been left without power. series of 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 roads in the capital. the people of venezuela are only asking for alex tricity and water 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 come try to find a role here and that fanfare all the better than the government supporters mostly known as people which are basically moving that forward. 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 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. 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. it has also become a major issue people in the neighborhood have left 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. i already struggling with an enormous economic crisis the power outage is only making the situation worse. as the u.s. is increasing its dominance in the global market with the surge in sales to the middle east that's the finding of the stockholm international peace research

institute that shows u.s. exports grew by twenty nine percent in the last five years and the flow of arms to the middle east increased by eighty seven percent russian and chinese arms sales of . europe turkey and israel have increased their share. some joe tags for a soul so called the friendship train between india and pakistan has resumed service it had stopped running because of the recent violence in the region in stay on the railway that links the two countries making it a cheap travel options for people on both sides of the border come on higher reports from the holes rail station. warning. it grew out. for many people to connect with families there why did between india and pakistan. the distance between the horn and dadi on the indian side of the border may be less than thirty kilometer but it still takes six hours

destination due to security checks on both sides. had come to the station early and is not taking any chances as year already seen three cancellations because of escalating tensions between the two nuclear armed neighbors. really good thirty years your goal and the. braga of the resoluteness and i haven't seen any issues visiting pakistan and have felt the same love which i have back home in india yes i got worried when train services will hold you to recent tensions but now everything is fine and i am going back a couple of. days travelling with her family. grandmother boy. it is very difficult to get an indian visa people are waiting for our visa here and since long due to the crisis between india and pakistan but now

we are very happy that one who make it this time although dangers are running high bid when india and pakistan are prepared to remain strong we're divided on either side of the border the whole. country will be able to reconcile their differences and create a now. it's time for a goodbye i still fear no war. a quick break for the move and taking travel documents. many are relieved to be able to travel again. i request countries with friends and live in peace as people on both sides of the book how we little progress and prosperity. some says. i felt honored to be in pakistan when the people knew about me that i am indian they met me with love which is unthinkable they even offered me tea i think war is

not a solution to any conflicts. as more passengers arrive to crowd their space and some even find time to take a call from their. good bye as their baggage buyers get in front of her scanning room and go one by one for security. after clearance hidden under tight security there back in gauge border trade forty. four many it comes as you're relieved to be finally moving again perhaps wondering if this break your link will remain open. to some good day grace may be back on track but no one nor for how long come on i. love war. and now it's time for us take a look at the headlines here now just zero the black boxes from an ethiopian airlines plane that crashed on sunday have now been recovered the

a craft went down just outside this album near the town of two all one hundred fifty seven people on board were killed shares in boeing have dropped around eight percent after the u.s. stock market opened ethiopia china and indonesia grounded their entire fleets of the boeing seven three seven max aircraft speaking at the u.n. secretary general antonio battell has expressed his condolences for those killed in the theo lines crash a global treasure the as it's close to home. and united nations is united in grief . i extend my deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of all the victims to the government of people of each. and these affected by these last. more than one thousand algerian judges say they will not monitor the april elections if

the president of the lizzie's beautifully insists on running for reelection jury and state television reported the eighty two year old returned home after a two week absence clerics are calling on the religious affairs minister to stop pressuring them to give pro-government sermons the un special rapporteur on me and maher says she fears a new crisis for the reading go if bangladesh relocates them to a nearby island yankee lee has been briefing the human rights council after visiting cox's bazar refugee camp forces aligned with libya's un recognized government have been called to defend the northern city of service from an advance by the warlords that it is fighters after i was living in a national army is backed by the united arab emirates and egypt is now less than forty kilometers from searched us president of trouble except for another showdown with democrats over government funding trumps twenty twenty budget process proposes

rather slashing spending by five percent across almost all departments except defense which would get a boost. talk to al jazeera now stay with us. africa's most populous nation a bloc just economy has a youth unemployment problem in a bid to control the internet of the future at some sad kind of digital i am coats it is folding we bring you the stories to the shaping the economic world we live in . counting the cost on al-jazeera. you. will. see. throughout history women have faced many challenges in their fight for equality and some countries make enormous advancements others have failed and inequality remains deep rooted there have certainly been some powerful women in modern history from

margaret thatcher to endure a gandhi santucci and. what legacy have they or are they leaving behind as women in all parts of the world still suffer violence discrimination and under representation what is the status of global gender equality and help can progress to make. the march eighth marks international women's day but is it an occasion to celebrate order protest we find out more as we sit down with the woman in charge of promoting gender equality at the united nations executive director of human women. talks to al jazeera. un women executive director. thank you so much for talking to al-jazeera thank you for having me we're meeting in the middle of women small and

we're coming up on international women's day it's a day to celebrate a day to protest. a day to be an activist what is it all of. why because even though we've made progress and it's important that we celebrate. their achievements but we also haven't come fire enough we have a lot of work that we still need to do so we still need to be activist but also some of the gains that we've had are being eroded so we have to protest and defend and there's massage me and many other humph and helpful challenges that women still face and because of that protest is also in order the u.s. . is unveiling a new initiative as we come on international women's day to try to quantify

what the status of women and girls worldwide is why is this data initiative important. it's important to have that data to disaggregate when ever we collect data so that we can see what's happening to boys and girls what's happening to men and women because in that way when we take correctional action we can be more more measured more purposeful and we can take a correctional action that is highly informed not guessing but also does the theme of international women's day is about equality equality hit equality has to be measured it's about building smart we have to be clear what is it that we have to be building for women what are the what kind of infrastructure works for women so we data were able to be

a bit more precise in this theme the theme for this year is also about being innovative is sought in all of these areas data is always important because it helps us to. to be accurate does this mean revisiting how our policy is drafted for example physical accommodations for girls who are entering and building the kind of schools so that they can take care of their physical needs and also take care of their intellectual these is it as simple as a recognition of that fact this in some cases it is about revisiting the way we make policy says they may the way we locate and money is treasuries in and government it is about also being able to see how many guilds drop out of school at what age do they drop out why do they dropouts if we don't collect the data we will

never know if girls actually do stay out of school when they're menstruating and how many of them stay away and the impact that has on their academic performance if we're unable to provide evidence about this phenomena is sometimes when we raise the importance of sanitation in schools as a critical human rights people don't believe that this is this serious but when you have data being able to show the pattern it means that when you build and you look it builds then you build smart when you innovate you make sure that you provide this services at school and at home so that this is this right which is about dignity as well because sanitation is about dignity is respected to n. n.

is taken serious is that part of the fundamental definition of feminism recognising the whole person absolutely feminism is about respecting the rights of people of all sexualities but more than anything else being active in trying to correct. into a discrimination it exist this is not that responsibility of women alone this is the expert this is that is one spirit of everyone who believes in equality is a sore feminism it's not just about and for women feminism is about both men women and all other genders working together to make the situation better for everybody we hear so much about intersectionality the recognition that it doesn't come out of one particular cultural economic racial ethnic framework that there are many feminism's is that what you have seen in your work as

you were director you were woman director sometimes but i also have to say more and more policymakers intersection intersectionality it's not always been. like that so it's helpful that more and more activists articulate this very clearly and more police to make us embracing that because to be a feminist you must care about the whole woman for the full cycle of her life but also the different aspects of the woman's life so you can be a feminist and be homophobic be a feminist and not care about disability be be a feminist and be indifferent to issues of violence against women you have to care about the whole human being and everything that affects the women you can be a feminist and be a racist you have to be the full package is there

a need to tailor. feminism based on the local culture based on where a patriarchal way of running society has been predominant how do you tailor policy when the patriarchy has been. has really been the fundamental power source patriarchy is bad for everybody saw we need to reach about. the impact and the effects of patriarchy in every society the way in which we fight it in different contexts obviously can take different forms and shape but the starting point is that we have to be clear violence against again and a woman anywhere in the world what ever political system they live in is bad we have to say everywhere discriminating against women and girls in any

society denying them the right to education denying them their rights to work is buried in any society so we must not accept any explanation that suggests that there are some people who have a higher threshold for pain women in particular cultures can tolerate a bit of oppression more than women in other senses when a woman is raped whether she is raped in helsinki or in johannesburg or in bujumbura the pet and the pain is the same and we need to acquire them the same descent see and we need to be consent for all the women wherever they are and wherever they are and it's worth pointing out that just this week the interparty parliamentary union that the percentage of women in national legislatures around the world has gone up by one percent to just about twenty four percent

a slow increase but an increase nonetheless doesn't make a difference when women hold political power. and yes it does make a difference but it makes a big difference if their numbers are significant we need a critical mass we have. not reach the critical mass across the world that would ensure that you actually string the pendulum decisively we're going the right's way ins in some situations we're going that i'd say in particular because of activism of ordinary people trying to hold their leaders accountable but we need people to vote for women when elections come because the fact that we do not have enough women in positions of authority it is because we do not elect women and sometimes when women make them saves make themselves available to be

elected there's a lot of pressure and violence which sometimes discourage women but nevertheless you still see women in every election in many countries making themselves available to be elected so we also need to encourage society to recognize that if we don't change the look in fear of politics they look and feel of the security institution we will not be able to have in the course of security force an inclusive inclusive parliaments that can look after the interests of everybody. who will be able to address issues from different perspectives if we continue to allow these institutions to be predominately led by men we had to do we are denying ourselves that richness of the contribution that can come from women and.