began demanding president i.z.'s beautifully with draw from running for a fifth term in office the eighty two year old leader reversed his decision to stand for reelection but he also postponed polls that were due in april until he said political reforms could be implemented he remains the nominal head of the transition process which hasn't just further angered the protesters it's also deepened their resolve. to get it no matter how harsh the winter and rain will be no matter how bad the weather will be the regime is harsh and we will keep on protesting on thursday even judges joined the demonstrations this sit in outside a local court in the capital was meant to show solidarity with more than one thousand other judges who had earlier refused to oversee the upcoming election if president with a was a candidate another big setback for beautifully who also appears to have been deserted by his own party. analysts believe friday's protests are among the largest

demonstrations ever seen in algeria think it would do the same bus with up and the last week and it basically turned into president we. hope will god and you and your government with lives follow the army chief says the public has expressed what he calls noble aims during the demonstrations analysts believe those words to be the strongest signal yet that the military may be distancing itself from with defeat and the political elite who support him if so that would be a problem for a president who's been in power for twenty years and a huge support for the hundreds of thousands of protesters who want to ensure the remnants of beautifully because government are gone for good mohammed jim doom and . so i had an al-jazeera. the rocks president gets an angry reception as he does it's more so a day off for an overloaded third sign.

and i have a cloud is still snaking its way across parts of the middle east you can see it on the satellite picture making its way across the arabian peninsula and then into parts of iran and then winding itself up through parts of afghanistan it is giving a few outbreaks of heavier rains at times and it's gradually working its way eastwards there as we head through the day on saturday behind it there's a bit of a break but not for long because this ragtag area of cloud is going to pull itself together so on sunday we're going to see more in the way of wet weather and a fair amount of snow as well so watch out for the winter weather in the eastern parts of turkey that system also stretches for the south as well i have a pulse of iran and would she wait for an hour as we had three such today looks like the cloud will be mostly here i have of parts of the u.a.e. through parts of oman and here in doha but then that gradually retreats as we head through the day on sunday and you because the next system is working its way

towards a say generally here things looking a little bit unsettled at the moment down towards the southern parts of africa and there's yet more rain hit particularly over parts of mozambique that's not good news obviously we have the widespread flooding here and it looks like the shots will continue over the next few days also showers for us over parts of madagascar some of those are looking pretty lively but towards the west it's dry and brighter twenty six should be our maximum you kate. for. twenty five years off the independents. they must become. defendants are. preparing for the possibility of. waiting for invasion. documentary on al-jazeera.

you're watching out zero time to recap our headlines now the mahler report into russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. election has been completed reports that the main conclusions could be made public as soon as this weekend diseases like cholera and malaria are emerging as the new threat to survivors and storm ravaged parts of southern africa. huge number of people need help especially in mozambique and zimbabwe. protesters in algeria have

been out in force again for a fifth friday calling for president to flee and his supporters to step down they rallied in the capital algiers as well as in smaller cities across the country. a category four storm has made landfall along a remote stretch of the northern australia and coast most of the sparsely populated area was evacuated as a patient of cyclon trevor the storm is expected to weaken to category two by late saturday. it's critical. that we do everything we came to make sure everybody is safe we treat everybody equally there are a lot of volunteers and emergency service services workers and others right now busting their guts to make sure that everybody gets looked after elsewhere in western australia clone veronica is expected to make landfall in the coming hours what mcbride has the latest from port hedland this is being described as

a massive where the revenge for which people on this part of the western australia coast have been preparing now for days stocking up on essentials and in the process emptying some supermarket shelves also sandbagging their homes and some people in low lying areas of places like here port hedland being told to evacuate their homes because of the expected to flooding both from the tidal surges which are expected to inundate lower areas but also from the huge amount of rain that is coming with this storm it's expected several hundred millimeters of rain is likely to fall over that is almost a year's worth of rain from this one event and this is only one cycle own that australia is currently facing a second cycle and cycle trevor is currently battering the coast of northern territory after cutting through northern queensland

a number precedented number of people have been evacuated ahead of that storm's arrival it is very rare that australia as it is now facing two massive psych loans what makes cycling veronica potentially so dangerous is the fact that it's so slow moving for days now it's been out off the coast hardly moving at all but all the time being fed by the warm oceans underneath it gaining in size and strength so that as it now comes the sure it's potentially a monster of a storm. india has banned the prominent independence group in indian administered kashmir is part of a crackdown on dissent in the region the government accuses the germ of kashmir liberation front of raising money for armed groups it was previously banned in ninety nine two but was allowed to operate again after it laid down arms and all of it. the last one for an attack by another group killed more than forty indian

troops and raised tensions with neighboring pakistan. millions of people across pakistan are commemorating pakistan day the annual event marks the nine hundred forty resolution that led to the country's creation islamabad is using this year's parade to show its military strength malaysia's prime minister mahathir mohamad is the guest of honor the white house says i saw has lost all its territory in syria but the us backed rebels the syrian democratic forces say there is still heavy fighting with i saw in buchholz where the armed group has been making its last stand the territorial defeat device will be the end result of a four and a half year campaign for u.s. treasury department is imposing new sanctions on individual rain ians it says play a central role in the country's nuclear weapons program alan fischer spoke about this with brian hoke the u.s. special representative for iran and senior policy adviser to the secretary of state

he asked him what the u.s. is trying to achieve. we know that this is a regime that has retained the intent to become a nuclear weapon state they have retained their atomic archive many of the names that we designated today were people who were in iran secret atomic archive these are people who were working on iran's nuclear program to develop a nuclear weapon and the means to deliver it and so we designated these specific people and organizations who are still active in research and development that if iran turned back on its nuclear program again a lot of this work becomes very relevant and we continue to have an impact when russia doesn't support them china doesn't support them for unity and union doesn't support them india tuckey are still interested in buying oil from iran because the need that supply what we've found is that in light of the strength of the u.s. financial system being outside of the iran nuclear deal gives us in norma's

economic leverage to accomplish our national security objectives and we're able to do this without the countries that you're talking about we've been able to achieve amazing results by ourselves now we would like to have more countries join us we have seen the european union sanction the iranian regime for terrorism in europe we've seen germany didn't run second largest airline landing rights the french are likely to do that the u.k. has done that we've seen a number of steps that european governments have taken to counter iran's nuclear threats to peace and security we expect that will continue you and i knew that when sanctions are put in place it's to send a message what message are you sending to the unions and also by extension to your dominance the message that we're sending to the iranian regime is that you can you can start behaving like a normal nation or you can watch your economy crumble and this is the price that iran pays for being an outlaw regime. angry iraqis are demanding answers from the

country's president about the deaths of one hundred people whose ferry capsized in mosul it's not just the accident they're upset about post-war reconstruction has stalled because of corruption and mismanagement potential what i reports already. people are angry in mosul protestors are calling the iraqi president and other government officials the news they say the government has failed to keep a check on the safety of ferries and how they're operated and they want justice for the victims. this ferry was packed with people enjoying a holiday at an amusement park it didn't get far from the banks of the tigris river before capsizing social media video shows bystanders screaming passengers struggling against the swift current to get to safety dozens drowned most were women and children more than fifty people were rescued so we still further know my

wife and my daughters are in the water and those police officers are not letting me through leave me leave me let me go this accident has been described as unprecedented the iraqi prime minister announced three days of mourning and iraqis placed candles along the banks of the tigris to remember the victims. the most important thing is to stay in solidarity with the victims' families and to treat the injured and pull the bodies out of the river iraqi civil defense says the boats operators allowed to many people on board exceeding its maximum capacity arrest warrants have been issued for the amusement park owner and the ferry operators they were accused of mismanagement and neglect but said i was an eyewitness unfortunately they're using old theories that lack safety equipment add to that they exceeded the maximum weight a search operation is under way the floodgates of the mosul dam have been lowered

to assist emergency workers the iraqi civil defense says one body has been recovered twenty kilometers downstream from where the boat capsized dozens of families have gathered at the morgue desperate for information about their loved ones so far the iraqi authorities have not said how many people are missing natasha going to al-jazeera baghdad there's growing criticism of donald trump's announcement that the u.s. should recognize the occupied golan heights as. russia's foreign ministry says any such change would violate u.n. agreements so egypt iran and syria have also spoken out against it israel captured the golan heights from syria during the one nine hundred sixty seven war around twenty thousand israelis live there as well as twenty thousand syrians who are mostly part of the druze sect. south american leaders have created a new regional bloc they hope will solve their biggest problems such as the power

struggle going on in venezuela it will be cold. and there is an indication of the swing to the right in latin american politics but already there are questions about how effective it will be seeing you in a force for something go. south american leader to in santiago to lay the groundwork for a new regional bloc to replace the fifteen year old. it was the brainchild of two left of center leaders in the region at the time the late charge a civilian and brazil's lula da silva but now the political pendulum has swung in the other direction. it's been more than five years since the presidents of south america got together to confront the present problems. but membership in a new form would be conditional those in the group must pledge to respect democratic institutions human rights and the separation of powers in israel is

leader. was not invited. in the short term many see this forum as yet another mechanism to pressure and force him out. libya and syria wouldn't sign the final declaration while brazil's president. says the new form will prevent more of an israel is from emerging in the region. that is our objective here because this is what will happen with. president peña there went further saying days are numbered. responded angrily calling an insolent servant of u.s. interests but even many critics are happy with this initiative which claims not to be ideological but which clearly represent the new conservative wave in regional politics in fact a group of former chilean. ministers and diplomats have sounded the alarm saying that it also is in fact threat to multilateralism and pluralism in the region so.

instead of building an organization that defends our interests we're promoting appears to be at the disposal of the new right wing populist wave that is taking hold of this region. but perhaps the biggest problem with the ambitious forum is that it could be as short lived as its predecessor if the political pendulum in the region shifts yet again. santiago french president emanuel is being accused of using heavy handed tactics after the army in paris ahead of what could be more. protests he says he wants to avoid a repeat of last weekend when shops were looted and set on fire from paris david schaper reports. soldiers will be deployed to guard public buildings in the french capital as the yellow vests prepare to take to the streets for the nineteenth time

this weekend they're being diverted from their normal operations sentinel and terror patrols to free up police resources but the decision has attracted fierce criticism the army not being used in the context of social protestant one hundred forty seven. and the strong soon will of putting the army back in the street for this purpose and or the question but it traces the risk potentially of a risk. this is archived film of the clashes seventy two years ago five striking miners were killed. last weekend in paris millions of years of damage was caused by rioters on the seans elisei this time police are being equipped with a new high tech weapons to help them cope with so-called ultra radicals intent on violence. that is the last saturday on the show's elise's there were no demonstrators there were only pages of people who came to smash and destroy. the

shah's elisei is one of three areas in paris now designated as a no go zone for yellow vest demonstrations although president macron said the protests are protected by the constitution what happened here last saturday was done by a horde of hooligans the latest poll shows seventy percent of the public in france are disturbed by how far the movement has moved away from its original roots the cost of the damage has been estimated at more than two hundred million dollars but the real long term cost is the image and spirit of france itself. david chaytor al jazeera paris. and let's take you through some of the headlines here an al-jazeera now the model report into russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. election has been completed it's been handed over to the attorney general whole

decide on which parts to make public donald trump's political rivals the democrats are demanding the details of the report be released immediately now that special counsel moller has submitted his report to the attorney general it's imperative for mr barr to make the full report public and provide its underlying documentation and findings to congress attorney general before must not give president trump his lawyers or his staff any sneak preview of special counsel mahler's findings or evidence and the white house must not be allowed to interfere in decisions about what parts of those findings or evidence should be made public diseases like cholera and malaria are emerging as the new threat to survivors in storm ravaged parts of southern africa aid agencies say a huge number of people need help especially in mozambique in zimbabwe. a category

four storm has made landfall along a remote stretch of the northern australia and coast most of the sparsely populated area was evacuated in anticipation of cycler trever the storm is expected to weaken to category two by late saturday another category four storm site of veronica is due to make landfall in western australia in the coming hours. india has banned the pro independence group in india and ministered kashmir is part of a crackdown on dissent in the region the government accuses the general kashmir liberation front of raising money from groups it was previously banned in ninety nine but was allowed to operate again after it laid down the arms. protesters in algeria have been out in force again for a fifth friday calling for. the entire establishment to step down they rallied in the capital headlines. three

years after the u.k. voted to leave the european union. is yet to take full. britain seem through. the whole process still be revived stay with al-jazeera for the latest. i weighed all see in antarctica the size of an extraordinary bids to

create the largest protected area on a. for this special episode of a thrice we going on board the greenpeace icebreaker optic sunrise following one of the biggest campaigns in the environmental movement is ations history witnessing the spectacular biodiversity and the many threats to life from climate change to age of fishing as a team of scientists photographers and ocean experts sets out to prove these vos remote borders must become an antarctic ocean sanctuary. before i set off down south i'm going to find out a little about the journey i'm about to embark on tucked away in this maze of old london streets something quite extraordinary. ever since i was

a boy i've been mesmerized by tales of the golden age of antarctic exploration of the early twentieth century names of polar explorers like roald amundsen and cuts and skull. well this is where some of those expeditions came to get them apps us refocuses below good to see this is a kind of treasure trove of paul's exploration that comes out of the it. turns out mankind has forever been hooked on the concept of a mysterious continent at the end of the world. this mess from the fifteen eighties is the last of the classical worldview this is the world as it would have been understood by the ancient greeks and romans still got this great terrible stall it's known called meter the unknown southern land spin forward three centuries to the time of men like captain scott who died on his return from the south pole

philip shows me a sledging map from that expedition is. this is what actually used to place the food for the attempt on the pole incredibles and here we have him reaching the south pole and then of course the terrible trick. back in school time here just demonstrates how hot it was then just how challenging it was that a far cry from today it was this period is known as the heroic age they were truly great heroes up until the one nine hundred twenty days there were probably less than should think fifty or sixty people had actually ever stepped into the cold. of course no thousands are going every year. like many of the old explorers i first had for punta arenas in southern chile

but unlike them i'll be flying into antarctica to king george island at the northern tip here all join the greenpeace ship the arctic sunrise and head into the weddell sea with luck will reach out target the sixty fourth parallel which marks the northern edge of the proposed asian century an internationally supported marine reserve covering one point eight million square kilometers that would be protected from direct human impact like fishing oil drilling and deep sea mining. how times have changed immediately it's clear how connected the outer reaches of the antarctic continent to become the plane is full of tourists. what was once a grueling journey of months maybe is now can be done in an hour and a half with lunch and if you. want to. be an elf like that for fun. it's a cold murky arrival and surprised at how many people there are around dozens of

coming in going to here with no king george island and out here we made it seem like that they don't. look so remote as warm a transport. you can see lots of tears. taking rooms out to inflatable boats out to meet cruise ships for the holiday and also ahead a lot of research stations. with the weather closing in we need to get a move on. over the next two weeks. thank you. write a. program. well we're under way immediately heading for the proposed ocean sanctuary

is not a time to lose not just for the arctic sunrise winter is not far away and the ice will soon close in about its business or race against time to protect areas like the weddell sea before it's too late we'll maccallum it's a greenpeace campaign leader we're campaigning for will be the locals largest protected area is an antarctic ocean sanction an area of the bible say to be about five times the size of germany the proposal is already on the table it's already got the backing of the. scientists are saying we need to protect a third of the world's oceans at least every one to let fish stocks recover we want to mitigate against the worst impacts of climate change and man thought is a great place to start in just nine months time in hobart australia the decision will be made by the antarctic ocean commission the international body responsible for the conservation of these waters on whether to accept the sentry proposal the aim of the expedition is to build the case that it needs to happen. the hours go by

and the temperature drops significantly. on the bridge they're on high alert we're heading into dangerous waters tense times with skipper who'll ruzicka you have what they call birdie bits growlers and icebergs depending on the size. but they can all damage a ship when you're steaming at night key thing about ice is avoiding it but now we're going to look for the ice and we will intentionally go into some of the ice and there is room down here now i think to push our way through a bit. of our. very. short. cut to cool climbs into the crow's nest to transport leads through the ice. come through the on top of the sound which i would buy sexy and talk to put into that we're not in the wedding see but not yet at the point at which they want to protect it but to get that we've got to get through all this ice there's

a lot of it around and we're finding these clear passages trying to we've always through the ice. everyone on board is just willing the ship to make it into the proposed sanctuary the big problem is getting people to realize why they should care about the i'm talking to you know this is a lot like that most people i've never come across will never come across and so being able to tell that story relies on us getting there are lots of us getting the footage back and tell talking about the importance of marine sanctuaries so the fact that they start to put out a recovery if we put these areas of them it's the fact that climate change will be not as bad if we manage suppose large areas of the ocean off limits. dogma's falls but there is no rest on the bridge for the captain and the night crew there is an illusion. of. floodlights on the boughs showed the ship now milledge dumped quietly against the

ice and intentional maneuver for the remainder of the night but everyone is keyed up flying off. the next day at la. asked the arctic sunrise has arrived surrounded by some of the coldest most diverse waters there are and was all on board who may yet be the largest protected area on the planet we were wanting good days good news very good news made it made it to this is for parallel sitting there now. there's someone other ship in this entire space and you just go over this side and we suddenly saw getting sort of tens of of ships both cruise liners cargo ships fishing vessels the moment you get through this sound as us another ship about there and that's it and they're all whole area that's slightly scary yet terrifying. but very exciting as well exciting kind of just makes the case that this is pristine

this area is not developed is not called industry has never had industry sort of area that's kind of the most um touch even within and topcoat. are. going to. be my friends and thank you for trying to run margaret on. what we're looking at here is faulty yes sea ice in great icebergs to be our last is sweeping up james russell island at the weddell sea spent way to this proposed area already about just touched by human activity always scientific research is taking place it is an incredible site but deeply troubling to classes have always collapsed and carved into the antarctic ocean however with global warming they're

doing so with increasing speed and as the ice sheets retreat sea levels rise. this right here is humanity's problem for decades perhaps centuries ahead. it is laundry day off at sunrise and here's the thing we all think of being good citizens by wearing fleeces which is made out of recycled plastic also bottles that sort of thing. but when you watch the. hundreds of thousands of microfiber is end up in the well the oceans so here are important it wouldn't and not for go. and of course plastic pollution in our seas is one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time and the team makes the most of

a rare opportunity for research. these are some of the largest rules of the planet there could be a ploy to do they could be blasting seriously greenpeace to conduct this is where i was taking samples from the water to see if any micro plastics have infiltrated this environment. just simply into the sea surface like quest five is that maybe first so they're both taking something to be fully trusted more to. extend. bush said he hoped to find that the this is very hopeful just the way the seas are very close try a system and there's very few local sources of micro plastic fibers should be coming from however evidence is growing around the world studies that like the plastic for the spikes tree the present releases and they all be found the right reply to the picture. you know it's a bizarre thing be a fly.