but the focus is now changing at the moment. they cute phase of risk is pretty much those people need to be lifted out of raging water. people and trees and the top of houses most of that is. those people most of those people have been received i think the focus area at the moment is relief getting that relief to the people who need it is now an urgent priority before cholera and other diseases break out the situation is improving but there are still risk of further flooding sadly the risk of flooding is ever present and ultimately we have red alerts now on two of the major rivers one is a busy flowing in from zimbabwe to the sea and the other is the breezy river which is a short fat flat river which floods very easily as already bad soul saturation and the jams are full so we're facing multiple routes that won't affect these people their concern is their next meal and how to rebuild their homes their communities and their lives tony burke al-jazeera beera. the weather is next fighting

in paris says police protesters from some of the city's most well known landmarks. quiet as the u.s. waits to learn the findings of robert russia investigation. hello again this hour do want to start here in the united states because we are still dealing with widespread flooding across the plains as well as the midwest this is going to continue for weeks if not months before that water does recede now we are watching one particular storm system right here coming in off the rockies now this is going to be rain to that same area we do not need any more rain across this region because it's really going to not let that water recede in a timely manner so we're going to be watching this very carefully but out here

towards the eastern seaboard things are quite nice for new york on sunday but as we go towards monday we're going to be seeing more rain and that could turn to snow behind the system because of that cooler air well across the caribbean we're looking at some rainy conditions as well many of the islands of here are going to be rain over the next few days we're talking about puerto rico dominican republic cuba as well as into the bahamas that is going to continue as we go towards monday but out here towards much of central america not looking too bad unless you get down here towards parts of course to rica and then very quickly parts of argentina things looking quite nice now much of that rain is making its way towards the north which happens seasonally right about this time rio it's going to be quite nice at thirty degrees ascension at about thirty one but down here towards point as it is it is going to be a clear day few with a temperature of about twenty two degrees there. on counting the cost this week on al-jazeera we'll take

a deeper dive into what's behind algeria's protests last what it's really get from joining china's felten road initiative plus we'll take a look at the plight of venezuela's struggling fishermen. counting the cost on al-jazeera. out of the opportunity to understand a very different way where there before happens and we don't leave. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines now polls in thailand have opened in the first general election since the two thousand and fourteen military coup more than fifty two million eligible to be like five hundred

members of parliament critics say it isn't truly democratic since the entire upper house appointed by the military at least one hundred thirty four have been killed in mali during an attack blamed on an ethnic militia aid agencies say they're running out of time to reach survivors more than a week off the psychs only die swept across southern africa more than seven hundred people have died in mozambique zimbabwe and malawi. australia is being hit by the second of may just storm this weekend veronica across the northwest coast near port hedland bringing in heavy rain and high winds the other one's called trevor has been battering the northern coast it's been downgraded as it moves inland and weak . well let's speak now to he's in port hedland so how are things looking ahead of touch down by cycling veronica. sami

psychographic it's pretty much we cheat a full time time just like we are pretty much white out conditions it is making landfall in the next few hours about a one hundred kilometers down the coast here. but much of this coastline has been put on site glowed red alert that means that pretty much ever think oh look down just sitting there waiting to get through it it could be as you can see torrential rain we've had something like one hundred fifty millimeters of rain here we're likely to get the same amount to get the. this is over the big concern here is now for the next high tide we are a couple of hours away from the next high tide and expecting to see because of the force of this storm as the school surge of a couple of meters which will mean

a lot of the land here will be will be submerged will be they don't take it with water so that's where we're at the moment in time. for things in long down so let me know if you need to go and take cover of assuming you're still safe out there rob but tell us about cycling travel it's rare that we got to cycling sitting at the same time what's the aftermath of that one looking like. that's right i am looking over the shoulder there's no debris coming so we're ok for now but we will duck indoors if we have to. it is right you concerned it is something that the meteorologists here have talked about this hard usual double event of having these two psychos at the same time but as you mentioned they're cycloid trevor it's now passing into where all the territory but it was a massive storm it was about the size of new south wales state hundreds of kilometers across now if you don't want to have a good aspect to this i guess if you're looking for something good is that these

type these psychos have been affecting fairly fairly remote areas but even so despite the result this that's little comfort for people who've been in the past of the including of course money from the indigenous people to the step for months it had to be evacuated ahead of those storms those people now riding out the storm waiting to see when they could go back i mean all right let's i think you need to get somewhere or say from the get out of those way close probably thank you so much troubled by. trump says the u.s. will stamp out i saw wherever aids fighters are until the. group is defeated once and for all u.s. backed forces have declared victory of ice of in both those the only piece of syrian territory it had left to mount a shell reports from beirut in the neighboring lebanon. this was the moments i so lost its last piece of territory in syria kurdish fighters hoisting their flag

declaring that the are now in control. of what our forces have raise our flags in booze and have declared the end of this so-called caliphate in north and syria this victory couldn't have been a sheet where it not for the great sacrifices of our brave martyrs. within hours a victory ceremony was held in blues and the u.s. special envoy on syria it was there alongside kurdish fighters from the u.s. army has been supporting this critical milestone in the fight against isis delivers a crushing strategic blow and underscores the unwavering commitment of our local partners and the global coalition to do the isis. the self declared caliphate which one spans swathes of syria and iraq has eventually been refused to the town of but whose as it was unable to withstand the might of the u.s.

led coalition which bombed it from the skies and the onslaught on the ground of a variety of groups including the kurdish led syrian defense forces the s.d.f. and the turkish back to free syria army. the taking the booze from ice all came just hours after the white house issued a statement announcing the total defeat of the group but even though it no longer controls the land analysts say it's premature to clear the end of the group itself . so what next for syria in other parts of the country where i saw has been overrun the vacuum has been filled by different fighting groups close to the turkish border for instance formerly i saw held territory is now under the control of the free syria army a group that anchor approves of while in member genoud but was kurdish fighters have taken over since eisel rose to prominence in two thousand and fourteen the international community slowly stopped talking about the syrian revolution and the struggle for freedom and the narrative became one of defeating i saw in combating

terrorism and that's helped us that survive the presence of i saw also discouraged many countries from supporting armed opposition groups in the syrian civil war now that i saw no longer controls any territory inside syria the question is will the international community refocus attention on the atrocities committed against the syrian people by the assad government and its allies jamal and show you on al-jazeera beirut. details of u.s. special counsel robert muller's report into possible collusion between russia and donald trump's two thousand and sixteen campaign could be revealed to congress as soon as sunday attorney general william barr says he'll write two reports based on the documents he received one for congress and another for the public democrats are demanding the full report be released without delay since they have a majority in the house they have subpoena powers to obtain the reports donald

trump's lawyers say they want to look at mother's findings before they're made public her brother was on the has more of near donald trump's weekend home in palm beach florida. it's been two years they were waiting for the mueller report and now we're in another waiting game and it's all on william barr the attorney general and he's doing two things number one he's reading the report and only he has a copy of it to read right now we don't know if that report is ten pages twenty pages a thousand pages nobody has any idea so he's first reading it and then he's deciding how much of it to release to congress and that's going to be the key question and this is a president that tweets a lot he comes out and talks to the media a lot he has been completely silent for the last twenty four hours since we were turned over this report to the department of justice he was here it is mar a lago resort he did not come out much you want to play golf you know but beyond

that he has been very silent not saying anything and no one knows what to make of that this is a critical juncture in his presidency i think he knows that the people around him know that and i think they're just simply waiting because they know it's d. day what i mean by d.-day is it's decision day for the attorney general now to release this report and that will answer so many questions that people had for so long i will say trump is not here alone he's got his top two lawyers with him that are dealing with the mueller investigation he's also got many staff members from washington the white house including all of his communications officials because as soon as this report is released there's going to be a lot for this white house to respond to what that is though nobody knows the u.n. human rights council has condemned what it describes israel's use of excessive force against demonstrates is that the gaza border fence it follows a report that said israeli soldiers may have committed war crimes while using live

ammunition against unarmed protesters almost two hundred palestinians were killed during demonstrations in gaza last year. the struggle over break has spilled back onto the streets of london in a huge show of discontent and frustration over the political limbo hundreds of thousands marched to demand the u.k. be given a chance to rethink its decision to leave the there have been tense scenes in paris and elsewhere during the nineteenth straight weekend of yellow vest protests soldiers were brought in to stop a weekend a repeat of last weekend when shops were looted and burned from paris david chase reports. the yellow vests protesters were outnumbered by the police in paris according to official figures six thousand officers deployed with orders to show zero tolerance to any violence and a five thousand strong march to the sack recur it passed without incident apart

from them trying to tie a yellow vest around the basilica is that all recall what i saw today was very convivial and we found sort of buried again in the movement which is house warming compared to last week's events. concerts bus this is how the soul of the yellow vests should the people who are speaking exchanging ideas trying to get more political the elevators seem determined to make sure that their protests remains peaceful and that the reason they're protesting are valid and present emanuel macron must answer their question. their worst sporadic clashes when the demonstrators dispersed but on no significant scale. across the rest of france so the picture was not so peaceful. and nice a seventy two year old woman was not to the ground during a police charge and had to be treated to head wounds which were bleeding heavily. and police were forced to use tear gas to try and disperse protesters throwing cans

and bottles at them. nevertheless the new police tactics were described as mission accomplished by the french government. our instructions for fairness was unable to order to be maintained and prevented fings from getting out a fan. the biggest show of force was. the scene of seven hours of rioting and looting last saturday this time not a single yellow vests managed to penetrate the thick blue line surrounding the most famous street in france and the police only managed to do it because behind the scenes it was the army who were guarding many public buildings david chaytor al jazeera paris kazakstan has officially renamed capital. in honor of. expectedly resigned as friends event on tuesday on friday dozens of opposition supporters were arrested as they protested against the name change. in

the form of. succession. his daughter to take over after almost thirty years. later called for a new generation to take over. but i believe it very negatively because the name a stoner is a brown and i think no soul to his not right at all we have no salt on street no salt on university and now the capital city no sultan i think that as a reporter yeah i'm against renaming astana to nursultan because a stand as a world everyone knows the standard from x. or twenty seventeen and we always see international so much later that we are happy that they named the capital after the first president and this will stay in history for the next generation to my grandchildren. more than a thousand passengers are being allocated from a stricken cruise ship off norway's coast viking skies engines filed off to running into bad weather victoria gate and the airports. it was meant to be

a relaxing cruise. that passengers on the bike and sky say it ended in a terrifying a deal i. thought . the ship suffered engine failure and stormy conditions of norway's west coast on saturday afternoon as it drifted towards rocky ground the captain sent out a mayday signal it all tonight. it's clear that it's a serious situation when a cruise ship with over thirteen hundred passengers is in one of northern europe worst waters they've managed to anchor the boat so it's lying at rest they've also managed to start one engine there are four engines on board and now they want to start more so they can move themselves before strong winds and waves up to eight meters high caused windows to break and water to flow in the passengers mostly from

the united states in the united kingdom were told to put on life jackets and wait for help the bad weather meant rescuers were unable to use lifeboats to take them ashore. the helicopters were said to winch them. one by one to safety the viking sky was more than halfway through a twelve day trip around the way and we showed you will tour right in britain on cheese day. it's a trip passengers say they'll never forget that for all the wrong reasons victoria gate and be algiers they are. take you through some of the headlines here in al-jazeera now voting is underway in thailand's first election since the two thousand and fourteen military coup more than fifty two million thais are eligible to select the make up of the five hundred

seat house of representatives but critics say the process isn't truly democratic the senate is still appointed by the military death toll in one of southern africa's worst natural disasters is continuing to rise more than a week after cyclone we die swept across the region more than seven hundred people have died in mozambique zimbabwe and allowed. the executive director described the scene on the ground as disparate rate stating that the situation on the ground and i quote quoting her the situation on the ground remains critical to the reason you're running while there are hundreds of thousands of children need immediate help the priority right now is to give them shelter food water education protection at least one hundred thirty four full army herders have been killed in mali during an attack blamed on an ethnic militia gunman dressed as traditional guns or hunters targeted the village of so go in bang cast district. us back through revels

in syria say they've captured last pocket of land in eastern syria warning the group still poses a threat. to our forces have raised our flags in both groups and have declared the end of this so-called caliphate in north and syria this victory couldn't have been a sheep were it not for the great sacrifices of our brave martyrs details of the mother of force into possible collusion between russia and donald trump's two thousand and sixteen campaign could be revealed to congress by sunday attorney general william barr says he'll write two reports one for congress and another for the public at least fifteen people have been killed in a gun battle in somalia's capital attackers stormed the government building after decimating a suicide car bomb. headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera counting the

cost. for the time of change and discovered. this not for me. to forge an identity. in nineteen ninety nine south africa revisits the children of about seven years as they grew and developed with their country. fourteen south africa part one on al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian finighan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera a week you look at the world of business and economics this week where has all the money gone algeria's protest against the mismanagement of the economy. the deadly storm hits one of the poorest regions in the southern hemisphere millions need

assistance as roads and buildings are washed away. plus the u.s. warns it's only about what it says of china's predatory loans what will roam get from beijing's belt and road initiatives. as algeria's oil wealth dries up people are demanding to know where has all the money gone corruption youth unemployment and inequality have been at the center of protests against the two decade rule of algeria's president of the lizzie's beautifully despite agreeing not to stand for another term algerians have little faith in the business elite military and politicians who are running the country the country's wealth has been squandered it had currency reserves of one hundred seventy nine billion dollars in december twenty four team that amount of shrunk to seventy nine point eight billion rather than using the oil and gas wealth to diversify the economy more than a fifth of the budget is used for subsidies the international monetary fund says

that algeria's oil and gas revenues account for ninety five percent of the country's exports earnings and sixty percent of its budget but oil prices have been falling and the country's oil and gas production has also been in decline due to a lack of investment meaning that there isn't the money to fill the treasury unemployment in algeria is running at eleven point one percent but youth unemployment stands at twenty six point four percent two thirds of the country's forty one million population. under the age of thirty or promises to diversify the economy haven't materialized unlike its neighbor morocco which has little in the way of oil and gas it's built an enviable also industry opened up the tourism industry and is well on its way to achieving fifty two percent of its power needs from renewables but in algeria the strikes and protests go on as al-jazeera as mohammed vall reports. anti-government protests in algeria continue to spread

oil and gas field workers in the far south of the country the latest to join the outcry workers in houses which is our duty as largest gas field are echoing calls nationwide for president of the us is beautiful to resign managers of the state energy films on a truck say production is unaffected algeria boss the world's fifth largest reserves of natural gas but with a flick us critics say after twenty years of his presidency the energy wealth is reaching few are judeans than ever before and employment and the cost of living are rising and they say the political atmosphere is choking the economy due to the decades long rule of a corrupt elite backed by our duty as military. and the revolt has spread to exporting us in former colonial power france they were out in force in paris for the third consecutive sunday on an armada of you david that if

you it tired of all people since nine hundred sixty two we've always been with old people leave the place to the young get out of the way the system is clear make way for the young the ailing eighty two year old president. relinquished his bid for a fifth term following weeks of under arrest but his decision to postpone the presidential election should yield for april eighteenth has provoked more widespread anger which of libya has appointed a new prime minister nouri in bed weak and a deputy in talks to form a cabinet mostly of technocrats but the prime minister is receiving little support from protesters who say they don't trust any politicians linked to it with a flicker of god. a few members of parliament including some from the ruling evident party have resigned in support of the protests and i'm not. sure we refused to participate in the upcoming cabinet because we believe that such cabinet should

only result from a national conference and a transparent national popular dialogue that the people have taken to the streets to bring about real change and make sure that none of the same people who have been ruling us continue in power. even the staunchest supporters of change in algeria seem to realize ousting the military from their influence on politics may be impossible instead protesters hope for younger leaders who will be less corrupt and more democratic and more answerable to the rule of law even if supported by the generals has got on top of stability. joining us now via skype from montreal professor type have seen. a strategy in society professor of management at the h e c n one troll welcome to the program the professor should these protests in algeria come as a surprise to every anyone given the economic hardship that algerians are having to endure well i it's not a surprise actually they nigeria there has been. several revolts in the last few

years. and. probably it's one in the capital city that that nothing was happening and so. this this comes as no surprise actually there has been debate about. whether the for the very independence algerians have been fighting for freedom or for bread. and it is clear that they have been fighting for freedom and freedom has been suppressed algeria should be a rich nation that is just graphically the biggest nation in africa but it's an oil and gas producer where has all the money gone. well you know use is rich of many things you're right the. educational level for example is high as you mention there are many many resources oil being only

one of. the the money has been has been very poorly used the highly centralized politicized and inefficient economic management and also. there has been a period that has made that's worse for me to get it off. so you haven't megacity your first date on managed system which is why i think if you can and there is an amazing amount of waste professor half the population is under the age of the job opportunities though are limited wages are low who should take the blame for the high rate of unemployment in algeria and how does the country deal with the prospect that ten million more jobs seekers are going to come into the market by the twenty twenty five yes there are statistics actually showing that so about sixty three percent of the population is thirty odd let's go it's amazing amazing

number and and these people are coming into she with as you said into the market in intros. the question is will the economy be able to to to provide jobs for all these and clearly the only economy that's going to be private sector economy and private sector has been suppressed ever seen in this regime is of course blame or for that when you are there for so long you lose legitimacy and to keep legitimate then you start doing all kinds of. wasteful social support all bread and energy are paid about so term percent of their value so the problem is not but you giving away between the bread them you know the problem is that people are receiving if you will bring them energy at that price simply forget about the value and then they wish to ninety eight percent of algeria's revenues

professor come from the oil and gas sector but obviously those resources. are finite. when dealing the current price of oil being as low as it is affecting exports and. and foreign reserves or the gulf economy is looking to diversify away from oil and gas why hasn't algeria done the same the problem with oil is that it has generated iran's seeking and when i say rent seeking behavior it's not only the people at the very top who aren't seeking your ocracy it's the sherm's and private firms aren't seeking you or the population is rent seeking and so you have this incredible lazy lazy demeanor and of course that rent seeking leads to corruption and saw as as a result of reality is a real cuts when we think about trying to diversify away from oil. that means

encouraging the real economy then you have to realize that business is a source of power and the government has been trying to keep it also and the country is one of the few countries in the world where you have to get so a permission to invest your money nor market behavior. not just simply and saw the results this is not development as it's not a surprise what so what's happening in nigeria goes against all the norms if you where love economic behavior between not the professor is there any cause for optimism of algeria as economic future of course there is. the algerian economy is really paradoxical i mean it's i have been describing to you that it's very poorly managed and seemingly doing. better on shore at the same time you see some very trying second. the real economy by the way is

mostly informal about sixty percent of the economy is informal. and it is not accounted for how do fans actually supervise. given this very hostile environment there are smaller firms all over the country trying to remain below the radar if you will but doing succeed in doing very well and so that all research on successful private. shows that's what example they don't rely on state want to be excellent and often they become competitive on the world market so in a sense there is something happening bottom up but that's my opinion. is very promising professor it's been really good to talk to you many thanks indeed for being with us thank you ed three and thank you powerful cycler and floods have killed hundreds of people and left a massive trail of destruction across swathes of southeastern africa cyclon it die

hit mozambique sports city of berra before moving inland it flattened buildings and put the lives of millions of people at risk it then barreled west as in bob way and blow away al-jazeera as from a to miller flew over one of the hardest hit areas in central mozambique. the roofs of buildings people out from the muddy water that's all that's left of this town decimated by floodwater that almost a week ago waged a boozy in central missouri bieksa found a province it's not known how many people made it out safely further on stagnant water lies across the horizon on an isolated piece of dry land rescue workers drop off desperately needed food hundreds of people queue.