of hunger and famine priyanka gupta. the opening of a critical road link in mozambique is helping aid workers reach victims of cyclonic die with most roads damaged or destroyed people in remote areas have been relying on basic supplies delivered by air tony brooklier reports from the maker of. food supplies are getting to be a or the problem is getting them to the people who really need them. this is what happens when bread is distributed to the needy. people are desperate for every piece they can grab food is scarce and supermarkets supplies are expensive a delivered by air and water is not enough the in six road is the bane road artery from barrow to the remote parts of mozambique it was so bad in the psych lone you can get a real idea of the power and severity of this psycho namie flooding that followed by this area this entire area as far as you can see was covered in water it

destroyed everything around here the power here even pushed off this car off the road and miraculously the driver escaped he swam to safety but it destroyed about a hundred meters of road that had been you rebuilt by the chinese the road was cut for a week on sunday it reopened after chinese contractors and local workers worked day and night to build a new stretch and restore a vital lifeline that serves malawi zambia and zimbabwe does the road being damaged it. can see we have a situation like better see it is well for us to get there relief help these kids are difficult but like a state for was the greek and also for the good come from neighboring countries there are already six really important. food is needed everywhere and mina and her sister regime there live next to the road their home was destroyed in the surge that swept the road away they said the water was up to their necks and they had to climb trees to survive but there aren't and cousin drowned and those did you get in

there are very you know so she told me that she thought she was going to die that day but since then they have received no help or food or shelter she says she prefers to stay here with family in hardship rather than go to beer or with nothing . is the same story for hundreds perhaps thousands of people who prefer to live in makeshift shelters close to where their homes once stood. mozambique is relying on the outside world for help but local people are rallying around to help their fellow countrymen at this church in bira they were collecting money and food for the victims. a separate will be and that is that it's going to take time to recover our houses were basic but they were not built in one day or a week you will need more time five years ten years it will depend on what people will have to build with us now we need stronger material but our spirit is strong mozambique will need support for some time to come and for many their lives will

never be the same again tony berkeley al-jazeera may go central mozambique thousands of protesters have gathered in the french capital calling for political change in algeria the peaceful demonstrations by people of algerian the center spread to other major cities in france they've attacked or has more from paris. beginning to dec call it the algerian spring here in paris the hope was very that the country their parents and grandparents schooled home is on the cusp of a real transformation this is a six time there's been a demonstration like this in the french capital similar scenes to say france is home to the biggest algerian community in europe. like many of. the sake of today got to leave. because as if people didn't. understand why

very or the body of the man known as the biggest economy of the algerian president abdul aziz beautifully cut has repeatedly said it's time for his generation to give up their grip on power but will the generals and the rich business own who surround him allow him to keep his promise myself i am very happy to see that everyone is united were united not iran one algerian person not around one region but iran doll jiri as a whole and to say we are fed up we'll head up with this abuse of power algeria gained its independence from france on the bitter colonial war in one thousand nine hundred eighty two the links between the two countries but how truly and economically remain strong the french government say they will not interfere in the sovereign affairs of another country behind their scenes that diplomats will be trying hard to be the midwives to change. mexico's left us president's

daughter was swept to power after promising more help for the country's poorest people now though soup kitchens that feed the hungry are shutting down as he takes the axe to government social programs to home and explains why from mexico city. it makes can community kitchens where some of the. country's most vulnerable if you get a cheap meal they're going to have access to care for quite lou pape their life saver in feeding have family of six on no four exist gays who only i know it's really helped with our finances even with the gas for the stove and now i go to work rather than just worrying about cooking and until now we've never gotten. that many of mitts because almost six thousand federal food kitchens have already shots as part of budget cuts to social services it's not just the soup kitchens closing their doors funds have also been slashed for child day care centers and the

government plan to shut down shelters for women fleeing domestic violence and give the money instead until a backlash made it change its mind. and this is all come from a president who's long championed the poor and vulnerable at school some surprise and indignation nameless he says the measures necessary to stamp out corruption said that i mean it's finished around thirty years of these programs which were just used to win elections and get media attention. programs which encourage corruption using the name of the humble the poor to do it that's all finished. by something in the government social ministry was recently implicated in a monumental corruption scandal but civil society groups say the wholesale scrapping of programs for the pool is not. and some worry there are other motivations.

of. the new programs he's talking about include expanded help for. those with disabilities the president it seems does want social programs just once built to his own design john home and. so had. the one.

and on top of this horses with peter thank you very much symbolic have qualified for this year's africa cup of nations tournament only the fourth time in history at least some good news after the country was hit by cyclists a week ago come a billion knowledge with owner scoring an eternal win have a congo zimbabwe secured a place in egypt later this year and christiane are an elder and his team mates in the portugal national side of sun should start will be used to raise money to help those affected by cycle or than seven hundred people have lost their lives in the wake of that tropical storm mozambique was heart of states but also affected zimbabwe malawi and madagascar another southern african nation confirmed their

place in the africa cup of nations a two one win over libya was enough for south africa to qualify thanks to two goals from percy. it was a big day of africa cup of nations qualifying across the continent the democratic republic of congo and been in are also on their way to the now expanded twenty four team to intimate and tanzania hammered a previously unbeaten uganda in qualifying to book their place in egypt. the middle and then germany have played out another classic in their long standing rivalry this time in european championship qualifying the germans won only one of eight competitive games last year including a three nil defeat to the dutch but win two nil up in amsterdam through leroy sana and serge good gnabry but i'm a taste a little to and memphis the pyre got the home team back on level terms in the second half germany's nico schultz popped up with a last minute winner and three two it was results from the knights of the european champion of qualifiers for you know israel getting

a famous win over austria world cup finals creation using two one to hungary one of argentina's top female footballers says more must be done to fight for gender equality in the sport sanchez took a legal action against her club and the argentine f.a. for not recognizing her as a professional since then the f.a. said a professional women's league will start later this year her campaign was also boosted by a mixed football match on saturday organized by amnesty international which also featured former national team captain kwan in. well but in the face of evil it was a positive first step there are still missing you must understand that this is not the end but just the beginning there is still a lot to be done we must continue to demand the clubs that they comply in country need to advice and developments football courting the two tennis there was a big win for great britain's kyle in that the miami open he was up against twenty

sixteen wimbledon finalist new laws around make sure canada edmund is the british number one following the almost certain retirement a then b. murray and the brushed aside the world number fourteen in straight sets six four six four to reach the fourth round in florida. edmond will now face defending champion john is no the american would end up with a straight sets win over the rebels when your last of spain was a ruby one taking the first set seven five and being held to a tie break in the second but avoiding the deciding set keeping his title defense increase. it was an all painful stamer a bit about the good dispatching fabio fognini of italy under twenty five making feeling like we were always high ranked opponent sixty six through the school to send our good into round four in miami. a day earlier world number one soccer was knocked out in the third round the defending champion

was shocked by shea sue way in three sets the number twenty seven seed lost the opening set but forced their way back by winning the knicks to. college gymnast caitlin scored another perfect in this time she did it with new music her she replaced songs from michael jackson in a viral floor routine change comes after the leaving neverland documentary which highlighted alleged sexual abuse of children by jackson. now things can get pretty competitive in the world of motor sport for things to come unexpected in that a bike race in costa rica a coming together between two bites led to the rider on the mountain is getting someone telling go with the back of these opponents. of a kindly stop these vehicle but then a punch in the head for his trouble look at this. my stride took thankfully he was wearing a helmet martin is failed to look both ways as we crossed the track and see the retaliating timing since both been banned for two years since the incident last

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in jordan this is. also coming up thailand's main opposition neck and neck with the military but yes votes are counted after sunday's election. and we're in one of the remote parts of mozambique where help is funny arriving by road more than a week after it. a summary of the report says the investigation found no evidence that donald trump's campaign collude of the russia in the twenty six thousand election u.s. president has declared himself completely exonerated but the somebody doesn't draw a conclusion on whether trump obstructed justice and democrats in congress say this is another article he reports from washington d.c. . it's the investigation u.s. president donald trump has long condemned as a witch hunt in till it was released and now the president is cheering the findings

there was no collusion with the russia there was no up structure. and none whatsoever. and it was a complete and total exoneration that's not completely true the attorney general says there is no evidence the trump campaign coordinated with russian officials but on obstruction of justice the special counsel robert mueller didn't decide if he should be charged the attorney general made that call and in his letter to congress he made clear this report doesn't find the president didn't possibly commit a crime right in the special counsel states that while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime it also does not exonerate him and that is democrats demanding answers jerry nadler heads the committee in congress that will be investigating turning general clark. who are different for his role you don't remember in the suggesting that the obstruction investigation was on fungible and that a president and that it was almost impossible for any president to commit

a rupturing of justice he's the head of the executive branch made a decision about that evidence in hundred forty eight hours this conclusion raise more questions than the answer given the fact that muller uncovered evidence that in his own words does not exonerate the president he's promising to call officials to testify and vowing to get the tens of thousands of pages of evidence that have been collected in the trunk campaign was quick to try and use this to bolster his chances of reelection really see in this video evidence is pretty clear that there was collusion in the president's proclaiming victory but as congress pushes to make all the evidence public and with several other investigations ongoing he may want his supporters to believe it's over it isn't that. al jazeera washington well joining me live now from los angeles is political analyst peter mathews petersen president trump said all along that he and his campaign team did not collude with

russia is this a complete vindication of the president as he's been saying absolutely not because for one thing the report is only a partial is a summary it's not the full report and we want to see the full report as congress and we'll see what mahler's and underlying documents were what the what the details of it were and so you could say he's not exonerated things he's exonerated but he's not and there are other charges against him by the will be investigated by the southern district history of new york and various attorneys general you know that hold the engine new york attorney general other other places that matter a sequestered his are his investigations further when this was over so it's not it's not finished for mr trump in my view and significantly peter the report summary did not draw a conclusion as to whether trump illegally obstruct just obstructed justice as you say the president isn't totally exonerated but will the full report be any different it's possible it could be information that full report that would lead to further investigation by congressional committees as you know already the house

intelligence committee the judiciary committee they're all investigating things like his taxes they're investigating other aspects of his businesses and those things come back to haunt him later on if there's evidence there that something was done toward which could be grounds for the beginning of impeachment proceedings although right now i think that the fact that this came out moller came out in this manner but the summary of the report came out saying no collusion that's really a boost to the president of course for this time temporarily at least i would say yeah and over the over the last two years trump has sent out endless tweets saying no collusion no obstruction all sort of impact did his twitter rants have on the political and national discourse. i think it degraded it because for one thing we were supposed to be a rule of law country which i believe we are by and large which means you let the law in the legal process take its course even if you're being investigated the president you let it run its course and then you accept the findings you don't keep interfering with tweets and criticisms and his lambasted mr moller several times to

make him look illegitimate that's not the way you practice the rule of law principle especially someone as high up as the president should be an example other people it was never a good example at all i believe that impeachment is different high crimes and misdemeanors have something to do with high officials not the crime itself and that's really what i mean the framers wanted to know if people in power such as the president has any way subvert the constitution or committed some that went against the constitution not a regular crime that someone would do committing robbing a bank high crime has to do with mistrust of public authority abuse of power for example those things out to still be investigated by the congress of the house and i wish they would do their duty and do that continual see what happens just a final thought from you peter mathews most trump supporters say look this is a good day for the president so how will trump leverage his vindication and where do the democrats go from here well the president will of course leverage the already has leverage with his tweets the word out about how he's vindicated in exonerated these are trying to get a lot of bring back

a lot of the support of some who left him actually a couple of them left him for the fact that tax reform didn't work out he's bringing back his base of support but the democrats have to be very very astute about this and go forward with the investigations that they're still remain in through the committees in the house because the house oversight is the constitutional requirement the house represents will be the oversight body and so is the senate to make sure the president does not get out of hand out of control or abuse of power and that's what they were doing this should continue so not be set back by this particular ruling by bob barr by the which after all he was a trump appointee was in the bar ok peter mathews thank you very much indeed. now with most of the votes counted from thailand's election it's a tight race between the main opposition party and its pro military rival this is the first time people have been able to vote since a military coup five years ago it's called hytner reports from bangkok. thailand an elected leader for the last five years voting early on election day. is looking to

keep his job through the ballot box he became prime minister after the military coup in two thousand and fourteen he's the candidate of the military backed party. going to get him i hope everyone will want india election today to exercise your rights everyone wants democracy therefore everyone should exercise our rights into transparency the opposition party put ty linked to exiled former prime minister talks and she has won every election since two thousand and one in early counting it's neck and neck with falling rocks at uk and a new political party in this election a future forward which targeted young and first time voters is also enjoying stronger than expected results. thailand's oldest political party the democrats which has had a strong base in bangkok suffer disappointing results its leader and former prime minister obviously it away resigned a few hours after the polls closed the military government had a big head start going into election day the constitution gives military leaders the power to appoint the two hundred fifty member senate voters elect the five

hundred seat lower house the number needed to form a government is three hundred seventy six some see this election as a building process back to democracy after five years of military rule why i said this election is not just about choosing a candidate but it's also about really creating the foundation for democracy i took from my feeling. very difficult for me to shoot. my living entity i've seen almost the same people many people in thailand i see maybe i've also seen the fifty percent who did not make the decision the election commission says sixty five percent of registered voters made their way to the polls a practice to show transparency each ballot is read aloud before it's being recorded now this process is being replicated it more than ninety two thousand polling stations across thailand the volatility after the election and is very possible because the numbers you know the rules are stacked in the military

governments favor but the numbers the electoral number stacked on the opposition's favor so we have some kind of some tension there some some deadlock and that deadlock could do more than frustrate many ties it could also make it difficult for the government to run the country it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok let's go live to florence newey in chiang mai florence so is it clear who is in the lead at this stage. well it's neck and neck ninety four percent of votes have been counted but counting with paused overnight we expected to resume in the next very soon perhaps in the next hour or so we've been getting the latest figures from the website of the election commission now and in terms of popular vote the pro-military party is in the lead and the second second place is per tie that's the party linked to exiled prime minister taksin should know what he was deposed in a coup in two thousand and six they're trailing behind by about half

a million votes but that's not the full picture and in terms of number of seats allocated or in terms of number of seats. that the there have been in terms of number of seats the it's the reverse per thai party is ahead by about ten seats but this is only the three hundred fifty constituency seats in the lower house that's not the full picture because there are another one hundred fifty seats and these are seats that will be allocated based on the number of votes. but based on the votes received but these are also caps it's part of a complicated electoral process that the military had put in place which critics say was designed to put the per thai party at a disadvantage but we expect a clearer picture to emerge in the next couple of hours the election commission has said it will hold a press conference later this afternoon it was supposed to make an announcement on sunday night a couple of hours after the polls had closed but they didn't do so and we expect them to hold one later in the afternoon where we will it will get

a clearer picture on the election results thrown just briefly you're in chiang mai which is the hometown of the former prime minister of tents and should know what's been happening up there for months. well this is his stronghold really the north and northeast provinces of thailand now in the past nearly twenty years the way these provinces that voted been able to determine the government of thailand it appears this time though that the support is not enough we've got the per thai party trailing behind the pro-military party in terms of popular vote that is an unexpected result especially at a pinch as opinion polls that suggest that the per thai party would be in the lead on the initial comments that we've been getting from her thai party leaders suggest that they may not be so ready to accept the results the secretary general of the party said that while he wanted to wait for the official results to come in he pointed to the fact that there were irregularities in voting and he said the party

may want to inspect spoiled and disqualified ballots now the election commission had said that there are about five point five percent of votes that were disqualified including some overseas votes that did not make it to thailand in time and that's not a small number now of the supporters in this area of supporters of per thai in this area told us they were shocked and disappointed at the results so overall supporters allies of taksin say that you know these are results that are completely unexpected and the surprised and shocked are thrown to the inchon minds lawrence thank you hugh our time for a short break here on al-jazeera when we come back it was already one of the arab world's poorest countries we'll look at what years of war have done to.