seventy year long history will he mention all raise those issues that you just take us through the rows when he meets mr pompei you know a little later at the state department where you are. yes that's very likely to be on the agenda between the secretary of state might pompei on the secretary general mr stoltenberg they're also going to we expect to want to look at such matters as. involvement in the crisis the political crisis in venezuela looking at ways of trying to stabilize the middle east as well as look at the ongoing nato mission in afghanistan as many of our viewers know the u.s. is currently talking with talabani leaders trying to find a path towards a comprehensive peace settlement between the taliban and the afghan government and certainly given that nato has been part and parcel of that mission starting with the invasion back in two thousand and one it is very much one of those issues that

will be explored not just during the two men's meeting but on thursday's meetings as well with all twenty nine foreign ministers here at the state department rose thank you. eva is the former u.s. ambassador to nato he says the alliance needs to adapt to changing threats. the message needs to be clear we are still threatened in a whole variety of ways both by traditional and longstanding threats like russia but also new ones that i don't include cybersecurity includes terrorism includes pandemic diseases and climate change and that we as an alliance need to stand together in order not only to cooperate to deal with those threats but to provide the means necessary for dealing with those threats and that means spending on security defense hardware is one part of it better in cybersecurity is another part of it and greater cooperation is the third element of it but it costs money

security doesn't come for free well i think there is. a dual attitude on the one hand nato is taking very real steps to improve the deterrence and defense capabilities specifically with regard to russia it's deploying troops into eastern europe into the baltic sea states and hansing its air and naval presence in the black and baltic sea u.s. is even deploying marines again back up in northern norway and i think military commanders are looking at that and see the sense of the decisions that have been made over the past five years as way in ways to strengthen nato and they're they're happy with that at the same time it's this political uncertainty about the nature of the particularly american leadership and the president's commitment to nato that is leaving not only our allies but military leaders uncertain about what the capability of the alliance if and when it actually gets challenged will the united states politically being gauge in this alliance if and when the necessity is there

that question has never been asked. to the extent that is being asked today and that is a big change still to come here on al-jazeera on the move in libya forces loyal to a warlord backed by saudi arabia on the route towards the capital. and the venezuelan opposition leader. dole says loses his immunity from prosecution a major step that could lead to his arrest and imprisonment. hello welcome to another look at the international forecast in places like we've got some dry weather moving across iran at the moment i'm afraid come the weekend we will see yet more shout was rolling in here that we go with large the clear skies a few showers a little cloud them across turkey northern parts of syria some outbreaks of right

sunny a possibility here as we go through thursday come friday rain since a little further south is becomes a little more expansive right across the levant lebanon jordan having a pretty wet die possibility of some localized flooding and eventually this as we go through the weekend that will make its way a swifts some of that cloud stretches this way down across the gulf so could see a few spots of right even here in concert thursday looks the best a day the clever day the brighter day twenty nine celsius in similar temperature as we go what into friday because a lot of the more cloud in the full cost as we make our way through the weekend now we see some bits and pieces of plateau say filtering across the eastern cape of south africa stretching back towards angle actually the wiseguys now starting to push in behind you must still see want to see showers just pushing in to the eastern cape like the skies to into southern parts of mozambique cloud and right all making its way further east.

isn't the problem for your candidate that he may not have a health question but he does have a corruption question really doesn't look good for a ticker not going to do any we're. going to get there's a lot of disillusionment with the u.n. across the globe. it's called for breaks doesn't build confidence it breaks joining me from my guests from around the world and we debate the week's top stories and take issues. welcome back you're watching all. these other top stories theresa may has the

opposition leader jeremy corbin's pressure mounts on the british prime minister to break the brakes a deadlock they say they hope to find a common approach to leaving the e.u. . the head of nato has addressed the u.s. congress and more about the threat posed by russia he gave a speech to mark the seventieth anniversary of the alliance. one of the story algeria's former presidents has issued another statement after he stepped. forgiveness any mistakes he's made meanwhile the constitutional council has met to decide the next steps forward. in libya the warlord. has ordered his troops to move west towards the capital tripoli the mobilization of convoys of heavily armed vehicles follows after his visit to saudi arabia where king saul monk we assured him of supports mahmoud. as more now from tripoli. forces loyal to libya's warlord khalifa haftar have been deploying in the central

area for the last few months they say that they are advancing to take over the libyan capital tripoli and the other remaining cities in the west of the country upon the request from the central command of general have to hemself have those forces are now positioned around seventy kilometers to the east from the coastal city of sirte we understand that this move has come after have to visit to the saudi arabia two weeks ago and before that he was in abu dhabi and met with officials from the united arab emirates and we understand that the united arab emirates and saudi arabia are the major supporters of have to alongside egypt france and russia on the fourteenth of this month the general what a so-called the general national conference is going to be held and it is sponsored

by the united nations and this conference is expected to recognize the shuffled government to have have good as head of security so by advancing to the west maybe have to is trying to. sustain his forces existence in the west of the country as a do fact to existence of forces in the west of the country before the general national conference is held on the fifteenth of this month. financial details which hasn't released since the one nine hundred seventy s. show the reserves of the world's number one oil firm a much lower than expected the data also shows. has overtaken apple shell and exxon mobil has become the world's most profitable company some a binge of eight has more than of saudi arabia's most highly guarded secrets is out

or at least part of field the state oil company has unveiled data for the first time since the one nine hundred seventy s. saudi aramco had to publish the information in a prospectus for potential investors as it prepares to reste capital and by a petrochemical company called sobbing the data also raises questions about the size of saudi oil reserves the true wide the revenue to run the kingdom that of our oil field is one of the world's largest surprise in the prospectus is that the around close its production capacity is three point eight million barrels a day now that still is far away the largest deal in the world what people are concerned about is that used to produce well referred to in those days what we've understood over the years is that this is an intentional reduction of capacity or war the sabot purchase comes after saudi aramco is plans for a public share offering their i.p.o. was put on hold last year it was meant to be the world's largest which saudi arabia evaluated at two trillion dollars the i.p.o.

is not only going to be about whether those interests it's also going to be about whether the salaries are prepared to offer their crowns or will their most important company the thing that is very rabia provides all the revenue for the country or the bulk of it are they willing to really put that overseas and put them in a position where you know people could potentially have lawsuits against it you know make claims against it and i think a lot of people inside it would have think very carefully that's what they want to do. the data shows that tax pays to the state has been greatly reduced to investors there are also questions about crown prince mohammed bin salmond's ambitious vision twenty thirty the investors look at these all of these aspects technical influence on government interference and government in their oil company operations and then of course the overall sustainability of saudi regime in the next ten twenty years money raised from around cause business and potential sell off is at the heart of

diversifying the saudi economy which so far remains a distant vision from a job made out as there nearly a million people in mozambique are being vaccinated against cholera after last month's cyclon the vaccination program is centered in the city bera which was the hardest hit two people have died and more than one thousand four hundred cases of cholera have been recorded so far. as the latest from beata. we are to one of those displacement camps this is the. camp in there are way people behind us lining up for what for many of them is their only meal of the day this is now home kraig least one thousand eight hundred people who have nowhere else to go many of them from susie this is where they can get food fresh water as well as medicine and this is also one of the camps where those color of vaccines are being at ministered all the medical staff here say they're seeing about one hundred fifty people and

this is day one of the program which will extend for the next five days in bera but also in crusie and a macand as well as downtown these are areas that were hardest hit by a cycle of i as well as the flooding that followed now the concern really is the outbreak of disease specifically colorado we know that at least one thousand four hundred cases have been reported the concern though is that a that may be a low estimate and there's also worry around an outbreak of measles as watch as well as malaria we know that hundreds of thousands of mosquito nets have been saying to parrot to help contain the spread of malaria and that the vaccination dobbin given for the coming days to help health workers deal because cholera outbreak. the former malaysian prime minister najib razak has pleaded not guilty to charges of corruption in denies involvement in the multi-billion dollar one n.d.b.

scandal this is the first of several cases against new faces more than forty charges florins louis reports. a former prime minister accused of being involved in looting billions of dollars from the state not getting support here through prayer not chip is on trial for criminal breach of trust corruption and money laundering involving the alleged charts fact of more than ten million dollars into his bank account if he's. not just you i'm looking forward to it because you've got a lot to say prosecutors say the money came from s.r.c. international a form a subsidiary of stated vestment fund one m d. and there are other accusations that he faces forty two charges in total most involving claims he pocketed nearly seven hundred million dollars from one and b. he's due to stand trial for most of those may tenth this year. says he's the victim

of a political vendetta orchestrated by the current government that came into power following elections last me. and i think within the charges that this is politically motivated but i think then that their off time and also public credibility if the evidence against him is not strong for being that one of his on the prosecution in order to bring in what the he and prove their wrongdoing did indeed occur when malaysian police raided properties linked to not ship they seized hand max and cash worth more than two hundred seventy billion dollars investigators say money stolen from one m.t.d. was used to fund lavish lifestyles for not his family and his associates including buying high end properties building an art collection and funding a hollywood movie one m. d.b.

is being investigated in five other countries including the us the us department of justice alleges for the half billion dollars stolen from the fund this trial marks the first time a former prime minister of malaysia has been in but it's also significant because it will put on public record details of the fraud that allegedly occurred at one end and the highest offices of government how transactions were made shell companies allegedly set up to cover the money trail the connections between and others accused of taking part in the financial scandal lawrence al-jazeera. us democrats are pushing for access to the full report a congressional committee voted to subpoena the justice department demanding the public release the complete investigation into possible collusion between the trump election campaign and russia so far only a brief summary of the four hundred page document has been released so far as well as opposition leader is remaining defiant after politicians loyal to president

nicolas maduro stripped him of his immunity from prosecution now that means that one could now be charged with violating the constitution after declaring himself interim president in america as the c n human has more from caracas. venezuela one country with two rival assemblies delegates to the controversial constituent assembly which is loyal to president nicolas maduro needed no convincing voted overwhelmingly to strip opposition leader of his legislative immunity. the next step is for the supreme court to begin a trial that can be accompanied by an arrest warrant or other precautionary measures is accused of public office the trial of the nation's taking money that belongs to the venezuelan state and much more the constitutional lawyer says the trial will likely start immediately but clearing the way for why those arrest is a risky proposition the white house has wanted to know more than once that if

prison or harmed in any way there would be a quote significant response from the united states. just hours earlier in the same legislative palace why they all had overseen a session of the opposition controlled national assembly which in january proclaimed him interim president of the country neither here nor the elected legislature exercises real power but they are recognized as venezuela's legitimate parliament and president by more than sixty countries we asked why dog about the implications of law. using his immunity and in the way. they have no legal rights to lift my immunity or anything else let's call things by their name this is political persecution in venezuela harassment and states today we will continue working towards the reconstruction of venezuela. in a day of dealing resolutions the national assembly passed a motion accusing me of promoting state terrorism. this was in response to the

increasing use of heavily armed civilian groups to repress opponents and intimidate protesters with venezuela embroiled in a precedented political and economic crisis made dramatically worse by weeks of widespread power and water shortages appears to be fighting back with everything at his disposal just how and when the international community will respond is the big question to see in human i just got access. this is al jazeera these are the top stories the u.k. prime minister series m a has just ended a meeting with the opposition leader jeremy corben to try and break the brics a deadlock the u.k. is due to leave the european union in nine days but so far the commons hasn't agreed on a withdrawal plan commission president as one that britain will not get another

short extension to bragg's it unless politicians agree an exit deal by april the twelfth. perceived twelfth of april is the final date for possible approval if the house of commons does not adopt a stance before that date no extension no short term extension will be possible after the twelfth of april we will run the risk of jeopardizing the correct running of the european elections and the correct functioning of the european union. the nato secretary general ian stoltenberg has warned the us congress about a threat posed by russia's stoltenberg gave a speech to mark the seventieth anniversary of the alliance he said he doesn't want to a new cold war but he did in the us not to be complacent every congress every american press them your men and women in uniform and the people of the united states of america have been storms supporters all night america has been the backbone of our alliance it has been for the mental to european security and for

our freedom we would not have the peaceful and prosperous europe we see today with out the sacrifice and the commitment of the united states for your enduring support i thank you today. algeria's former president has issued another statement after he stepped down as ease beautifully asked for forgiveness for any mistakes he's made meanwhile the constitutional council has met to decide its next steps. in libya the warlord after has ordered his forces to move west towards the capital tripoli the mobilization of heavily armed convoys follows half his visit to saudi arabia where king solomon reassured him of his support for have to us forces nearly a million people in mozambique are being vaccinated against cholera after last month the vaccination program is centered in the city of better which was the hardest hit those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after

inside story i'm back in half an hour with another news hour. finally out algerian president i'm going as these people to flee has resigned off the mass protests but is that enough for them can there be a peaceful and democratic transition in algeria this is inside story. along welcome to the program and has them seek out algeria as army had warned there

is no more room to waste time and now it is standing with algerians with ailing president abdelaziz bouteflika forced to resign ending twenty years of his rule the constitutional council has officially declared the presidential post vacant but who will replace algeria's longest serving president the constitution says the speaker of parliament should be interim leader until elections are held the protesters are worried how long the transition will last and say they want an overhaul of the whole political system rob matheson reports. hours after president dr lizzie's beautifully guy had his twenty years in power and did the search for knowledge is a new leader has begun. the constitution says this man had doha that have been silent the speaker of the parliament is eligible to be caretaker president for up to ninety days during which an election for a new president is expected and some critics say that people won't accept again

salah as a temporary leader because he's a long time to do to flee ally to slocum's where bay clear they were calling. war the departure of that as well so don't want the transition to be led by any member who was close to the plan and i hope so i don't think that they will be acceptable. protests turned to celebrations at the news of both the free his resignation weeks of demonstrations as well as growing pressure on him to step down from the head of the army and other commanders who once supported him forced the eighty two year old to reverse his announcement to stand for the fifth time as president both of them has made few public appearances since suffering a stroke six years ago his critics say he's been a front man for military and business leaders who really run the country protesters

are demanding they also need to go in a clean sweep among the ruling elite but some say the military has a crucial role in the political leadership. sorry do i. really love leave i am happy and my congratulations to the great people of algeria and the national popular army the people took to the streets in their millions and the army took the side of the people this is led the president to resign. some ology and celebrated all night not just in the capital on jews but other cities too and the light of day they'll be wondering how many of the now former president's allies will remain in power rob matheson al-jazeera. well let's bring in our guest now to talk more about this. is a research fellow at the paris based school for advanced studies and social

sciences and she joins us via skype now from algiers and you saw just a moment ago in rob's report her name is a resident scholar at the carnegie middle east center and she joins us from beirut and from london we have algerian journalist jim aladin part of welcome all of you so let me start with you what do you make of the announcement on on tuesday night that mr bush to flicker would in fact resign immediately and we are now already in the post beautifully well indeed and i believe that. there's a lot of the army. because the least if that's not an attack well that's an awful lot of institutional are really it's just a little too far to look economical sheesh and we are not in the evolutionary situation and we have been you know not going. to make sure that every channel

is and you should go and live the captured. people have nothing to do with what i'm talking about the total of all full of negotiations. did a lot of friends ample targets in both the presidential and we'll have to read you there just. constantly and i'm going to will use these demonstrations you know i just. put the demand. has the power of that and you know needs to be built i mean a lot of bands their allegiance to the army and of the remaining people of the regime in one of the you think i'll i mean. granted that in some international media even with the rest of the day you think you got the point but not because. it just doesn't suit. our mission i mean it's not because of the point.

that the situation will be about the moment of the incident it's really people who are very proud of them feel that because of. that they have been able to reached its rich industry still but also question a lot of questions remain. even if. not one through by you folks so that. you chose to do so. the iranian if we just take a step back from a look at look at what happened in the last couple of days before this we had mr beautifully because of the saying on monday that the president would would step down at the end of april and he and he would take what we call important steps to ensure the continuity of the leadership in the country and that fueled fears that the people around him were were trying to cement their hold on power then we had

tenet general salam. announcing that they would activate destress ija in the constitution to remove the sitting president was that the army essentially making a preemptive move here to keep their their position of power. and howard protestors in the streets going to going to interpret that well i think of that you know first of all we have to say that the cut call for any of that happened all during all these weeks showed that the movement to this peaceful and very civic movement to took at the we jim off guard the algerian regime wasn't expecting such a scale of mobilise ation and i think this is a big victory for the algerian people but again there is so much that they still have to achieve that i think of the declaration of gates has special leave the last

one was very threatening and i believe that president would feel if i had no choice that then to resign concerning the military it is very important to point out something that is the wall that of the military has been playing in the politics since the independence and the country and till today and i can states today and yesterday we saw it again with the declaration of chief of staff gates has that the military are still. the locus of power in algeria they are not governing but they are ruling as actually historian mohammed had to be stated once or rather rightly he said all states in the world have an army and in an area the army has a state and i think this is still true today and the algerians are bit scared of that because while they recognize the positive role that the military has been player playing they don't want to gates to become what sisi became

in egypt so they want also the military to step back and to come back to their barracks and they don't want to gates as a matter of fact when i marched with the jury and saw on march twenty second and on the march twenty ninth their slogans were very clear they chanted or heard or hear beautifully how dramatic gates which means go go boots and take with you gates. jamila did thought it was you what's your view on this and the army's position here because if they are trying to paint themselves as a kind of the guardian of the people in this but also trying to preserve their own power how are how is that how long is that position going to last the longer they continue to be seen as as pulling the strings. and as as

says not going back to their barracks. well the agent they sent a clear message they don't want the egyptians you know to whom they give even an opportunity to the army for why not a portuguese or a spanish you know on the other me help here like they did in there in portugal in democratic transition democratic. smoothly with the help of the algerians algeria's parvo and they know they want a big agreed button and there are scenes of jubilation but there is also caution that they don't trust the army they will come the gates may be was i think would put the cup a day and a day and he sided with the algerians too far to win this bottle but they still there is a special caution and they don't want to give. all the. confidence

to gates that there are even calls for gates to give a nod or a. opportunity to algeria and here's to a point maybe a successor a younger successor in the army to help us here for to open a new chapter and its history and she made history with a big war of liberation a big clue for lucian for a liberation good sir can't can gain a lot of steam even history will will mark him if he helps argyria and the army to make the mute evolution of the democratic revolution maybe to have even impacts and the repercussions in the arab world word cloud with many dictators and well when with twenty six and many oligarchs a demand is said earlier that algerians don't want the egyptians in are just

explain what you mean by. they don't want to see sheen use issues like what happened in egypt the army sacrificed mubarak and then what happened there and sisi is in control with the what what we know what's happening in asia they don't want to repeat they don't want to be fooled by the words of gates praising. the uprising they don't they don't want a chance in the continue to have the same regime they keep they got rid of good fear and they keep the same vision they're not satisfied they're not happy that's been solid for example where no one will hate the figure of the face of of the regime continue as well they don't want to do it they don't want between the prime minister to continue as well appointed but for copy for his it is in existing nation did we was the the interior minister accused of corruption of rigging the

elections and of the police brutality as well. becker how would you gauge the mood in algeria right now i mean we saw all the jubilant scenes the night before at the announcement that the flicker was resigning but the protesters there have made it clear that this is all about much more than than one man so how how patient do you expect them to be about this yeah i believe algerians how well beyond the opposition for a new strongman it doesn't next talk about elections about reined in can you even within the green you can use a version of the nation within even within the ranks of the army and what isn't what's instead actually my opinion that's what it will still or the court just as have been demanding it's to solve the leadership crisis that argentina has been in actually since nine hundred sixty two last nine hundred sixty three and even more

so with the are able of the few kind have been ninety nine well built that means that you know actually i'm heavily doshi that it's very specific that have abused it sounds kind of the a functioning with the army and a kind of studio stacks that that would feel powerless and counted until until recently and we need to solve this issue a lot of positive aspects of that what happened this past two weeks is that the army has somehow even if we didn't get the army in chief in chief that you didn't want to do so it's has time you find a role the the role of the army miracle at the end out of the army is stealing the still manage the country and the other and capable to to make you aren't get rid of all that and a politician are another so this. is very important also because actually that's something that was at the heart of

a good fit has versus the army and the security service competition. and it is transitional justice you know that after the stupid work on the so-called the order there has been the publication of a chapter for reconciliation and this chapter is actually stays that no longer can we just size the security forces are the army well anything that they have done during the ninety's and even after still actually this the transition that took place between boot cap and the army. basically that be careful if you were. talking to me about crime where i will talk to you about your correction and corruption of your of your family that has ended today but the question re meant so really despise is this leadership presence is really at the heart of what will the institutions the newest additions are larger be and the transitional justice trade

sample you can have a very specific concept of time such as the don't want you. to get. for example the cattle to those few businessmen that have been at risk that by night without any kind of a spare and they're unsure trials this has been practiced sized by the by the old and the asking well we don't understand cannot function in we want a true transitional justice when a readout of renewing the youngster dushan so this is really not an with bringing a new strongman that all of this question especially the crisis will be solved. the protesters made it clear from the beginning that they want a clean break here how how confident or how skeptical perhaps are you that there will be this this this complete transition of power democratic transition and that we will see at some point elections that will reflect truly the will of the people

. well for now algerians have been you know successful at achieving tangible object of the first one was no to the fifth term and the second one was yesterday the rizieq nation of president have that as is beautiful but their demands remain and change that so they want to not only the departure of would flip which they achieved but they wanted the departure of plan put flipper supporters of all the guard gates and they wanted the army to stop playing of that important political role that it has been playing since the independence of the country in one nine hundred sixty two and as the slogan said it and that that became very famous said it in the hell guy which means you will all be removed so this is what our asking for but i am afraid that you know it is not a one man show as i wrote it in the month my new york times piece behind the man

behind the beautiful there is a very complex and or park system of power and structures of power behind the built flipper there is his club and there is tribal and regional ties there is the business elite or there is the military there is the f.l.n. of a cheek it is a very complex and all part circles of power it is what is called the approve watch or the deep state and it is very important to note of that too this deep state is very well rooted and it will be very difficult to in rooted if i may say so this is the biggest challenge of four algerians next so i think what the movement can do for now is to follow few steps the first important step is for the movement to keep structured the second step is for the movement to remain peaceful it is very important you know algerians gave the word the very beautiful lesson of pacifism

and they need to continue and that in order you. not to trigger any form of repression from the security forces bet of the movement for now i believe it needs to push for the removal of this government that has been appointed by president put before his departure because according to the constitution now he actually appointed people to pilot the transition and this is what the movement should say no to they should say no to been silent or they should say no to all those minister who have been appointed yesterday by president put flicka and they need to continue focusing on one demand which is the removal of the region but again let us be realistic about what can be achieved and what cannot be achieved for the moment it is true that the algerian thanks to this movement had very tangible objectively and very. great success but the deep state will remain i think for

a long time in algeria. jamila dean we there's been people have talked about seeing what's happened in algeria and the protests in sudan as well that this disc a trigger a kind of second arab spring perhaps is it is a premature to be talking about that all or or is there do you mean do you draw similarities between what we saw back in two thousand and eleven across the middle east in this. this point but particularly have to be cautious also there is the mystic fructose and also foreign factors we have to take in consideration that our contribution to topple is in that of prick forces who they don't want. this for devolution democratic revolution. to achieve its goals. to the success of this uprising those were the ones we have seen and there are even like

there is speculation as well of the many visits of the chief of the stuff to immigrants for example there is the role of europe of roles in particular of france in particular which was bucking at the beginning clearly and who would lead to many slogans even possible slogans against micro against force no friends there is like a sense like a shift in the position of process the no algerians. the world can witness start jury and they took to the streets this really even enjoy full it was like a carnival of democratic all backgrounds of all of here ians and also they don't want to finance. from any part of the world if from the worst impulse of the arab states as well that to or to stop all

chileans achieving the dream there are forces yes there are forces the mystic forces with those who don't know don't don't want change in algeria and there are also foreign forces they would not be happy that this peaceful demonstration because if. achieved their main goal of received change i believe there would be only if occasion. on the other word that the dictators in the arab were really afraid or really even though they thought the they don't sleep actually maybe because of what's happening in algeria the algerians took to the streets peacefully moves returns democratic change and hope and i believe and they have i have a deep believe that it is who took to the streets in this organize not manner in

this peaceful manner though we they are capable of achieving what they're. aiming for a bit but despite all the challenges the mystic challenges and outside challenges i mean whoever is whoever is going to lead an algerian going forward is going to have to address the the economic and social problems many of which gave rise to those protests world talk about about some of that i mean i know algeria is a big oil producing country and oil prices are falling over the last couple of years and that's contributed to a lot of this the mood in the country right now how challenging is it going to be for any leader to address all of that well. i mentioned the leadership crisis in order to find a way forward but there was also of the political credit and i believe that all of

these issues like the problem and their economic situation is as you know algeria has not make a good economy so what kind of economy what kind of political capital do we want i think that all of your issues will be solved all with the need to follow the political party or the credit actually on the side of the people people are quite clear about what a lot. of those even who want not make any kind of a new push that you go for and and who doesn't think you have to be on the in order to have to stop what you call a bishopric is what it was they didn't leave it up they want a national transition which is over them you can't you know that may be able to control it to different parts of. the government and opposition that will be enacted after national council this year and maybe after all that's well there was

a new car engine that will be here that is going to have to be the last word thank you very much. and. thanks so much for being on inside story and thank you as always for watching remember you can see this program again any time just go to our website c.n.n. dot com and for more discussion you can go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter handle there is an a.j. inside story for me has a sick and. we

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far today. algeria's former president asks the people for forgiveness the day after he stepped down. the head of nato wants the u.s. congress about the threat posed by russia. also ahead the money laundering trial the police use former peter. it's not guilty of the disappearance of move from the state's investment. in sports events a strike of moisey can is targeted with racist abuse in italy. can get support from some of the big names in european football but not his i can take. u.k. opposition leader jeremy corbett in a says talks with prime minister to resign may to try to find a breakthrough to the brics it stalemate have been useful but inconclusive discussions were called by may who's trying to get support for her divorce deal

meanwhile the m.p.'s in parliament have been debating alternative ways forward with little progress not even bother reports. the our eyes to the right three hundred ten. to the left three hundred ten. deadlock once again in parliament a vote on whether to hold more indicative votes of where to go with breaks it ended in a rare time so the speaker said he was following protocol in voting against. it came as jeremy corbett and his team held talks with prime minister to resign may the leader of the labor opposition went into the meeting with some in his own party demanding he seek a referendum on any brics it plan emerging. the prime minister's move to consult corbin after effectively giving up trying to convince her own hardline brick city is tobacco deal junior minister nigel adams to quit his post on wednesday. in his resignation letter here queues to resume

a of quote trying to do a deal with a marxist but the prime minister suggested it was parliament's failure to pass her withdrawal agreement that forced her into this position and insisted her strategy could work but the purpose of meeting with the leader of the opposition today is indeed to look at those areas that we can we agree and i think there are actually a number there is that we agree on in relation to it i think we both want to deliver and leaving the view with a deal i think we both want we both want to protect jobs i think we both want to ensure that we end free movement i think we both recognize the importance of the withdrawal agreement but for brussels every day makes a no deal breaks it a bit more likely speaking in the european parliament with perhaps the last ever british present the commission president was unequivocal dues of twelve april is the final date for possible approval if the house of commons does not adopt a stance before the date no short term extension will be possible off to the

twelfth of april we run the risk of jeopardizing the correct running of the european elections and the correct functioning of the european union. there could be no transition period following. it the u.k. would immediately become what we call a third country with all the restrictions that brings you don't just to conclude when you're there would indeed be customs checks the legal and political reasons we have to be honest here i prefer rigorous checks to help process or illegal trafficking even if it means a few truck use for now to resume a still aiming to get a deal passed so breaks it can happen by the twenty second of may avoiding european parliament elections with next week's summit in brussels fast approaching politicians here know they'll have to make compromises if they're to avoid a no deal break suits but while the government is reluctant to seek a way out through fresh elections to visit parliament the u.k. could still end up taking part in next month's european elections nadine barber

al-jazeera london. who is live at westminster essential london circle is there any way a deal can be agreed between man called and it's late stage. well certainly are they going to try. to describe the talks that they held today as constructive i mean i'll give you the quotes at today's talks were constructive with both sides showing flexibility and a commitment to bring current president certainty to a close and they said they've agreed a programme of work that was the downing street version and frankly the labor version was almost word for word the same so they're going to meet again most likely tomorrow they know that the clock is ticking they have to come up with a solution that they can then put before a commons vote and then before the european council on wednesday of next week so they really are up against a very tight timetable indeed and if they can't come to an agreement then the alternative alternative is for those two leaders to come up with a list of proposals which they would then put to the so the commons parliaments in the same way as the kind of indicative votes that we saw earlier this week and last

week and all that still having to be done before the european council on wednesday of next week so it's possible that they could weather the. can cross red lines and compromise is another matter isn't joining me to discuss some of these issues there are so many issues to discuss is john ashmore is the deputy editor of the online politics magazine cap ex. john tell me. well the two leaders are meeting but in the wake is an awful lot of angst and anger isn't that describe for me the atmosphere in parliament at the moment on both sides labor and conservative given what the two leaders are trying to do yeah i think among groups of m.p.'s on both sides as you say there's kind of cold fury at what their leaders are doing on the conservative side the kind of the heart breaks it is the true believers in very disappointed a lot of them thought that we'd be out of the by now they're pretty devastated that the prime minister in their view has remained on whole word and not followed

through what she said she said all along no deal is better than a bad deal and they took it on the other side you have what you might call the people's vote and pays and a lot of those a lay but not exclusively labor by any means you got the scottish nationalist liberal democrats as well and they're disappointed because jeremy colvin had kind of made noises in favor of another referendum but he doesn't seem to be following through and not in any concerted way he she should come towards the prime minister's position which is which means further away from a lot of his own pace so a lot of vitriol in what was already a very partisan atmosphere a very toxic i think atmosphere in parliament. and yeah it's tricky to say where we go from here because not a lot depends not only on the progress of these talks these talks between theresa may and jeremy colvin but also on how the people in the e.u. see things i think there are people in brussels who are getting impatient with the way that things are dragging on in the u.k.

and probably one or two who think it's probably best to just get it over with and see it's leave without a deal for the sake of clarity if nothing else than the manual mccrone doesn't seem minded to grant me a long extend. junco junco was saying that the time for a short extension is running out where might the tucson. general corgan theresa may sort of compromise i mean the customs union for example that was always a red line of the prime minister she's going to have to blur that line isn't it yeah i mean she spent so much time since the referendum talking about trade deals and things we could do across the world just an entire department of international trade that would be pointless everything liam fox has done in his role as straight sex in the last two years would be for nothing if we stay in the customs union now whether you think that's a good thing or not that's simply a fact for a lot of conservatives who campaigned for bricks it on a kind of free trading prospectus is you know the worst of all worlds we're sort of tied to the e.u. but without any role in the decision making for our own our own trade policy so

yeah i think that will be very tricky for one area where the sides are more or less aligned at least at the leadership level is on immigration both colvin and may agree the free movement of people has to end after bret's it now on a kind of merit based system exactly and i was sorry to interrupt john is that the time of the time has been we're not they're not the only ones on a tight timetable yes listen there's a lot of plates spinning in the air at the same time and of course we'll have more later on in the evening back to you ben thank you very much indeed meanwhile britain's military says it's investigating some of its soldiers after they used an image of the opposition labor leader as target practice in footage posted online and then visit the parachute regiment in afghanistan can be seen cheating at an image of jeremy called and nobody to his previously been critical of foreign intervention by the u.k. ministry and army official says the video shows a serious error of judgment that force below what's expected of british soldiers.

that's all from london now expect to be turned over lauren thanks so much algeria's former president a statement asking for forgiveness for any mistakes he's made the eighty two year old step down on tuesday after weeks of protests the speaker of the upper house of life is expected to take his place until the elections are held within ninety days rob matheson has more. hours after president other lizzie's boo flicka had his twenty years in power ended the search for r.g.b. his new leader has begun the constitution says this man how does. the speaker of the parliament is eligible to be caretaker president for up to ninety days during which an election for a new president is expected some critics say the people won't accept a plain salad as a temporal reliever because he's a long time beautifully ally to slogans were very clear they were calling.

a war of the departure of as well. don't want the transition to be led by any member who was close to the plan and i hope so i don't think that they will be ready to accept the been left. protests turned to celebrations at the news of beautifully his resignation weeks of demonstrations as well as growing pressure on him to step down from the head of the army and other commanders who once supported him forced the eighty two year old to reverses an announcement to stand for the fifth time as president in a statement attributed to put a flicker on wednesday he asks algerians for forgiveness he says he's human and he makes mistakes but of late has made few public appearances since suffering a stroke six years ago his critics say he's been a front man for military and business leaders who really run the country protesters are demanding they also need to go in

a clean sweep among the ruling elite but some say the power. influence of algeria's military is unlikely to change i think of the. i think the army is one of the people's constitutional institutions that is widely accepted by the algerians the role of the army now is to take the side of the people for a smooth transition of power in algeria. celebrated. just in the capital. in the light of day they'll be wondering how many of the former president's allies will remain in power. while staying with the story. is an algerian right so he says there is a sense of caution among the people about who may take over from.