deal and american manufacturing might benefit as companies turn away from high priced chinese goods. the chinese are retaliating of one sector being hit is u.s. farming both sides are under pressure to do a deal when the world's 2 biggest economies have a problem with each other and the potential is there for the rest of the world to feel the pain alan fischer al-jazeera washington more than 100 people have been killed in the last week a syrian government forces continue their push into rebel held areas in hama and provinces and some un security council members are concerned that a full scale military operation in a province may lead to a humanitarian catastrophe diplomatic editor james space has more from the united nations. there have long been fears of a final offensive in it it is one of the last strongholds of the opposition to assad aid workers have been concerned about an all out attack the population of the provinces swelled to more than 3000000 people after many fled here from other parts

of syria. russia is strongly suspected of carrying out some of the recent bombing the targets of included medical facilities attacks that some experts believe could amount to war crimes as the security council gathered european ambassadors expressed deep alarming we are extremely concerned about the violent escalation in the region a new. must at all costs to be prevented you need lip there is only a political solution and the military solution that apparently has been sought now is not a it's not a viable one the meeting didn't take place in the main chamber of the council where open sessions are held but instead in the smaller room near it where meetings are conducted away you. from the cameras there was deep division and it was on display

at the end of the meeting when 11 of the 15 members made a joint statement 4 countries south africa indonesia china and russia did not sign up to these words we express or deep concern. of a potential humanitarian catastrophe india event of a full scale military operation in italy so on the statement did not mention the assad government or russia can you be clear which countries are carrying out the bombing thank you for now even some of russia's harshest critics on syria were not prepared to condemn the country in public medical facilities have been attacked in libya who do you think is responsible. will make medical facilities appear to have been targeted from the air. there aren't very many options for who can target

at from the air in this part of syria many security council members want to stop the bombardment but they're also aware of russia's record of intransigents on syria it's used its veto 12 times in the security council that's why they're doing things behind closed doors at the moment their next step of course is likely to be an open meeting calling russia out in public james out his era of the united nations. still ahead on al-jazeera the u.s. intensifies its pressure on venezuela after a government crackdown on opposition politicians last we are in india where small political parties are making significant changes in delhi's education system.

hello again it's good to have you back or simply rain showers here across much of south asia some of heaviest rain showers are pier across parts of northern and central thailand were seeing bangkok seeing some showers here at about $34.00 degrees also some showers down here across parts of western indonesia those will continue over the next few days jakarta could be seeing some heavy rain showers as well at $33.00 degrees and also across manila those rain showers continue few with the temps are there on sunday and into monday at 34 degrees there well here across eastern australia we saw one big storm system push through it's now in the tasman sea we're still being left with some very great gusty winds along the eastern seaboard winds there have been over 90 kilometer per hour winds there but as we go through the rest of the weekend things are going to get better in terms of the winds we'll be seeing those winds coming out of the north but much calmer than what they were brisbane a $25.00 degrees sydney 20 melbourne here on sunday at about 17 and as we go towards monday really not seeing too much of a change but we are going to be watching the system here in the coral sea we do

expect it to continue to make its way towards the west and by tuesday and wednesday we could be seeing some very gusty winds there and very quickly across parts of much of new zealand that same storm system is going to bring some much ring across much of the south island. on counting the cost from union leader to business magnate can still run a post a turnaround a troubled south african economy as india's economy shows out a new breed of tech savvy old for britain as we find out why the benefits of growth not reaching everyone counting the cost. of the system's opportunity to punish them sleep in a very different way where they're beastly markets and we don't live up to.

welcome back a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera this hour yemen's who the rebels have announced this top of their withdrawal from 3 strategic ports they say they'll redeploy troops from the ports of who data saif and ross isa which are important transit points for food and aids the yemeni government though says the hokies offer is inaccurate and misleading. a u.s. warship designed to land marines is on its way to reinforce naval forces in the gulf region the awning 10 is joining the abraham lincoln aircraft carrier strike group which sails through the suez canal on thursday iran is dismissing the deployment as a psychological warfare and the u.s. and china have agreed to continue trade talks even after donald trump began the

process of imposing tires on all chinese imports the u.s. president says he is in no rush to reach a deal with beijing as i made this round of negotiations ended with no breakthrough . in venezuela opposition leader is calling for his supporters to take to the streets to. protests against a growing government crackdown on opposition figures several politicians who've been supporting why delay in his attempts to oust president nicolas maduro have been arrested or sought refuge at embassies the vice president of the opposition controlled national assembly edgar zambrano has been put in a military prison in response to his arrest the u.s. has impose new sanctions on shipping companies involved in trade with venezuela traceable has more from caracas. earlier in january the u.s. announced a very harsh sanctions on venezuela that affect venezuela state owned company by the reset its subsidy area in the united states citgo which involves billions of dollars so most definitely this strategic the strategy here by the united states is

to choke the government of nicola many say that over the fear is that it will affect even more the venezuelan people who are already struggling with a crisis an economic crisis here and not get modo out of office nicolas maduro responded to the united states saying that he trusts completely trusts he's for it he's defense minister and the president of the supreme court and he's also spoke about what happened on april the 30 years during what the government calls appalled by the opposition that's been led by the united states he referred to an intelligence chief who's currently in hiding who's been very very critical of the governmental nicolas maduro and he called him a traitor we also know that one way though is asking venezuelans to take to the streets this saturday in spite of what's been happening here which is basically the government going after some deputies from the national assembly their vice president was imprisoned 2 others in his sick refuge of the italian embassy another

one in the argentinean embassy in spite of this the way law is remaining continues to challenge the government. asking people to take to the streets the big question is how many will actually respond to his call because people here are getting tired many are suffering from enormous for an enormous economic crisis and many have lost interest of actually taking to the streets because they're saying that change is not happening fast enough. democrats in the u.s. house of representatives have issued a legal demand for president tax returns the ways and means committee which oversees taxes set a deadline for the internal revenue service to release a document earlier this week the treasury rejected the demand saying it had no legitimate lawmaking purpose. for foreign hostages have been freed by french soldiers in book 2 soldiers were killed during the operation in the north northern

region of the west african nation. has more from paris. where the french defense minister and the chief of frogs milicz military said that this was an extremely complex and risky operation and it actually began last week all made the 1st when these 2 french tourists went missing in benning that being on holiday they were on their way to a wildlife park they didn't return and at that point the alarm was raised that school guides and benny was later found shot dead well it seems that the french military began tracking these hostages right then they managed to find them being held by a group of kidnappers in picking a fast so north of spain and it seems that over the past few days they will want to know what it's in for a moment where they could move in and release and that moment almost thursday night they were worried at that point that those hostages would be transferred to another armed troops across the border in mali and at that point it might be too difficult to try and retrieve them some 20 special french forces moved in to an incumbent in

beni on thursday night in the dark and we are told it was a very difficult i risk operation with 4 hostages were in the end freed those 2 french tourists along with an american and a south korean but in the process these 2 french soldiers sadly lost their lives they were killed by some of the kidnappers we're told on terms of who is behind this kidnapping in the 1st place we don't know the french defense minister us. only 2 armed groups are operational in this area one affiliated to islamic state the other 2 are so they suspect that the kidnappers may have been linked to one of them while the hostages return to france or at the weekend so their families they will be extremely relieved they are apparently in good condition but it will be a much sadder moments of the beginning of next week when the bodies of those 2 french soldiers those 2 special for soldiers return for

a ceremony attended by the french president i shrank and court has given permission for d.n.a. tests to be carried out on one of the suicide bombers in the easter sunday attacks to confirm he was a suspected mastermind mohammed's iran authorities will compare d.n.a. with iran's 4 year old daughter who survived a raid on a safe house a week after the bombings and now fernandez has been talking to some of the families of those involved in planning in carrying out the attacks which killed more than $250.00 people. moment with and his mother mother the struggle to explain what happened in sri lanka on easter sunday horder the emotion actually had on her words because. it was gone. because of god she is pregnant. she has to keep. his sister who's in custody was married to. police killed as well he was defending people

involved in the attacks in this safe house 5 days after the easter sunday bombings twin creators formed by some of the explosions to rip through this house inside in the mud of the in cullman in there were 15 people including 6 children who were killed here authorities say that if the safe house hadn't been found there's no telling as to the damage. the people here could have caused yes his family paints a different picture of the man. here is really kind of everybody knows. everybody in north and carpenter is a very kind of a loving. peace of mind and he has a very good connection with his family. i don't know what was his mind i think actually he has. been brainwashed.

so some people. doesn't think a number of those involved in the attacks related and lived in this part i'm pretty all within a few 100 metres of each other we also met the mother in law of one of the easter sunday bombers in a twist of fate her daughter was killed in the signed about a degree. a sister in law of another bomber also spoke to us they both said they did not know of the plot. mohamed zara on scene here just before he detonated his bomb at the shangri-la hotel was the leader of a local group linked to i still police told al-jazeera that his wife who survived the sign the model to read is being questioned by investigators with advice from doctors who are treating her. she has admitted to being among this group of 3 women buying clothing at this department still a few weeks before the attack members of the muslim community here say the killers

have no place among them. they are not muslims those involved are not muslims we have proved that we didn't accept their bodies there's no connection between islam and suicide and i'm going forward the relatives of the killers say they did not know of their intentions not everyone here believes them but will now have to find a way to move forward without waiting for the division 11 and as. least in sri lanka. now as a long election process continues across india the ruling party in the capital city is highlighting education reforms it unveiled after taking control 4 years ago and it's now hoping to replicate its regional success in parliamentary elections where delhi voting on sunday sale raman reports. like many homes across india. is helping his children with their reading writing and arithmetic mahomedan are

sent to horror wants taught in a private school their parents believe that state schools were not up to the job until now the father is a local politician the aam aadmi party which has promised to improve state education in india's capital region. when i ask my children about the change they say government school teachers are teaching us better than the private schools private school teachers are very qualified they are paid less our teachers are more qualified and i get to know this from the children many. many government run schools in other states look like this badly in need of repair very little furniture and no support materials it's not easy to get a good education in conditions like these. one very few parents in delhi would send their children to state schools for the same reason but a major investment in schools has seen the most. classrooms emerge with new equipment and sporting facilities that have attracted more parents back to the state system to develop it with our situation was pathetic we never wanted to step

inside now the building is amazing it's great the number of teachers in the school is also increasing that's why we are getting our children admitted to the government schools here set up the system but lacking when i can be a teacher is credited with turning delhi schools around she was brought in as a senior advisor to the states ruling party she's now contesting a parliamentary seat in delhi and hopes the party's education policy will get her votes and people are now beginning to talk about the fact that in just 40 years of such a transformation can happen then why did it not happen in 20 years before that and this is the fast time this question is that i think and they elected its mind that yes government schools can be involved yes government hospitals can be improved and therefore we need the parties who believe in delivering this not to have fallen from the last 5 years but the project foundation which is a non-governmental agency says the focus needs to be on those who educate the

children who are they having number of buildings and the quality of environment and infrastructure but the one school only the quality of education. and the quality of education is more important as compared to other aspects educational reforms in delhi are not being debated across the country but the need for reform and change is because change is here a big associated with a smaller regional party more responsive to change many voters are asking. the stablished party started in the best state. al-jazeera delhi. hello again i'm fully battle with the headlines on al-jazeera yemen's hoofy rebels have. reportedly began with drawing from 3 strategic ports under u.n. supervision they've said they'll redeploy fighters from the ports of who data.

which are important transit points for food and aid. is advocacy manager for yemen at the norwegian refugee council she says if the fighting escalates in her data it will result in a major catastrophe. we welcome any positive development and opening up more space for humanitarian agencies to be able to get to areas where we have not been able to do so for example although the thief has reduced the violence in her day we haven't been able to access areas of fog and who are they the governor where you have many many people who are hungry if the fighting and if there is an attack on the port it will be a catastrophic humanitarian situation a warship designed to land u.s. marines is on its way to reinforce naval forces in the gulf the arlington is joining the abraham lincoln aircraft carrier strike group which sails through the suez canal on thursday iran is dismissing the deployment as psychological warfare

the u.s. and china have agreed to continue trade talks even after donald trump began the process of imposing tariffs on all chinese imports but the u.s. president says he is in no rush to reach a deal with beijing as a latest round of negotiations ended with no breakthrough in venezuela opposition leader who is calling for his supporters to take to the streets to protest against a growing government crackdown on opposition figures several politicians have been supporting in his attempts to oust president nicolas maduro have been arrested or sought refuge at various embassies democrats in the u.s. house of representatives have issued a legal demand for president trump's tax returns the ways and means committee which oversees taxes set a deadline for the internal revenue service to release the documents earlier this week the treasury rejected the demand saying it had no legitimate law making purpose. up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next year it's

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and norway on the threats faced by one of the most important fisheries the world. when the end south africa's cyril ramaphosa was reelected the spite the failure of his ruling a.n.c. party to get a grip on the economy and corruption the former union leader turned business magnate has promised to create jobs and continue to fight corruption you need a resoundingly victory to unite a party that has been deeply divided since the ousting of scandal plagued jacob zuma a year ago unemployment is at a 15 year high of 27 point one percent but youth unemployment is at the highest level in the world the economy grew just 0.8 percent in 2018 after recovering from a recession rama post the hopes to create 275000 jobs a year but the economy hasn't grown more than 2 percent over the last 5 years. and

all this against the backdrop of inequality electricity and water shortages now does it is for me to miller has more now on the challenges facing the country during its election campaign the african national congress promised to clean up corruption now it's in areas like this where the impact of the corruption is most felt the government says that it loses at least 2000000000 dollars every year as well as $76000.00 jobs due to corruption critics say that money could be spent on providing free houses as well as service and the like water and electricity many areas in kylie tried to develop after $9094.00 after the 1st democratic elections that's due to the number of migrants moved from other provinces often poorer provinces looking for work many of them often have to live in conditions just like this south africa's economy is stalling the international monetary fund has lowered

the projected g.d.p. growth rate to 1.2 percent and that puts south africa among the worst performers in sub-saharan africa and conditions for businesses especially small ones have been made more difficult as the state owned electricity provider eskom isn't trouble now it's also riddled with corruption and to make up for the missing billions is increasing the cost of electricity above inflation eskom is also experiencing massive operational problems south africans have to live through rolling blackouts now continued blackouts will further hamper south africa's economic growth economists warn that power cuts could shave 0.5 percent off the g.d.p. joining me now from london is reza current chief economist for africa at standard chartered. good to have you with us sir ramaphosa has got some big challenges ahead

of him doesn't it the biggest of which is unemployment the chronic khana me is growing at less than 2 percent that's far short of what it should be doing to create $275000.00 jobs a year. yes this is the case this south african economy has really struggled to achieve lasting momentum and if any of the high frequency data releases from the 1st quarter of this year are anything to go by there is even the risk of another economic contraction quarter and quarter at the beginning of this year the question though is does this election result change anything will we now see the institutionalize ation of reforms will we see a surge in consumer and business confidence could we see household spending and investment taking off. and when you look at that 27 percent unemployment number you ask yourself how the economy is able to to support that. it's clear that the

south african economy needs to be growing a lot faster there have been a number of measures put in place to try to reduce the overall impact of inequality not least the provision of social grants an extensive social grant system but ultimately the best way to reduce poverty would be to achieve an accelerated growth rate over time and it's this issue that south african policy must really focus on and south africa's debt rating is currently at a junk status does it have the space capacity to expand further to to bail out the power operator to improve the water supply and reduce unemployment there is one last investment grade rating currently assigned to south africa by moody's but there are increasingly concerns not least around the indebtedness of the state owned electricity it till it there has already been the pledge of significant government support and south africa has in

a sense run out of fiscal space to do anything more with spending there have been so many years of weak growth persistently weak growth revenue disappoint means that it's very difficult for south africa to reassure investors that it is putting the macro economy right that it is able to bring down debt levels while still doing a great deal more to boost growth ultimately what needs to happen is with the public sector not really having the space for investment the private sector needs to step up what south africa needs is for private sector confidence to be reinvigorated for investors to start investing again in order to boost growth or south africa's been through 2 recessions. in the last decade as we've talked about before corruption is still a major problem but the one functioning institution is the central bank in south

africa it's increased reserves have done a decent job of keeping inflation in check what do you make of that well there are many functioning institutions in south africa is still a country that is considered to be investment grade but at least one rating agency the south african reserve bank though has been a very credible institution it has been very clear around its price stability mandate even in the face of occasional political pressure the south african reserve bank has really stood its ground and that is starting to have an impact south africa is currently enjoying a lower rate of inflation than had been the case for many years and this is important that kind of macroeconomic stability the ongoing low rate of inflation will be important in order to boost growth going forward and just finally while

hesitate to lump african nations together we have a similar set of issues don't we with nigeria muhammadu buhari one a 2nd term but i guess the biggest challenge there is insecurity isn't it. nigeria like south africa one of the big economies in the region and it's been experiencing a number of years of weak growth partly this was the consequence of the weakness in the oil price from the end of 2014 but a great deal of it has to do with the very slow adjustments and some of the policies put in place that perhaps we can start adjustments to softer oil prices now nigeria is in sight of recovery or oil production is back while prices are better supported but the challenge for the authorities will be to ensure that there is growth in the rest. the economy is well there is a great deal that does need attention the health of the banking sector why it is that banks haven't been quick to start lending again monetary policy has recently

been subject to different influences and maybe in a less tightened vironment we will see some of that growth momentum returning but given that my geria has very low median levels of per capita income weak growth is not a luxury that that economy can afford so nigeria absolutely needs excel aerated growth if it's to make a meaningful impact and reducing poverty you can get to talk to you thank you well as we mentioned there nigeria's president mohamed will hardy has promised to diversify the economy away from oil and that's easier said than done nigeria is even struggling to grow its own food i don't want us to report from state. 1st the cause is cleaned the machine also peels off the skin removing any soil live from the plant. in its ground into a sticky pulp the water is squeezed out after

a few more processes that becomes a flower a staple food for nigerians the government's trying to increase food production for local consumption as well as to celebrate what it says agriculture could help reduce nigeria's dependence on crude oil to flood. exports imports but that items. based. exports in. nigeria is the largest producer of casaba in the world to encourage more farmers to grow the crop commercially the government says it will improve access to finance and will try to attract more private investment in the sector nigeria imports a lot of it which is the 4th using money earned from selling its oil now farmers will be encouraged to grow. and i'd rather have some progress if there are not enough to feed the country. cooking with a has been

a way of life for generations but much of it is to have systems farming not commercial these women grow just enough for their families the little left over is sold for a few dollars. sarah does everything by hand she can afford machines to grind into flour she says she barely makes enough to feed her 6 children. you know sir and i was wrong we want to know now. how we can all sleep well because her children are sold out they need power children need the money life your turn around and there are money can be able to deploy and inside leave. so the work is not the new 001. economists say diversifying nigeria's economy after decades of relying mainly an oil won't be easy it needs more political will and more input from locals but there are some people are starting to see farming as a viable business one delivery at

a time. al-jazeera ogun state nigeria. india is home to the 3rd highest number of billionaires in the world including asia's richest person but while its economy expands many people are asking if it is only the wealthy who are benefiting 1st jamir reports now from new delhi. this sprawling upmarket estate tucked away in new delhi is home for rubble and this family a startup investor who's also runs his own digital consulting and marketing firm he says the government's policies in the past few years have been good for business just in terms of how we deal with the government with the governance it brings to simplicity information's lot easier for us to. understand our clients and other businesses have grown they have they've needed more services from us so with all the services are growing our business is growing and that's been a. positive effect. and is not the only one who's seen his business

thrive official figures show exports are up 11 percent hitting a new high and you construction projects are underway in all the major cities this is one of new delhi's poshest neighborhoods with houses here as expensive as in new york or paris many here are benefiting from growing g.d.p. that world bank figures estimate will grow at 7.2 percent that's 282900 year but the benefits of that growth may not be reaching everyone even amongst the wealthy. many construction company owners say while they are still operating orders are actually down for recent years and while the stock market is up it's not stable market isn't already shaky where a lot of investors of getting into the market because it has rapidly gone up and very short media people had made enough money in this market.

the gap between rich and poor is easy to see. india's home to some of the world's wealthiest people one buys mukesh ambani a billionaire many times over is each is richest person economists say it's people like him in india that are benefiting most of the country's current economic climate one percent used to own 56 percent of the went in the country did 2 and a half years ago now they own 76 percent of japan so it's a huge concentration of of all of the benefits of growth in one they be tiny section of people. knows he's also prospering from india's economic growth but says not enough people are he wants to see the situation of group or others so a better standard of living is enjoyed by more people in india. joining me now from new delhi is really cheer sharma he is the author of the book democracy on the road a 25 year journey through india richard thanks very much for being with us now this

is a fascinating book and you you've been on the road for the last month following all of the campaigning there and you make mention of how outsiders can call this election wrongly so what are your thoughts on this are we on for a modi win when i think that's the conventional wisdom but after having triumphing over the past a week in some critical states in india such as well to put the which is the most populous state and also west wing all of the critical back critical battleground state either this is a very competitive election it's very hard to call as to which way this election is going to swing and that's the problem with calling elections in india that the polity here is so fragmented the country's sort diverse that all it takes is a one percent swing for the b.g.p. or against of egypt before the election result to look very different so that's why it is so difficult to call what is one of the most competitive elections that i

have seen in india's recent history. and you. spoken to modi himself and then many other leaders in writing this book is he the right man for the job then because he's failed to deliver on a pledge to create 10000000 jobs a year his make in india campaign has been a flop his health reforms have been window dressing well what are your thoughts but it's very difficult to govern this country to be honest with you of at a central level and i think that the we have more the government when he was the chief minister of good drought a state leader compared to a now when he's been able to govern at the center there's the about the challenges of governing does countries such as india as diverse as india so when he was the chief minister of the state of gujarat he also saw one of the fastest growth treats any state in india has ever experienced with a good seat of nearly 12 percent during his 1st term every year but in delhi it's much more difficult because the states don't like to listen to the center the

states sort of do their own thing and his model of trying to govern india and a very centralized we the we governed a state of gujarat obviously hasn't worked so i don't know as to what the solution is but i think that giving more power to the states of india is the way to go and governing this very heterogeneous country in a chinese styled mind set that you dig decisions at the center and hope that the rest of the country will botch in the same direction just doesn't work for a country has diversity to genesis india if modi gets reelected it will be by a few northern states but there is a huge stretch of the country that will vote for regional leaders and parties is this the right way to govern a country of more than a 1000000000 people is there a better way no i think this is the only way because if you look at countries around the world countries that tend to have such a diverse population they typically have coalition governments this entire notion

that you can have one strong leader govern such. the nation as a trojan it says india just doesn't work with india has tried that model like it did under indira gandhi who was the prime minister of the congress party she was basically a door or no or nearly tore the social fabric of this country apart so well in a country like this you have coalition governments are the product of its diversity and doing anything different is obviously not going to work and be a seed that historically there's been some debate about the economic not numbers can we can we trust them what are your thoughts. no i think that the economic numbers lack credibility i don't think that we can trust what the numbers are i've been raising questions about the g.d.p. numbers ever since they've revised. the data back in 2015

so yeah it's a very hard fix to do at this point as to what exactly does this country is growing at but here the fact is that the country's per capita income is still very low only $2000.00 for head and from that very low b. this you can grow relatively rapidly but the exact growth street is just not something that we can sort of have any confidence in and i think that everyone has given up trusting the office numbers one of the biggest challenges for the government will be sorting out the debt laden banks what are your thoughts on that yeah you know this is one of the sort of. concert recommendations that i keep making but it's sort of like is obviously of no obvious which is the fact that the share of the public sector banks in the indian banking system is amongst the highest for any country in the world of a to a 3rd of all the laws in india's banking system are provided by the state or in banks it is the average across the developing nations is closer to one 3rd so yeah

. this imbalance where the public sector such a large draw all in does a financial sphere in india is one of the major constraints to india's long term growth potential. good to speak with. across the world fish stocks are under threat from overfishing and a changing climate and now rising ocean temperatures could threaten one of the most intact and important fisheries on the globe nick clark reports now from the low for 10 islands in arctic norway. this is what made norway rich long before oil take told all scray in then millions filled drying rocks across the lafave denial and winter are off to wind fishermen here have cashed in on the annual migration south from the barents sea it is a tradition that goes back thousands of year is called his colt it's got it and then it's hold out to dry for several months and what you end up with is a dried fish that retains nearly 100 percent of its nutrition apprise delicacy from

its me to nigeria this is what supplied the vikings on the long voyages to far off lands and still now is a big part of the norwegian economy with millions of dollars the fish comes from the barents sea and its goals to look for to spawn. and that's because of the atlantic stream to the left extreme it stops by locals and brings food it brings that higher temperature even though it's not warm but they are high enough to spawn and it's a very delicate ecosystem in norfolk that fragility is spelled talent by a remove scientific research as a changing climate and warmer ocean temperatures upset the balance of the marine ecosystem meaning the scray may be forced out and then it's a question of where they go obviously it keeps things keep warming some of those true polar species might and not having a whole lot of places to go if the ringer computed by sort of these more southern

species moving north and where you see might see some considerable changes there this year give nielsen cold 13000 kilos of cold it's been a pretty good season but he's worried about the future change could change everything. they're called suddenly stopped because they'd be warmer and going at lower and lower ne so then being we have a big program every arab spring comes they called league their return has always been a certainty and in the says city not just for the fishermen if the seals see birds and whales that feed on them now this extraordinary feat of nature is under threat the outcome as ever depends on the political will to act in a time of global crisis on man china's pakistan's largest freshwater lake it covers more than $250.00 square kilometers during the peak monsoon season but it's

become a dumping ground for industrial waste and that's putting the lives of people who depend on the lake at risk kamado has more. did why did left of the one sprout more than our drive on monetary leg at one time hundreds of votes harder to get indeed shallow waters now there are just a few dozen left. for these people these votes have been their homes for as long as they can remember. i don't know that anybody and i got in the previous new had about 50 varieties of fish in much a lake but when polluted water came through many fish took a wiped out. here we used to have a good catch now we are on the brink of ruin we don't even have drinking water here we have to buy it from the city for 50 rupees for a small drum. it's lunchtime and bread is big earners most all stocked away in one corner of the board even the firewood stacked above the waterline costs money but

it's the same chill for. living off the lake it is a struggle and redoubt. he does not know what really happened to his family let him out of dharma we don't even have houses here how can we give education to our children if someone among us gets sick we need 1000 rupees tolerance to take them to the nearest hospital from well these poor people arrange the government to provide a service and houses we could live a normal life by doing other jobs like farming and such are. the elders here remember the happier. when there was plenty of fishing and the rich plant life including locate for a wider day additional food for the people of montreal lake fishing i mean their main livelihood but because of industrial pull your parents now are being warda body awarded nor drink. the 1st stocks are down the flora and fauna is

gone and it may destroy a whole way of life for death be put. leg month year and its their own used to be a popular resting ground for the migratory birds the lake itself more than 40 different fish but the only ones are going to be small and used for animal feed for some fishermen this is their only source of income they say they've been dorie by the provincial leaders that they would get help but haven't received any bugs on new prime minister jim rohn connors promised a clean and green country but the people hey say time is running out for them. and that is our show for this week remember you can get in touch with us by tweeting me at has them seek and use the hash tag a j c d c when you do or drop us an e-mail counting the cost that you see at a dot net is our address there's more for you online at www dot com slash c.t.c.

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a show of force the u.s. sends more warships and planes to the gulf region. trade talks and without a deal but beijing keeps the door open to further negotiations with washington. with the sport as the defending n.b.a. champion golden state warriors make the conference finals i'll have the reaction in the next 60 minutes. welcome to the news hour we begin in yemen where we're getting reports of who the rebels have begun redeploying fighters from 3 key ports under u.n. supervision they include data which imports nearly all food and aid for millions of starving yemenis the ports have long been attacked by saudi and a morality coalition forces supporting the yemeni army now yemen's government

leaders are dismissing the latest offer to 2 previous withdrawals failed as accurate and misleading in juma in their quest has more. the battle for the port of her data has been at the heart of the humanitarian crisis in yemen aid agencies have pleaded with the warring factions to withdraw from the strategic port a gateway for desperately needed food and medicines. for millions of facing famine after more than 4 years of fighting between the who thiis and coalition led by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates and now who thieves rebels will withdraw all fighters from her data according to the united nations. over 4 days the group says it will also be deployed forces in the ports of them being used for grain and mass is an entry point for oil. of course this near is

a very welcome from the standpoint of humanitarian interests but again you know we have a huge problem terms of the lack of trust between the saudi led coalition on one side who is the rebels army other worse very good but develops a little bit of trust that could potentially pave the way to eventually solving this conflict is going to really require some actions the yemeni government backed by the coalition has expressed skepticism over the withdrawal agreement the minister of information mohammed ariadne tweeted on friday any unilateral deployment that does not allow for the principle of joint monitoring and verification of the terms of the suisun agreement is an elusive and on acceptable the yemeni government did not state whether their side would make a reciprocal move with dural plans were brokered by a un led committee under the stockholm agreement

a pax ixtapa between the rival combatants last december but soon after a cease fire was agreed on the 18th of december fighting. as student in her data and since then repeated attempts to enforce the truce have failed the un is expected to monitor the redeployment of fighters from the ports yes it is still unclear how far forces will withdraw and who will eventually control the reports. but if the withdrawal happens it could be the 1st major breakthrough in peace efforts in more than 4 years. each armor dougray algis area. a u.s. warship designed to land u.s. marines is on its way to reinforce naval forces in the gulf iran is dismissing the deployment as psychological warfare aimed at intimidation now the arlington is joining the abraham lincoln aircraft carrier strike group which sailed through the suez canal. commander say the deployments are

a response to possible operations by iran against u.s. forces in the region also in jordan has more from washington d.c. . earlier this week the trumpet ministration ordered the commander of the abraham lincoln and its kompany and vessels to basically be on standby for any sort of provocative actions by the iranian military now on friday the u.s.s. arlington has been ordered to join the abraham lincoln and the other ships is part of its convoy as well as the deployment of a patriot missile battery in order to make certain that if there were any sort of attack on the lincoln carrier strike group that the military would be able to defend itself what this is according to u.s. officials is a show of force to tear on that the u.s.

is very closely watching its military and economic and diplomatic activities around the middle east and that the u.s. military is there essentially to safeguard the u.s. as national security interests as well as those of the u.s. as partners and allies in the region but this is raising concern particularly here in the united states that the u.s. may be engaged in a game of chicken that it may be actually adding to tensions rather than trying to find a way to discuss with terror on its concerns about terror hons policies and trying to figure out a way to ultimately negotiate a deal that would address iran's nuclear and other security issues. more than 100 people have been killed in the last week a syrian government forces continue their push into rebel held areas and how it led provinces and some u.n. security council members are concerned that a falls cayle military operation in the province may lead to

a humanitarian catastrophe our diplomatic editor james bays has more from the united nations. there have long been fears of a final offensive in it it is one of the last strongholds of the opposition to a sad aid workers have been concerned about an all out attack the population of the province has swelled to more than 3000000 people after many fled here from other parts of syria. russia is strongly suspected of carrying out some of the recent bombing the targets of included medical facilities attacks that some experts believe could amount to war crimes as the security council gathered european ambassadors expressed deep alarming we are extremely concerned about the violent escalation in the region a new alipore must at all cost be prevented you need live there is

only a political solution and the military solution that apparently is being sought now is not a it's not a viable one the meeting didn't take place in the main chamber of the council where open sessions are held but instead in the smaller room near it where meetings are conducted away from the cameras there was deep division and it was on display at the end of the meeting when 11 of the 15 members made a joint statement 4 countries south africa indonesia china and russia did not sign up to these words we express deep concern. of a potential humanitarian catastrophe in the event of a full scale military operation in italy so on the statement did not mention the assad government or russia can you be clear which countries are carrying out the

bombing thank you for now even some of russia's harshest critics on syria were not prepared to condemn the country in public medical facilities have been attacked in libya who do you think is responsible. will make medical facilities appear to have been targeted from the air. there aren't very many options for who can target from the air in this part of syria many security council members want to stop the bombardment but they're also aware of russia's record of intransigents on syria it's used its veto 12 times in the security council that's why they're doing things behind closed doors at the moment their next step of course is likely to be an open meeting calling russia out in public james out his era at the united nations but as a communications officer of the world food program she says syrians are facing a new enemy and its poverty. after 8 years of crisis in syria the

needs are strike staggeringly high is specifically an invalid because of the latest escalation we know that there is from 150-002-1800 extension 00 people who have been displaced from north and. southern parts of it live to the northern camps where we've been receiving them and providing food assistance and humanitarian aid however more needs to be done since 2014 the world food program and the entire u.n. body has been able to reach the north west of syria through our cross border operations via turkey. alone is able to reach just a bit over half a 1000000 people on a routinely and regular basis however we have had to stop some of our assistance to parts in southern italy due to the fighting we've spoken through our partners to some of these families they happened to be the families who were unable to provide

transportation for themselves it's a long road from the southern parts of it led to the northern camps and so they've ended up being stranded we're doing our best to reach them and in fact our partners tell us that as of last evening we've managed to reach all of them with food assistance and shelter it's also important to recognize that after 8 years of crisis a lot of people are tired it's not just the folks in it live who are now under fire but also the 75 percent of syrians who are living in areas that have been settled but they are facing a new enemy that of poverty the u.s. and china have agreed to continue trade talks even after president trump threatened to impose tire of all chinese imports the latest round of negotiations i did in washington with no breakthrough but china's top trade negotiator says the meeting was constructive but he has moved from beijing. well the question now of course is the proportionality of china's response china has warned of counter measures

without specifying exactly what those measures would be good lou her who's been leading the chinese negotiating team has said the talks are going to continue he said there's been a twist but the talks are not over and they will resume in beijing in a few days time it seems but lou her there's also conceded that there were disagreements during the discussions china wants the united states to lift those tariffs if a deal is done he also admits that one of the other sticking points has been how much china has agreed to purchase from the united states but generally his language so far has been very measured. overdrawn we have come here with sincerity on behalf of the chinese government are 2 sides of conducted candid.