accuses of opened an investigation into possible corruption involving deputy prime minister salvini it follows media reports that a covert russian oil deal was devised to funnel millions of euros to his ruling league party and already a recording of a meeting in october an edge of the exposes a close aide of salvini and 3 russian men discussing a deal that there's no evidence that a transaction took place salvini has denied his party received any money from moscow european council president donald tusk has criticized russia's decision to ban flights to georgia he calls it unjustified and disproportionate relations between tbilisi and moscow have deteriorated since the visit of a russian politician to the georgian parliament 3 weeks ago speaking at a conference on the e.u. and eastern europe in the georgian city of but to me from where andrew symonds reports. it's the annual gathering of east european states and the e.u. russia is always irritated by such familiar images. once led the kremlin to

ban all direct flights to georgia all the unfamiliar images of anti russian protests every day for more than 3 weeks in the capital tbilisi georgia is president didn't want to talk about russia at the conference but the council president did russia recently this is the money flight to judge your unjustified. this is a russian. that may be the case but georgia's leaders were reluctant to openly attack russia at this event that parliament's head of european integration was sent out to face questions denying claims by protesters that georgia's government had become too lenient towards russia is that the us is saying nothing to prove the russians want to say to that so. that's why i say. that it doesn't actually require any further but russia is really concerned about your presence

here with this conference and you have georgia very western or we would like to find ourselves in answer with the europeans you in one of the debates parliamentary leader spoke of russia as an occupying force or join your russian me no higher with occupying 20 percent of our territories it means permanent threaten the more security it means here violation of human rights of people who are living in occupied territories later came the signing of financial agreements between georgia and e.u. states but as the ink dried on deals with $53000000.00 there was no disguising the anxiety about russia's actions against this country if conference delegates were to take a short stroll. to the beach front here they get a reality check this place is normally teaming with russian tourists at this time

of year the tourists. told us that hotel occupancy rates are down by 80 percent if the flight from russia continues the georgian economy who's really going to suffer under simmons al-jazeera to me in georgia whether is next still ahead on al-jazeera how decades after. war friends are still working to identify the victims. east meets west as chinese shalyn monks make an entrance into an american style wrestling ring. most eclair across much of the middle east which of course continuing at sort of

main in those high numbers as we go through the next couple of days now what you can see is and as it's been pushing into northern western areas of turkey sudden friday we could see more of the way of showers but really it is carrying away from ankara really pushing across into georgia as you can see meanwhile in the eastern med a region feeling quite nice for that on shore breeze and then a saturday similar sort of picture but probably more in the way of rain across georgia and spreading further east was on towards the caspian sea $41.00 in tehran and we will 38 degrees celsius in kabul and then we had a calls the arabian peninsula no rain here but we have a little bit of cloud around we've got a warm days that you know friday in doha 45 degrees celsius 38 in abu dhabi and then at 5 on saturday a little bit cooler i say cool 42 is not cool but perhaps i should say feeling at a bit less hot with vats high that we had down into southern africa conditions here as well this in flatiron just skirting these coastal areas as we head through

friday and on into saturday and temperatures it should be feeling pretty good and with a high of 22 and even capetown cooler 18 but nice and a mostly sunny skies. from continued medical technology. could be. the development of march state. intervention of the worst. may be all the ladies were sure the cure. disease.

hello again i'm. reminded of the news this hour iran is warning of consequences if the u.k. doesn't. that's according to iranian media which spokesman of us mousavi on thursday police arrested the tank his chief officer and captain. ruling military council says it's holding 16 people over an attempted coup by army offices. african union mediator has announced progress in talks between the military and a pro-democracy coalition. and the un is to investigate the philippine government's so-called war on drugs which watchdogs say has claimed more than $20000.00 lives the philippines is being prevented judicial killings and unforced disappearances it

says the allegations are offensive. now u.s. president on tribe says he's not backing down on efforts to determine the citizenship status of the american population but he has abandoned plans to put a question on citizenship into the 2020 census instead he'll issue an executive order to pursue other ways to get the data. i am here by ordering every department today agency in the federal government to provide the department of commerce with all requested records regarding the number of citizens and non-citizens in our country they must furnish or legally accessible records in their possession immediately we have great knowledge in many of our agencies we will leave no stone unturned u.s. political analyst eric hand says trump's trying to save face with his supporters this is actually another resulting defeat for the president on this issue of immigration he was president trump ran on the issue of immigration and fact if you

go back to the 2018 midterm elections the president believe that this issue is a winner and he still believes heading into was own reelection campaign that this is an issue that will bring him success however we see the president continue to lose in the courts just recently the courts ruled against his ability to actually move funds to build the border wall along the u.s. southern border and now we see the president losing again on this issue of the citizenship question today is executive action by the president was simply a face saving measure to show that his base that he is willing to continue to fight on this issue that he believes will actually bring victory not only to himself but to the g.o.p. for years to come. well president trump has also been hosting what he's calling a social media summit at the white house is included a line up of online personalities from across rightwing media while google facebook

and twitter officials were excluded from the gathering trump has accused them of bias against him and other conservatives well earlier we spoke to april glaser who is a journalist for online news website slate she says trump's accusation of false bias by social media networks is a political tactic ahead of next year's presidential election the pressure is coming but we're not seeing actual legal change to kind of force the companies to deal with distance from asia in a substantive way or to deal with the hate that spreads on their platforms in such a viral way and you know it doesn't look like there's going to be any sort of legal change moving into 2020 you know it's not even like clear that it's required that you have to label that a political ad as you know who it's paid for by or that it is a political ad on these platforms so it's not clear that anything is going to change and he's really trying tying their hands from doing anything so in one camp we have congress members a lot of democrats saying the social media companies need to clean up their act

they need to make sure that there aren't you know trolls from russia or other foreign governments or even here in the united states forwarding this information and then on the other hand you have trump saying well this is censorship and and so it's really forcing the companies into a place of an action president trumps approved sending federal resources to louisiana after hurricane warnings were issued along the coast there parts of new orleans are still underwater after days of thunder storms and floods residents are putting sandbags outside their properties or leaving town hurricane barry is expected to make landfall on saturday. now an international team of experts has launched a new campaign to locate victims of argentina's military dictatorship of the 1970 s. about 30000 people disappeared during that period now known as the dirty war 3 is a by reports from what is aries. truth and justice have been for decades the main

objective of the argin time entropy elegy forensic team that's why they continue to work to shed light on what happened to the thousands of people who were disappeared during argentina's dirty war over 40 years ago my mom was from yet it would take samples from the relatives and create forms with information from the donor and the relative disappeared that would compare it with the burned samples we have the team was created in 1906 when argentina embarked on a process of exhumations of the many unmarked graves found in the country believing that many of them could well contain and identified victims of forced disappearances the arjan time and trouble of g. forensic team believes that with their work they can help the relatives find justice but also some type of closure there are currently working to identify the remains in this boxes there are 600 remains that allegedly belong to people who went missing during the dictatorship in argentina in the 1970 s.

and eighty's their expertise has taken them to 55 countries including south africa syria iraq colombia and mexico where the attempt to help relatives find the remains of their loved ones they use genetic profiles drones infrared cameras to locate mass graves in the most remote locations but either says that's not the most important part of their investigations the main church will introduce to incorporate the family members in the war usually merely go for us exist just take some information for their families. and their provider overboard book. well so we do it in norway we have the farm it is the center of our work to reduce. emissions they are in for a. mini case of farming is don't trust industry they come to us because they don't trust industry one and all optional that's why he played a crucial role in the investigation into the disappearance of the 43 students by

mexico who were killed by a drug cartel with the complicity of the country's security forces the relatives wanted the team involved in the search and not mexican authorities in argentina there are many who are still trying to locate their relatives sylvia my necklace was father disappeared in 1975 he was a left wing activist. i've always tried to find him and i know his remains are somewhere we have very little information on what happened to him but i want to find what is left of him and that's why this anthropology team is crucial for victims of conflict and violence because the loci victims and help hold accountable those involved in serious human rights abuses around the world. the united states has imposed sanctions against venezuela's military counter intelligence agency over the death of a navy captain while in their custody rafael acosta as family say he was tortured

after his arrest in june he was a curious of trying to overthrow president maduro allegations his family deny or thirty's buried his remains on wednesday but his family are demanding an independent review into his death well the u.n. secretary general says the world hasn't done enough to help mozambique after 2 successive cyclons killed hundreds of people and turn your terrors as appealed for more agents support for months on from cyclons in die and callous he says it's clear these disasters are caused by climate change which mozambique doesn't contribute to the storms of flattened cities and villages leaving more than a 1000000 people homeless. a car bombing in the libyan city of benghazi has killed at least 4 people and wounded dozens the blast targeted the funeral of the special forces commander of the world cliff i have to the head of special forces attended the funeral that wasn't hat how correspondent mark went up and why he has more from

. the symmetry is very close to the headquarters of the special forces unit which are under the control of the warlord. have to understand that this was a funeral held for a former commander of the special forces units and he would get under the former regime of moammar gadhafi but in that symmetry there were the military units including the special forces individuals including their commander the current commander the major general. we know that these explosions could be used as a pretext to push the special forces individuals to join have to this military campaign to seize the capital tripoli especially we know that there are many special forces individuals including their current commander. they refused to join

have to the military campaign to move on tripoli we also know that medical sources in say that the number of victims could rise especially those wanted many of them have been in critical condition. now a professional sports company in china is trying to combine traditional last waltz with american style pro wrestling oriental wrestling entertainment has trained shaolin monks to perform in the ring but as our correspondent katrina you reports from shanghai not everyone is convinced by the east meets west experiments. this is not what the op than expected to do. after almost 2 decades of strict comfort training. but he's not complaining the 30 year old is the budding star of oriental wrestling entertainment. china's answer to american people wrestling to chinese

audiences this rule christmas is wolves away from the familiar silence of the shaolin temple. 2 years after its introduction here the sport is starting to win over fans and i doubt you know the young men like this nowadays they're so it isn't yet so powerful i like their strong physics not everyone however is convinced the emotion i don't think is kind of why i think to be too popular in china we chinese prefer to watch. well it's not the only fighting style used by the wrestlers. is central to the sport. many of those taking part trained as shallow monks who were created from martial arts schools in ancient china is doing strained in martial arts protect their communities from bandits and other running these days more of a hobby but these men say professional wrestling has given them a new way to turn that passion into

a career. as an actor as well as a wrestler he says his goal is to become the eastern equivalent of progress threatened hollywood star doing the rock johnson. was a usually very big and a full of power we are smaller but have the vantage of who we are also fresh flexible conjunct hard. critics say oriental wrestling entertainment strays too far from china's comfy culture but organizers say it puts a contemporary spin on the tradition and brings a to a wider audience says. we need to nurture educate and train the audience is a complex mission even if we don't succeed we die trying. to hopes guest wrestlers from the united states and japan will boost the group's popularity and international profile. but what other person is popping up around the country. to have a fight. between. shanghai. and

with the top stories iran is warning of consequences if the u.k. doesn't release a super tanker seized by british troops last week that's according to iranian media which quoted spokesman of us mousavi on thursday police in gibraltar arrest of the tank his chief officer and captain. sudan's transitional military council says it's foiled an attempted coup the council says it was carried out by a group of serving and retired officers and that 16 people are being held african union mediators have announced progress in talks between the military and a pro-democracy coalition it had been hoped that a power sharing agreement would be signed on thursday but it didn't happen the political document has been agreed upon unanimously. what is left is

a proclamation would. establish. the transitional period or the transition into. a civilian government. be brutal don't discoursed. sorry and at the same time. the un is to investigate the philippine government so-called war on drugs which watchdogs say has claimed more than $20000.00 lives the philippines is being urged to prevent extrajudicial killings and and force disappearances it says the allegations are offensive u.s. president donald trump says he's not backing down on efforts to determine citizenship status of people in the country but he's abandoned plans to put a question on citizenship into the 2020 census. well president thomas also approved sending federal resources to louisiana after hurricane warnings were issued today

along the coast parts of new orleans is still under water off to days of thunder storms and floods well those are the headlines the kewl revisited is next hit on al-jazeera. traditional wrestling. now national mailing. or to log. on to. the. i don't weigh all that. kind of wrestling with reality on al-jazeera.

you confident that this you can see it in there so why don't we meet. with the microchip or implant in the blind people thanks to do so. soon but light. liberia has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. it is estimated that 3 women die every day from complications during childbirth. many of these days are preventable with simple surgery and adequate equipment however a chronic lack of doctors here means that many maternity wards are overstretched

and i'm not stopped i'm down to the limits again in liberia and i'm here to meet a new generation of midwives was scrubbing up and ready for surgery. my 1st stop to see me down moment and to hospital in melbourne county which has only recently overcome the devastating the demick that killed thousands across the country. the midwives and doctors here were it 30 times greater risk of content to the disease than the general population. that afternoon just to understand this is only one of many challenges that dr albert don't know and his team face. just republish almos of all system 5000 right now i have 3 permanent doctors so you have . 3 prominent doctors who want to include i mean our continue here for the city $5000.00 range people out of traditional doctors are known to do such a walk so we realize our middle level people can be tree you know talk to our

system of feeling you know some of the gaps are currently we're training mid-level personnel to do a bass of that. it's a simple but dreaded can idea to replicate asco midwives in advanced obstetrics such as up to now surgery go to dollars a minute to target this area entry midwives and months rather than the year's nominees required to become a qualified doctor for new trainees have recently unrolled at the hospital and built a donor runs workshops to advance their general medical knowledge but today is more hands on as the trainees practice suturing a key surgical skill required in syrian sections. so this would be the end i'm in the skin of their demand so you've gone through the one side here and now you went to do ahead of time the hand and what not does that now it's just like and it's a surgical no. need of make sure that it's tight when you're doing think you're in

a deep hole you actually put your finger on this one and the president will follow through in sol goes in with. the trainees also continue with their usual duties such as would rant with today 16 you know mary has just been admitted. she was here on the days when is the assistance to yeah this is what you are sent on the young ward and then she had been there this morning to send her you know that she was in the room. so with what's happening now with the patient it's one of the most common pregnancy complications where you have the head of the baby is very big and the focus is a small touch and go through labor for 810 hours as. is the case yeah and eventually it doesn't work chris as well as unfortunately our young mom may end up with this is their effort to save her life and of course the baby with naomi graduated from the program last year

a continues to train whilst teaching the new recruits should be needed today surgery under the supervision of dr i don't know. if the placenta ministers are close proximity to the windows is that what you're asking about. no one can have a contraction. you're starving more. please. miscount in an emergency syrian and mary's quickly moved to the operating theatre with a new trainees about to take a step up from their normal midwest fugitive's. the baby isn't breathing and most need to be resuscitated a common problem with syrian deliveries.

to. not that the baby's breathing nyoman puts the morning suturing class to practice and finishes off the surgery. how are you feeling you know after having performed at this location and i feel confident that had this you can see the last one of me congratulations you. that vision. of induct i don't know the mother the tree of that but then.

the next day mary and her baby angel cadre back in the maternity ward. hello mary how are you feeling this morning and i didn't want to thank you very early period. where you're from. a company to hear from a distance thing yet how far is it for less than 4 hours drive. i mean if mary had come to. this hospital what cuevas are the issues you have on a c c yes they show. there's no way that baby could have been delivered at home. many mothers attempt delivery at home with the help of traditional both attendants and endure all citizens with professional medical support often i was away complications such as my muse obstructed delivery can quickly become life threatening. this access is a c.b. done by hospital every sultanate in the project being rolled out to 2 more

hospitals in liberia dr dollar checks in with each hospital every week. there is. no we're going to read them some hospital to see. the other buds a run to the start of the. in the summer so everything is still new and this is a lot more visible would do with busier and the arbor day journey but most real as all of its popular. redemption hospital provides free health care to a large slum area in monrovia it was at the heart of the poor leper demick which killed $184.00 doctors throughout the country and had to be shut down when it became a moment. to the patients it has recently opened. the narrative i meet the man to meet team led by hanna a graduate of the toxic stew program and now a supervisor of the other trainees how many syrians have you done even counting

yeah more than one race more than 100 feet and do so well i'm. gonna have to wait for the data coming or scrap i'll make it brilliant by the bishop but if i have a patient dies believing is that they should come in on the weather stat. in the middle of a conversation and i was told that one of the patients has just gone into labor as we go into theatre the generator goes down. dr i don't know it's quite a hot day the. city lights are on ok so they've been power at the moment. i mean i can see now we have all the trainees are taking charge they're quite you know in control. good set of lungs on the baby or. 2 you know on a. regular.

how do you find working you know in this environment at the gibson. it's very hard to go in we if we had been electricity on no air conditioning no fail is not because they always already in the will she i mean to scold me she feeling hot indeed nice is what it may why did you are 70 out there will not be a well the one who taught a bishop got a new something day the nuku is without to go out even if you want to be a bit wild and then come by with an enormous caseload and a high number of prison and see complications and this team of us traced and i stopped. some time we had her with a stopover i believe i have used you know all up would you believe only somebody easter manticore apennine provide for and if i'm sometime in the hot you do surgery

with a torch light yes. the light is out and in e.s.a. you have a date now which. check your base is bitch and she do with it you sure are the men when i can i repeat that is what it will end this issue for carrie fisher may have an ego she just are having fun trashing. mari's about 2 both twins but both babies are preached meaning that in the wrong position she will have to be taken for his exam and section. and now works quickly and out comes the 1st baby. fun of shockey by the 2nd but both babies on breathing.

it is what it is it is. living it is a. minute's pause and the baby still breathing properly. pianist with. more grab it was. very hard to watch or to live. while and yet you concentrate on mom the rest of the team work on resuscitate in the baby's water war for the it was all one called my mother in law like me why don't you let me join in and say man when you no longer than when noon the news.