information from the judge this shows a clear intent to be an engineer people who spoke at length with the listening post on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. however i'm home ahead see an endo how with the al-jazeera news are coming up in the next 60 minutes president donald trump appears to back away from further military confrontation with iran but the man replacing the assassinated commander says he'll continue because some saw the money's work was probably the worst briefing i've seen it with on a military issue. and members of congress criticized the white house for carrying out the attack that killed the american in

a commander. in turkey and russia push for a cease fire in libya the e.u. warns of a 2nd syria if the conflict is not resolved. and unprecedented violence in west africa that's the assessment of a u.n. envoy who could live on the grounds in nigeria. and in sports world tennis number one ashley barty makes a losing start to the new year party suffering a shock defeat in her opening match of the brisbane international. but we begin this new sir with the crisis between iran and the united states the reigning governments has dismissed u.s. claims that it wants to negotiate after the assassination of its commander so the money to her own says it wants corporators low sanctions on. police

a senior really an officer as warns of honshu revenge after launching airstrikes in iraq on cheese say now in just a moment we'll be speaking. in washington d.c. 1st the school says dorset jabari. doors it's a ritual but salt spreaders stand in his white house address last night but it seems the iran doesn't seem to be willing to give up because some solmonese tell us more. we've been hearing from the man who has replaced customs. service commemorating the late general with the supreme leader this morning in the capital we heard from as well connie who is now the head of the courts force of the revolutionary guards he read a statement that he had written for the supreme leader thanking him for the appointment to his position and remembering the awesome so that money as a great man he also said that in his new role nothing will change within the police

force of the revolutionary guards that. vision and work will continue that himself and he will not we are off the path awesome so the money put the holds forces on we've also been hearing from a former head of the revolutionary guard commander major general. who is now the senior military advisor to the supreme leader he said that an awesome cell in mani's assassination will bring about some major security changes in the middle east he also accuse the american. spy agency the central intelligence agency as well as israel's spy agency mossad the security agency mossad for the assassinations and said that this their rockets that were launched in to iraq at the u.s. bases there are that's just the 1st step and it took the united states 1000 hours to respond and you refer to u.s. president donald trump as that stupid president who has realized that they don't

have the strength to respond to iran and we've also been hearing that the iranian president hassan rouhani. has been speaking to the british prime minister boris johnson over the phone they just finished a phone conversation in which the iranian president issued very stern warning to the british prime minister saying that had it not been for hosam so the money london there is would not be enjoying the safety and security that they currently have he also urged the british government to change their policy and stand towards the assassination that's occurred so there is a flurry of diplomatic activity going on we've also heard from the canadian prime minister justin trudeau who has told the canadian foreign minister to send a diplomatic team to teheran to hold talks with the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif we're going to wait and see how these diplomatic efforts will turn out in trying to deescalate the tensions but at the moment various officials inside iran

are adamant that the united states is going to be held responsible for the assassination of the late general we're also been hearing from the iranian ambassador to the u.n. he spoke to al jazeera let's hear some of what he had to say. he's not interested in war you don't he's not interested you know escalation of tension. i mean increasing the tension in the interest of the so you definitely you would like to to have peace in the neighborhood and the 1st ingredients. is that all of the forces and forces from 0 to each. well the position here is that carson full of money is a fascination is the price the united states will have to pay for leaving this region his death is the reason they have to leave the troops that they raise want

the u.s. troops to leave the entire middle east this is something they say is not negotiable until that happens and this kind of rhetoric that back and forth between these 2 sides will continue and the tensions will continue to increase as the other countries in the region and the world try to calm the situation as much as they can ok dorsett live inside iran thank you very much well that is the view from iran the government's response and a highly anticipated statement by president who said iran appears to be backing away from further military confirmation confrontation when the moments will be one from washington d.c. with the very latest but 1st kimberly how could has more than once where the region pulled back from the brink of conflicts. with the u.s. and iran edging dangerously close to war president donald trump proclaimed that tehran appears to be standing down truck gave no indication that the united states

intends to strike back hours after running in missile attacks on 2 bases used by the u.s. military in iraq we suffered ok. all of our soldiers are safe and orderly minimal damage was sustained at our military bases. it was a stark contrast to the president's threats of retaliation without hesitation that have dominated his twitter feed in recent days instead flanked by top advisors and generals trump made a surprising suggestion that members of nato to become much more involved in the middle east process it was an astonishing claim from a president who once called nato obsolete he also encouraged u.s. partners and allies to abandon the j c p a way an agreement put in place in 2050 and by world powers to live it iran's nuclear program we must all work together toward making

a deal with the rain that makes the world a safer and more peaceful place however trouble didn't ounce new sanctions would be coming without giving specifics he also left open the possibility of diplomacy speaking directly to iran's leaders he insisted the united states desires for iran a great future one that you deserve one of prosperity at home in harmony with the nations of the world the united states is ready to embrace peace. with all who seek it but missing from the president's speech evidence that the u.s. killing of iranian general qassam solomonic was justified and necessary to prevent an imminent attack on americans it's evidence opposition democrats are demanding from the trumpet ministration also absent a clear strategy something the administration has promised to provide in closed

door briefings on wednesday to members of congress including top republicans iran didn't just take an off ramp it took a u. turn because they know they have no capability to fight against america at least based on the presentation that was made. it does not meet what i consider to be an imminent threat but if president trying chooses to respond by sending even more soldiers to the middle east he breaks a major campaign promise to pull the united states out of what he once called it's for ever wars can really help at al-jazeera the white house. ok bill is on that joins us now from washington talk us through those briefings 1st of all we had a sense of in kimberly's reports but how were they received by congress. yeah by all accounts donald trump made the decision to call in the strike killing solo money and he did so very abruptly and we know that he did so without giving

congress any warning about it which infuriated house speaker nancy pelosi and now she's going to do something about it to make sure it doesn't happen again on thursday pelosi will be calling a war a war 'd powers resolution to the floor of the house of representatives and calling a vote on it what this war resolution would essentially do is it would prevent donald trump from taking any more military action against iran without consulting with congress 1st we expect a vote on that in the lower house on thursday but it's important note that it will then need to go to the senate within 10 days the senate is controlled by republicans that for the most part have rallied around president trump so it seems seems unlikely that it would probably pass the senate nevertheless we have to see how that plays out in the coming days but clearly nancy pelosi and many members of

congress particularly democrats want to do this to show trump that he can no longer call in military action against iran in the future without consulting congress now these briefings that were held behind closed doors on wednesday were not received very well by many members of congress they came out after the briefings and many of them said they were dissatisfied with the information given to them on what was this intelligence supposedly that the trumpet ministration has that pointed to solo money being an immediate threat to the u.s. or planning some immediate action that would damage the u.s. or or an attack on the u.s. even some republicans who support trump said they were dissatisfied with the explanation they heard from administration officials listen to what republican congress member mike lee had to say. i had hoped and expected to receive more

information outlining the legal factual and moral justification for the attack and it was left somewhat unsatisfied on that front which i would add it was probably the worst briefing i've seen at least on a military issue in the 9 years i've served in the united states senate. when i found so distressing about that briefing was that one of the messages we received from the briefers was do not debate do not discuss the issue of the appropriateness of further miller military intervention against iran and that if you do you'll be emboldening iran. meanwhile gaper been hearing loss of coals for diplomacy and d. escalation just how likely is that looking from where you are. well the administration is giving mixed signals on that quite frankly as you heard trump is talking about diplomacy the secretary of state as well mike pompei was

talking about pursuing diplomacy and in a letter that the u.s. ambassador to the united nations sent to the u.n. security council late wednesday evening in the letter she also calls for diplomacy as well at the end of the letter she says the united states wishes to note as it has done repeatedly over the past years that we remain committed to a diplomatic resolution however that's flies in the face of actions of the u.s. because as she's calling for diplomacy the ambassador of the for the u.s. at the same time iran's top diplomat of the foreign minister mohammad zarif was planning to be in new york at the united nations on thursday to attend a security council meeting but he won't be there why because the u.s. rejected his visa so in one sense you're getting the administration talking about diplomacy deescalation but another chip in another breath when it comes to

diplomacy at the u.n. at least they're blocking the top diplomat from the from iran from coming to the u.s. so there's a little bit of a little bit of talking from both sides of their mouth if you will but this letter from the u.n. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. is really lays out their case on why they called in this strike killing somani basically they're saying that that makes the world safer and that it was a defensive measure against an immediate against the soul of money but particularly against iran that the u.n. mission to the un's the u.s. mission to the u.n. says was building over many many months threats from iran. live in washington d.c. thank you. philippine government has ordered the evacuation of more than 1000 of its citizens working in iraq sending ships to help them relief because the security

risks. is in manila. we are in an area and down south and though are filipinos often go looking for jobs overseas particularly in the middle east despite the many turmoil there filipinos continue to travel to the region in search of a better life more than 10000000 filipinos are overseas splitting the workers that is 10 percent of the country's population and the majority of them are in the middle i in salem i'm not worried for my brothers who aren't working there because they can take care of themselves and their employer has gone to the philippine embassy in case they are us the eva we. know times are tough and i need to work abroad because i'm a single mom and i have 4 children that i need to feed i know the situation there is hard but i'm doing this for my children because of the security situation in iraq the philippine government has called for

a mandatory evacuation of the more than $1600.00 filipinos currently in iraq a huge portion of them also are undocumented and according to president to be good at their day he has assigned the philippine military to lead this evacuation plan now the secretary of defense says they will be using their naval and aerial assets in the coming weeks but given the country's limited capabilities it remains to be seen exactly how the military is going to do it and according to experts it is most likely that the philippine government will be reliant and dependent on allied partners in the middle east to get the filipinos out of iraq. plans who are still to come on this lease are exhibiting dangerous conditions are fanning the flames in a stream we'll have the latest on the crisis. and he said jam with venezuela's opposition leader just days after the standoff that security officers. think

they're trying to provoke a very very tall abaft. in the sport words of support from an all time greats to the next generation of the conference. at the un envoy to libya has welcomed calls by turkey and russia for a ceasefire to be implemented by sunday the 2 supports opposing sides in the conflict moscow backs libyan warlord khalifa haftar whose forces have been trying to seize tripoli since april turkey has begun deploying troops to support the un recognized government space in the capital well the e.u. has warned libya faces becoming a 2nd syria if a cease fire is not reached soon after house held talks with the italian prime minister just at the consulate in rome as part of separate from assoc efforts to bring an end to the conflicts in the beer it's really has urged the youth see

increase efforts to stabilize the situation is concerned about the proximity of libya to the italian island of sicily and the number of people who attempt to flee the violence let's get more now from the who's up to one hopes who's live in tripoli at mahmoud just give us at the latest on the ground in terms of the fighting because despite this diplomacy the wrist still a battle underway isn't there. indeed it's still not. calming down at least for the time being in it's been fact excessive bating especially over the past few days as have to his forces have been opening new front lines in new areas namely in the coastal city of sirte as you know that tough times forces have recently taken control of the coastal city of sirte and meanwhile the was the lord troops from the city of misrata are now deploying

about 90 kilometers to the west from sit between on the way between sid and misrata meanwhile government military sources say that their fated jets have been targeting have to his forces locations around suited city here in tripoli the situation that remains very tense in southern tripoli as have to his forces according to government military sources have been launching get dozens of rockets a military source told us that overnight of over 40 rockets have been launched by have to his forces many of them landed in or near a residential areas including the vicinity of m 80 good airport the only operational airport in the capital tripoli meanwhile have to draw as have been flying over tripoli overnight and today we have been hearing the humming of the

drones have to the drawings in the sky of tripoli this morning there is no end of this conflict at least for the time being until the cease fire promised to be worked on by both russia and turkey be put in place well speaking of that cease fire moves what more can you tell us about i mean how much of a game changer is this. well as you know her after that initiative by both the president roger tabor dylan and the turkish president the russian president putin giving get ultimate to the cease fire that should start on the 12th of this month this is at least for the time being seems contradictory to the situation on the ground as you know that have to have been proceeding in salaheddine neighborhood

a densely populated area in southern tripoli random fire have been hitting get his attention areas in that area but also on the political level the institutions in the worst of libya have been welcoming the cease fire initiative by both stood key and russia but meanwhile there is anger in the worst of libya especially after italy has received the world plea for have to only a few days after his forces his forces hit at a military academy in tripoli killing $32.00 military students. ok words after one hopes bring us all the latest from tripoli thank you very much indeed for yourself one there is a professor of political science at qatar university he says a truce in libya is possible the fact that after has been. true to tripoli for the last 4 months or so mo has gone to italy to meet with the

brutal blood minister the corded for a ceasefire to fogdog the troops on the globe and at the moment it's kind of come to the balance to the power of half the and it seems that ceasefire is much more likely to happen. to do since the 1st one is the oil supply you through europe especially given what's happened in. and obviously all places my shut up in the next couple of weeks if the situation deteriorates in libya and too is the issue of . immigrants because italy is just a few 100 kilometers away from libya and germany has been calling for a conference for cease fire and to stop stabilize the ability because malta 50 percent of immigrants in europe and up in germany after as i said before was not necessarily interested in any ceasefire because he felt on the blown that he could

win the bottom eventually with the backing of those countries no i think the balance of power on the globe has changed both parties see that they cannot win the situation especially after the cannot win the war using military means the main thing is for a ceasefire there are reports of multiple taliban and civilian casualties following u.s. airstrikes in afghanistan it happens in the asian that region of herit province the u.s. military spokesman says the strikes were in support of afghan ground forces afghan officials have not confirmed the casualty reports. at least 20 soldiers have been killed during an attack in northeast nigeria military sources say members of an armed group stormed the sign of mangano in borno state on tuesday evening some residents at the flee their homes for safety and there are fears of more casualties

. well the u.n. special envoy to west africa has warned the security council that violence in the south whole region is at unprecedented levels the number of people killed during attacks in particular fassel mali and nisha jumped from 770 in 2016 to more than 4000 last year but universal's one of the hardest hit countries where the death toll increased from 80 in 2016 to more than 182019 the humanitarian cost is also growing the u.n. estimates the violence has displaced half a 1000000 people a 10 fold increase in just 3 years let's get more from mitt interests use in a bridge a forest as an attack in nigeria now we're hearing about it's an attack on u.s. peacekeepers in mali what more can you tell us about this violence. well basically from the nigerian side we've seen an uptick in violence over the

past few months and it's the same across the hell over the last 2 or 3 months the trend is more daring attacks by groups fight groups in the region a book in nigeria islamic state i saw islamic state in the levant in. area we've seen several attacks especially in the border areas of mali booking a fossil any genre as well as on the lecture out side where we've seen several attacks inside cameroon in nigeria in the shits of and of course child recently there were reports of child in troops withdrawing from the idea which was confirmed by the judge you know thought it is but they said it's an indication that their tour of duty in nigeria has ended but then he's multinational force for those countries in the region. coming together to fight. and i saw more i swap as they're

called in this region but again a lot of people believe that it's because chad also needs to reinforce its own troops to protect its own territory in the last few weeks we've seen several attacks in nigeria including one that took place at least 3 or 4 days ago on the border with cameroon in the town of kampala got a bomb was placed on a bridge that killed at least 30 people 60 people were declared also in or taken to hospital with serious injuries and the death toll we're hearing from that attack probably is steadily rising because of the severity of those injuries so violence in the region in west africa is actually on the high side following the relaunch of several attacks and violent activities by armed groups in the area. ok

interests in the budget thanks so much for bringing us up to date. firefighters and residents and sons he says truly are preparing for the return of dangerous weather conditions you warnings and evacuation notices have been issued urging people living in a high risk areas to leave 27 people have been killed since the far stone sit in september just to washington this is sydney and says the far season is far from over. conditions are expected to worsen tomorrow which we friday here in australia already had some evacuations in the state of south of we know that it's likely to heat up along the east coast region. in the state of victoria and new south wales we've heard from the prime minister just a short while ago warning that even though it seems that things have been so terrible in these affected areas particularly in new south wales and victoria that things are likely to be worse in the days to come and the crisis is. far with

using creasing in the south and east and it will spike along the east coast tomorrow 1600 defense reservists are currently assigned to push for operations around the country in the new south wales and i used to be the focus is on restore power to black communities although this bushfire crisis has really gripped the nation and terrified many of the around the country it is unlikely that this push by season will be a turning point we have heard from the prime minister recently saying that his government has always made the connection between this. season and climate change but of course that hasn't always been the case early on in this in this crisis the government was quick to distance this season from climate change we haven't heard from the government any change in policy any indication that a trailer will move back from its dependence on fossil fuels. let's get a check on the weather now kevin fared kevin a fairly grim fire season this any good news on the horizon you know we have some

rain coming but we also have some winds coming let me explain what is going on with this particular scenario if you look out here towards western australia notice of the clouds that is the remnant remnants of cycloid blake bring a lot of heavy rain across much of the area now down here towards the blight that is a frontal boundary and those 2 are actually bringing the moisture together and we could be seeing some of them with a trailing up that frontal boundary now the problem is though once that front starts to make its way towards the east we're also going to be seeing some very gusty winds along with it right now temperatures and of course we're talking about the evening hours of our strong temperatures are into the mid forty's in some locations into the central areas adelaide right now is that 40 degrees tomorrow what's going to be happening is that front going to start to make its way towards the east adelaide you going to be going down temperatures are going to go down along with that front but with that front and with that rain we are going to be seen some windy conditions pushing through the area that means victoria you'll see some rain you'll also see some winds pushing up notice those temperatures though we're talking into the mid into higher forty's as we go towards friday as we go

towards saturday the front continues to make its way up here towards parts of the east coast behind the front temptress drop significantly we're talking about 18 degrees here in melbourne as we go towards saturday and into sunday we see a lot of heavy rain but in terms of the rain we're talking only about 25 millimeters along the coastal areas when we really should be having some more rain to really establish those fires unfortunately we don't expect to see too much more that you hala ok thank you very much indeed kev and lots more still to come here on out to see where those moxy protests are safe at home home from taiwan and their hopes on the island's presidential election and emotions run high history of the scrape through to the semifinals. in sydney and it will have more in sports. richard problem is something which is a geopolitical issue that's for governments international institutions to manage on

their 1000 refugees don't have the right to walk freely on the other hand gord's can move freely as far in this much as they want. multinational colonialism this is a v i'm not a woman over the democratic process these companies they just want the money europe's forbidden colony episode $1.00 on al-jazeera 3 years after cholera was discovered in haiti this is just one example of how the death toll from this epidemic could be much higher than anyone knows and al-jazeera and best to geisha into who should be held responsible travel to the united nations headquarters in new york. we spotted the secretary general again in this room we're going to try to catch a man in town but has justice now been served for the victims rewind haiti in a time of cholera on al jazeera.

this is al jazeera combine all the headlines for you this hour iran has dismissed u.s. calls to negotiate after the assassination of a radiant military commander solomonic to her and says it will call for race as long as economic sanctions are in place are there u.s. president donald trump appears to be backing away from a further military confrontation with iran has after tehran most air strikes on an iraqi military base costing u.s. troops and other baseballs hits but it's not clear by whom and the u.n. envoy to libya has welcomed calls by turkey and russia for a cease fire sweet influence advice someday moscow backs the warlords only faster

while turkey supports the un recognized government in tripoli. now ukraine's president has declared a national day of mourning after ukrainian commercial jets crashed in iran killing a 176 passengers and crew it went on on wednesday after takeoff from to her on the foka as more. of the passengers and crew of flight p s 752 didn't stand a chance. minutes after takeoff the ukrainian international airlines flight from tehran to kiev went down in a city suburb recovery teams pick 3 what's left of the plane from people's lives. most of the dead are rainy and more than 60 canadians were also killed many reportedly students returning from break asian. the boeing 737800 was less than 4 years old and had been recently serviced. video and social media shows

a light hurtling to the ground and then a fireball. iranian officials say there was no distress call as you can examine fortunately it didn't question the reason in 2 areas but the wreckage has scattered around the gardens and villas within a large radius nobody has survived a spill airport in kiev the arrivals board bears the grim news. this mother and father had been waiting for their son to arrive me seems like someone throwing my son is a senior flight attendant my daughter called at 615 this morning to say that in the u.s. they were reporting that a plane had crashed a ukrainian international airlines plane ukraine's now canceled all flights overran the country's embassy in tehran initially blamed engine failure for the crash later remove the statement doors useful widely approaching we made the decision to suspend all the activities of all ukrainian of the asian companies in reigning

airspace until the causes of this tragedy become clear. the crash comes amid heightened tensions across the region following a u.s. drone strike that killed top iranian general has. in a sign of worsening ties iran's civil aviation authority says it will not give the black box flight recorder to u.s. plane make a boeing for analysis is not clear which country iran will send the box to. the safety audit and it had no accidents whatsoever so there they really do there's a very very good airlines but i do believe it will be mechanical or possibly it may possibly be a terrorist act it's too hard to tell at this stage. the crash is a major setback for boeing but struggled to regain trust after the grounding of its 737 max aircraft following 2 fatal and crashes within 5 months. the boeing 737 is one of the most popular aircraft in the sky with a good safety record investigators west now determine how and why so many lives

ended here. x. the sun bowl scoreless go in has been questioned by lebanese authorities for the 1st time since he fled japan on wednesday he held a press conference in beirut sand accused tokyo prosecutors of conspiring against him and says he's innocent so financial misconduct charges has more from beirut. lebanon state prosecutor has summoned the former nissan and we know chief carlos gone who jumped bail and escaped japan over a week ago it's the 1st time authorities questioned the fugitive over an interpol notice issued by japan on was not seen in public until he held a press conference on wednesday his case has brought international attention many were waiting for the businessman to disclose details of how he reached his country of origin but gone who is facing trial in japan on financial misconduct charges

used the news conference to reiterate his innocence it is important for me to emphasize that i'm not the above the law and i will come. out and have my name. and my reputation restored. not escape justice. justice. there's secure political persecution gone who was detained a number of times in japan was under strict house arrest when he fled he says he did so because he didn't believe he would get a fair trial japan's judicial system has been criticized by human rights groups gone who holds lebanese brazilian and french passports says conditions during his detention were harsh and he was bound to access to lawyers and his family it didn't take long for japanese officials to react to gone's claims that he was a victim of a conspiracy and they only look when you have one of defendant gardens claims can justify the fact that he fled japan illegally if he has his own views on each

individual case then he should present concrete evidence to back them up and to make his own claims in court in japan i strongly urge defendant going to ask for the judgement edge appends fear court within japan's fair trial system gone is believed to have arrived in beirut via istanbul on a private jet turkish media released video they say show him being transferred by vehicle to a 2nd jet turkish authorities have made arrests and international fugitive but carlos gone is not being treated as a criminal by lebanon's or sorties they say he entered the country illegally the caretaker justice minister albury sarhan for lebanon received the interpol red notice and would take the necessary steps but at the same time he stressed lebanon and japan don't have an extradition treaty gone has been summoned for questioning by lebanon state prosecutor and japan's ambassador to lebanon asked for more cooperation but it seems tokyo officials have few options. even if the

extradition treaty exists the decision to hand over someone is in the hands of the lebanese authorities. japan has also issued an arrest warrant for a grand lebanese wife over allegations she gave false testimony japanese officials say they were trying to bring gone back but they may have few options gone is a man who has friends in high places and is believed to enjoy political cover and that your. me i am proud to be a bunny's. and lebanon is the only country in the world that stood by my side the businessman turned fugitive doesn't hide his confidence in his words he's ready to stay a long time in lebanon then a father as his leader beirut he is chief negotiator has said it isn't possible to complete the brics that agreement in the timetable sets by the u.k. government barney's view is at odds with the stance of the u.k. prime minister boris johnson is withdrawal bill is being debated in parliament and

will pass johnson has promised there will be no extension to the transition period which ends at the end of this year we simply cannot expect to agree on every single aspect of this new partnership one of your we can do our best house or prime minister johnson said just yesterday doable or ok. we're bored we have to translate to political will in equal terms but we have to reach agreement on what i could do budget agreement for trade goods well let's get more now from paul brennan is in london for us seems a lot on talking about brics cliff edges our way this is a tight timetable can it be done. i think it can't be done in the sense that it can't all be done in the time scale but what both sides the british and the

europeans appear to be moving closer towards is the idea that they can prioritize the most important elements all of a future trading arrangement and get that done within the 11 month time scale while leaving some of the more nitty gritty aspects of us for some future date after december of 2020 michel barnier speech that in stock erm echoes what was said here in london on wednesday by the european commission president live on the lead in who met with prime minister boris johnson and at the same time as she poured. complements on the british side on the relationship between the e.u. and the u.k. saying the bombs were on breakable that they would always be a friendship between the e.u. and u.k. she warned that the time scale was in her words very very tight and that they had to prioritize shabani has put a little bit more meat on those burns day saying that his 3 priorities 1st of all would be to build capacity that is to. the way that britain and the e.u.

will talk to each other after bracks it 2nd of all to increase or get security cooperation on that and then thirdly the idea of what will be the standards and he said as follows competing on social and environmental standards can only lead to a race to the bottom the puts workers consumers and the planet's on the losing side now the british side has always said we will not extend the deadline the transition period past december of 2020 however we're seeing a softening of that position the smalling the prime minister's spokesman has when presented with the idea that well is it that mean nothing's agreed until everything's agreed he said the following so maybe the approach of nothing is agreed until everything that is a great which characterize previous negotiations is not an approach we are interested in taking a glimmer of light glimmer of hope that that while at the same time is playing hardball in the negotiations both sides seem to appreciate that 11 months is simply

not enough time to do everything. ok paul brennan in london for now i thank you. venezuela's main opposition leader says the country is not ready for parliamentary elections and why don't present nicolas maduro if he isn't forced to stay in power as folks who are left in america and so the sea in yemen in the capital caracas. and over america you know. first there's a dictatorship in venezuela and yes i underestimated the malice the ability to inflict damage of maintaining power through force control assassinations co-option blackmail all at the expense of peace in venezuela. the government has a very obvious strategy it's recognizing a former opposition as they did in mit speaker of the house and they will very soon recognize that assembly and. appoint we are

a new electoral council and then call for parliamentary elections what is going to be your strategy. i want to clarify that in venezuela there are no 2 parliaments there is one parliament one that's confronting a dictatorship that uses the military to take control of the legislature on tuesday we were able to overcome the obstacles and the dictatorship will do what it always does whether you like it or not they will say there will be parliamentary elections this year it's in the constitution so what would you do. you know this pressure demand take to the streets because the solution is not to hand over the parliament to them elections have to be a real solution not a placebo a small selection is a placebo it's not a realistic approximation to a solution or an alternative but rather we could validate a dictatorship that would be very grave for venezuelans an election requires conditions minimum conditions like in chile in the referendum against pinochet

there were minimum conditions today we have not a single condition in fact it's worse than may have 2018 years talk about a group of deputies that have been paid off. by the government what evidence do you have that that's happened. in the next few days we will present some of the evidence that evidence includes testimony of some deputies that were approached with bribes like jose hernandez who was offered $700000.00 to vote against me many others it testified for example yesterday julio cesar rares a deputy from brewarrina state was threatened that if he voted for me they would invade his family's land in that agricultural region and that's exactly what happened yesterday. and you have said that the most that the key element here is the support of the venezuelan people you've asked again for them to come out on to the street to fight to struggle but how are you going to convince them to do that. to believe that this time it will be any different than it was

a year ago because there is clearly. disappointment in their leaders. i don't have to convince them all venezuelans want change i didn't convince them in 2007 in 281417 or 19 it is venezuelans who are fighting for their freedom and yes i will lead this process responsibly to find a solution over and again we have shown firmness on the streets and strength and determination to change and confront to dictatorship. after 7 months of unrest in hong kong people in taiwan are taking notice hundreds of pro-democracy protesters have fled to the island since the demonstrations began in time once a presidential election this weekend is being seen as a referendum on beijing's increasing influence scott hi-lo reports from taipei. tony chung shuttles between hong kong and taiwan's capital taipei every month he's

part of a growing support system for protesters looking to flee hong kong because they're worried about their safety or fear of going to jail the 18 year old is also a pro-democracy protesters the chain on presbyterian church in taipei has opened its doors to fleeing protesters always and we. see what china has done to suppress us in hong kong could possibly happen to taiwan we hope that for the sake of protecting its own democracy taiwan can extend a helping hand to hong kong there's a need more than 200 protesters have come to taiwan but they live in a legal limbo holding only temporary visas for the pro independence ruling party here in taiwan the d.p.p. has seen a surge in support since the protests began in hong kong many view this weekend's election as a referendum on taiwan's relationship with mainland china one of the protesters who left hong kong for taiwan sees his future hinge on the election results he's

already been arrested by hong kong police and was one of the protesters who stormed into the legislative council back in july and. whether i will stay in taiwan may depend on what the outcome of the presidential election is judging from his statements the opposition party came t. appears to have labor does a nice from hong kong as violent riots is that is a very unfriendly gesture to us. the chief presbyterian church has helped the dissidents from mainland china for years but nothing like the numbers of young protesters coming over from hong kong a month into it what it was i see it's very clear that the one country 2 systems formula in hong kong is a complete failure which i think serves as a wake up call to people in taiwan this provides an opportunity for us to have a basic grasp all re-evaluate what china has pledged stephen vows to keep his pro-democracy fight if the movement succeeds he'll return but for now he's going to attend university here to better equip himself to speak out for hong kong even if

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proceed with the transitional government's january on al jazeera. more. war. plan. for the sport now here's andy thank you so much hallowell world number one national party has made a losing start to the new year the french open champion suffered a shock defeat in her opening match of the press but it's a national playing in front of her how the crowd just rally was beaten in straight sets by world number 53 jennifer brady right he was coming off the back of a whenever maria hsia par the but this was the americans 1st ever victory stops and player. pick up some for next week's adelaide international before moving on to the

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head out there right there of course you know about past records as i have. but i know he just gets pretty down himself really a zillion other sides because it is much like an especially awful that unbelievable single performance very just came up short so i just tried to raise what energy is a quarter that was probably the most stressful part i covered by them i was so deaf we have a bit of red ones a lot. in the n.b.a. the boston celtics playoff charge hit a bump in the ride when they came up against the san antonio spurs they had to fight back from 22 points down in the 1st quarter jason sites and getting them within 9 here with a dunk i should take a look at the celtic star man kemba walker then felt he should have had a file called was ejected for arguing with the official spurs easing seaway once once a 2 to 99 when san antonio in the west boston stay for. the last hole extra young had 42 points in a triple double against the houston rockets this assist kevin hurt in the 1st

quarter houston's james harden had 41 points and a triple double of his own and is in that same that 3rd in the west while atlanta are bottom of the east. rocket's winning one awaits 796 at. the real madrid of books their spot in the final of the spanish super cup this competition is being held in saudi arabia with israel beating valencia 31 in genitive progress in su sunday's final one and has a new form of the season with 4 rather than suits seems involved the top seesaws from the league and both spanish cup finalists taking part barcelona face let's come into it in the other last for much later on this thursday bosses coach not a huge fan of the event's expansion which. is no good either when they're playing the super cup with 14th with a bit strange but it is what it is if i could choose i would pick the previous format but it's up to the federation and this is what they've decided 6 time super bowl champion tom brady says he still has more to prove the 42 year old is about to

become a free agent for the 1st time in his career brady's season with the patriots ended when the reigning champions were knocks out of the playoffs on saturday but he appears cain carry on playing is what he posted on instagram in both life and football failure is inevitable you don't always win you can however learn from that failure pick yourself up with great enthusiasm and place yourself in the arena again and that's right where you'll find me because i know i still have more to praise. of the dallas cowboys haven't you had coached the 1st time since 2010 former green bay packers coach mike mccarthy takes charge after the cowboys missed out on this season's playoffs. the commitment movie i'm wavering but you know i won my 1st super bowl here in north texas related to t.n.t. stadium and i just want to tell you i am anxious and excited to get to work on winning the next super bowl for the which are close to 2000 athletes are gathering

in switzerland for the 3rd edition of the winter youth olympics they received a message of support from one of the all time great civil and p.k. . well you could go there i just want to the best of luck that's where i thought it you know i mean that's where your future starts to go out there do your best and enjoy your phone that's the key thing enjoy the experience you did take your time to develop and get great all of birth. it's a competition is for athletes aged between $15.18 medal events will take place at venues across what's learned and a few in france as well the oking ceremony that will take place in louisiana later on this thursday police investigation is underway there after a performer was left in a life threatening condition during a fall in rehearsals ahead of that ceremony we are very saddened by this incident and there are we have been following closely all the developments in close

cooperation. with the organizing committee and the organizing committee has taken all the precautions and all these beds fit for an olympian made from called board this is what i will be sleeping on at the main olympic games which take place in tokyo later this year the frames will be recycled into paper products after the games and the good for any size of competitors apparently as long as they were less than 600 kilograms. there was something of an organizational breakdown of the latest round of the slaughter the world cup in its early. christians have read a summary birkenhead is not rudely interrupted by a coursework or a chance to pull mid-wife here is wrong he wasn't even given the chance to go again and was instead listed in the official results as a did not finish seems a little bit unfair. ok that is how useful it is looking for now very much indeed to say well that wraps up this news or keep it here not just there but not the same

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