on their own time and. people in power. a taste of independents on al-jazeera. the. the way. your geologist there are a reminder of our top stories this hour turkey's ambassador to the u.n. has repeated his country's threats of military action against syrian government forces and if the province the syrian diplomatic response accused turkey and its allies of protecting terrorists. u.n. is trying to sell the talks on libya's touted cease fire the leader of the internationally recognized government is refusing to return to negotiations after an attack in tripoli. the 1st 2 people in iran to contract coronavirus imposed on

it already supplied extra screening measures at its airports to help prevent passengers from carry it. the u.s. justice department says reports the attorney general william barr is considering resigning a president donald trump's tweets aren't true recently called on trying to stop tweeting about department of justice criminal cases the president's comments particularly those about the trial in the sentencing go for my campaign advisor roger stone have intensified more than 2000 former department officials have now signed an open letter calling for barr to stand down. as i said during my confirmation i came in to serve as attorney general and i'm not going to be bullied or influenced by anybody and i said if i'm whether it's congress newspaper editorial board or the president i'm going to do what i think is right but i cannot do my job here at the department with

a constant background commentary that undercuts me julian assange his lawyer has told a british court president trump offered to pardon the wiki leaks founder if he cooperated of the leaks democratic party emails the go ahead to same his jesting the songs could be pardoned if he said russia was not involved in the wiki leaks publication of the emails and 2016 the white house has denied the account calling it a complete fabrication and a total lie songes facing extradition to the u.s. on counts of espionage and conspiring to hack a government computer his trial begins on monday. those as in togo head to the polls this weekend choosing between keeping within a state that's led to these small west african nation for more than half a century in power or turning to someone new in the 1st of a series of stories on the election went to the capital of to find out what matters to people there. what is at this nutritional supplement plant race to be

orders. but no matter how hard they work they can only meet 15 percent of customer demands because the plant lacks the capacity to handle large orders young entrepreneurs like. i could strain birdlike of funds and government support. your best implement their monday march we want the government to act on 2 parameters to create a bank to support young entrepreneurs and to invest more in skilled use instead of wasting resources trying to appease every unemployed person this way the skilled individuals can set up businesses to employ young people but reviving the economy is not the only concern for 2 goalies in these elections. in rural areas where most of the population lives about 60 percent of the people like access to electricity and clean water. only to near. there is

widespread poverty among the population there is little or no economic empowerment for the poor some voters want to change to the current regime to them it will mean economic freedom togo is rich and as the president himself acknowledged resources are currently controlled by a few individuals this is not acceptable. campaign rallies are under way as political parties try to convince the voters to support their. members of the i said before being in power here since 967 many told police unsure if changing the ongoing assembly will make any difference but president for you know similar supporters believe he provides the security and stability of the forward needs but the opposition insists only it can grow the economy and bring prosperity to trouble . but many voters are less confident of a quick fix to the economy and their living conditions. with i'm not going to vote because a congo in queue up to cast my ballot for change that never comes when i know my

vote will make a difference maybe i'll change my mind for now she's passing up the thrill of casting off passed by lot and like car many of us think the politicians are out of tune with a. how mature trees. let me. the british government has unveiled plans to limit access to the u.k. job market for immigrants when the brakes at transition period ends in 10 months time the government says it will move to a points based immigration system critics say it will be bad for the economy. breaks it the u.k. government insists the country will be open for business but on the new immigration rules outlined on wednesday many kinds of people have been able to live and work here for decades having the door closed on them we all know longer going to have a route for low skilled workers to come to the u.k.

this will now be a single global system that does not. as to whether or not you come from the outside of the. so how will this new system work well it will be points based cap on the number of people eligible and no longer will e.u. citizens get preferential treatment there are 3 things that incoming workers will need a job offer from an approved employer that job must be at the right skill level and speak english as a must. but workers with all of these will still need something else to make up the points maybe they've completed all their school qualifications maybe they're over $33000.00 or above the going rate for their fields or maybe there's a shortage of workers in their occupation. but there's an issue with shutting out all the highly skilled and many business leaders appointing it out so low skilled

or low paid jobs are essential for the economy and the u.k. doesn't have enough of its own citizens willing to do them shut out the immigrants who've been feeding them for decades and you've got a problem if we have a turning off of any access to that lower paid end of the job market care workers laborers on construction sites hospitality workers waitresses. kitchen workers food processors we will potentially see some business is unable to expand and grow and it will affect the growth rate of the economy. the home secretary says the slack could be taken up by the 8400000 british adults who aren't working drill into the data though and most students sick carers or retired perhaps only a 1000000 brits are available for these jobs even if they want to reach alums al-jazeera london. hundreds of dutch farmers have driven their tractors through the hague to protest against the government's emissions policy the latest demonstration

opposes the government's plans to rein in nitrogen oxide emissions farmers believe they're being disproportionately targeted saying aviation construction and other industries are also major pollutants. the european union is planning to invest billions into artificial intelligence over the next decade many say the take knology is vital to the future economy the e.u. hopes to forge a different path from the us and china of unveiled a strategy that aims to develop machine learning without compromising people's darter writes the back reports from brussels. towards the future european commission chief. renie. the use it a technological crossroads he wants to protect the rights and privacy of millions of citizens but it also wants to compete with china and the u.s. where access to people's valuable data is more relaxed division intelligence is about big data data data and again data and we all know that the more data we have

the smarter our algorithms this is why we want to give our businesses but also our researchers and the public services better access to data any data that can be used to create some sort of personally identifiable information about you is personal data so that it can encompass a wide range of different things from very personal of history personal character things around your health your genome but also to things when combined might also give information about you in the way that you live access to people's data is vital for machine learning that's a branch of artificial intelligence where machines talk to each other without any human interaction or the european commission want to do is increase access to people's data without compromising their rights they want to create a safe data ecosystem but that requires rules and regulations. 80 percent of all of

the information that's digitally stored on people in europe is held outside the e.u. in huge storage facilities such as this one in iceland or using kind of based technology but in the near future much data on people their habits preferences and how they interact will be stored on smart interrelated devices from household appliances to medical equipment and factory machines that will be used to shape supply chains new technologies and public transport but some high risk data such as medical records or police files requires tighter controls there are also concerns about the potential abuse of facial recognition technology china's mass surveillance of its citizens including the use of facial recognition is well known in the e.u. stepped away from a 5 year ban on the use of the technology in public areas leaving it up to member states to decide the commission also wants to protect small companies from the dominance of tech giants of monopolies allowing for fair competition and for data

storage to be environmentally sustainable they are ambitious goals that come at a price $21000000000.00 a year over the next decade that level of investment is vital say the e.u. to ensure trust in technology needs barker al-jazeera brussels. south korean movies have long struggled to when global recognition but since a film parricide won the oscar for best picture and made international headlines new doors have been named for local filmmakers has more. fresh from their oscar victory last week film director bond junho and cast members of parasite help their 1st news conference back home in saul. i feel happy that it's now come to a happy and i worked very hard i was thinking about taking a break but martin scorsese told me not to resist it's been a long road to success for brown who was once on a government blacklist created during former president lee myung box rule from 2008

and expanded under his successor park and. the list was intended to cut off state funding to artists deemed too critical of the administration hawks involvement in that led in part to demonstrations against her and her eventual downfall in the past decade south korean entertainment has made waves abroad its pop music known as k. pop has become a global phenomenon while korean dramas have gained a loyal following in asia it is a little. film connoisseurs believe parasite could herald a new era for korean films many of them are audience who saw korean film for the 1st time in their lives this number of all this would be potential korean film market and i was also told that there are so many of us. who just began to our. seek out more films into. parasites

theme of income inequality resonates with its audience but ironically the film was only made possible with backing from c.j. group a family controlled conglomerate these companies known as chaebol control much of south korea's economy and are often seen as perpetuating the wealth gap the success of parasite has now cast a spotlight on chaebol role in the movie industry many such firms own cineplex is and film studios and have been accused of investing mostly in formulaic blockbusters rather than films that promote creativity and diversity so that's why . i made my debut in 9099 green movie industry seen a splendid development over the past 20 years however at the same time it's become more difficult for young directors to make a more unique and adventurous a team and young talented directors rather than being absorbed into the movie

industry now make independent movies a film critic says south korea's movie industry is at a pivotal moment i think it's up to syria to take more take risks with younger filmmakers. and try finance independent films i've encouraged. these younger directors have opportunities many are hoping that parasite will lead the way to a bolder path for south korea's film industry florence li al-jazeera. i'm kinda dollar don how with the headlines on al-jazeera the un has warned of catastrophic human suffering in syria the government and its allies russia continue their bombardment of the last rebel stronghold in the northwest turkey says it will launch another military operation in syria a mess the regime and its assault. the u.n.

says it's hopeful the talks aimed at reaching a cease fire and libya will be able to resume negotiations were suspended on tuesday by the internationally recognized government after warlord who for hostile forces attacks the ports in the capital tripoli libya's prime minister. visited strip of these ports after tuesday's attack. we requested the holding of the weapons above go 4 years ago not just these days if the weapons of bergen had been respected we would not have been in this situation today if it is to be respected it must be upheld of all that led there well than 200 migrants trying to cross the mediterranean into europe have been intercepted by the libyan coast guard the international organization for migration says at least 1700 migrants have been rescued and returned to libya by the coast guard since the beginning of the year the 1st 2 people in iran to contract coronavirus in both dives it's already supplied extra screening measures at airports to help prevent passengers carrying

it in the u.s. justice department says reports the attorney general william barr is considering resigning over president donald trump's tweets aren't true recently called on trying to stop tweeting about department of justice criminal cases. julian assange as his lawyer has told the british courts that president trump offered to pardon that wiki leaks founder if he cooperated of a makes it democratic party e-mails the court heard a statement suggesting assad could be pod and if he said russia was not involved in the wiki leaks publication of the emails and 2016 white house has denied the account the news continues here on al jazeera off to people in power. trade tensions could cause global economic growth by north point 8 percent we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in to what extent will china be

a drag on the global economy in 2020 counting the cost on al-jazeera. africa or is rich with natural resources good to eat too often the benefits of that have come to spend with international finance the consequence of a post going to be globalized economy in which the rich get richer and the poorest are kept in poverty get some africans who go and push back determined to find a solution to the scraps the developed world leaves on the table nothing else since one such struggle now comes covered in chocolate.