♪[music] this is al-jazeera. >> hello. this is the news hour live from doha. coming up, sudan's president emergency state of and dissolves the government after months of protests, to step down.m the tense standoff between venezuela's president nicolás maduro and the opposition over aid turns deadly.

♪[singing] >> power struggle turns to music with rival concerts on either venezuela-colombia border. and broken machines, rejected ballots and long lines. concerns remain on the eve of nigeria's presidential election. ♪[music] sudan's president, omar al-bashir, has declared a year long state of emergency following two months of nationwide protests against his 30-year rule. began instrations december over a rise in the cost of bread and fuel. to includeidened demands that al-bashir step down. have accused the military and police of using excessive force against protesters. 60 people havest been killed and hundreds have been detained since the rallies began. speech, al-bashir

admitted that sudan is going and he a difficult phase postponed his push for changes to the constitution that could ave allowed had imto seek third -- could have allowed him to seek a third term in office. opposition group says it plans to keep demonstrating until al-bashir resigns. reporter: for months, people in sudan have been taking to the streets. [chanting] sparked byparking -- an economic crisis, they demand his omar al-bashir end decades long rule and step down. on friday, president al-bashir announcement that reflected how much the protests have shaken the government. [speaking foreign language] >> i declare the following. of emergencytate for one year, to dissolve the national unity government, to dissolve the provincial governments. and we will continue to take to implement what i

have resolved. our country requires us to stand together. it demands us to remain united, patient and tolerant. be anertain we will example to follow. reporter: according to sudan's constitution, a state of would allow security forces to arrest those deemed a the country and its political and economic stability. a new government will be formed, says will besident working on fixing the economy. as it called for dialogue, some say his announcements are far from what those who have been to see.ating want >> two reasons. this situation is not going to improve. and the demonstrations are basically based on economic hardships. so it's not just for him to say dialogue, let's have when people are hungry and the economic situation has not been addressed. the demonstrations are likely to

continue regardless of the state of emergency. reporter: al-bashir has ruled for nearly three decades. bloodless power in a military coup in 1989, a democratically elected government. protests grewt over rising costs. security forces responded each timeme, using tear gas and live ammunition. hundreds died. the protests that started in becomer last year have the longest weave of anti--- wave of anti-government demonstrations. with the state of emergency declared, protesters may be harder to sustain. and al-bashir may have found a way to end the biggest challenge to his presidency. al-jazeera. >> at least two people have been after venezuelan security forces opened fire on people trying to cross the border into brazil. several others were injured during the scramble to bring venezuela, into

after president nicolás maduro closed the border on thursday. side, the power struggles have become a battle of the bands. concerts are being held on both sides. the one in colombia was organized by the british billionaire richard branson and the one dubbed hands off venezuela by nicolás maduro. concerts were all about foreign aid. the opposition is calling they hope-day, when to transfer that aid into venezuela. the country's economic collapse to widespread shortages of medicine and food. those dueling concerts took place at the same time, just a meters apart. juan guaido crossed the border near the colombian city of cucuta, colombia. for the a front row concert, which featured dozens stars.n american we've got reporters on either of the border.

one is in cucuta, colombia. we're going to be speaking to a few minutes. first let's go to our reporter on the venezuelan side. me more about what's been happening with the concerts where you are. >> yes. hello, rob. are on the binational bridge, directly behind me is the stage. this battle of the bands, it's all about, if you can gauge or not by the number of people that have turned out, crowds.nthusiasm of the maduro'srly, president hands off venezuelan is losing the battle quite dismally. less than 1,000 here, although a short while ago, a busload of caracas -- iom think something like a 14-hour trip here, more than 800 to fill theto try

rongs here. a -- ranks here. turnout here for empire's concert while -- more maduro's concert while thousands spent the morning crossing over listen to the concert where alejandro is right now, which is still going on. going to be talking to alejandro in a few moments. but let me ask you about the thedents that happened on border between venezuela and brazil. what more do we know about what there?d reporter: yes. indiansknow that the who have autonomy in that part of the country, it's a very, poor, rural area right on the border with brazil. they are -- they form an indigenous guard, which is supposed to also be the authority there that supersedes the authority of the national guard or the venezuelan police. but they tried to stop fromently two armored cars the national guards that were trying to make their way to the soder to block the entrance

that this aid, the food and medicine that's on the other could not come over on saturday, when opposition leader juan guaido gives the go-ahead. when the confrontation began. at least two people, as you said, were killed. that five of the injured made there way on the border,n side of the where they were able to get toter first aid to tend their wounds. but a short while ago, the foreign minister of venezuela that he believed this was a show. in fact, he cast some doubt as wereether the bullets that fired really did belong to the national guard. he said there were even some that had been filed. we have no independent confirmation of that, rob. want to bring in alejandro now. alejandro, as we've been talking leader,he opposition juan guaido, is at the concert where you are. presenceficant is his there? reporter: very significant.

and a big surprise. nobody was expecting him at the concert. and nobody was expecting him to cross into colombia. het's because by doing so, is now in violation of the ban thatleaving the country was issued by the venezuelan apreme court following request on the part of the country's attorney general. so it's a major surprise. among among the press, the -- among many in the organization as well have told had no idea that this was going to happen. a coupled on a bridge of hours away from here. he was picked up by a helicopter of the colombian government. and he arrived together with the president of colombia. we'll have to see now if he's speak to the crowd of that asn 200,000 people

lucia was saying, many of them are young venezuelans that have for thisnto colombia concert. and many are considering or have sleep on theed to colombian side and participate in this action to try and move the aid into venezuela early on saturday. >> yeah. mentioningas we were before, the opposition is calling saturday d-day for the movement of that. atmosphere like? it must be getting pretty tense, particularly given what's been border with the brazil as well. reporter: we've spoken to a number of people who were at the concert. told us that they were enjoying themselves for now, but worried about tomorrow. but they were also sure that nobody could stop them, is a huge if there amount of people. some of them didn't know what had happened in the border brazil.venezuela and

the communications pretty much fell apart at the concerts. most people were unable to use their phones, for example. now, theyt for feel -- they were feeling by alled and excited their heroes truly, all these american spanish musicians, grammy award winners that they had never seen before, them,hey were singing for for change in their country. so right now, i think the excitement was overwhelming. the worry and tensions for what happen on saturday, just for you to know also, a tent up by theet organization of the concert for of these young venezuelans to sleep on the colombian side and participate saturdayction on morning. we are expecting, though, that guaido will speak to a rally -- rally the troops for this action on saturday. >> alejandro, thank you very much indeed.

ok. let's get more on that situation at the border with brazil, where venezuelan troops are looking maduro's order to block the frontier. this, the opposition has said it will bring aid in anyway. angered people trying to get into venezuela who accuse president maduro of ordering his troops to enact a heavy-handed crackdown. >> we want him to open the borders so the humanitarian aid can enter. are killing people. the order they have is to kill people. look at them. dictator gave the is to kill people. venezuela'she u.s., foreign minister is holding talks at the united nations. the u.n. secretary general, who is pushing for end the crisis. he earlier held a meeting with this.who support let's go to washington, d.c. now. what's being said in these meetings by the foreign minister?

>> the foreign minister did call on this meeting. ats been in new york city u.n. headquarters since thursday. he met today for a bilateral secretary general antonio golde gutierrez. venezuelanabout the crisis very broadly. this meeting is taking place one day after the secretary general met with u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo. according to the venezuelan areign minister, this was meeting, a bilateral meeting, aimed at deepening the between the government of nicolás maduro and the united nations but it was also an opportunity for the venezuelan delegation to hold an informal meeting with those 46 countries. of those,ned some including russia, china, iran, otherkorea, syria among countries, to sign -- to cosign secretaryo the u.n. general, in sort of defense of the u.n. charter, specifically the principles of

noninterventionism. in a press conference that ended ago, the foreign minister of venezuela spoke about the next steps which include several meetings that be taking place with different u.n. agencies in the coming days. minister also blamed colombia running a propaganda campaign against venezuela and colombia also of allowing their territory to be used as a sort of military staging area for an offensive against thezuela, government of nicolás maduro. there were questions over the two civilians killed over the border. there were questions over whether or not venezuela can civiliansthe state of when that aid is scheduled to be delivered on saturday. takingeetings that are place at the united nations, they do come at a critical time, aren that tensions escalating in venezuela, specifically over the scheduled this humanitarian aid. >> in washington, d.c. we appreciate your time. thank you.

plenty more ahead, including deadier by the day, a measles outbreak killing dozens of children in the philippines. >> it's a surprise every time i see someone else striking. it feels incredible. >> school girl takes her climate findsto france and hundreds of supporters. india's cricket authority try to get pakistan kicked out of this year's world cup. details in sports. >> in syria, they are evacuating hundreds of civilians, hours after the air strikes. hundreds of people have been rescued from the eastern village. but the u.s.-backed syrian democratic forces say iran's still trapped in the small enclave.

it's feared many civilians are as human shields, which has slowed the advance. here's more from istanbul. >> friday began with a very theident statement from spokesperson. he said that he was hopeful that all of the civilians would of theto be trucked out village at the end of the day. they only managed to get 1,000 those civilians out. we're not sure whether there who had isil fighters surrendered within that number. it's a very big problem for the stf. they're not going to go into the village itself and complete the final battle until all of those civilians have been evacuated. the numbers have varied wildly throughout the last two weeks. initially we heard there were at least 6,000 civilians in the village. weeks,r the last two they've mamanaged to take out 6,000 civililians and now they e 3,000 there may well be more villagers still on the village.ts of that the village is completely

destroyed. these people are living in outside of ththe village. we're also hearing that the photo i is going -- the fight is tough,oto be incredibly because isil fightingers have battleepared for this and they have dug tunnels underneath the village, where estimatedew hundred isil fighters are hiding out and in.ing for them to come it's i in isil's interestt to kp them there for as long as possible. they are using them as shields. that's something that concerns both the syrian democratic natioions.the united it's a wait and see game right now. this operation was supposed to end within a few days. it's taken nearly two weeks. only fighting over a square kilometer of territory. isil in 2014 had managed to take a huge swath of ofia and nearly a third iraqi territory. one square down to kilometer, proving very tough.

a u.s. born woman to traveled to syria to join isil in 2014 says she hopes to return to america, sent toit means being jail. mike pompeo says she has no legal basis to claim citizenship. but he hasn't explained why she isn't considered a u.s. citizen. was born inold new jersey. she says she made a mistake and wants to return with her 18-month-old son. >> i'm sure there's no problem. my lawyer hopefully is working on it. and he will win the case. you'll be able to go back to the united states? do you want to go to the united states? >> i prefer that other than anywhere else, yes. >> and what do you want to do if states?ack to the what do you think will happen to you, if you were allowed to go back? given jaile, i'll be time. >> the u.n. says its concerned in egypt afters 15 people were sentenced to death this month alone. were executed on wednesday for killing a top

2015.utor in a man was attacked the day anniversary ofnd mass protests which prompted the military to oust the former president. people have had their death sentences lifted but will serve life in prison. >> we're very concerned by the news from egypt that a total of executed sove been far in the month of february alone. and we're not through the month yet. these include nine people who were executed on wednesday and who were subjected to the death penalty earlier in the month. says he'll president veto a measure to block the national emergency declaration he issued to build a border wall. earlier on friday, house amocrats introduced resolution aimed at stopping the declaration, which plans to vote tuesday. donald trump announced the order last week to free up billions to pay for his wall on the border mexico. democrats say it's an overreach

of presidential power. donald trump says he could extend a deadline to resolve the china.ade dispute with there have been two days of talks in washington, d.c. aimed at ending a standoff over tariffs. trump's administration says the chinese delegation will now stay on to continue negotiations. the u.s. president initially set a deadline of march 1 and says finalize an agreement next month with china's leader, xi jinping. here's more from washington, d.c. beinger: optimism is expressed by both the u.s. and china following these two days of negotiations. theld trump saying that fact that the chinese delegation is staying for another two days deal is possible. he said a deal had already been made on currency, on the manipulation of currency, as the u.s. sees it, and on other too.s they've been negotiating on memoranda of understanding, on issues.tstanding but then suddenly donald trump says during a press conference,

that he doesn't really care the memorandum understanding. he only cares about a final deal. rathert led to this extraordinary exchange between him and his own trade negotiator. about,real question is so we do have memoranda of understanding, which frankly you could do or not do. care if you do it or not. to me, it doesn't mean very much. memorandum, how long will that take to put it into a final binding contract? memorandum the word of understanding. we're going to use the word trade agreement. one will ever use that term. we'll have the same document. tradeoing to be called a agreement. "mou"never go to use again. we have major hurtles. put the cart in front of the horse. as soon as you decide on an agreement, it will be -- >> i like that much better. i like that term much better. >> ok. agreed. >> from the briefings, donald

trump himself said the goal is sort of meeting with president xi, perhaps at in latego sometime march to finalize the details. >> don't mess with pakistan. the warning by the pakistani army to india, as theions mount between nuclear-armed neighbors. india's military says pakistani in anigence was involved attack in kashmir last week. troops wereindian kill tbld the assault, which -- killed in the assault, claimed troop.rmed the pakistani government has denied any involvement. the military says it will respond to any attack by india with full force. the determination. we have the means to -- [inaudible] >> we can respond to full spectrum threats. and i hope you get this message pakistan.mess with

>> we report from pakistani kashmir.red >> this is the capital of pakistani-administered kashmir. another busy day and people are going about their daily lives. however, they are apprehensive thet what may happen within next few days, and weeks, as two armies, that of india and a linen, stand across separating indian-administered side.r from the pakistani the pakistani prime minister has already responded to the indian that pakistanng wants to talk about peace and dialogue and wants to discuss everything, including terrorism and the future of the disputed territory of kashmir. the pakistani military spokesperson has also been on national television, saying that while the pakistani in a sensibleated way, the indian media, on the

is warmongering and building up hype. wantsd that pakistan peace for the security of the whole region. but that the country is prepared war. and he also warned that if the indians are planning a surprise pakistan, they -- he said you should be ready for the pakistani surprise as well. he said the whole nation stood indiaer and did not want to get the message, that the message of peace was also a weakness. mp from theposition congress said. he says the indian government's pakistan prevents it from what he thinks should be a tougher response to last we can's attack. like them to be doing things we can't talk about, frankly. exacting aem to be set amount of retribution. we know who the culprits are. around onen running the loose in pakistan for some

years and we seem to be, confined to this talk about them. the sad thing is they enjoy the apparently the arms of the training of the pakistani military. that's something that really the goat of many indians. so these are things that worry us very seriously. it's a dangerous and irresponsible thing to do. the country, to that degree, is pretty united on this. ahead, on al-jazeera, a stark warning about the supply of our food as the global population grows. plagued, whyildup they couldn't come sooner for the organizers of hollywood's big night. sports, the owner of super bowl champions, the new england patriots, is charged solicitation of prostitution. details coming up later in the program. ♪[music]

>> hello. we've got really wet weather across the deep south of the u.s. here.rea of cloud anywhere around the eastern side of texas, into mississippi, pushing up toward kentucky, tennessee. seeing really heavy bursts of rain. up towardsh of that, the midwest, winter still very much on the cards here. a fair bit of snow there pushing across the region. snow too coming into colorado. of the desert southwest, where it will be, dry or two. next day just notice a few snow flurries there. we go on through sunday, right across the pacific northwest. easast, arounder ththe midwest, into central canada, quite a bit of snow here. i in really heavy rain coming into the northeast and new york. seeing some heavy downpours, possibility of localized

flooding. that pushes its way up towards a of new england. meanwhile, not too many showers across the caribbean. largely fair here. pleasant sunshine coming through. next day orover the so. fair weather clouds for many. intove got a few showers central amemerica, mostst especy acroross southern parts of mexi, next couple of days. ♪[music] >> if you want to learn what the look like very soon, regard hungary. is an extreme example of the predicament the whole world is through. >> mass immigratioion. we had a bunch of clasass between the cultures. and ththe problems ththat the should say it is not comfortable, with european culture. fascism.s not like old

triumphal marches. globalof conquest and of triumph. uneventfulery, very glide towards the precipice, resistance. we are past the danger. it has already happened. it was dangerous 10 years ago. now, this is it. ♪[music] >> you're watching al-jazeera. a reminder of our top stories. president, omar al-bashir, has declared a state

of emergency across the country and dissolved the government. response to months of anti-government protesters demanding his resignation. venezuela's opposition leader, juan guaido, has turned up at a colombia, in support of getting aid across the border. held on theert was other side of the border, organized by president nicolás stopo, who is trying to aid from the u.s. entering his country. earlier, at least two people killed after venezuelan security forces opened fire on people trying to get into brazil. several others were injured during the scramble to bring venezuela after president maduro closed the border on thursday. francisco is a political advisor to the venezuelan embassy in washington, d.c. he says the opposition leader, juan guaido, is not in this for gain.al political >> every single venezuelan is only.ng for one thing for freedom. they have the right to be able

to have food on the table, to to medicine. we ask, nothing more than any other citizen would ask of their country. what's at stake is not an exchange of power. juan guaido has asked to have free and fair elections as soon as possible. ceasing must take place, because we can't forget who is in power right now. regime. financed by drug trafficking and oil money is oppressing its people. yes, the risk is a lot. not for guaido but for the venezuelan people. see millions of venezuelans on the streets, 600,000 volunteers have been organized by the interim government to help distribute this humanitarian assistance. people. the side of the and the vast majority of the aren american countries with us. >> the mexican senate has whiched a national guard, they say is needed to reduce record levels of violence. and civilopposition rights groups say it will mean

more militarization of the country. here's more from mexico city. the president's big plan to beat the record levels of violence in mexico. 50,000 strong national guard made up of military personnel and federal police. cleared a big hurdle when the senate approved it thursday.y on [speaking foreign language] >> the opposition had demanded that the force be headed by a civilian rather than a military officer. they thought they got that after of negotiations when the bill was passed. but on friday morning, the them up short.d >> the faculty for naming the the national guard is with the president. and it could be a civilian or retired orficer, active. it's important to clear that up. >> if he does name a military head of the force, it will be an

those alreadyto worried, that enshrines the military on the streets and gives them increased powers. the public does trust the armed forces more than the police. they're seen as less corrupt but tally oflso run up a human rights abuses since the start of the drug war. inthe military have been many instances acting as sources of violence in their own right been massacres and it's just a way that they trained and have been to do things, is to destroy the enemy, as they would say themselves. so you introduce another violent violent an already context. reporter: there's also been criticism that this has all been tried before and failed. the last administration also kept the military on the country's streets. it also muted an elite force and concentrate on homicides, rather than going

same kingpins, exactly the tactics that president lopez has announced at the start of his term. for the lastt administration, the worst murder rate on record. security experts have long advocated for better training for local police forces. but that takes time and political will. the president has included some of that in his bill but it's clear that his priority is his militarized police force. al-jazeera. philippines president has sworn in several rebel commanders. muslimders have a new autonomous region in the south of the country. named the islamist liberation front leader and his administratorsas of the area. the move follows a peace deal brokered by malaysia, giving the rebels more autonomy in a bid to stop them fighting for a state.e

a measles outbreak in the philippines is getting worse. 189 people, mostly children, have died since last month. more from manila. reporter: health officials have sharpced that there is a increase of measles-related cases, just over the last few a few days ago, 8,000 children being afflicted of immediately. more than 11,000 cases have already been reported. more than 180 children have died and this is from just the start of january alone. this is something is that could have been prevented, according to health officials, because as 2017, they have been warning that an investigation that started then, a very public investigation, involving a research related vaccine was vaccine scaree a in different parts of the country. that did happen. joined health officials a few weeks ago, when they conducted what you call a back-to-back encouraging mothers to have their children vaccinated.

they hope that is something that government agencies will help them to do so, even though only area herehe in the country affected by this outbreak. sharps actually a increase of measles cases, expected to get worse, because of a very dense population here at the capital. health officials are calling on different government agencies to involved. two actually -- to encourage filipino mothers to have their children vaccinated, hoping this will be the start of an thertant lesson that country and government officials can learn. trump'spresident donald former campaign chairman will face criminal charges in new york. prosecutors say they'll charge paul manafort regardless receives ahe presidential pardon in a federal case. manafort was convicted of bank and tax fraud and pleaded guilty

in a parallel case in washington. he's going to be sentenced next month. he could be sent to prison for more than 10 years. r. kelly has been charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse. name iser, whose real kelly, hasester faced accusations of sexual misconduct against women for decades. thursday, two women came forgery alleging the singer assaulted them at a party in the 1990's. he's never been convicted and denies all of the allegations. hearing has began in bangladesh over the disputed election. the opposition says the prime landslideas seen his win rigged. vote.e calling for a new reporter: several hundred people gathered here at the bangladesh court auditorium for a public hearing on the controversial december 30 election. this was called for the

opposition alliance, the unity front, the candidates shared their experience, before, during and on the day of the election. independentn analyst as to what they want to achieve through this kind of public hearing. what the professor had to say. to put allempt is andinformation together make it exactly what happened, the picture about the election. before and after. of thatis part movement. to make people -- reporter: the opposition members say they still continue to face harassment, intimidation and false cases charged by the authorities. in most cases, they're not allowed to speak in public rallies. they're not granted permission. wantat's important is we to tell people what we achieved,

what didlems we faced, we achieve? we showed that the current government is an illegal is not an erected government. i think that's very important. reporter: despite facing many different obstacles, the opposition feel it is very important to bring the issue of 30 election to the public's sphere. and it wants to continue its movement. ♪[music] >> dozens of nearchs are getting-- nigerians are ready to travel to take part in saturday's delayed presidential election. originallys scheduled for last saturday. postponed, just five hours before polls were due to open. there are concerns of the delays fears of ethnic violence could affect voter turnout. we've got more. ♪[music] reporter: stars of nigeria's dance world in a video

promoting a peaceful election. ♪[music] reporter: there are concerns ability toountry's holds a successful presidential after lasteekend saturday's surprise delay and some fear a return of ethnic pastnce triggered in the by disputed results. >> with the background that we already have in which there's so misgivings and so on, about security agencies, about the on, soent itself, and so forth, it's a high risk, that results will be disputed. people will protest the results a high riskes, and of violence. reporter: in a crowded field of out.dates, two stand presidential muhammadu buhari, whose critics say he's failed on fighting corruption and insecurity. and one-time vice president, accused ofkar, corruption but promising business-friendly policies and jobs. despite reassurances by the government and the independent

commission, they say the poll will happen this time and be free and fair, trust in process has been dented. not that the public trust in toernment was all that high begin with. >> it's not only on me. it's on everybody. years. [indiscernible] >> we're without jobs. >> and why do you think that is? >> the country is bad. >> who do you blame for that? tell me. >> you know. you know. ha ha! you know. benigerians have reason to hopeful and reason to worry 2015 election won by an opposition candidate since democracy was restored after in 1999.rule it made people feel that their and do count. hour delay in1th this election evidence of --

[indiscernible] reporter: both accusing the other. observers, election foreign and local, trying to ensure that doesn't happen. a leading civil society group, sending more than conservators to polling stations and conducting a electionvote count on night. >> we believe that, promoting elections -- [indiscernible] thehat it would help process. and because we want the votes to actually count. reporter: nigeria is africa's most populous country, the economy.'s biggest the vast oil westminste wealth o it matters. al-jazeera. >> campaigning is drawing to a close in senegal, ahead of its sunday.tial vote on the president widely expected to

win a second term, after two barredion figures were from running because of corruption allegations. here's more. reporter: this is the square of the nation. just after the election, this is where people will gather to celebrate the new president to the senegal. are supporters of the candidate, one of the main figures.n and he believes he can unseat himself isnt, who running for a second term in office. he's been traveling throughout country, through this two-week campaign, promoting his achievements during his seven-year mandate. opening one infrastructure other. after the for this last day, the focus has been in trying to convince young come out and vote and try to persuade them to vote for them. why? because in this country, the majority of the people are born

after 2000. millennials. many of them have only experienced two presidencies. calling for change. this is something that each candidate is promising. change. and in just a few days time, senegalesl will go on to vote and make that decision in who change that many are hoping for. >> a swedish school girl has toen her environmental fight france. the 16-year-old is spearheading student strikes against inaction on global warming. she's joined hundreds of others in paris.st david was there. [chanting] reporter: skip class and help world's climate. the message of a swedish student spreading through the streets of paris. campaign is gaining transaction across the world. she still can't quite believe she firstned when started striking last september.

>> i would never have imagined going to be this big. and i think it's incredible. it's a surprise every time i see someone else striking. it's -- it feels incredible. reporter: she says that action be taken now. they don't have time for her generation to take power. now.must see a difference and that is the view that's here inpported by many the republic. [speaking foreign language] the politicians will listen. look how many press and people came here to listen to this kid. they listen to us, because we're always giving in to these. aiming, ourit's our generation -- our age, our generation, it's our duty to world.this >> what's the matter of fighting if we don't have any future? beingat is the matter of here --

>> having children? >> if we don't have any future, if our planet will not survive, what's the point? that was it was paris the host city for the signing of the climate accords. macron,t emmanuel besieged by yellow vest protesters, dropped his plans to the price of fuel to combat greenhouse emissions. inthis unseasonably warm day february, you can see the pollution hanging over the city. al-jazeera, paris. >> the u.n. says tens of thousands of people in south are facing starvation as fighting continues despite a months agosigned six to end the civil war. nearly seven million people, more than half the population, face extreme hunger. the u.n. says more people need food aid to survive than when a manmade famine was declared in 2017. the supplies are under threat by a decline in biodiversity. the's a dire warning from united nations. it says food production is

becoming increasingly susceptible to shocks from pests, disease and weather events. plant because only nine species make up most of the world's crop production out of a possible 6,000. from the u.n. food and agricultural organization report.oned the he said one of the problem appears to be changes in our diet. losing plants and crops and livestock. partially for natural reasons and climate change. of also the consumers' use the biodiversity for food and agriculture. ourre forgetting what grandparents ate, and now more population, we're all eating from nine crops and from 10 species. why? knewrandparents, they about 6,000 different plants and

more than 500 different fish. slowly we have been, you know, industrialized and commercializing only these few species and our diet has been reduced. of thek this is one problems for the population increasing, becoming overweight and obese, and also it's putting the long-term use of the in general, meaning plants, fish. neglectingoring and what we call the forgotten food grandparents used. >> still ahead on al-jazeera, find out who is facing who in the league. the likes of chelsea, arsenal in.napoli are still the full report coming up in sports.

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♪[music] away, thefew days biggest night in tinsel town is already shrouded in controversy. pressure has forced the academy to reverse its decision to award some prizes in the break.ial rob has more from hollywood. reporter: oscar night is hollywood's annual celebration of itself. but this year, the academy of pictures, the people who decide the winners, is already a big loser. >> they seem to be just scrambling. asy seem to be making it up they go along. i think it makes them look very

bad, because there's more focus the academy than on the films that are being nominated. i mean, i think people are going just to see, is this gonna be a train wreck? and it almost doesn't matter who wins. reporter: first, the 6,000-member academy's board a new category. best popular film. many saw that as condescending, after an outcry, it was dropped. then the academy decided that awards for essential movie-making crafts like editing, hair, and makeup, would be given out in commercial breaks, not during the main broadcast. again, an uproar ensued from those artists and their supporters. the academy backed down. now all awards will be given out the live broadcast. why is the academy tinkering with the show? >> everything hollywood is about and ego. and the academy gets most of its selling the show to

abc, the television network. depends on really that money. be tu ratings have been -- but the ratings have been going down. the oscars first started airing on tv in 1953. it's basically the same format now as it was then. the 21st century, the audience's tastes have changed. reporter: there's also a significant sex scandal bohemian rhapsody. the film is up for best picture a best male is actor nominee. but director brian singer is whog sued by several men say he sexually molested them as boys. allegedbout his activities have circulated in hollywood for years. singer was fired but his name is still on the picture. embarrassment for the academy, the oscars are going hostless this year. actor and comedian kevin heart

originally had that role, but he series oft after a homophobic tweets from years past survivorred. surfaced andy -- apparently no one else wants the job. >> india's cricket board are calling for the body to ban cupstan from the world that's taking place in england in june. the move comes a week after an indiankilled 40 paramilitary plis man in inian- -- policemen indian-administered kashmir. after two pakistanis were denied visas to compete in event in nah newot delhi. 1992 winners, pakistan, and one anticipated matches at the world cup in manchester. >> this expresses our concern

about these things taking place telling them that security of players should be properly taken care of. that we arewo, telling the cricketing community they must advertise from nations from -- [indiscernible] >> the two countries have had frosty relations on the cricket form. series in the longer format in 2007. pakistan did, however, tour for a good will one-day t20 series. pakistani players, however, have not been allowed to play in the premier league, the world's most high-profile competition. police in florida have charged the owner of super bowl winners, the new england patriots, with of soliciting a

prostitute. robert kraft seen here at a for the nfl champions in boston earlier this among, is than two dozen charged as part of a police investigation into a possible human trafficking ring. the 77-year-old is alleged to have paid for sex at a day spa florida.n jupiter, kraft, who bought the patriots 25 years ago, denies the charges. the only undefeated teams in the rugby six nation's championship face each other on saturday. wales. takes on the it could decide the winners of the biggest international rugby title. unbeaten in their last six games while england convincing wins over france and ireland. going to be as great challenge. we're really excited about where thise and having opportunity to play at home

really a team that's good at the moment. if you win, i think it sets you up mentally as much as anything for balling on the remainder of the year. most important game, most important stadium. we're gonna get it. know the -- you know, they've got a team. say a prayer. so we're excited to be part of that. >> english premier league leaders liverpool are hoping to keep their title challenge on manchesterthey visit united on sunday. liverpool have the chance to go three points clear at the top of table. but to do so, they have to win fiercestround of their rival. liverpool had a result earlier of josimpted the firing marino. >> we will be as good as and try prepared everything to get a result

there. that's the plan. it's -- you never know. it's two strong teams that face other. so it's open. until the final whistle. we try to use that time. >> for them, it's a big game. for us, it's a big game, because want to be amongst the top four. and we're playing liverpool. big that game is for man united. we know how big that game is, the supporters. we're just looking forward to another challenge for this team, want to build this team into where it's worthy of history.d's >> chelsea won't be allowed to sign any new players until may next year. them a two-year window transfer ban for violating rules on signing young players. they've been punished for penning deals with 29 players with fifaages of 18, claiming chelsea made agreements

allowing them to influence other and transfer related matters. the english football association will appeal the rulings. chelsea faced a tricky tie in 16, having been knocked out on monday and falling out of the top four in the premier league. pressure, they will face the ukraine. most teams have managed to avoid other. frankfurt and napoli takes on last season's semifinalist salsburg. arsenal, record five-time the -- and saint petersburg. players will get plenty of game.t ahead of that this was how fans greeted them, their last. you can only imagine the scene their 2008licate success and win that trophy.

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