sanctions reza told a new york court that turkey's president or one who was prime minister at the time approved the transactions one of the banks implicated in the scandal. denies any involvement christensen has a story. iranian turkish gold trader reza zurab is the prosecution's star witness he's testifying against a turkish banker after pleading guilty to his role in an elaborate scheme to launder billions of dollars in iranian money through turkish banks and avoid u.s. sanctions on thursday zurab testified that president reza tayyip erdogan then the prime minister of turkey not only knew about the scheme but authorized it it's just one of the explosive allegations made by zurab during the proceedings he's also testified that he paid the former economy minister tens of millions of dollars in what prosecutors described as bribes everyone has denied turkey violated u.s. sanctions saying his government has legitimate business dealings with the law and he and other members of the government have described the trial as an attempt to discredit turkey. in there is a big campaign of slander

mohammad reza taj is one of iran's and many revolutionaries he reflects on life changing events forty years ago with the star broad. well before. he took power the helm of the razor defected from the shazam e joining the revolution. he went on to fight in the iran iraq war of the nineteen eighties hundreds of thousands were killed and maimed among them mohammed raises a younger brother how many that reza. our belief in personal sacrifice for the revolution is for our spiritual leaders says we are the victorious ones because our enemies cannot put pressure on us militarily they are doing it economically and culturally. mohammad reza says he's against moderates in government and believes foreign influence is to blame for economic problems outside of a city festooned with the cobbles of the islamic republic of iran many people now speak openly about economic hardship. but forty taxi driver a nola. is as old as the revolution he says he can't pay his bills. no matter how much he cut back on my spending i can make both ends meet i'm distraught i've got two children aged eight and thirteen

sanctions on iran turkey is that the prime minister said the case against that reza is a plot against turkey and has no legal basis zob and then executive of the turkish state owned health bank are charged with doing deals with the rain and government and entities worth hundreds of millions of dollars in a scheme to evade u.s. sanctions and early results have given him doris's opposition leader a shock lead in the presidential election supporters of salvador nasrallah are celebrating after the announcement from the electoral court with more than half of the votes counted he leads president or non this by five percent those are the headlines coming up next counting the cost. with. this is counting the cost on to your weekly look at the world of business.

not turkish president reza one says he's planning to launch a military operation of the major kurdish stronghold in northern syria and it comes after the us said it was backing the formation of a kurdish led border force in syria's rebel controlled areas but ones pledged to attack the town of affluent in the coming days it's controlled by the syria democratic forces a kurdish led group backed by the u.s. which turkey says is a front for the y. p.g. and classifies the y.p. g. as a terror group shortly after his announcement s.d.f. rebel shelled aziz a neighboring city held by turkish backed forces there already reports of turkish troops movements along the northern syrian border and at the edge of the s.t.'s held territory money on hold has more. turkish president today chip tayyip erdogan and using a party address to look staunch in the face of a u.s. backed could use force on his southern border he promised to respond with a show of force saying tikki will launch its own military operation and the northern syrian city of buffeting not so still a lot of religion that just like we do n

polls in a few hours for sunday's landmark elections in his final campaign rally incumbent president reza dyer birdwell attacks leading opponent in the lacking vision the vote will bring constitutional changes into effect that will transform the political system into an executive president's. in the us a federal task force has been set up to reunite migrant children and their parents or detention facilities on the mexican border president trump ordered the spitting of families to stop on wednesday roughly two thousand three hundred children were taken in recent weeks gabriel and solved are reports now from los fresnels of the us mexico border. at a bus station in macallan texas u.s. authorities released dozens of migrants from detention centers as before donald trump zero tolerance policy most have to wear electronic monitoring devices on their ankles so they can be tracked to ensure they show up for court appearances with their asylum cases can be heard one of them was carmen and her small child they were kept together she's relieved to be free but says she was separated from her fifteen

helping to launder money for iran is for and wrapping up his testimony on tuesday was gold trader reza who's leveled corruption allegations against a top leader his christian salumi for nearly a week journalists from turkey along with businessmen and students have been pouring into the federal court in manhattan so have opponents of the turkish government wanted to hear for themselves allegations of widespread corruption back home. we are upset and concerned these trials should have actually been held in turkey reza rob a turkish iranian gold trader testified that turkey's current president recip tired to one authorize the scheme to launder iranian money in turkish banks in violation of u.s. sanctions so rob also said he paid tens of millions of dollars in bribes to this man former khana minister. similar charges were raised by investigators in turkey four years ago but later dropped and labeled politically motivated by the government while it's times it feels as if the turkish government is on trial here in new york the man actually facing charges as a turkish banker member at a con u

to shut down after it was unable to get its franchise renewed by congress the businessman who sued reza has reportedly been a close ally of the president reza says what's happened to rappler is a cautionary tale for the philippine press. but the government's rejected that saying it back the rights of radio journalist alexander at was who was jailed for libel in 2007 and took his case to the united nations. and he's barking up the wrong. working of their own 3 president support that alex hunter of no use when he went to the un human rights committee there is number stronger expression of support for breast rhythm and that once the president sue anyone for labor. but rights groups say resits conviction sense a chilling message to local journalists reporting on corruption in abuses committed by those in power and many filipino journalists say libel laws are being weaponized against critics of the administration jim duggan i'm just here in manila. turkish warplanes have bombed several areas in northern iraq targeting kurdish separatist fighters it's part of a new operation against the kurdi

mohammad reza says he's against moderates in government and believes foreign influence is to blame for economic problems outside of a city festooned with the colors of the islamic republic of iran many people now speak openly about economic hardship. but forty taxi driver a no older reza is as old as the revolution he says he can't pay his bills i mean what a man has no matter how much he cut back on my spending i can make both ends meet i'm distraught i've got two children aged eight and thirteen for decades since the revolution of a population of more than eighty million and there's a big gap than ever between the rich and the poor the economic situation getting worse and made much more critical by the u.s. sanctions has led to high youth unemployment and inflation increasing by the day that's leading to subdued anger in many parts of iran. it's likely to get worse for the people before it gets better reimposed u.s. sanctions are now forcing more countries to stop importing oil from iran its main driver for growth we spoke to some iranians who say people have to show resilience . tha

and the libyan prime minister fires also raj but the turkish president in ankara reza diaper the ones as turkey will increase its support for the rush but that have to under the biggest obstacle to peace of course you can follow those stories on our website at al-jazeera dot com back with the news hour in 30 minutes but next it's inside story with bernard smith do stay with us. a vigil in defiance for the 1st time. to remember the tiananmen square massacre it comes to impose a national security law on the 70 autonomous territory so will the city's democracy movement survive this is inside story. hello welcome to the program and it's. held a candlelight vigil to remember.

turkish present reza one says he's planning to launch a military operation on a major kurdish stronghold in northern syria when it comes after the us said it was backing the formation of a new kurdish led border force in syria's rebel controlled areas pledged to attack the town of three in the coming days it's controlled by the syrian democratic forces a kurdish led group backed by the us turkey says the s.d.f. is a front for the people's protection units or the y e p g which it classifies as a terrorist group shortly after his announcement s.d.f. rebels shelled aziz a neighboring city held by turkish backed forces there have been turkish troop movements along its southern border with syria and that's raised concerns about the possibility of fighting between turkish forces and u.s. backed estie. well syria's foreign ministry has called the u.s. decision to back the new kurdish led border force in the rebel held more of a country a blatant assault on its sovereignty washington has confirmed that it wants to assist in the formation of a thirty thousand strong force in the areas controlled

go through a process and you'll be fine and as our correspondent reza in jordan now reports the feste death in the u.s. from corona virus raises questions about how the disease is transmitted and we don't know how this person was infected but washington state officials did say that the man who was in his fifty's did have preexisting health conditions and infectious disease experts say those are the people who are most at risk of contracting the virus and having an adverse effect from it from becoming very very sick or possibly dying from corona virus for everyone else people who are generally considered healthy they might develop worst a bad cold or a moderate cold but their immune systems are supposedly strong enough to withstand the virus now we don't know anything more about where this man had been before he was exposed to the virus and that is something which infectious disease experts are now trying to determine they're particularly concerned because there have been at least 3 or 4 counties it's now on the u.s. west coast where there wasn't any prior travel to a country where the

techie's president reza type heard of one threatens to attack syrian forces anywhere after the killing of 15 turkish soldiers in the province. that i'm a clock does out 0 life in doha also coming up palestinians welcome a u.n. report that identifies scores of companies which have ties with illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank. italian sentences look set to vote to lift immunity for former far right interior minister met in so if you need these accused of illegally detained migrants see. the highest concentration of coronavirus victims outside china 175 people on board this cruise ship docked in japan tested positive for the effects of. the 7 turkish president has warned damascus against further provocations in syria's last rebel held territory reza type early one says he will strike against government forces anywhere if they target turkish troops in the province is also demanding syrian forces be pushed back beyond turkish observation post by the end of february. only civvies daughter that nobody these attacks are directly targeting our soldiers and directly targeting

actions most analysts say that this won't be possible at all all right there is a both thank you to reza giving us the update from rio de janeiro well let's look at both scenarios popularity because it has been on the rise despite his homophobic racist and sexist comments so the polls indicate more women support both the noro than his workers' party rival fernando had died same trend is seen among voters who identify as black or brown and the difference is even more clear among those who identify as neither black nor white but the poll suggests voters living in households that make the equivalent to the minimum wage or less are supporting the left wing candidates and that's fernando how does brazil's poorest region in the northeast has traditionally been a workers' party stronghold it's also the only region where enjoys more support than his rival and according to the polls all other regions in brazil tend to favor joe your son aro let's talk about this and speak to geraldo zahar and he's a professor at the pontifical catholic university of south paolo and that is where he is joining us

to say their final goodbyes now the shrine is very significant it is the holiest place in iran and reza is the. mom and it is one of the biggest foundations inside iran. shrine areas of the biggest in iran and behind me in the golden dome is where the late among rest so some saw him on his body will be coming here is very significant he is highly revered loved general and many people have spoken to him even on our way here from the tower on the set that they just can't believe he was gone the whole country is in mourning and just to give you an idea from a plane ride here from tehran the flight attendants or the pilot himself they were saying prayers for the late general the pilot have written a poem for us themselves thanking him for his service to the country and people that are gathering here today on ashot say that they are here to say goodbye aside from the grief that we've seen there's also a lot of anger and frustration with iranians want their governments and their military to respond they want revenge and they don't necessarily want a full on conflict but people that we've spok

good to have you with us welcome to our desire on a turkish present reza the one who has declared the center of the syrian town of freend to be entirely under the control of his forces to untold crowds in that kind of color that many of the kurdish fighters had already fled the town backed free syrian army fighters entered a free just before dawn on sunday it comes almost two months to turkey launched its cross border operation to push back kurdish forces from its border andrew symonds is our correspondent live in gaza and type on the turkey syria border is declaring what amounts to a victory is it too premature. well it would seem that certainly the center of the city is under the control of the free syrian army backed up by the turkish military indeed the turkish military playing a very big role in all of this a nato force guiding what was a fighting force of rebels with all the equipment they needed for this sort of attack and it did take place with fair accuracy it would seem now you're seeing in the center of our freedom this is turkish military video by the way at the turkish fl

when i can triple five reza for the members of the full change in my view some ways held out for me back in the form of protest. to stick to. the young. boy. so much. though i. know she would do a truck was shows message from the book to them and it was affected by so many young. before. that i cannot be a more boat youth empowerment appeared to me a music to spread message peace. inclusive. watch any news of. an easy violent extremist organizations. the street tribute to keep me. going to feel that. you. and. i have used my talents more than maybe the education level that i have. to to reach out to these children. that we have drawing we have people singing we use poetry we use the traditional dances because we believe that africa is all about tradition so if you bring back to me a song in my tradition i will make sure that i engage because this is me this is the read me so it is acting it is passing a message so the they really want to be part of you so when you give them a microphone and they bring it out so they start it's like you're not telling them that we. come on the market for

well as we have mentioned turkey's president reza top one says he's ready to launch a military offensive against syrian government forces. reports from her time on turkey's border with syria. turkish troops in have been asked to expand their military outposts their presence here is the result of an agreement between turkey russia and iran 2 years ago to establish safe zones but these turkish soldiers might soon get involved in the biggest military campaign or their deployment president was up by your husband the military operation is imminent to get. on the subject of id lip turkey has made all preparations to carry out its own operational plans as with every military operation on the subject i'll say we could enter it lip suddenly one night. undeterred by the turkish warning the syrian army stepping up its offensive government warplanes struck the town of to many in the attacks have intensified over the last few days earlier this week president bashar al assad said in a rare that his troops won't hold their campaign until it live forced into their hands talks between russia and turkey t

the country it happened during violence in the province of head out several others were wounded to reza rain and floods have killed more than 60 people in sudan in the paul suite thousands have been forced to leave their homes here but more than ripples from romley which is north of the capital khartoum where water levels are expected to rise. what drummer lee in sudan khartoum state is normally home to more than 5000 people now it's been overrun by the nile along with it the farmlands are running along its bank farmers like sam and his family are forced to gather the little they have left and leave for drier lands. where you look at me to the concert i've lost almost everything but i'm better off than a lot of others the farming areas we had here been completely destroyed by the floods sammy is one of at least 190000 people who've been forced out of their homes due to rains and floods in the past 3 weeks across the country. 17 of sudan's 18 states have been affected and more than 20000 homes have been destroyed people living along the banks of the nile river have suffered the most beca

time no delivers a feast of archival footage showcasing life even on under its last shot mohammad rezapahlavi. what the u.s. see is a vision of a liberal and stylish it on led by a benevolent king it's enough to make you wonder why the. 1979 revolution and the overthrow of the shah ever happened you see women out and about on the beach on university campuses in the workplace participating in and spore images of the shah and his wife his 3rd wife usually the empress of fat are always looking very beautiful looking very glamorous the idea is look at how how beautiful and happy and fashionable everybody was in the past and like we are now where their mom. and i found it quite extraordinary when i visited iran a few years ago to find out that almost every person in iran was familiar with monitor. what guarantee the channel success was the access to run archive footage from the period before the revolution. that's moscow boffin macoutes i as well because any of our ancillary such a last name the best yardy that. matter tour started it. broadcasts for audiences inside iran to provide them wi

of the saudi journalist will be held to account ho the meeting was held just hours after president reza kind of a decline of turkey appealed to the king to act and to do what is correct. we will follow this incident until the end whatever is required by our laws and by international laws we will carry it out in fact i'd like to make a call from here today my call is to first and foremost saudi arabia's king solomon and to senior administration bullies where the incident to place therefore my offer is for these fifteen people plus three people the eighteen arrested to be tried to be stumble hardiman what i mean is. i personally don't doubt the sincerity of the custodian of the two holy mosques king solomon been abdulla's is on the other hand it is very important that such a critical investigation about a murder is carried out by a truly i'm biased unfair delegation with little doubt about their connections are to go on refer to king sound man with respect to his much awaited speech on tuesday where he was supposed to unveil what he called the naked truth about the murder of turkey's pres

date time and everything what we had said is transcribed we had a senate inquiry into the death of reza berati and i don't see anything changing. i don't know what can help the man in man is found. all the people in mary. we are telling the paper what's happening that nothing's changing. on put up a strong minister for immigration and border protection i've recorded this message to provide some important information you will know by now the plans are well on the watch for the first group of refugees to travel and settle in cambodia cambodian settlement presents a great opportunity for refugees to move forward and begin the next phase of their lives in a country that is free from persecution. distributers now in a refugee partnership with cambodia. even on pain the deals being done astray is provided a forty million dollars down payment in additional. refuse g.'s from newbury would be voluntarily since here in the months ahead.

seventy nine just a few short months after the islamic revolution that overthrew the shah of iran reza pahlavi at the time and brought into power this current government now after the u.s. embassy was stormed the students took fifty two americans hostage and it sparked a four hundred forty four day hostage crisis the longest in recorded history and every year iranians marked this event on their calendar and commemorate that day now this was a seminal moment in the young history of the islamic republic of iran and it was a seminal moment in the relationship between iran and the united states and this year the crowd was bigger the crowd was angrier and that has a lot to do with the fact that the anniversary this year coincides with a deadline by the united states to re-impose sanctions that were lifted by the twenty fifty nuclear deal and put back into place by donald trump and what that means is that the move by the american president from tomorrow on words iran will no longer be able to sell its oil on the international market and that deadline means that sanctions against the oil indu

i mean i want to live with this trauma quick reza right you can imagine we have six of our now that hamas . says is going this will lead to what happened to fritter what happened in guinea so let me talk it people can find. you lost you lost so. there is a little but we will look at it and see right now if. you start we have to be. done so what you are not being you know i mean it's not such a problem so i'm getting up when the international community is just in october. it will but it won't work because if we have. well some of the come up with. it my guess is that what you would want. people come. in is not wasn't that not because. they like their family so this person. what can you would do well to do so find a speaking of what the government can do. we got we got comments on on all the amount of aid that was pouring into all of these countries at the height of the crisis and it raises the question of what happened with all that money take a look at this comment we got on you tube from the home and he says if we really invested more men in medical care and made medical a huge priority

hard to do within the legal system something he really wants the case thrown out against her citizen reza zurab who is awaiting trial in the u.s. for allegedly helping turkey of aid sanctions against iran and it's less a matter of wanting it back than wanting the case to go away it wanting him not to testify not wanting any of the details about their role in helping iran evade sanctions coming out in the course of a trial it will be yet another chance for the already frosty relationship to cool even more political hane al-jazeera washington. you can our north korea marks the seventy second anniversary of the founding of the country's ruling workers' party there are concerns the regime might use the day for another missile test meanwhile in south korea the military has been putting on a show of its own firepower to bomb the pride reports well for young. it's a timely opportunity for south korea to show off its military hardware given the current standoff with north korea and. we are doing our best to show the strength and resolve of the army through this festival we believe it gives the pu

i'm still robin and these are all top news stories saudi arabia's king salon and turkish president reza the one have spoken by phone to reaffirm their commitment joint investigation into the disappearance of jamal khashoggi the saudi journalist hasn't been seen since he had to these saudi consulate in istanbul on october the second the u.k. france and germany are jointly calling for a credible investigation into the show g.'s state sinisterly has more from ankara. saudi arabia is also trying to form an alliance by itself despite its diplomatic. initiatives with turkey we have seen oh i see countries showing solidarity with saudi arabia and saying that saudi arabia has a recent reforms actually which are mainly led by the crown prince mohammed bin so man were being targeted also we have heard mahmoud abbas from palestine and jordan and united arab emirates is saying that they are standing by saudi arabia shares in saudi arabian companies have plunged as the fallout over cheez disappearance deepens the main stock market index in riyadh fell by as much as seven percent on sunday with billi

president has repeated his call for justice saying the case should be tried under international law reza describe saudi arabia's decision not to extradite eight hundred suspects to trial in turkey as disappointing. because i answered prime minister has threatened to launch what he calls people power and if he's not reinstated running away from a single says thousands of his supporters will rally in the capital colombo next week. india's reserve bank governor has resigned citing personal reasons patel's announcement follows weeks of disagreements with the government over policy those were the headlines i'm back with the al-jazeera news hour in half an hour we continue with our investigations generation hate. al jazeera is undercover reporter louie has infiltrated the legal branch of generation identity in northern france. he witnessed a race attacked by g.i. activists over three weeks of fighting oh look i want to be expresses a desire to kill indiscriminately there's a market popular with muslims. for promotion was the. route. you. drew from because i'm not sure you do a good to see luck

reza often advise us not to give up hope even though we take rubbish we have to keep going to school. it's a message the government is also part of a program. we have reached hundreds of families we help pregnant women children we also have family development we meet the parents and we make them aware of how important it is for their kids to have an education. these initiated to fill a gap. they may not be enough to keep every child had been talked about at school but there are stopped florence. outside jakarta indonesia. hello again the headlines on al jazeera fighting has escalated in libya despite a call for a truce by the united nations which was largely ignored forces allied to the un backed government up come under heavy fire from troops loyal to warlords have to have to forces are reportedly preparing to open up new fronts as they push towards the capital tripoli sudan's president bashir has met our new leaders and says the demands of the protesters must be heard thousands of anti-government protesters want the military to back them in their demands of forcing bashir out of pow

me a lot reza often advise us not to give up hope even though we pick rubbish we have to keep going to school. it's a message the government is also keen to impart on the program. we have reached hundreds of families we help pregnant women children we also have family development sessions we meet the parents and we make them aware of how important it is for their kids to have an education. these initiatives fill a gap. they may not be enough to keep every child in bontoc about at school but there are a start florence louis. outside jakarta indonesia. now skews in better bruce have been marking the end of the winter season with a unique tournament competitors wave goodbye to another year snow by sliding down what's left of the slopes into a large pond of melted ice it wasn't just their sport skills being judged top prizes also went to best costume design and longest swim which is presumably where this contestant missed out it's more like a punishment. a quick recap of the top stories this hour calls for an urgent ceasefire in libya but been largely ignored by forces loyal to the east an

turkey we have seen oh i see countries showing solidarity with saudi arabia and saying that cell giri reza recent reforms actually which are mainly led by the crown prince mohammed bin salon were being targeted also we have heard mahmoud abbas from palestine and jordan and united arab emirates is say that they are standing by saudi arabia the disappearance of the saudi jenna's jamal khashoggi has hit the sound a commie the main stock market index in riyadh fell by seven percent on sunday removing billions of dollars it had made since the start of the year. a large rebel group in syria is invalid province says it will continue to fight hours after a deadline for rebels to withdraw from a buffer zone to where are more h.t.s. did not say whether it agreed or rejected last month's deal between russia and turkey to set up a demilitarized area the buffer is centered around the northwestern region of syria's last major rebel stronghold it's also where president bashar al assad's government has halted a planned offensive for now. nicaraguan police broken up anti-government protests in the capital

teachers and bureaucrats been dismissed as part of the latest emergency rule to pre ordered by president reza type one in total one hundred fifty thousand have been dismissed all suspended from their jobs since the failed coup in july last year turkey's government accuses the us based business men for two glenn of orchestrating the coup. meanwhile president out of one is visiting sudan where the two countries agree to strengthen economic ties sudan is the first stop on a historic three day trip that also includes chad and tunisia him organise that. this is the first visit by a turkish head of state since saddam became independent in one thousand nine hundred six so this visit is regarded as historic in many ways the two presidents met after president arrived in khartoum and spoke about many issues including ways to strengthen ties a lot of bilateral agreements have been signed today more expected to be signed to morrow and they mostly focus on political economical development as well of agricultural and tourism sectors here in sudan as well as in turkey they also discuss development in the is

turkey we have seen oh i see countries showing solidarity with saudi arabia and saying that cell giri reza recent reforms actually which are mainly led by the crown prince mohammed bin selman were being targeted also we have heard mahmoud abbas from palestine and jordan and united arab emirates is saying that's they are standing by saudi arabia. a large rebel group in syria says it will continue to fight after a deadline for rebels to withdraw from the buffer zone. did not say whether they agreed or directed last month's deal between russia and turkey to set up a demilitarized area. around the northwestern region of syria's last major rebel stronghold it's also where president bashar al assad's government has halted a planned offensive for now according to agreement the buffer was meant to be free of heavy weapons by the tenth of october and by the fifteenth. antigovernment protests in the capital managua protests as a part of an alliance of forty opposition groups calling for an end to president. since april the country has been gripped by crisis and instability. the. disagreement over th

turk is present reza tape add on and leading members of his cabinet are here in order to make a survey in the street where we are where we have 2 buildings that have collapsed and under which there are still some people stuck under the wreckage prisoned our lawns came here in the late afternoon and joined in financials in some funerals and sent his condolences to the people during the funeral he said turkey turkish government will do its best in order to cover. all the losses here we are seeing the ngos delivering blankets and some other things to people who are in need because some of the buildings are dumb and still some people are afraid to get inside their buildings and we are hearing that mostly the kids are very afraid by the way so risky works are on their way right behind us there are vehicles trying to trying to move the wreckage and just how for an hour ago one more person was pulled from the wreckage and chew it that person was alive and the 1st one was was taken to the hospital by the ambulance so right now there are exactly 40 people who were pulled pulled her from the wre

seven million people in turkey eligible to vote in sunday's local election opponents of the president reza topper when i was reading party could take power in the capital ankara and commercial istanbul for the first time since one thousand nine hundred four or let's take a look at the main contenders are ones that party is allied with the nationalist movement party or h.p. in a bloc known as the people's alliance as it has done in the two previous polls the nation alliance in their hand is made up of the center left the main opposition republican people's party or c.h.p. and the right wing party all good party the main challenger two are the ones blog the pro kurdish opposition party h.t.t.p. . supporters to vote against the ruling party in major western cities where kurdish voters could make a difference it won six million votes in last year's legislative election so then because he only has more now from istanbul. for the first time in turkey's political history reject a pair john the president holds local election rallies across the country the president's campaigning is an indication o

time visit take a look at the headlines here at al-jazeera to reza rein in and in these areas hampering the search for survivors of saturday's tsunami the number of dead in less than java has now climbed to four hundred twenty nine with one hundred fifty four people still missing experts fear more tsunamis a possible if the and that volcano erupts again. sudan's government has stepped up security in the capital khartoum ahead of more expected protests many people are demanding a change in leadership president. valid to improve living standards across the country. in libya. killed in an attack by government and. they targeted the foreign ministry headquarters in the capital tripoli. japan's main stock market has fallen five percent as investors reacted to wall street. shareholders are worried by donald trump's criticism of the federal reserve along with the u.s. government shutdown and trade tensions with china but the president isn't taking any of the blame. from new york. the closing bell couldn't ring fast enough on monday market selloff continued with the dow losing more than six hun

renewed by congress the businessman who sued ressa has reportedly been a close ally of the president reza says what's happened to rappler is a cautionary tale for the philippine press but the government's rejected that saying it back the rights of radio journalist alexander at was who was jailed for libel in 2007 and took his case to the united nations. and he's barking up the wrong. thing at their own 3 press that support that there are no use when he went to the un human rights committee there's number stronger expression of support perp respray them and that once the the president sue anyone. but rights groups say rezzes conviction sense a chilling message to local journalists reporting on corruption in abuses committed by those in power and many filipino journalists say libel laws are being weaponized against critics of the administration. on jazeera mandela. 15 pro-democracy activists in hong kong appeared in court today charged with organizing and taking part in antigovernment protests last year some of facing the more serious allegations of incitement and a potential prison sentenc

as to reza thanks very much indeed. war torn yemen has confirmed its 1st coronavirus case the united nations says an outbreak would be catastrophic wanting fears it would collapse a poor health care system a 12 hour curfew is now in place in the region or harder for the case was confirmed or a burden manley reports. the streets deserted a 12 hour curfew imposed it's a moment many feared yemen 1st reported case of coffee 19 in the southeast import city of us ahead yemeni medical officials and how to put region have tweeted that the person is in a stable condition in hospital health care workers know how dangerous the virus is in a country where half of all facilities have been destroyed by 5 years of war for the north in the city of thank you doctor the peri moods to isolate anyone who shows signs of the illness damage today not because it has a bad message to say when i am an isolation center was opened at say un general hospital as a precaution against the virus and for any sudden cases the center has full rooms it als

reza why his he's getting seeming a more aggressive towards pakistan. well it's really not clear why the u.s. president donald trump decided to use his first tweet of two thousand and eighteen to attack the pakistani government but suffice it to say this is something where the trumpet ministration essentially has conducted what might be considered a continuation of the obama administration policy which is a lot of tough love for islam abad there's a lot of suspicion that pakistan still isn't doing enough to cut down on groups such as the taliban. she was trying to root out these groups not only from their territory but to make certain that they don't make inroads into afghan into afghanistan which is still large line to maintain some sort of sense of control over its own territory it's also worth pointing out that even though the president talked about withholding the military related aid from pakistan that money has been on hold since last august some five months again because the u.s. doesn't believe that the pakistani government is doing enough one t

we are upset and concerned these trials should have actually been held in turkey reza rob a turkish iranian gold trader testified that turkey's current president recip thai air to one authorized the scheme to launder iranian money in turkish banks in violation of u.s. sanctions so rob also said he paid tens of millions of dollars in bribes to this man former khana minister's offer child similar charges were raised by investigators in turkey four years ago but later dropped and labeled politically motivated by the government while it's times it feels as if the turkish government is on trial here in new york the man actually facing charges as a turkish banker member at a con until his lawyers described him as a career civil servant someone who never took a bribe and was merely following the orders of those above him in a country where iran is considered a friend not a foe. president of turkey has accused the u.s. court of attempting to undermine his government by using evidence fabricated by supporters of the tool of glenn the self exiled turkish religious leader whom they blame for orchestra

in the schools help me a lot reza often advise us not to give up hope even though we pick rubbish we have to keep going to school. it's a message the government is also keen to impart on the programme. we have reached hundreds of families we hope pregnant women children we also have family development we meet the parents and we make them aware of how important it is for their kids to have an education. these initiated philip gap. they may not be enough to keep every child in bonn talk about at school but there are a start florence louis. outside jakarta indonesia. and just a reminder that you can always keep up to date with all the news on our website that said al jazeera dot com. again i'm elizabeth cohen and a half of the headlines on al-jazeera the head of libya's u.n. back government has accused warlord khalifa haftar of betrayal over his military offensive on the capital tripoli promise to fire the forces will confront tough troops with determination. we reiterate our call to all libyans throughout the country east to west north to south which the necessity of giving priority to

turkish iranian gold trader and reza rob he pleaded guilty and became a key witness for the prosecution making accusations that rose to the top of turkey's government saurabh testified he paid tens of millions in bribes to government ministers and the scheme that president rest of tired and want himself had authorized when he was prime minister turkish officials who initially lobbied u.s. officials for release have now moved to condemning him and seizing his assets the very fact that everyone has been so concerned about this case does suggest that at some level he feels vulnerable however given the ease with which he's dealt with previous allegations of corruption in the past it's hard to imagine this it's hard to imagine a sort of suggested this is going to be the thing that brings him down everyone's government claims the u.s. is trying to weaken his government and do the bidding of political rival for to lead glenn lives in the united states and that. this court case is stopping judicial became completely political with the sole aim to corner turkey and its economy and damage the cou

storm the eastern front in the past year off numbers and their supplies have been cut off but their reza say they will not surrender without a fight. or capabilities a week but god willing we will deal with this the regime will lose again would face similar attacks and it didn't fall and now again we will survive this. besieged city and say none of the words from people in power have done much to protect them . messages for help from easton who have been nonstop street after street bodies and parents have been trying to pull their children out of the rubble the united nation calls it hell on earth for besieged people in east and abandoned by the outside world they might as well be living on another planet. as people in eastern continued to die in the security council they continue to argue more words of division and no sign of desperately needed action. the regime wants to keep bombing and gassing these four hundred thousand people and the assad regime is counting on russia to make sure the security council is unable to stop their suffering and those willing have could use that kind of y

year's rebellion against the government the pilot has been on the run for more than six months now reza ball has a story. these are the last images of debaters after the shootout with venezuela special forces and we told them that we want to turn ourselves in but they don't want that they want to kill us and i want the videos were posted online by paydays asking security forces not to show that they're ready to negotiate. they're attacking us with guns grenades the got snipers. the government says that several died in the shoot out among them two members of venezuela security forces five others were detained but it's not clear what happened to paris . he's a highly trained members of the forensic police who became venezuela's most wanted man when he stole a helicopter and threw grenades against the supreme court and other government buildings in june last year when thousands were taking to the streets against the government. since then he has been on the run posting videos online from time to time calling on the military to rise against. also starred in a two thousand and fifteen venezu