country that was once that the wealthiest in the region what went wrong how did we get to this point alger israel. the carter center. on counting the cost. christine legarde about how the economic model is changing here in the middle east can iran break regs it find out how the emerald isle is caught in the middle of a big round between the u.k. and the e.u. the year of the dog in china counting the cost at this time. news has never been more available but the message is simplistic and misinformation is rife listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging main stream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera. these are the top stories on al-jazeera kurdish officials say they have reached a deal to allow syrian troops to enter a frame to help protect the city the move could see syrian forces confronting turkish troops have been carrying out an operation against kurdish fighters since last month a somber binge of a this following the story from istanbul.

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country that was once the the wealthiest in the region what went wrong how did we get to this point alger's real. hello again on this in de how these are the top stories here it out they are almost two hundred people have been killed in the past three days in rebel held parts of syria following an intense air and ground offensive by government forces and their russian allies thirty four people died in the most recent attack on wednesday.

country that was once the the wealthiest in the region what went wrong how did we get to this point alger's real. should've been one school shooting and we should have fixed. i don't agree father whose daughter was killed at the florida school shooting speaks out as a meeting with president trump.

country that was once the the wealthiest in the region what went wrong how did we get to this point alger's real. i'm richelle carey and these are the top stories on al-jazeera the united nations is calling for an end to the targeting of civilians in a rebel held on klav near syria's capital damascus at least one hundred ten people have been killed during intense syrian government and russian bombarding of eastern ghouta which has been under siege since two thousand and six two thousand and thirteen that is.

country that was once that the wealthiest in the region what went wrong how did we get to this point alger's real. should have been one school shooting and we should have fixed it. and i agree father whose daughter was killed at the florida school shooting speaks out as a meeting with president trump. hello i'm so ho robert this is al jazeera live my headquarters here in doha also coming up in the next thirty minutes. i don't think we can let the scenes go on happening in this horrendous way as the outrage grows over the bloodbath in syria's eastern guta russia calls for an emergency un security council meeting. also dozens of nigerian schoolgirls affair to have been abducted after an attack on their school bible koran. and al jazeera joins green peace signs that launches an expedition to protect the antarctic. the company welcome to al-jazeera there's been an outpouring of anger and frustration at a meeting between the u.s. president and students and families affected by last week's deadly school shooting in florida donald trump pleas for reform and there's responded with his own ideas incl

this goes back to alger hiss and franklin delano roosevelt. we know brescia has been trying to upset the political structure in the united states because they are enemies of our political ideology. they are enemies of democracy and that is something our intel chief of the broader security and law enforcement community understand. lauren: antwan, should the president say he's vindicated so strongly or should he label right now? what is the best strategy from the white house? >> he needs to implement sanctions that will pass bipartisan. lauren: they have. >> they haven't. saying you're going to do something in implementing them are two different things. he took putin's word for him not interfering into the election. i have zero trust and confidence that donald trump is prepared and will address the hacking issue going forward into her 2018 election. that is not the gospel according to antjuan c. wright. that is fact. lauren: i agree with you. the president should be furious at vladimir and kirsten, do you think he should outbreak say you interfe

country that was once that the wealthiest in the region what went wrong how did we get to this point alger's real. hello again i'm on team tennis in doha and these are the top stories here it out to sara a magnitude six point four earthquake has hit east in taiwan killing at least four people and injuring more than two hundred others firefighters in the port city of quali n say several people remain trapped in buildings that are on the brink of collapse and one hundred forty five people remain unaccounted for everything to me is a senior editor at taiwan news. i think that it started might have been down. many believe that the biggest quake was on sunday which is a lie. and so there was even then the officials were saying that that was the major shark there's going to be some minor aftershocks that will gradually get way and so this was a surprise and late it was about even bigger quake much more damage. than the previous. syria's rebel held region of eastern ghouta has endured its deadliest day in more than a month russian then syrian government air raids killed at least seventy one people

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country that was once that the wealthiest in the region what went wrong how did we get to this point alger's real. environment doesn't know any boundaries what goes up into the environment goes around the world. best the sides are pushed that it's a very modern way to do. and we've made poisons the measure of progress the domestic relations has become we're going to push them out from active enough to believe. in the ideas that will kill people who are more vulnerable circle of poison this time on al-jazeera. over four hundred people killed in less than a week and the bombardment of syria is. all we need is a sustained says station of positivity and we need it desperately.

country that was once that the wealthiest in the region what went wrong how did we get to this point alger's real. well i get time to support his son thank you very much adrian while new england patriots quarterback tom brady has been named the n.f.l.'s most valuable player for a third time at forty he is the oldest winner of the price brady and the patriots are just hours away from taking on the philadelphia eagles in super bowl fifty two . encounter will give brady the chance to become the oldest quarterback to win that title the eagles are making their third super bowl appearance and having beaten the minnesota vikings in the n.f.c. championship game brady and patriots coach bill belichick have been in seven super bowls together all of the contests have been settled by less than seven points so expect a tight game patriots are aiming for super bowl championship number six the eagles have never won it while eagles' a quarterback nick foles has thrown out for sixty one touchdowns over his whole n.f.l. career brady has sixty eight touchdowns in the playoffs alone. how can you not be as excit

we have vicki alger talking about school choice in arizona. >> oh, yes. >> and the questioner wants to know why are schools as bad in arizona -- if they are, i don't know -- as california if they have school choice? so it's not a cure for everything? >> that's a very good question, you know? i think that one of the things that we have to realize is, a, you know, i'm not saying that school choice is a universal panacea for everything, you know? you're going to -- you just look at the charter school movement. california has about a thousand or so charter schools and, you know, they have different performances. some of them follow, you know, pedagogies that are more successful than others, and is so that's one of the things that, you know, parents have to, you know, with be aware of. the other thing though is that i think for a choice system to really -- if you look at the studies that have been done, the best studies, the ones where you have looking at a group of students who are what they call an experimental group who go into some kind of choice program and go to private or charter sch

country that was once that the wealthiest in the region what went wrong how did we get to this point alger's real. i don't mind at the top stories here on out is either a number of people off or to be trapped after an earthquake caused the hotel to collapse in the city of wanna be six point four magnitude earthquake rocked east in taiwan just before midnight local time un's call for a month long truce in syria to get aid to civilians trapped by fighting the sixty six people killed on tuesday in airstrikes on rebel held and stick to. and u.s. stocks appears to have bounced back in a volatile trading session after posting their biggest falls in more than six years monday. israeli army has shot dead a palestinian man who was wanted over the death of a settler last long twenty one year old. was accused of killing rabbi ross in a drive by shooting at an illegal israeli outpost last month one com has more now from the occupied west bank the israeli army says this is a mature roles body they've been looking for him since general you know he was accused of killing a settler rabbi from an illegal set

country that was once that the wealthiest in the region what went wrong how did we get to this point alger sale. from satellite technology to three d. printing and recycled waste to solar powered classrooms africa is transforming young innovators aap propelling change building communities creating employment and solving problems they're challenging systems and shaping you what it's about creative thinkers shaping their continent's future innovate africa at this time on al-jazeera. i don't really feel liberated as a journalist was. getting to the truth. sporadic attacks and reports of syrian troops trying to push their way into. the second humanitarian pause. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up.

country that was once that the wealthiest in the region what went wrong how did we get to this point alger's real. you're watching al-jazeera let's take a look at the top stories right now russia and the u.s. say they are concerned after israel launched a second series of air strikes in syria after one of its f. sixteen fighter jets was shot down by president assad's forces strikes target has targeted syrian government and iranian assets in syria israel says it was the most significant attack against syria since one nine hundred eighty two both korea's kim jong un has asked south korea's president to join him and young and per talks and jay and hosted kim sr in seoul on the sidelines of the winter olympics and thousands of anti-fascist demonstrators have rallied in the italian city of mussarat a week after six african and were shot by a far right some professor. modi has wrapped up his first official visit by an indian prime minister to the palestinian territories felson president mahmoud abbas told modi that he needs new delhi support in future talks with israel abbas government is seeking

country that was once that the wealthiest in the region what went wrong how did we get to this point alger's real. watching. the top stories for you. from russia they're looking at all possible causes as the hunt for clues into why a plane crashed soon after takeoff from an airport in moscow all seventy one people on board were killed. and a rare criticism of israel u.s. president has questioned its commitment to peace with the palestinians and an interview with an israeli newspaper he says israel's settlements in the occupied west bank are complicating the peace process. and britain's foreign secretary has urged me on mars later on allow the u.n. to supervise the return over a hedge or refugees or stance and made the plea after visiting displaced. state and refugee camps and bangladesh. more on that story as a member him joins us via skype from chicago he's a senior fellow at the center for global policy and author of the henges inside myanmar is hidden genocide we appreciate your time very much so the assessment. and his thoughts being that. perhaps is to remove from what's happening isn't

country that was once that the wealthiest in the region what went wrong how did we get to this point alger's real. good to have you with us on the al-jazeera news hour these are our top stories amnesty international report on global human vi it says two thousand and seventeen was one of the darkest years in recent history the report held conditions of one hundred and fifty nine countries seven parties and myanmar have created the worst human rights crisis in decades and southeast asia. the un security council is expected to vote on a draft resolution in the coming days demanding a cease fire and the rebel held serbian on clay both east and more than three hundred people have been killed in government strikes this week russia has denied any involvement. and police in nigeria say dozens of schoolgirls are feared missing after an attack by boko haram fighters on village and you know they state there are conflicting reports about the situation and the number who are accounted for in two thousand and fourteen that all abducted more than two hundred and seventy girls from the town halls chibok. we

country that was once that the wealthiest in the region what went wrong how did we get to this point alger's real. welcome back you with the news outlets update you on our top stories south africa's ruling a.n.c. party is holding a special meeting to decide the fate of president jacob zuma in a final attempt to pressure him into resigning nongovernmental organizations of pledge more than three hundred million dollars to help iraq rebuild after its war with ice but the figure is well short of one hundred billion dollars the iraqi government says it leans on the u.s. secretary of state says the trauma administration is committed to working with egypt to defeat rex tillerson has discussed the issue with egypt's foreign minister sameh shoukry in cairo at the start of his tour of the middle east. one of the stories we're following monday marks international day against the use of child soldiers according to the u.n. more than two thousand children have taken up arms in the past three years but in south sudan hundreds of children recently released by armed groups are being given a chance of a norm

country that was once that the wealthiest in the region what went wrong how did we get to this point alger israel. under the trending tab on al-jazeera dot com you'll find these articles the most read right now on our web site the top two having to do with syria and if we just scroll down number three canada marijuana green rush and in the fourth spot the south africa story we've been covering for you right here on the newsgroup so read much more about all the developments on al-jazeera dot com. well speaking of syria the united nations security council is meeting right now to discuss the political situation in the country the u.n. special envoy to syria that's. meant to be briefing get council members and we'll show you the life pictures coming out of the u.n. security council right now that is the representative of equitorial guinea who is speaking our diplomatic editor james bays joining us live from the united nations headquarters in new york just talk us through james what this meeting is all about what stuff on going to be saying. well it's clearly about the political process and mr

country that was once that the wealthiest in the region what went wrong how did we get to this point alger's real. ok before the sport let's talk about olympics of an entirely different sort of the rural games in the indian state of punjab there you're going to find competitors lifting bricks with their teeth and towing cars with their hair thousands of people i mean it's time to the alternative sports event which was founded in one thousand nine hundred thirty three other events include truck to racing handstands on glass bottles and so on spinning the flag for the rest of the sport his father thanks very much arsenal's move to break their transfer fee record on deadline days seems to have paid off they thrashed everton five one in the english premier league on saturday a record signing a balmy ng found the back of the net but aaron ramsey was the real star of the day the welshman helped himself to a hat trick as arsenal established a three no leave inside the first twenty minutes ramsey's performance in this match impressed as manager arsene wenger i feel dorismond between ten and fifteen

country that was once that the wealthiest in the region what went wrong how did we get to this point alger's real. they're going to one of the top stories. turkey's foreign minister says turkish troops will fight forces loyal to syrian president bashar assad if they enter the northern enclave of a free to defend kurdish fighters after last week's school shooting in florida the white house says president all tromped support improved background checks on gun purchases. and the bodies of twenty seven shia fighters killed in an ambush near the iraqi city of we arrived in the capital baghdad. thousands of people in zimbabwe have paid tribute to morgan tsvangirai at a rally in the capital harare a former opposition leader died from cancer on wednesday opposition members say they will try to keep the party united despite divisions over the leadership has more from harare. when morgan tsvangirai body arrived at the place opposition parties called freedom square his supporters called him a hero for defending human rights and always calling for free and fair elections this is their last chance to say

country that was once that the wealthiest in the region what went wrong how did we get to this point alger israel. welcome back i was going to ask you what people are talking about and what i think of what the stars themselves are saying is that what we're talking about some more important is well beyond your showcase for the world's best basketball players has got political the build up to the n.b.a. all star game has become an unlikely focal point for the debate on gun control the all-star weekend is meant to look and sound a little bit like this saturday's slam dunk contest part of an event that brings together the top players from the world's best professional league the leading names including kevin durant's and le bron james have used this global platform to talk about their desire it's hard to gun control followers of course the shooting at a school in florida last wednesday resulted in seventeen deaths. we have a kid who. was an illegal. legally not able to go to to get a beer at a bar. book or go buy. a car fourteen or bahari are fifteen like it. how it doesn't it doesn't make sen

country that was once the the wealthiest in the region what went wrong how did we get to this point alger's you. are closer. well i think one of our biggest strengths is that we talk to normal everyday people we get them to tell their stories and doing that really reveals the truth people are still gathered outside these gates waiting for any information most of them don't know whether their loved ones are alive or dead or miami really is a place we're two worlds meet we can get to washington d.c. in two hours we can get to on jurists in the rest of central america at about the same time but more importantly is where those two cultures north and south america meet so as to teach it like it's a very important place for al-jazeera to be. what we have seen so far is cruel and barbaric to top it off they have the gall to blame the media the united nations that saps the pressure on myanmar's government over the price.

girls education are lost every single year because they are taken out of their chemistry class or alger class, english class because their skirts are two such short. their collarbones are showingag and then we give a message to our young men that they are suddenly not responsible enough to control their behavior. what message does that send their kids or our kids? we know sexual assault happens much earlier than college, so whether this is elementary school, high school, college, someone reports abuse in the questionabs is why did you go e with them. what were you wearing? flashback to that high school classroomou where you were remod from your educational setting because you were told your collarbones were too distracting , so this is interconnected and i really want to tie that together from the first panel to say if we start at the college level not to excuse the responsibility of colleges to teach our studentsu, it's too late to.d so, i wanted to say that and-- what else? >> has the enthusiasm of this moment just, i mean, even started off with a #metoo with the millions of people sh

this horatio alger like. is not, his story was a typical one for the times as the urge to prosper and led many individuals to do what they could to succeed. what were you saying there? guest: it is part of the great american story. this is the country of the notion of opportunity, the ability to succeed on your own onits or demerits, depending how you go about it. it was typical of the time. it was a brand-new nation. very looselyas net. they were opportunities available to individuals to seize initiative and become successful. mccullough did that. he did it initially, become cashier of the baltimore branch and he did it again after losing that position. it is part of what people think the u.s. stands for. host: you describe, we do not have a position of the comptroller of the treasury today but tyler's appointment was significant. what did it do, that job? that was the person who was the central figure who audited the accounts, took care like the warrants, was treasurer of the u.s. in the sense of receiving

we need to do this in school and it can be alger -- they can be voluntary. we also don't make algebra voluntary. so we say this is stuff you need in the world to be a citizen, we expect this of you. we're not negotiating about gender equality anymore. we have said, we believe in it you must come into this world , living it. another piece where we need to think about institutionalizing this is parent training. we're making interesting progress with watching corporations taking a leave it where our government does not. nudge you toward, we make obligatory, certain types of parent training and we support you in that role. because i think that's a crucial moment of early childhood whether are you watching gender equality modeled in the home? or are you watching violence modeled in the home, is such a huge driver. so i think it's school, i think it's parenting, all the big institutions. i think it has got to be part of the workplace. we don't ask you to do your timesheet. we have to say this is nonnegotiable we're not asking , for volunteers. i love your notion,