a generous ruling f.l.n. party is backing the army's call for president abdelaziz bouteflika to be declared unfit for office on monday the army chief suggested that ass calls from the constitution could be triggered which could force but if he could to step down for health reasons the president has already agreed not to stand for a fifth term after weeks of protests talks about gun and drafting a new constitution and setting a date for elections. has moved from neighboring tunisia. the man who has ruled algeria for twenty years is facing more isolation than ever the army has decided to trigger article one two and now the party of the president itself the front of national liberation is saying that it's endorsers the move made by the army therefore distancing itself further from the president many key allies of president lies with the apart are saying this is about time for the man to step aside but whether the opposition and the protesters in algeria are of the view that this is not the core issue now is your ear a

algeria's ruling f.l.n. partyis backing the army's call for president of the seas beautifully to step down on monday the army chief said the eighty two year old should be declared unfit for office pacifica has already agreed not to stand for a fifth term after weeks of protest talks have begun and drafts are going to constitution and setting a date for elections. has more from neighboring tunisia. the man who has ruled algeria for twenty years is facing more isolation than ever the army has decided to trigger article one two and now the party of the president itself the front of national liberation is saying that it's in the horses the move made by the army therefore distancing itself further from the president many key allies of president. are saying this about time for the man to step aside but whether the opposition and the protestors in algeria are of the view that this is not the core issue now is your ear and that are the result of the a yes he has to go but there needs to be a new personality someone with a

algeria's ruling f.l.n. party is backing the army's call for president of those he's beautifully cut to step dine on monday the army chief said the eighty two year old she'd be declared unfit for office but if he can has already agreed not to stand for a fifth term after weeks of protests talks have begun on drafting a new constitution and setting a date for elections national hobart has more from neighboring china zia. the man who has ruled algeria for twenty years is facing more isolation than ever the army has decided to trigger article one zero two and now the party of the president itself the front of national liberation is saying that it's in the horses the move made by the army therefore distancing itself further from the president many key allies of president lies with of it are saying this about time for the man to step aside but whether the opposition and the protestors in algeria are of the view that this is not the core issue now is your ear and that are the result of the yes he has to go but there nee

algeria's ruling f.l.n. parties backing the army's call the presence of the disease but difficult to step down on monday the army chief said yes two year old should be declared unfit for office. on syrian state news reporting a number of the strikes targeting the northern city of aleppo the syrian arab news agency says the incident was on his radio claim that syria's air defenses intercepted several missiles. the u.s. energy secretary has authorized several companies to sell nuclear power technology to saudi arabia that's according to media reports the reuters news agency says the company's a request to the deals be kept secret russia south korea and the u.s. are all competing to strike a deal with the kingdom which is planning to build at least two nuclear plants there are concerns it could fuel a nuclear arms race in the middle east but we'll see a trend is a nuclear security specialist he says saudi arabia cannot be trusted with any type of nuclear technology. there's a pretty big difference between the iran nucl

ruling f.l.n. party is backing the army's call the president of the disease but a freak out to be declared unfit for office on monday the army chief suggested that an article from the constitution could be triggered which could force bush if he could to step down on grounds for health. syrian state news reporting a member of the strikes of an old in city of aleppo the syrian arab news agency says there were an israeli attack inflame a series a defense is going to stop to several of the sides. but it's only in malta say migrants have hijacked a merchant ship that rescued them it happened off the coast of libya the ship is believed to be heading towards malta hundred night migrants are picked up by the cargo ship and i believe to seize control after they realize it was taking them back to libya my head has been following developments from tripoli. italy's interior minister salvini accuses the migrants of hijacking the tanker tanker picked up the migrants in the international waters and according to a sylva

algeria's ruling f.l.n. party is backing the army's call for president under these words a flicker to step down on monday the army chief said the eighty two year old should be declared unfit for office. syrian states news is reporting a number of airstrikes targeting the northern city of aleppo the syrian arab news agency says the incident was i was really attacked can claim that syria's air defense forces intercepted several missiles. a questions have been raised in the u.k. parliament about british involvement in the war in yemen the opposition labor party is demanding answers after british media reported that special forces had been involved in far fights with yemen's battles the government's has also been questioned over allegations the british forces may have provided supports for child soldiers as parts of the sides e.u. e.u. coalition. there is one especially disturbing allegation in the mail on sunday's report which was that off forces are providing support to locally recruited saudi funded militia where m

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algeria's ruling f.l.n. party is backing the army's call for president abdelaziz bouteflika to be declared unfit for office on monday the army chief suggested that an article from the constitution could be triggered which could force beautifully get to step down for health reasons the president has already agreed not to stand for a fifth term after weeks of protests talks have begun on drafting a new constitution and setting a date for elections. as more from neighboring tunisia. the man who has ruled algeria for twenty years is facing more isolation than ever the army has decided to trigger article one zero two and now the party of the president itself the front of national liberation is saying that it's in the horses the move made by the army therefore distancing itself further from the president many key allies of president lies a bit of a par are saying this about time for the man to step aside but whether the opposition and the protestors in algeria are of the view that this is not the core issue and as your

suggested using a constitutional provision to remove the president on medical grounds the ruling f.l.n. party says it supports the plan in order to protect the country from danger a jury has seen weeks of protests against the twenty year rule. authorities in mozambique have confirmed the first five cases of cholera in the cycler ravaged city of bayda the port city is struggling to provide clean water and sanitation after cycle and twelve days ago the storm killed more than four hundred sixty people in mozambique and left one point eight million in need of urgent help the world health organization is warning of a second a disaster if cholera spreads through the region. and the political leader of hamas has made his first public appearance in gaza since his office was bombed is melania's office was one of a number of buildings destroyed on monday and tuesday night by israeli jets dozens of rockets were also fired into israel and he says a ceasefire brokered by egypt is now in place those are the top stories i'm going to have the al-jazeera news hour for you in less than half an hour coming up n

well i'm down in jordan doha with the top stories here on algeria as ruling f.l.n. parties backing the army's call for president abdulaziz beautifully to be declared unfit for office on monday the army chief suggested that an article from the constitution could be triggered which could force beautifully cut to step down for health reasons the president has already agreed not to stand for a fifth term after weeks of protests meanwhile there are reports at least eleven private jets carrying businessmen and their families have been prevented from taking off from algiers airport has more from neighboring tunisia. the man who has ruled algeria for twenty years is facing more isolation than ever the army has decided to trigger article one two and now the party of the president itself the front of national liberation is saying that it's in the horses the move made by the army therefore distancing itself further from the president many key allies of president lies would have a part are saying this about time for the man to step aside but whether the opposition and the protestors in

constitutional measure to remove the president on medical grounds his proposal was backed up by the ruling f.l.n. party on wednesday. has more from neighboring tunisia. president abdelaziz bouteflika is practically left alone the mother of the presidential palace has been abandoned by the army by his own party the national liberation front by some heavy tea our allies like the former prime minister ahmed here by a big trade union and more key figures are now think it's about time to remove the president and appoint a replacement however the opposition and the protestors are of the view that it triggered a triggering article one to one solve the problems of algeria and that one needs to be done is to find someone else they are now talking about potential candidates like former president lee i mean like. ben bait to to lead a transitional council to draft a new constitution and then pave the ground for new parliamentary and presidential elections now local media is talking about key business men affiliated with the president who are barred from leaving the country it could be a fine but the army is telli

backed him until now the which means the protests looks set to continue which of luka and his f.l.n. party have not ruled out jury alone also at the top table is a coalition of business interests and the military on tuesday algeria's army chief declared that the public has expressed noble aims during the demonstrations analysts believe those words to be the strongest signal yet that the military may be distancing itself from with the. growing number of people in the philippines are struggling to feed themselves according to age groups one in five live in extreme poverty by on less than two dollars a day a national survey by the philippines department for science and technology found twenty percent of children are considered underweight with. thirty two percent suffering stunted growth another survey found nearly seven out of ten households unable to meet their daily diet remains out of there as. some of those struggling to earn a living and feed themselves in the capital manila. when war broke out in the southern philippines almost two years ago. and her children fled the violence they mad

suggested using a constitutional provision to remove the president on medical grounds the ruling f.l.n. party says it supports that plan in order to quote protect the country from danger but opposition groups say it doesn't go far enough algeria has seen weeks the process i guess but if it is twenty year rule. has more now from neighboring tunisia. the man who has ruled algeria for twenty years is facing more isolation than ever the army has decided to trigger article one two and now the party of the president itself the front of national liberation is saying that it's in the horses the move made by the army therefore distancing itself further from the president many key allies of president lies with the vapor are saying now this is about time for the man to step aside but whether the opposition and the protestors in algeria are of the view that this is not the core issue now is your ear and that are the result of the yes he has to go but there needs to be a new personality someone with a better able track record to lead the nation for a transitional period draft a new constitution and then.

algeria's ruling f.l.n. party is backing the army's call for president of disease but if he cuts a step dying on monday the army she said the eighteen year old should be declared unfit for office but if the car has already a grades not to stand for a fifth term after weeks of protests talks have begun on drafting a new constitution and setting a date for elections. has more from neighboring china zia. the man who has ruled algeria for twenty years is facing more isolation than ever the army has decided to trigger article one two and now the party of the president itself the front of national liberation is saying that it's in the horses the move made by the army therefore distancing itself further from the president many key allies of president. are saying now this is about time for the man to step aside but whether the opposition and the protestors in algeria are of the view that this is not the core issue and as your ear and that are the result of the yes he has to go but there needs to be a new personality someo

measure could remove the president on medical grounds his proposal was backed up by the ruling f.l.n. party on wednesday has more from neighboring chinnis here. president abdelaziz bouteflika is practically left alone the mother of the presidential palace has been abandoned by the army by his own party the national liberation front by some heavy tea our allies like the former prime minister ahmed here by a big trade union and more key figures are now think it's about time to remove the president and appoint a replacement however the opposition and the protestors are of the view that trigger triggering article one hundred two won't solve the problems of algeria and that one needs to be done is to find someone else they are now talking about potential candidates like former president lee i mean like. ben bate toure to lead a transitional council to draft a new constitution and then pave the ground for new parliamentary and presidential elections now local media is talking about key businessmen isolated with the president who are barred from leaving the country it could be a fine but the army

fifth term in office in next month's election local media same line politicians from the ruling f.l.n. party have resigned to join the vault. power has just come back on in venezuela's capital caracas bought most of the country is still blacked out in the worst out atrocity outage for years. the government has closed schools ordered working hours to be suspended and told businesses to stay shut as it tries to fix the problem that's blaming what it describes as extremist sectors who it says have sabotaged the biggest hydroelectric dam took in russia will begin joint patrols of syria's northwestern adlib problems they've created a deescalation zone as a last major rebel stronghold the ceasefire has alerted the syrian government offensive the truce has come under strain though as i didn't imply it was began seizing towns and villages from rival anti-government groups the world is marking international women's day with events and protests too there was a demonstration in turkey's largest city istanbul and solidarity with women who are imprisoned in neighboring syria they say many detainees an in

has backed him until now the which means the protests looks set to continue with of lisa and his f.l.n. party have not ruled out jury alone also at the top table is a coalition of business interests and the military on tuesday algeria's army chief declared that the public has expressed noble aims during the demonstrations analysts believe those words to be the strongest signal yet that the military may be distancing itself from. nine democratic senators in the u.s. are calling for the release of all detained human rights activists in saudi arabia including an american citizen and a lesser to consult senators denounce what they called systematic discrimination against women religious minorities and the mistreatment of migrant workers they asked for the parson of human rights activists including dr world lead fatah he a us citizen help without charge since november twenty seventh. at least six people have been killed in bomb attacks in afghanistan's capital kabul the health ministry says at least twenty three others were injured in the blasts at a ceremony to mark the persian new year police sa

rallies calling for president a beautifully cut to step down and a senior member of the ruling f.l.n. party says with a family history now. well. he. offended a professor of politics and the dean of the school of social sciences and humanities at the institute for graduate studies and he joins us now here thank you very much so as we've been saying there we heard the prime minister talk about how they're trying to form a new government trying to listen to the young people's concerns want to involve the younger generation and they're trying to make the changes that they've been called upon to do so why are people still protesting on the. it's and such large numbers well there has been a remarkable change of term by the government because in the first couple of weeks they were saying that this is threat to security and the military actually threaten the people. they have complete enough change tone suits which there came back from geneva three it seems that there is at least an appearance of victory for their beliefs i think pollution has won in the sense that the government is now speaking t

calling for president abdelaziz bouteflika to get out of the race a senior member of the ruling f.l.n. party has now been quoted as saying that beautifully beautifully is history right abdel wahab offender is professor of politics and dean of the school social sciences and humanities at the doha is achieve a graduate studies he joins us now on set thank you very much indeed the formation of this transitional arrangement if you like is clearly not enough for the protest movements but the protesters have now got a challenge haven't they they have to form themselves into a movement yes i think the government or beautifully done to the right movement in the sense that he. is doing the issue he said a transitional government has promised to postpone the elections both in the prove the worry for judeans it that up to now is that a black box in behind this region nobody knows since i think kaufmann nine hundred ninety two. it's not clear who the government. through that beautifully. try to centralize government in the president before that the president was usually just a dummy in his late years al

chief suggested using a constitutional provision of the president on medical grounds the ruling f.l.n. party says it supports the plan in order to protect the country from danger but all position groups say it doesn't go far enough has seen weeks of protests against to free as a twin for you. of our has more now from neighboring tunisia. the man who has ruled algeria for twenty years is facing more isolation than ever the army has decided to trigger article one two and now the party of the president itself the front of national liberation is saying that it's in the horses the move made by the army therefore distancing itself further from the president many key allies of president lies would have a part are saying this about time for the man to step aside but whether the opposition and the protesters in algeria are of the view that this is not the core issue and as your ear and that are the result of the yes he has to go but there needs to be a new personality someone with a better able track record to leave the nation for a transitional period draft a new constitution and then. declare and o

president of the as it were jumping out of what they consider to be a ready a sinking boat his own party the f.l.n. the front for national liberation which has dominated politics in algeria for most five decades is distancing itself from the president and asking for his removal and many in our politicians top army commanders party leaders are saying it's about time to trigger article one or two now the local media is talking about some top commanders resigning without any official confirmation they also say that . close sources in the government told them that the private jets belong to some businessman's affiliated businessmen affiliated with president abbas these were widely accused by the people over to make massive fortune over the last few years illegally and they were banned from leaving the country now. all eyes are on the constitutional council and when there will make the decision there were reports that they met yesterday without further elaborating on whether they are moving to worst trigger in the article one zero two but all indications suggest it's just going to be a matter of time b

to set into a dialogue to choose the next step interesting me president has f.l.n. party the ruling party has expressed support for the demonstrations there appears to be a rift within the party how will those who have been demonstrating receive this. as long as they see. these people and doing their power and being kind of the protesters i think they will accept it but if it is not serious it seems that the people is not accepting. thing is to be serious with their demands what about the military's role in all this so far they have tried to keep stands not siding with either the protesters or the government side do you expect that to change if the demonstrations continue and if they gain in momentum. i would expect the algerian people would have learnt lessons from history whether a jury in history the nine the bloody in one nine hundred ninety s. and the outcome of the period what's going on in the region in the world. will lead the algerian army to learn a golden lesson they have to be indifferent they have to keep the same distance from all the actors in algeria and t

. >> at local media reports say that nine politicians from bouteflika's ruling f.l.n. party resigneddto join the revolt. train and metro operators halt services to try to stem the tide of protesters. a strategy that clearly didn't work. across algeria, demonstrations have been staged daily for the past two eeks since booteflika confirmed he would stand for another term in office on april 18. since the protests began, opposition groups have been attempting to come up with a viable plan on how to remove bouteflika from office. in an open letter on monday, the president said if he's % re-elected, he will call for a referendum on a new constitution and another election at some point. algeria's armed forces are under mounting pressure to find a solution but so far, the response has been cryptic. while alluding to the demonstrations, algeria's army chief evoked the ciiil war of the 1990's urging protesters to beware of history. but the rallies continue with osigns of abating any timm >> sseven mcnierrey the executive director of the project on middle east democracy and joins us fr

constitutional measure to remove the president on medical grounds the proposal was backed up by the ruling f.l.n. party on wednesday. and four days after the disputed election in the indian ocean islands nation of kamar us for gunman have been killed in a shoot outs with the military close to the capital moroni worker reports say the men were a group of soldiers accused of attempting a coup separately presidential candidates so the he mahomet's has been arrested mahomet's who came fourth in sunday's election accuses the governments of wrecking the results he was hoping to unseat president as early a tsunami the u.k. parliament's will hold another votes on friday on the withdrawal agreements for britain's exit from the european union the speaker of the house previously stopped prime minister to resume a pretty in her deal to parliament for a third time unless it changed significantly they've barker reports from westminster. efforts to secure backing for teresa mayes deal are intensifying with senior government ministers urging m.p.'s to give the twice defeated divorce deal another go this after may prom

suggested using a constitutional provision to remove the president on medical grounds the ruling f.l.n. party says it supports the plan in order to protect the country from danger area has seen weeks of protests against the beautifully because twenty year rule. authorities in mozambique have confirmed to the first five cases of cholera in the cyclon ravaged city of bayda the port city is struggling to provide clean water and sanitation after a cyclon either i hate twelve days ago the storm killed more than four hundred sixty people in mozambique the world health organization is warning of a second disaster if cholera spreads through the region. you have to expect. the community. to prevent. the events. of the four that. we organize in a place to meet the patients. the police. the political leader of hamas says made his first public appearance in gaza since his office was bombed israel has office was one of a number of buildings destroyed on monday and tuesday night by israeli jets dozens of rockets were also fired into israel and he has the clear victory and says a ceasefire brokered by egypt

measure that could remove the president on medical grounds his proposal was backed up by the ruling f.l.n. party on wednesday has an arm bar has more from neighboring tunisia president abdelaziz bouteflika is practically left alone the mother of the presidential palace has been abandoned by the army by his own party the national liberation front by somehow these are lies like the former prime minister ahmed here by a big trade union and more key figures are now thinking it's about time to remove the president appoint a week with glassman however the opposition and the protestors are of the view that it triggered a triggering article one no two won't solve the problems of algeria and that one needs to be done is to find someone else they are now talking about potential candidates like former president lee i mean like. ben bate toure to lead a transitional council to draft a new constitution and then pave the ground for a new parliamentary and presidential election now local media is talking about key business men affiliated with the president who are barred from leaving the country it could be a

two not just rain but you know the independents who are seeing the total dominance of the ruling party f.l.n. in the algerian political scene has held in a very tight grip on the country and so as you said the demands are very specific at the beginning of the protests but now they're getting wider and more and deeper are actually sick from saying that the president should not stand for reelection a perk of chanting now saying the entire regime should change but the key word here is peacefully that's what we've seen today we've seen people from all ages we've seen babies as young as one month old outside with their parents protest in we've seen very people who can barely walk you know in the midst of the masses you you'd think that they would fall or that it would be dangerous for them but it wasn't the cave they were in great by the people and so the overwhelming peaceful peaceful nature of the protests are the things. protest movement in algeria and we do know is that the region or i would even go as far. as the world of the peaceful protests and to ask you can you not can i just ask you it

f.l.n. ruling party jury the last presidential campaign in twenty fourteen to help attract large crowds it'snow become a symbol of the revolt as well jerry and sue have taken to the streets in the past week or using it as a tool to protest against what they call corruption and also make fun of the president and it's not just cartoons some are showing pictures of placards in the streets where darby here says wife is a metaphor filed syria is the people are connected but there is jeem is disconnected and others are sharing their thoughts with personal videos. so michael. i can express my joy this is the biggest moment in my life i salute you all you make us proud to hear that. word of course a lot of kids will we need to figure out a new leadership that we can get to power so we can represent us in what we want rid of corruption what get in touch with us if you are protesting in algeria what you like to see happen next is the hash tag eighteen is great thank you reveal a great explainer piece here as well that al-jazeera dot com on the algeria approaches an in-depth unusually long clip actuall

cities across the country the pressure is growing on longtime leader beautifully with his own party the f.l.n. withdrawing its support. well mokhtar badri is a lecturer of islamic studies at qatar university he joins us now on sense. this that we're seeing significant numbers of protesters on the streets would you say the momentum is with these protestors now yes of course you can see that every week more people to come out to the street and they are repeating the same slogans the same demands they would like a change of region they would like the prove to go and they would like a new regime to be in place they would like to decide for themselves ok what can we read into the fact that the president's own party are no longer backing him does this mean it's likely beautifully will go this firstly will. decide that she's not going to stand for the new election he's just trying to gain some more time but it seems that the all the political sphere around here are withdrawing one after the other and they are accepting they are listening to the street so sooner or later will go but how and what will

across the country pressure is growing on longtime leader abdul aziz beautifully with his own party the f.l.n. withdrawing its supports. well use of one though is a professor of political science and international relations at qatar university he joins us here in doha professor. huge demonstrations we saw those repeated again today this is ramping up the pressure on their leases announce it is and this is just the beginning of the day because just bloody players are just finished an obvious lot on journey up. the pictures we saw just a few minutes ago the numbers believe it was and it would the would be one of the biggest to demonstrate sions. think it would do surpass what happened last week and it basically telling the president that we are not going to stop we have got that momentum until you and your government will leave for another ok so we're seeing the momentum with the protesters here were nice starting to see the ruling party expressing support for the demonstrations is there a rift emerging in the ruling elites why are they signs in with the protesters basically it's like where wer

f.l.n. in the and they the two two governmental parties where it seems like the leadership of those parties is now under attack as is the case that they had the largest trade union and all of these were the institutions were part of the pool and were part of this kind of governing alliance. but when it comes down to the final elements to those to those closest to the president and to though to that the leadership of the army it's much harder to see you know who is what what will actually happen next but it does seem like there is an escalation starting to happen yes thank you very much stephanie uncertainty there but shedding some light on it for us joining us there from l.j. as. the news hour live from london more still ahead for you on the program under via weapons that amounts from donald trump to kim jong un that might have led to the collapse of last month's annoy some it. was. kenyans more relatives killed in the ethiopian airlines crash as the process of identifying the remains of the dead drags on. and then later in sport a nineteen year old makes the difference for you ventas as th

f.l.n. which is the biggest political party in. for almost six decades and the party of president are those of us saying it's about time to turn the chapter of that i was able to hold on to your for almost twenty years the big trade union is saying the same thing many politicians now are siding with the army saying that there needs to be this article one zero to trigger as soon as possible now the problem is that there's a great deal of confusion and zajac here in algeria about how to move forward because the army seems to be in favor of that direction because the judicial council needs than triggers article one to the parliament convenes with a two thirds majority. approves the push and then the president of the opportunity of the parliament becomes interim president of the opposition does not seem to be in favor of that they say the reason why millions of on syria's took to the streets is because of this recent itself the entire political establishment in an area is disconnected from reality and inefficient a has to go when they

f.l.n. . the national front for liberation is seen by the algerian as the political party that fought for independence the war of independence and it has a strong legitimacy among although its popularity has. bleakly been waned over the last few years now what you see is independent politicians taking over different political parties and particularly the opposition which is now gaining more momentum problems with a serious opposition compared to other north african countries its opposition has been fragmented over the years if you can come up with a unified candidate in the coming weeks is chances to win the elections we didn't really hear us but if decide to run on separate platforms i don't see them winning the elections absolutely no way they can do it because the political establishment remains really powerful and entrenched on syria just actually i'm keeping half an eye on twitter here as well because it's huge online as well and someone here said my algerian brothers need to watch out for the bait and switch all men might try to rule from the background behind a powerless proxy and when you saw