the longer distance they have to travel doesn't mean the difference between life and death john hendren al jazeera chicago well the holiday season used to be a good excuse for a game of mahjong in hong kong but the younger generation with their mobile phones and computer games often don't know how to play the reports. which cashier charles was once a familiar sound in almost every hong kong neighborhood marjon was so widely played it became synonymous with the city's culture but over the years as gambling laws tightened and the younger generation lost interest the march on tables that are once seen everywhere started to disappear and so did the intricate handmade tiles that define the game. is one of the last three margarine artisans in hong kong and the only woman left chiseling away at the blocks ok so you know why working on this is like a walk down memory lane it is like a cassette player which allow me to replay my favorite songs again and again. she grew up in this tiny shop under the stairs of a dilapidated building and has been working here since the age of thirteen she inherited the busin

the longer distance they have to travel doesn't mean the difference between life and death john hendren al jazeera chicago still ahead on al-jazeera. as you can see the game is only played by older generation or the younger ones have different tools to play with and game struggles to survive in the age of social media. and the japanese kitchen for helping us weigh into the history books. and sport.

who are giving their paychecks without pause to break the impasse and fund the government john hendren al-jazeerachicago. the european commission has once again said that there will be no renegotiation off the brakes a deal that it reached with the bush government but just twelve weeks to go until the u.k. leaves the e.u. commission president john clarke says negotiations on. russia's promise to change the maze of expected to put the two of lotion parliament next week she had put off a december vote after facing opposition a many m.p.'s and her own a party well bush politicians opposed to breaks that will begin launching a fight back on tuesday more than two hundred a quarter on the promised us to ensure that a nod to give breaks that cannot happen while a parliamentary vote is planned watch could force a second referendum and there is a growing pressure on the leader of the main opposition party jamey corben to back a rethink on leaving the e.u. asshole dons lay has been speaking to a labor party activists who feel betrayed by their leadership. the billionaire has live in the streets of this pal

summer event the world's automakers hope the industrial climate will be beaumier as well john hendren al-jazeera detroit. hello again on is a prominent aha with the headlines on al-jazeera. day and has been defeated by the largest margin and u.k. parliamentary has changed the eyes to the right two hundred into. the nose to the left four hundred and thirty two on. the opposition labor party has called for a bunch of no confidence in the government which could trigger a general election but it's likely to be defeated may must present an alternative breaks the plan on monday. every day that passes without this issue being resolved means more uncertainty more bitterness and more rancor the government of heard has heard what the house has said tonight but i ask members on all sides of the house to listen to the british people who want this issue said. to work with the government to do just. more gunfire and explosions have been heard at a hotel complex in the kenyan capital at least fifteen people have been killed including u.s. and british citizens that we know of so far the somali based al shabaab

setting a new precedent here it is the officer who finds himself on the wrong side of the law john hendren al-jazeera chicago. police have fashioned mourners at the funeral of a man shot dead joining anti-government protests in the capsule of suit done activists say at least fifty people have died since objections began last month lama divel has more from tossing. scenes of violence in the sudanese capital khartoum on friday morning as more people died at the hands of security forces police attacked mourners with gathered for the funeral of my honey a sixty year old died after being shot by police who had accused him of hiding protests as in his house in a suburb of the capital call to a police vehicle was overturned by the mourners as the confrontation. there had been another funeral this. hundreds turned out for dot but because he had been shot dead while trying to treat wounded testers. overnight one. protest of many are around the country focused on the hospital where the doctor and the boy died a spontaneous outpouring of anger and grief combined i believe many here still mourn i don't know what

leaves a mess of crashed cars and broken pipes with days to go before the cleanup begins john hendren al-jazeera willis's michigan. china's vice premier. washington for tri talks with the trumpet ministration they're trying to resolve a dispute that ciena two countries imposed on each album relations sound further on monday when u.s. prosecutors filed new criminal charges against chinese czech company and its chief financial officer. time now for his far. thanks very much asian football's governing body has launched an investigation into the crowd trouble that disrupted cheers day's asian cup semifinal the match catarrh thrash host nation the u.a.e. for now shoes and bottles were thrown at the qatari players from the stands in abu dabi the match came at a time of serious political tensions between both countries the u.a.e. is one of four arab nations that have been staging a blockade on categorises two thousand and seventeen there see told out there that once it completes its investigation the next steps will be decided earlier its bow to enter a war shock inside world football that the kind of

build electric vehicles in standard vehicles and of course some of them will drive themselves john hendren al-jazeera detroit. again on the nose of the problem and aha with the headlines on al-jazeera bush prime minister politicians to put self interest aside and work together on a consensus deal with the u.k.'s withdrawal from the european union she made the playoff to have government survived a confidence motion cold while position and. so now i have made clear what they don't want we must all work constructively together to set out what parliament does want that's why i'm inviting m.p.'s from all parties to come together to find a way forward one that both delivers on the referendum and to the support of parliament. this is now the time to put self-interest. the first funerals have been held for people killed in tuesday's attack at a luxury hotel the shopping complex in kenya relatives buried the bodies of. two men who worked for a somalia based charity group at least twenty one people died in the assault in nairobi the group behind the attacks as it was in retaliation for the u.s. president's dec

working to build standard and electric cars and of course some of them will drive themselves john hendren al-jazeera detroit still ahead on al-jazeera it's a very special day for one football at from can't get stuck on they will be here with the details and. this is a really fabulous news for one of the best of a would see him there is a unique sense of bonding where everybody teams in but something i feel every time i get on the chair every time i interview someone will often working round the clock to make sure that we bring new friends and i currently as possible to the view that's what people expect of us and that's what i think we really do well. it's time for sports fans mia thank you so much the australian open defending champions are still in the running to win the tournament again roger federer and caroline wozniacki are both bidding to reach the third round was just a much simpler task for one more than the other reports for roger federer anything other than a straight sets victory would have been something of a slip up as he took on qualified don evans one of the men who will carry britis

summer event the world's automakers hope the industrial climate will be beaumier is well john hendren al-jazeera detroit. these are the top stories a deadly attack lasting around seven hundred hours as nairobi heads. kenya's president has offered his condolences to the families of the victims and has promised to find all of those who were responsible his and began when attackers talks of three cars and detonated a bomb in the lobby at least fourteen people were killed we will seek out every person that was involved in the funding planning and execution of this. we will pursue relentlessly wherever they will be until they are held to account we will continue taking every step to make our nation inhospitable to terrorist groups and their networks. a version of no confidence in the u.k. government is set to be held in the british parliament after a prime minister to resign may's breaks that deal was overwhelmingly rejected and debate the motion they said on wednesday and it could trigger a general election kurdish forces in northern syria have rejected a safe zone proposed by the u.s. and turkey ha

winter date to a summer event the world's automakers hope the industrial climate is well john hendren al-jazeera detroit still ahead on the news hour it's a very special day for one footballer from kurdistan the media will be here in just a moment for the details in sport. for the past four weeks don has been witnessing a wave of anti-government protests some opposition groups are supporting the demonstrators but others are keeping their distance ahead but morgan takes a closer look at sudan's political landscape. for as long as sudan's government has been in power the omar party has been one of its main oppositions established in one nine hundred forty five it's leading members see the government led by president obama to bashir who has been in power for nearly thirty years needs to step down and they're not going to wait for elections scheduled for next year to see it happen and we have been leading the the month of the people. over they step down off their sentence bashir because as you know he is he failed all through the last thirty years in all aspects of life in sudan so there is no need

blast leaves a mess of crash cars and broken pipes with days to go before the cleanup begins john hendren al-jazeera willis michigan and that is it for this news and for me has i'm seeking more news in two minutes with nic on. the plundering of armenia's not through riches has uprooted residents desecrated the habitat of some of europe's most endangered species. but the remarkable campaign by local residents is challenging the mike to the country's investors and putting high hopes on its new the elected prime min. people in power investigates armenia mining out. on a zero and under pointed on the. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for the dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the are. faced with growing financial burdens have separate money for student loa

electric vehicles and standard vehicles and of course some of them will drive themselves john hendren al-jazeera detroit. to head in sports a slam dunk becomes a case of why it might what might have been funny any people may have been hit with action from the end please stay with us. time to catch up on sports thank you folly qatar's nasir a just won his third a rally in peru this is third time winning the race this time with toyota he led the rankings in nearly every stage as several of his contenders were forced to wait facing major car issues ninety roma came in second forty six minutes and forty two seconds later mariana sunshines is live for us at the finish line mariana what's the atmosphere like there for you. well the other race is over and as you were saying. the qatari pilot house won this race crown himself as the third time winner first in two thousand and eleven and two thousand and fifteen we spoke with him after the rays and he told us that he would have been a very tough one although he comes from qatar where there's a lot of sound and it had been a very challenging race for him

electric vehicles and standard vehicles and of course some of them will drive themselves john hendren al jazeera detroit. if we watching the news out with me so rob lowe recalls here with a little full hall phone the other side of the private insulin from me on the news out seem thanks very much for your time and your company. if you were looking at this from the outside you would really wonder what was going on but what is this gross is that a religion that they have an in-depth exploration of global capitalism and our obsession with economic drugs this is still the center of capitalism there is no limits i view myself as a capital artist we are trying to baker the world smaller and smaller we don't want to be set realistic in the world we would rather have a fantasy growing is coming soon. to be a child is to be innocent and carefree but it comes to an abrupt end at the burden of younger children. with a mother behind bars for siblings misspend for each other and decide whether to stick together. with the family in the hope of a chance across the us mexico border the other side of the border a

blast leaves a mess of crash cars and broken pipes with days to go before the cleanup begins john hendren al-jazeera willis michigan. through the header non-zero a new report reveals the afghan government's hold on power is slipping we look at what it means for the war torn countries future. the united arab emirates is accused of using spider web to hide the i phones of rival leaders and not to the. size of some quasi whether coming into the middle east over the mix. if you die still a little more cloud over towards afghanistan just around that western side of the himalayas some bits and pieces of rain sleet and snow for a time bankable struggling to get to around four celsius as a result of that but to start quieting down here we've had some rather lively showers longer spells of right and some snow recently but have been pretty chilly winter that's going to easter as we go on into friday further west where we have got some more the wet weather just spilling out to turkey for a top cyprus in the mix will be some wet weather coming in here it will make its way a little further east was fizzling out

the deep freeze is plunged to minus thirty degrees celsius the coldest for a generation al-jazeera is john hendren has more now from willis in michigan. in arctic freezing envelops the american midwest bringing dangerous cold in record low temperatures this is an event unlike any. i think it's really that we protect people the arctic air of the polar vortex is sweeping the region driving temperatures down to thirty below zero celsius it o'hare airport with wind chills in the suburbs making it feel like minus forty eight the predicted low of minus thirty three at o'hare on thursday would be chicago's lowest temperature in recorded history the weather system stretches across a huge swath from the dakotas in the north that minus thirty degrees celsius to maine in the east and as far south as alabama to prevent freezing chicago sets the train tracks on fire schools post offices and businesses are closed even a few minutes exposure to temperatures this low can cause frostbite one local forecaster is warning if you shut your eyes for too long they can freeze closed it's that kind of cold. the frigid air

electric vehicles and standard vehicles and of course some of them will drive themselves john hendren al jazeera detroit. a lot is the news hour with me so rob i'm back with have a full half hour on the other side a break and to learn from me of the team that's your time. this is the journey you've been looking forward to the one you've been dreaming about. little take you to those you love to far away places new faces old friends on a new adventure far from the ordinary in extraordinary concept come with us in award winning style because this is the journey you've been dreaming about where boarding now. and whether on line i want to start here on my laptop with a tweet or if you join us on sat there was a rush of adrenaline will be felt this is the moment that we have been waiting for this is a dialogue the government has called this an illegal protest all struck to police to his force to disperse the crowds everyone has a voice for voting for lots of different reasons what's different types of bricks join the global conversation on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where every. portrays one of the world

setting a new precedent here it is the officer who finds himself on the wrong side of the law john hendren al-jazeera chicago israeli forces have fired bullets on tear gas at palace then am. on the gaza border at least thirty palestinians including three medics were injured on friday it was the forty third consecutive friday of protest as part of the great march of return movements. also in gaza four lion cubs have died after bad weather damaged their cage the zoo's owner says the blockade has left them sort of supplies that could have saved the animals. has more. it's a sad day at the only zoo in the gaza strip these children should be playing with these line cubs but instead they are here to bury them the cubs were born on wednesday but they survived less than twenty four hours severe winter weather affects not only gaza's two million people but also its few remaining zoo animals the cubs didn't stand much of a chance. i'm very sad because we lost four clubs today and i had to bury them in the same room because it's not only a financial it's emotional because they're important to children under two

reportedly told the thai authorities who seized her passport i wish they'd taken her phone instead john hendren al jazeera. it is terry with. the headlines as they were the runner up in the democratic republic democratic republic of congo's presidential election to challenge the results in court citing catholic church election observers most influenced says that he won with more than sixty percent of the votes he claims the declared winner rival opposition candidate felix. just eighteen percent syrian state media says that israel has fired several missiles towards its capital damascus unconfirmed reports suggests that they struck near the city's airport syria says that most of them were shot down by syrian air defenses but that one of the missiles damaged a warehouse at the airport. u.s. secretary of state mike is on his eight day tour of the middle east and says that the u.s. will continue to support allies in the fight against eisel despite its military withdrawal from syria. the u.s. president has backed away from his threat to declare a national emergency to fund his controversial border wall during a

fretting over forecasts that consumers will hit the brakes on new car sales in twenty nineteen john hendren al-jazeera detroit up to one hundred twenty million hindoo pilgrims are making their way to a city in northern india to be a part of one of the well two largest religious gatherings crowds are arriving at the confluence of two sacred rivets a dip in the waters prayers and other religious rituals organized by hindu holy men at the event but for three weeks. i'm a study attained doha and these are the top stories the countdown is on in the u.k. to a vote on to reason may's deal to leave the european union the prime minister's warning politicians to back the agreement all risk no breaks it at all. people will look at the decision of this house tomorrow and oh yes did we deliver on the country's vote to leave the european union. we safeguard our economy all security and dog. food huge we the british people drown. say we should do live for the british people and get on with building a brighter future for our country by writing stuart morrow enjoyed the statement to the house. china's foreign ministry

leaves a mess of crashed cars and broken pipes with days to go before the cleanup begins john hendren al-jazeera willis michigan. hundreds of schools have been closed in the thai capital as toxic smaug chokes the city a thick haze is hung over bangkok for weeks now increasing fears about the health of residents on wednesday students were sent home from school as the authorities try to manage the situation there blaming the problem on traffic themes construction crop burning and pollution from factories. the u.a.e. has been accused of using spying software tax the i phones of activists diplomats and rival foreign leaders voices news agency investigation found the u.a.e. used a tool known as comets and want to see hundreds of people in two thousand and sixteen and seventeen among the targets castle's amir a senior turkish official and human rights activists the hackers stole photos emails text messages location information and pos words well two of the reuters journalists involved in the investigation christopher ping and joel shechtman have been speaking to al-jazeera about what they on covet the

reportedly told the thai authorities who seized her passport i wish they'd taken her phone instead john hendren al jazeera. the u.k.'s foreign secretary jeremy hunt says the nation might have to stay in the european union if parliament rejects prime minister's reason maze breaks a deal friday about the third day of formal brigs at the base in london ahead of a vote that should yield the next tuesday the deal agreed with the e.u. has been criticised by m.p.'s across the political spectrum and looks unlikely to pass the european union commission president sean cole drunker says that a new deal brings it would be a catastrophe and that he's in constant contact with the u.k. to try to prevent that happening one of the biggest issues in the briggs it debate has been immigration the government's already indicated that it wants to reduce european immigration by eighty percent when it leaves the bloc on a serious loss leader reports from london. remember this it was one of the reasons to leave one in the back seat referendum take back all the money the u.k. gives to the european union and spend it on the british

blast leaves a mess of crash cars and broken pipes with days to go before the cleanup begins john hendren al-jazeera willis michigan. so had her announced six deaths every day for a lot of refugees and migrants trying to cross the mediterranean. the united arab emirates is accused of using spyware and to hug the i phones of rival leaders and activists. the dangerously cold weather continues across the good parts of north america so. a this cloud into those central hours that's going to make its way a little further a switch in tucked in behind us where we have the italy cold weather the temperatures will start soon ease as we go through the next modest seventeen cells in chicago represents something of a warming as they were getting up around eight or nine degrees away this days value so that is something of an improvement cooler weather clear weather making its way into new york minus eight the top temperature here i was also west's well we're getting up to around twelve celsius in seattle mid teens there for san francisco notice and right down towards someone half of california clear through as yo

summer event the world's automakers hope the industrial climate will be beaumier as well john hendren al-jazeera detroit. recap the headlines for you now on al-jazeera prime minister tracy mays packs a day on has been defeated by the largest margin in u.k. parliamentary history the eyes to the right two hundred into. the nose to the left four hundred and fifty two. of the vote the opposition labor party call for a vote of no confidence in the government which could trigger a general election and is that likely to be a defeat it. every day that passes without this issue being result means more uncertainty more business untold rancor the government of. the house has said tonight but i ask members on all sides of the house to listen to the british people who want this issue sector. to work with the government to do just. a leaders who are insisting the deal is the best it can offer a request for a delay to the mark twenty ninth rexx that deadline would have to be approved by all member states and there's an interest rate know each. other to mix tapes i know are hard to read remain in the united kin

alleged victims prosecutors are seeking respond to their calls and what they have to say john hendren al-jazeera. saudi arabia plans to cut its oil exports this month and is promising further cuts in the near future the kingdom plans to reduce exports by eight hundred thousand barrels a day in january and by one hundred thousand in february the move is meant to restore its market share offer for oil prices saudi arabia is world's top crude supplier. one of the world's most famous comic book characters is celebrating his ninetieth birthday generations of young readers around the world followed tintin's international escapades. racism campaigners say the books are filled with offensive stereotypes and the reports now from belgium. with his distinctive has style and fluffy dog tintin is one of the world's most recognizable comic book characters belgian artist l.j. created the intrepid young reporter whose adventures were first published in one nine hundred twenty nine ninety years on he continues to install franz and at the l.j. museum in belgium anniversary preparations are underway. tintin is an

blast leaves a mess of crash cars and broken pipes with days to go before the cleanup begins john hendren al-jazeera willis michigan for a time for a short break here and i'll just say about when we come back we know that the investigation that accuses the united arab emirates of using spyware to hotly i phones and its rival foreign leaders. and we'll tell you why thousands of pitot indian soldiers accuse the pot minister of not keeping his promises on the stay with us. how i want to not just of america failing some rather wintry weather we've also got a fair bit of snow into parts of europe as well not so bad i would say was c.s. but the further west systems continue to roll their way in from the atlantic this next one will bring some a rather lively weather in across parts of the british isles west of there was a france and maybe even down to move there to spain and portugal over the next day or two say some very heavy snow across that western side of germany this is the situation there botton. big dumping of snow coming through here that of that snow making its way out of southern parts of englan

the longer distance they have to travel doesn't mean the difference between life and death john hendren al jazeera chicago . just a quick recap of the top stories before president obama trump says the partial u.s. government shutdown could last for more than a year if he doesn't get funding for his proposed border war with mexico trump has been holding emergency talks with congressional leaders at the white house. they've accused of holding the american people hostage the shutdown is now in its fourteenth day has meant hundreds of thousands of government employees and working without pay or not a toll trump says he might call a emergent a national emergency in order to build the wall we're very proud of the jobs in the jobs numbers that was incredible and i think i'll be even more proud if we could have great border security for the first time in really the history of our country the southern border is a dangerous horrible disaster we've done a great job but you can't really do the kind of job we have to do on less you have a major powerful barrier and that's what we're going to have to have but l

leaves a mess of crashed cars and broken pipes with days to go before the cleanup begins john hendren al-jazeerawillis michigan. all right everton's his home you could tell us now is the worst overall where we have yeah i think we're about as bad as it's going to get sam he said those temperatures as low as they should get it's a gradual improvement from here by the end of the weekend we should be in stubblefield is maybe even getting up to around ten eleven degrees celsius that means a rapid fairly good night is going to be good news they'll be some ice before that but that could be some flooding to watch out for but the last we want to see any more of this really really cold air so that really will be something of an improvement see how the the s. gradually making its way further places high pressure coming in behind so it is settled in this quiet winds easing off so that wind chill at least will abate just drawn on this red light red line here that's our warm front that's where we're going to see that slightly milder red gradually not again as we go on through the next couple days a situation

blast leaves a mess of crash cars and broken pipes with days to go before the cleanup begins john hendren al-jazeera willis michigan. wendy walsh joins us live now from an all peoples home that's being used as a warming center and chicago could you just describe for us what it's like there at the moment and what conditions feel like in chicago itself. marion it is brutal outside when you open the door it's absolutely will take your breath away right now it's negative thirteen air temperature so about negative thirty six for the wind chill thankfully though most people seem to be heeding the warnings and staying indoors during this dangerously cold stretch of whether we can confirm at this point n.b.c. can confirm that there have been eight weather related fatalities because of the system so far schools are closed most offices are allowing people to work from home today and with wind chills predicted to go as low as negative seventy the united states postal service has even suspended deliveries in eleven states here across the midwest meantime thousands of flights have been canceled not because the p

blast leaves a mess of crash cars and broken pipes with days to go before the cleanup begins john hendren al-jazeera willis michigan. greece's defense minister has called on the british government to apologize to the victims of the so-called cyprus emergency it was an armed campaign on nine hundred fifty s. to end colonial rule of the island on the u.k. has already agreed to pay compensation it's still refuses to accept the checks as the special report. arriving from athens the defense minister of greece came to pay tribute to the sacrifice this week. after his tour of the prison we asked the minister if it was now time the british government apologized for what happened here but this is really the answer is not simple you understand they have to they have to but so many years have passed since then this matter has almost been exhausted. but not for this man was tortured for eighteen days he said the psychological abuse was the worst a british interrogator told him you'll die every day in here like a pig in your own blood and mud. they put a wet blanket on my face to make it difficult to breathe and

the longer distance they have to travel doesn't mean the difference between life and death john hendren al jazeera chicago . we go to iraq now where a five thousand year old board game is in danger of being forgotten dhamma is a traditional game similar to checkers that's popular around the world but the iraqi version is struggling to survive in the digital era as imran khan tells us the simplicity of dhamma fails to get the attention of the use who are growing up with flashy video games. shaykh is in his seventy's but he is a champion in the streets of appeal the defacto capital of the kurdish region of northern iraq he's playing a game that's five thousand years old people here consider him to be the undefeated king of this ancient strategy game. that i learned how to play the game when i was only thirteen my father and grandfather used to take me to watch dhamma playing as part of st tony mounts my fascination grew day by day to the game and i've become a professional player now this old age as you can see the game is only played by older generation and the younger ones have different tools to

setting a new precedent here it is the officer who finds himself on the wrong side of the law john hendren al-jazeera chicago. the cold fussy about jewish insults is threatening to have shadow a massive american women some of pulled out of this weekend and you will event in the u.s. capital brunell's explains from washington d.c. . two years ago the first women's march spilled out across the heart of washington d.c. we came to protest sexism racism environmental degradation and president donald trump's behavior toward women similar women's marches were held in hundreds of cities around the u.s. the ones marching seventeen was a huge deal as the largest protests in u.s. history it turned out people not just in washington d.c. in the streets of washington d.c. i think the estimation was around seven hundred fifty thousand people participated but in cities and towns across the united states and actually around the world this year the washington march has been caught up in controversy one of the organizers to make a mallory a ten. a rally with reverend louis farrakhan of the nation of islam who has a lon

who are getting their paychecks without pause to break the impasse and fund the government john hendren al-jazeera chicago and so had on al-jazeera the parent for ain't no deal departure from here. a disused affeldt turned into a giant truck stop a vision of post brings it britain i'm going to haul in southeast england. classify this wrestling bout marks a step forward and a rocky moments fight for equality. through tranquil the brave you can you. can feel it seems and if any should go into. hello get a welcome back to your international weather forecast we're here across china the rain in the clouds are on their increase over the next few days that's all stemming to the old tropical system that we had down here across the bay of bengal now a lot of that rain is going to start to make its way towards the northeast and some of these locations could be seeing some very heavy rain which means localized flooding could be a problem here's your forecast map on tuesday down towards another part of vietnam you'll also see the rain and that's going to start to extend more towards parts of annoy as we go to

reportedly told the thai authorities who seized her passport i wish they'd taken her phone instead john hendren al jazeera. opponents of venezuela's president are challenging his right to a second term a countries throughout the americas are refusing to recognize his legitimacy to govern they say his socialist policies have wrecked the oil rich economy and provoked latin america's largest ever migration crisis that isobel has more from caracas. thank god it's been a day since day one the mother will was sworn in for his second term in office and already members of the position controlled national assembly took to the streets to denounce song as a super of the executive office a scene that his daughter is one of the millions that have left venice when in the past year she says families shouldn't be forced to live apart as if we don't have a higher quality of life there is the polo guy in them because we don't have that made it is our food truck we don't have security in the streets the demonstration was small compared to the massive ones that happened in two thousand and seventeen when thousands took to th

who are getting their paychecks without pause to break the impasse and fund the government john hendren al-jazeera chicago. got a monitor is says it's pulling out of an international anti corruption body nine months earlier than expected the u.n. backed panel has been investigating top government officials and the family of president jimmy morale as far as says the commission is interfering with the country's internal affairs the group of international prosecutors was given twenty four hours to leave the country british politicians opposed to bragg said it will begin launching a fight back on tuesday more than two hundred a cooling on the prime minister to ensure a new deal breaks it cannot happen while a parliamentary vote is planned which could force a second referendum meanwhile dozens of trucks have taken politan in exercise testing plans to deal with long queues at the port of dover if the u.k. crashes out of the with a deal from kent is john help. in the dawn light a traffic jam emerges a convoy of trucks simulating the long queues for customs checks at britain's ports following a no deal br

build electric vehicles in standard vehicles and of course some of them will drive themselves john hendren al-jazeera detroit. is also there are these are stories bush prime minister has reached out across the political divide urging them to work together on a deal to the withdrawal from the european union she made the playoff the government survived a no confidence vote called by opposition. to u.s. soldiers are among at least nineteen people killed by a bomb and northern syria department of defense civilian and supporting contractor were also killed i still has claimed responsibility for the blast in. the first funerals for people killed and she says attack in nairobi hotel have been held by the two men who worked for a somali based charity at least twenty one people died and the assault but with dozens of people still unaccounted for and off is that death toll could rise. special envoy on afghan reconciliation has just arrived in pakistan to try to revive talks with the taliban zalmay khalilzad is meeting pakistani leaders to try to bring the taliban back to the table. taliban leaders canceled a m

fretting over forecasts that consumers will hit the brakes on new car sales in twenty nineteen john hendren al-jazeera detroit on in cinema has long had a world class reputation now it's getting a wider american audience at the first iranian film festival to be held in new york organizers are hoping it will help bridge the divide between the two countries out a serious question salumi reports. just getting to new york was no small feat for bachmann farm inara i'm excited to do whatever i come to new york the only iranian director able to travel to the iranian film festival under the trumpet ministrations travel ban but the seventy eight year old is used to having to navigate tricky political situations his film i want to dance is getting its u.s. premiere at the festival after a four year ban back home where dancing is for bed end with them i don't know of any religion that bans happiness but somehow in my country the manifestation of happiness is not allowed in the. but again i'm bushnell to say it was a b.s. . aronian film directors are known for their subtle touch and symbolism the comedy pig uses

blast leaves a mess of crash cars and broken pipes with days to go before the cleanup begins john hendren al-jazeera willis michigan a town about and says it's not seeking a monopoly on power in a future administration in afghanistan yahoo group says it's looking for ways to come exist with others went on it this week the u.s. envoy said there had been agreements in principle towards a framework for peace with the town about and about framework was drawn up without input from the afghan government with the taliban regards as in a just met. but a report on u.s. operations in afghanistan shows the government's influence has declined it controls around sixty three percent that's down almost two percent from the previous quarter whereas the taliban has slightly increased its influence controlling nearly eleven percent the report also reveals the u.s. dropped five times more munitions in afghanistan last year compared to twenty sixteen drug trafficking remains a widespread problem the report says senior afghan security forces are often in control of narcotics rings in northern and western regions last ye

blast leaves a mess of crash cars and broken pipes with days to go before the cleanup begins john hendren al-jazeera willis's michigan. this is a roundup of all top stories u.s. president donald trump has promised support for the self-proclaimed leader of venezuela. two men spoke on the phone joined thousands of people on the streets of venezuela for another day of protests there calling for the military to stop supporting president nicolas maduro but both men of signal bay may be willing to talk to each other and. are you willing to sit down with us then if. i'm willing to do what is necessary so that humanitarian aid begins to enter immediately that there is active protection that the use of passion of executive power ends and that we have a transitional government. the united arab emirates says the saudi led coalition in yemen has struck ten hooty training camps outside the key port city of the data more fighting there threatening and unbacked threatening un backed cease fire deal struck in sweden last month some republicans and democratic politicians are trying once again to stop the trumpet min

blast leaves a mess of crash cars and broken pipes with days to go before the cleanup begins john hendren al-jazeera willis michigan. all right let's have a recap of headlines here on al jazeera and u.s. president donald trump has promised support to the self-proclaimed leader of venezuela on going to the two men spoke on the phone to join protests is the military to stop supporting president nicolas maduro who's directly appealed to the american people for support his oss for their help in preventing what he called a vietnam in latin america. the united arab emirates says the saudi led coalition in yemen has struck ten who thetrainline counts outside the key port city of had data renewed fighting is threatening a un backed cease fire deal struck in sweden last month the united states some republican and democratic politicians are trying once again to stop the truck ministration from supporting the saudi led coalition fighting indiaman when yemenis see made in usa on the bombs that are killing them it tells them that the united states of america is responsible for this war this is not a message the

build electric vehicles in standard vehicles and of course some of them will drive themselves john hendren al-jazeera detroit. again i'm for the back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera even more protests in sudan prompting the u.n. to warn the government against using excessive force saddam's government says twenty four people have been killed since the unrest began four weeks ago but rise groups put that figure at more than forty. crisis in zimbabwe could engulf the whole region if it's not addressed urgently according to human rights watch it says the voting zanu p.f. party supporters are beating up people and handing them over to police doctors say they've treated sixty eight people for gunshot wounds after protests over a steep rise in fuel prices and he said arrested hundreds of people including prominent rights activists present donald trump says north korea and iran are a significant threat to the u.s. he singled out both nations in a raise you of american missile defenses seven at the pentagon. we are committed to establishing a missile defense program that can shield every city in the un

the longer distance they have to travel doesn't mean the difference between life and death john hendren al jazeera chicago . now where a five thousand year old boardgame is in danger. sure of being forgotten delma is a traditional game similar to checkers that's popular around the world but the iraqi version is struggling to survive in the digital era as imran khan tells us the simplicity of fails to get the attention of the youth growing up with flashy video games. shaykh mom is in his seventy's but he is a champion in the streets of appeal the defacto capital of the kurdish region of northern iraq he's playing a game that's five thousand years old people here consider him to be the undefeated king of this ancient strategy game. that i learned how to play the game when i was only thirteen my father and grandfather used to take me to watch dhamma playing as part of st tony mounts my fascination grew day by day to the game and i've become a professional player they sold a as you can see the game is only played by older generation and the younger ones have different tools to play with. diseases and

blast leaves a mess of crash cars and broken pipes with days to go before the cleanup begins john hendren al-jazeera willis michigan this time for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back we look at how the afghan government's hold impala is slipping. and we'll tell you why thousands of retired indian soldiers took to the streets of new delhi are in that state the. rule. hello there is no shortage of cold weather across europe as well but it's. at this time of the effects on the mild side of its rules as eastern areas further west coast enough air skies are going up quite nicely rattling of wintry showers coming through as we go on through the next twenty four thirty six hours or so we are going to see some of the wintry weather making its way in across the british isles now already showing it's had across stalin some very good weather coming down across wales the southwest approaches of england down into that western side of france indeed into northern areas of spain and portugal some very disturbed weather here london paris just four degrees celsius system ace's way further a switching see

winter date to a summer event the world's automakers hope the industrial climate is well john hendren al-jazeera detroit. coming out then sport the defending champions league. at asian games as teams make their move for a place in the knockout rounds. time for sport with andy. thank you very much for palestine have kept the hopes of reaching the knockout rounds of the asian cup alive draw with jordan giving them a chance of making it beyond the group stages for the first time in their history well this was palestine's final group game and the result means they finish third in the group jordan advances group win is the full best third place teams going through palestine now have a nervous whites all the other group games are completed to see if the soup will be enough. of palestine finished thanks to a late winner from australia and the other group began the defending champions beating syria three seeing a draw would have been enough to keep syria in contention that goal from celtic's home mortgage ended their hardships across from a chance trafford was with palestine fans in gaza watching that s

reportedly told the thai authorities who seized her passport i wish they'd taken her phone instead john hendren al jazeera. four israeli settlers are under house arrest in connection with the killing of a palestinian woman three months ago of fifteen age is in police custody i should be died after a rock was thrown through the windscreen of her car and as harry force that reports from the west bank recent figures suggest the number of violent crimes against palestinians carried out by set is really steep last year. robbie is finding comfort where he can mainly it comes from his family he and his wife i raised eight children together he says they always planned once the kids had finished their schooling to devote more time to each other to travel together about future was shattered in october last year when driving home past an illegal settlement outposts in the occupied west bank their car came under a hail of rocks and stones enough said. there was a huge explosion in the car the glass fell in my wife and i have been talking in the rocket on the side of her head she fell on me blood came out from her ear

leaves a mess of crashed cars and broken pipes with days to go before the cleanup begins john hendren al-jazeera willis michigan. the oldest and one of the largest rebel armies in me and wants unite with neighboring groups to fight the government the idea came as the current national liberation army seventy years since its fight for greater autonomy began attempts to reach a peaceful solution though it failed when he reports now from current state. throughout decades of civil war korean refugees have poured across the river from me and ma seeking shelter in thailand this journey was in the other direction but still in the name of the fight. this is my first time and i am very happy to come and mock revolution day it's like the current new year. i'm not sure what the future holds but we hope that we will get freedom and happiness. they came to the jungle headquarters in eastern me and ma of the qur'an national liberation army to mark seventy years since it took up arms against the government they call it revolution day but the revolution still hasn't been realized. the fight will go on because th

blast leaves a mess of crash cars and broken pipes with days to go before the cleanup begins john hendren al-jazeera willis's michigan. and to explain exactly what a poll of all takes is his al-jazeera meteorologist kevin corriveau who. well we talk about the polar vortex we first start here across parts of the north pole this is where it is all the time it does have these little lobes that rotate around the system and it's when one of these lobes actually becomes disconnected that's when we start to see a problem take a look at what we normally see when we talk about the polar vortex this is where those lobes got to get a little bit more elongated in the area so this is what has happened over the last couple of days one of those lobes actually became disconnected and started to move towards the south here across parts of canada as well as into united states temperatures over the last few days have been very very cold actually records have been broken across many of those areas but today we're still going to sing some very cold air across much of canada across the great lakes the midwest and into th

reportedly told the thai authorities who seized her passport i wish they'd taken her phone instead john hendren al-jazeera. getting around baghdad is a little easier for everyone these days the heavily fortified green zone has been a symbol of insecurity for years now though security forces are effectively declaring the iraqi capital safe and have removed checkpoints and barriers iran com reports. they call it the transition from green to blue where green army soldiers give up control to the blue berets of the iraqi police force traffic can now easily pass through baghdad's international zone also known as the green zone without checks and special passes a situation unthinkable just a year ago. under the orders a prime minister i'd love to lead the officials across major cities in iraq and remove checkpoints and concrete barriers designed to protect against suicide in tall bombs the prime minister even took a very public walk around baghdad on monday and transitioning from green to blue for iraq something inevitable this came after the end of the military operations against isola cross iraq there's a grou

setting a new precedent here it is the officer who finds himself on the wrong side of the law john hendren al-jazeera chicago colombia's president has asked to hand over a ten member as a far left us armed group accused of a car bomb attack in bogota yvonne do k. has renewed arrest orders against leaders involved in previous peace talks with the government twenty one people were killed after a car packed with explosives detonated at a police academy on thursday the group has not claimed responsibility for the attack. explains what this means for peace talks between colombia's government and the rebels. president even duke address the nation late on friday essentially doing what everybody was expecting ending the possibility of a reactivation of peace negotiations with the land the last active rebel group in colombia. that happened after the government to announce that the land was behind a car bomb backpack that killed twenty young cadets on terrors day here in the capital bogota ducasse said that no ideology no political fight can justify the horror that colombians that had to endure he announced th

the longer distance they have to travel doesn't mean the difference between life and death john hendren al jazeera chicago to latin america now where there's still outrage over the coming second term of venezuelan president nicolas maduro he was of course reelected last may and will be sworn in next week but more than a dozen latin american foreign ministers amoun meeting to discuss their diplomatic ties with venezuela they called the lima group of nations that also includes canada and has already rejected the legitimacy of manure as election under his leadership the oil rich countries economies tanked prompted thousands of people struggling with all that hardship to leave venezuela for neighboring countries so let's talk to her a stripper about the season bogota director said arc which specializes in conflict analysis research how influential is this lima group how much pressure do you think they can collectively put on the. they can do a lot they can do a lot for that for a regime change in venezuela for shifting the policies of the venezuelan government but it they can also do a lot for the liv