bangladesh where he's praised that country for giving shelter to re-injure refugees fleeing me and maher now he broke his silence on the muslim minorities plight by calling for decisive action to stop with the un is referring to as ethnic cleansing the pope's visit though is aimed at reaching the small catholic minority in bangladesh in the capital dhaka he led an open air mass for a crowd of tens of thousands. even though catholics make up less than one percent of the population it felt like most of them had turned up here during mass the pope or train sixty new bangladeshi priests that's a sign of the relative freedom the church enjoys here but this freedom can't be taken for granted christians are often persecuted in this region which is why for fear of their safety francis has walked a diplomatic tight rope over a growing humanitarian crisis more than half a million people have fled here to escape persecution in neighboring myanmar these range of muslims aren't even recognized in that country forcing the pope to balance diplomatic niceties with his moral imperative. on thursday after

the more than six hundred thousand to have reached the country after fleeing their homes in me and maher the united nations has described their persecution as ethnic cleansing earlier pope francis praised bangladesh for giving shelter to working to refugees and called for decisive action to end the humanitarian crisis his visit though was aimed at reaching out to catholics in the capital dhaka he led an open air mass for a crowd of tens of thousands. even though catholics make up less than one percent of the population it felt like most of them had turned up here during mass the pope or jane sixteen new bangladeshi priests that's a sign of the relative freedom the church enjoys here but this freedom can't be taken for granted christians are often persecuted in this region which is why for fear of their safety francis has walked a diplomatic tight rope over a growing humanitarian crisis more than half a million people have fled here to escape persecution in neighboring myanmar these range of muslims aren't even recognized in that country forcing the pope to balance diplomatic niceties wit

. >> maher memory be eternal. that's my message. and praying for her family. >> kate steinle's family was not in the courtroom when the verdict was read, but they spoke exclusively to the "san francisco chronicle" after the verdict telling editor john diaz, quote, this is from kate's father jim steinle, we're shocked. just shocked. justice was render, but it was not served. reporting live in san francisco, amy holly field, abc news. >> thank you. >>> they're processing what this verdict means and whether it was fair. >> reporter: kristin, the verdict is still singing in here. there's a lot of anger and now it's turning into a sense of disappointment. sim think and heartbreak are being expressed. >> it was horrible. i mean the poor family. as i was reading it last night, my one thought was to the dead. >> kate steinle grew up in pleasanton. the residents were following the case closely and can't agree with the outcome. >> i don't agree with the verdict that nothing happened. i think probably manslaughter or criminal negligence or som

behead a mass exodus hundreds of thousands of rolled in just have fled ethnic cleansing in me and maher for bangladesh al jazeera has teams on the ground to bring you more award winning documentaries and live news on ad and on line. hello i'm down in jordan doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera south africa's ruling party will be picking a successor for controversial president jacob zuma on sunday the contest for the african national congress leadership has been marked by deep divisions on a page report from johannesburg. the conference started with two warnings don't to saying divisive songs and to keep the chairs on the ground everybody at speeds that will be flying around this conference or we can say that you will not in this conference. a.n.c. members from competing factions have hurled cheers at one another in the build up to this crucial event there have been allegations of vote buying and intimidation those accusations have led disgruntled members to take legal action that delayed the start of the conference by several hours but the trend to turn to th

man maher is keeping to reuters journalists in custody for another fourteen days by loaning who were arrested earlier this month after they were invited to meet police officials on the outskirts of the gone man maher says the reporters this is a quote illegally acquired information with the intention to share it with foreign media the u.s. canada and the european union have joined top u.n. officials into managing their release a former senior official with prue's national football federation has been acquitted of conspiracy by a court in the u.s. and walburga has been charged with taking bribes in exchange for the award of marketing and media rights to international soccer matches he walked free just days after two other south american officials were convicted of similar charges the government of the philippines is setting up more than six hundred separate shelters for people displaced by the conflict in murari the army read to the city from separatists fighters in october after a five month siege conditions have been made worse there by a tropical storm tembin. those are the headlin

me and maher has blocked an independent un investigator from visiting the country for the rest of her tenure the un special rapporteur for me and young he was due to visit in january to assess the state of human rights the un has accused troops of ethnic cleansing and possible elements of genocide against the lease says she's disappointed by the me and maher government's decision saying there must be something terrible happening in iraq well she spoke to us a little earlier from seoul. i am really deeply. disappointed and there is. why the decision. to deny gratian my mandate or with any other human rights mechanisms and most to silence. about these kind of. the president of the philippines as they cleared a ten day ceasefire with communist fighters to allow filipinos to enjoy a stress free christmas rodrigo but that they ordered the army and police to suspend the fence of operations from christmas eve until the new year the rebel forces have been waging a guerrilla warfare campaign in the countryside for almost fifty years in a conflict that has killed more than forty thousand people

francis is asia tour has taken him to two sides of a desperate humanitarian crisis on the one side me on maher accused of systematic ethnic cleansing of its rohingya and on the other bangladesh rolling out the red carpet has welcomed more than six hundred thousand of those who fled. addressing the country's president the pope heaped praise on bangladesh but again disappointed observers when he chose not to say the name injure you mean he. in recent months the spirit of generosity and solidarity a hallmark of bangladeshi society has been seen most vividly in its humanitarian outreach to a massive influx of refugees from wrecking state providing them with temporary shelter and the basic necessities of life. that will not deny he. where the pope goes so go to church his followers by any means possible amid the excitement ahead of the pope's mass high hopes that his visit will bring a solution to the crisis. this visit will be fruitful for bangladesh if he comes and solves the problem about the road inja refugio. the pope ended his first day in bangladesh paying his respects to the assassinated fo

francis defended his statements in maine maher on the plight of rangar refugee saying he spoke the truth in private the pontiff was criticized for not directly addressing the crisis during his visit and avoided the word rangar until he was in bangladesh. has returned to honduras after days of violence following the disputed presidential election the electoral commission is yet to declare a winner president one orlando hernandez narrowly ahead of opposition candidate. three people have died in fighting between opposition supporters and security forces. india's opened a new trade route to afghanistan that bypasses pakistan by using an iranian port the first phase of the port in iran was inaugurated on sunday it links india to afghanistan and central asia pakistan denies transit access for trade cargo. it's al jazeera world now. nick. well. but i love moa. fish. fur. bad. so. who thought. i mean that in my. jack today. i buy stuff. i don't know sad i'm a. shell of. that. dynamite seth and. how when i had. a solid to live in a small fish about that's a leafy she left. and. i had. i have not

they selected portuguese finance minister maher is intended to be their leader for the next two and a half years. to have a victory margin new direction for the group zeta portugal itself required a bailout in twenty eleven and he is positioned himself away from the kind of austerity measures supported by his predecessor your own as well. offer more on what the euro group does in the challenge that faces going forward trial by jury has this report. once a month the finance ministers of the nineteen countries that use the euro meets they are the eurogroup their main task is to coordinate economic policies and ensure the eurozone as a whole is stable. outgoing president your own dies of learn had words of advice for his successor. . superho group put together unite zero only wave take decisions in your. dyson loans. several kind. teetered on the. see and the euro it says came under. today the zone the economy is growing again and for some that's thanks to austerity germany as the plot's biggest economy the largest contributor to bailouts and therefore the loudest voice. but since the de

and maher in recent decades and this is what reuters had to say. so royce is president and editor in chief steve has called the detention of well known in case of a blatant attack on press freedom and he has called for immediate release of course and we haven't had any response yet from the myanmar authorities mr waiting to hear how things are going to unfold from here now the e.u. is increasing pressure on me in mart's release the reporters as quickly as possible the journalists haven't been seen by visitors and police won't say where they're holding them or grant access to family or attorneys now their case mahmud hussein's case are just a few of many incidents of journalists around the world who are in prison just for doing their job and we want to hear from you let us know what you think about these stories using the hash tag it is good andrew thank you very much for that the world needs to do more to help millions of refugees from sub-saharan africa that's the message from the un's refugee chief filippo grandi has just wrapped up his visit to

but francis has defended his silence and me and maher over the plight of our head to refugees saying he spoke the truth and private he's been facing international criticism for not directly addressing the crisis the pontiff says public nazi ation would have prevented his message from being heard. and more now on our top story an investigation into russian interference in the u.s. that fryar big sis a national security reporter with newsweek respect to my colleagues who turton about where the mother investigation is heading well at the moment we don't have clear evidence of collusion specifically what it appears that the special counsel is looking into when it comes to obstruction of justice is the aftereffect what happened during the transition period and how the administration responded to this investigation and in fact this would be the beginning of that process of determining whether obstruction of justice occurred and that would be the most obvious charge that could bring down trump if it could be proven and i suppose everybody's asking who these key figures are despite someone f

were arrested earlier this month after meeting police officials on the outskirts of yemen gone mean maher accuses the pair of planning to share illegally acquired information with foreign media the reporters were covering the crisis affecting the rohingya muslims in rakhine state after the crackdown kicked off in august. south korea says a deal with japan to settle the decades long comfort women dispute fails to meet the victims needs in twenty fifteen japan agreed to pay more than eight million dollars for projects helping korean women who were forced to work in japanese military brothels during the second world war but survivors say they want direct compensation south korea has stopped short from saying if it will scrap the deal you are right up to date with all the top stories so far here on al-jazeera up next the inside story we'll see you very soon. high hopes of continued peace and stability in liberia as gotos choose a new town with a supposed enhanced democracy in a country that has seen its share of violence and what would it mean for the region this is inside story. hello and we

a court and man maher has dropped additional charges against two foreign journalists arrested in october for illegally flying a drone over the country's parliament the pair were working for turkish broadcaster t.r.t. and are due to be released in january ukraine and its separatist rebels have exchanged hundreds of prisoners in the largest swap since hostilities broke out in the country's east and three years ago the deal followed months of negotiation and as part of the minsk peace accord signed in two thousand and fifteen the hope now is that the exchange could help deescalate a conflict that so far claimed over ten thousand lives. in the dark and the cold seventy four people came home ukrainian president petro poroshenko greeted former prisoners held by russian backed separatists. but. one former volunteer ukrainian fighter said he faced daily threats and beatings in captivity. in the beginning there was strong psychological pressure they threatened me and my relatives with them they told me they would send me my mother cut up in pieces. and some point the beatings began to look what's

he praised the country for giving shelter to refugees fleeing me and maher but stopped short of calling that minority group by name. just on the macros met the leader of germany's social democrats with the aim of breaking the deadlock over forming a new government for the country the meeting at the presidential palace bellevue in berlin lasted more than two hours party leaders left without giving any formal statements. well don't forget you can always get the news on the go just download or on from google player from the apple store and that gives you access to the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for breaking news you can also use the app to send us photos of the us. and don't forget there's always plenty more at our website as well dot com you can also follow us on twitter and facebook for now though for me brian thomas in the entire news team thanks so much for being with us. pick up. independent scientists say. any practical unfed sick upsets socially controversial. new video evidence designed to make decisions by bundesliga referees more transparent a

or be only down bill maher of the show merely. recreated rubble on the democrat to you over who wasn't before or. was a probable bill. that will still come up with some gun when it gave it had a call up on the elimination elegant movement but. what the rather shabby i am not worthy but. will still be one feel it to get. the love with. the. illusion or. the. that has. somehow. could. be equated. gemma did that to her last kitty lee jaish hasn't affected a normal book. well delia many. look. but the path to unification was predictably pig by disagreements and setbacks. everyone signed up to an agreement to stop the north-south fighting in cairo in one thousand nine hundred ninety two and formed a committee to draft a constitution of a unified state. but it took an r.p. vote in the south fourteen years later to bring the painful process to a heads. like account of that you know. one nine hundred eighty six was a turning point in fighting between two factions of the ruling yemeni socialist party in the south turned violent. at the sam

over its records on democracy and human rights my guest is the deputy prime minister matteo maher i've yet to this is government ready to address the concerns voiced by brussels will continue rejecting them out of power. in sixty minutes on d w. story so that people will hold on for g.w. on facebook and twitter up to date and in touch follow us. when i'm traveling to be comfortable. but i also want to stay up to date on the latest news events. and e.w. makes that part of child line easy that's because it's available and thousands of hotels resorts in cruise ships worldwide. brand new founded. on the subject that shows the w. in your room you can price the d. w. dot com travel quiz.

we spoke to deanna maher who has spoken on unwanted sexual advances. she said retirement means little. >> i say he's an icon corruption. the system will go on with or without conyers. >> reporter: maher said there's more to it. the culture won't change. >> thank you. >>> russia's foreign ministry calls the ban from the upcoming winter olympics painful. the committee announced yesterday they will not be allowed to participate in korea over allegations of doping. good morning. >> to the ioc it's punnerment for state-sponsored cheating to. the russians it's uncollected. the ban means russia as a country will not be represented at this winter's games. its olympic city bar and certain officials suspended for life. individual athletes with no compete but as olympic athletes from russia. no anthems during ceremonies will be played. at the last games in sochi, the ioc said a state sponsored scheme swapped out any positive samples and swapped in clean ones to ensure no positive tests for russian competitors. and the man who ran the scheme said the order came ri

officials and demanding the release of two reuters journalists being held in me and maher why lone and quiet so were arrested earlier this month after they were invited to meet police officials in the outskirts of yangon and mark uses the reporters are planning to sherry of legally acquired information with foreign media that are working on stories about the military crackdown that's forced over six hundred fifty thousand one hundred muslims to flee to bangladesh since august. a former senior official with bruises national football federation has been acquitted of conspiracy by a court in the u.s. manwell burgo was charged with taking bribes in exchange for the award of marketing and media rights to international soccer matches or to walk free just days after two other south american officials were convicted of similar charges cases been linked to corruption at the heart of the international football's governing body the philippine government as setting up more than six hundred temporary shelters for people displaced by a conflict. they are me read to the city from separatist fighters

but francis has defended his silence in me and maher over the plight of refugees saying he spoke the truth in private he's been facing international criticism for not directly addressing the crisis the pontiff says public denunciation would have prevented his message from being heard. and our time curfew is in place in honduras following days of protests security forces have been given extra powers to stop the violence that's followed last sunday's presidential election one person died with dozens more injured after six days a clear winner is yet to emerge from the vote as of now president waterland hernandez has nearly had an opposition candidate salvador. dali. all of these acts of vandalism these incidents the settings of fires are not reasonable for hundred of us therefore at the request of many sectors of society the council of ministers has declared a curfew to safeguard the security of the country seventeen people have been killed in northeastern nigeria after two female suicide bombers attacked a market that happened in the town of bew in borno state one of the women is said

people need to behead a mass exodus hundreds of thousands of rolled in just have ethnic cleansing in me maher for bangladesh al jazeera has teams on the ground to bring you more award winning documentaries and live news on and on line. sealing the deal jackie says it will buy an avant said defense system from russia despite being a nato member. and i mean this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up in the program european governments stand accused of being complicit in the abuse of thousands of refugees in the efforts to stop migration. leave the country will go to prison the choice now facing thousands of african migrants and refugees in israel. fears of a syria outbreak among richenda refugees living in camps in bangladesh more than one hundred suspected cases are reported so far. so tech is expected to finalize a two billion dollars deal with russia to buy the s. four hundred surface to missile system in the us what was made at a joint news conference between president vladimir putin and russia. these ties with russia have become stronger in the past year and many see the new defense

need to behead a mass exodus hundreds of thousands of rolled in just have fled ethnic cleansing in me maher for bangladesh al jazeera has teams on the ground to bring you more award winning documentaries and live news on air and online. saudi arabia. on a ballistic missile over its capital riyadh fired from yemen by the rebels. launching i'll just zero life from a headquarters and. also ahead the u.n. meets to discuss iran's compliance with a twenty fifteen nuclear agreement. on the table. in the u.s. house republican celebrate a sweeping tax reform bill and barely an hour later the senate tells them to try again. we mark a year in captivity for our colleague al jazeera journalists for saying. hello saudi arabian authorities say they've intercepted a ballistic missile targeting the capital riyadh it's the third such attack since november the fighters in yemen say they launched the missile targeting the royal palace that's king solomon's official residence they say the attack was to mark a thousand days since the start of the war in yemen and it follows another launch on november the fourth

thousands of running of refugees have set up camp in an area known as no man's land between me and maher and bangladesh now that among the more than six hundred thousand people who fled a crackdown by me and miles military chance transfer to travel to the camp of reports on how families are coping. one son water begum is sick and so is her eighteen month old baby yasser they fled the military crackdown on their hinge in myanmar three months ago the to move refugee camp on a small stretch of land sandwiched on the border between bangladesh and myanmar is where they live now when refugees here want medicine they have no choice but to cross the river into bangladesh to get it. it gets down i'm cold at night that's why we got sick and have breathing problems and water is also ready contaminated in the camp the smallest head of the we are really suffering here we can go to man mark can we go along with us. the bangladeshi army says aid workers can't go inside the camp because it is beyond their military jurisdiction the army also stops people moving into other refugee camps further bank from

earlier this month after they were invited to meet police officials on the outskirts of van gone me and maher accuses their reporters of planning to share illegally acquired information with foreign media they were working on stories about the military crackdown that's forced over six hundred fifty thousand one hundred muslims to flee to bangladesh since august a former senior official with national football federation has been acquitted of conspiracy by a court in the united states and walpurga was charged with taking bribes in exchange for the award of marketing and media rights to international soccer matches or go walk free just days after two other south american officials were convicted of similar charges the case has been linked to corruption at the heart of fee for the international football's governing body. we are very happy we meant well as waited for this day for a long time he took about the neighborhoods to to get to the point. well they had over thirty million pages of documents in this case and hundreds and hundreds of witnesses and thousands of files that we had to go through

world's indifference to their plight he also used the term revenge or something he avoided why that man maher earlier this week. oh as you were mentioning the syrians are very much among those in need of humanitarian assistance right now residents of a rebel held in eastern cooter of made a desperate plea for more medical and food aid the u.n. has called for the immediate evacuation of five hundred people including a hundred sixty seven children from the area which is near damascus nine people have died in recent weeks waiting for permission from the syrian government for the sick and wounded to be allowed to leave one man described how his three day old son died because he could not get access to lifesaving medicine. he needed an injection to open his lungs and this was not available i searched for it yesterday and all the medical centers i could not find it at all it is only available in damascus and we cannot go to damascus elsewhere the head of syria's government delegation is criticize the opposition for statements made ahead of the current round of talks in geneva. for he said there can

attempt to lay the ground for his dismissal and he said firing him would be an abuse of power firing mr maher or any other of the top brass involved in this investigation would not only call into question this administration's commitment to the truth but also to our most basic concepts rule of law it also has the potential to provoke a constitutional crisis catalans are preparing for thursday's regional vote which may help settle the question of whether the region should succeed from spain polling stations are being set up across the region says paul pitts the leaders of the separatist movement against kansas who want to stay a part of spain a record turnout is expected. zimbabwe's nearly to everson but on god where has he has his first state of the nation address to declare his country open to foreign investment he's vowed to improve the economy and clamp down on corruption regard as thirty seven year reign harwood tasa has more from harare. zimbabwe's new leader says it's no longer business as usual his government is going to introduce pro-business policies to attract investment and revive