addressing the european parliament in strasburg listening to that with us is our correspondent natasha butler who is there a very robust defense of the position as you parliamentarians consider taking quite dramatic action against his country. yes you heard that speech from viktor orban he was certainly defiant and he was defending his policies his reforms his leadership in the face of what one of his ministers called earlier an a witch hunt by the european union he said fix or in this speech before parliamentarians that he's not going to give in to blackmail from the e.u. that he will continue with his policies of trying to stop what he said was illegal migration refugees in his country said gerunds can choose who they want to live with and who they don't want to live with and that was their rights and as you say it comes in this context the speech was made during the debates by m.e.p. who are examining whether or not to punish to sanction hungry over what some here call hungry breach of e.u. values and principles because they say that over the past few years victor all bounds government has

in france but what they want is to hold on to their rich past and have a say in their future natasha butler al-jazeera. the crisis in venezuela is causing one of latin america's worst migration crises in decades nearly half a million refugees have sought shelter in peru second only to colombia as mariana sanchez reports now from mena peruvians are forming their own ways to help new arrivals. on the floor or bunk beds alongside each other more than one hundred seventy venezuelans sharing three bedrooms two bathrooms and every single space there is left in this makeshift shelter on the outskirts of lima. says he feels lucky to be here when i. feel blessed because a lot of people have to sleep on the street i don't have any food and what these people here are doing is great it was one of it's all free says clinic over a new peruvian businessman who says he spent nearly thirty thousand dollars to rent and set up the shelter. or use the money to buy the stove mattresses everything i was about to buy a car but decided to invest it here because in exchange you get happiness. in a few months giving

son jack is one of the poorest parts of france and city officials say it's in need of renewal natasha butler is there. the sound check neighborhood is a maze of narrow streets and color for buildings for more than one hundred fifty years it's been home to a unique catalan speaking people who call themselves the gypsies of pappy but now they say the city council is demolishing the area and trying to push them out the brutal rip why destroy our history this is our neighborhood we've always lived here together it's a beautiful district so why not make it like granada was seville somewhere that tourists could come and not be scared of us instead no one helps it's dismissed as a ghetto. in the past three years local authorities have demolished more than fifty houses part of a hundred million dollar urban renewal plan they say many of the buildings are unsafe but people here disagree is that the middle i've lived in this house all my life i was born in it and they want to destroy i'm scared because if this form in the street i wouldn't know what to do. so campbell is part of a group of residents w

that threaten the bloke's very existence and its future natasha butler al-jazeera stroudsburg france million miles later unsung suchi says her government is facing many challenges in rakhine state remember hundreds of thousands of ranger muslims live there before august last year when they fled a massive military crackdown. method the range of prices could have been handled differently when he has more from that forum in hungary. on sunset g.'s appearance at the world economic forum on southeast asia in hanoi was the first international speaking engagement since a united nations report was released last month that called for genocide charges to be laid against me and my military leaders for attacks on wrecking your communities in rakhine state that report was also very critical of aung san suu kyi and her government for their failure to condemn the violence something she also refused to do here in hanoi as they are of cause. we simply too with hindsight might think that the situation could have been handled better but we believe that for the sake of long term stability and security w

and sixty's natasha butler has more from paris. well this is a very significant statement by him at all michael it is the first time that a french president has admitted state responsibility in the death of morris or dan one nine hundred fifty seven during the algerian war of independence now more saddam was a mathematics teacher at the university of algiers he was a communist he was an anti colonial activist and what his widow says is the one evening he was taken away from his home by the french military taken to a prison and then she never saw him again the french military said to her that he had escaped but she never believed them she believed that he had been tortured and that he had died in captivity what is only now more than sixty years later though the french president has admitted that morris or die did die that he was tortured at the hands of the french military and it's a very significant statement indeed it closes a chapter for her i did also perhaps opens one one another one for other people because he has said that th

that threaten the bloke's very existence and its future natasha butler al-jazeera strasburg france. more than three thousand children were sexually abused by over a thousand roman catholic priests in germany between nineteen forty six and two thousand and fourteen that's according to a leaked report published by a german news outlet spiegel online the revelation comes just after poor process our single bishops from around the world to attend a meeting in february to discuss sex abuse in the church the invitation follows new revelations in a number of countries including the us chile and a strange. one of the russians named by the u.k. the suspect in the surrogate screwball poisoning says he may address the media on that issue next week it comes after president or enemy personnel's that russian authorities had located the two men who he says a civilian with song a guy who has more. a convenient time for russia's president to announce his government doesn't know the suspects in the ski powered poisoning case taking advantage of the international attention and bloody vostok planted que

controls and many migrants are now arriving on the spanish coast hoping to travel north but as natasha butler reports from the border between france and spain they're facing unexpected hurdles. at the foot of the pira knees in the basque country and street divides northern spain from southwest and france scape and now a new frontline in europe's migration crisis. last year less than ten migrants a day came to the spanish town of iran hoping to reach france now it's near a forty ever hour and gran is part of a growing network of volunteers helping new arrivals at their own. we're driving around everyone in the last spanish town before the border with france and we're looking for people who've just arrived from the south of spain to give them some information. these men from the camorra silence in the indian ocean have tried to reach france the volunteers offer advice and a place at their shelter it's a bit of comfort far from home most here are from francophone africa sean claude is an engineer from cameroon after several attempts to cross the border he's given up his dream of a job in france.

the threats in the bloke's very existence and its future natasha butler al-jazeera stroudsburg france u.s. president donald trump has signed an executive order authorizing sanctions against individuals or countries found to have meddled in american elections has faced months of criticism for not doing enough to prevent potential foreign interference and future votes but order comes with midterm elections just weeks away our white house correspondent kimberly hellcat reports. with just weeks until u.s. voters go to the polls for a vote determining control of congress president donald trump signed an executive order to punish nations that interfere with that election the president has specifically directed us the director of national intelligence made wednesday's announcement along with national security adviser john bolton it follows their briefing last month with other top intelligence and law enforcement chiefs our democracy itself is in the crosshairs free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy and it has become clear that they are the target of our adversaries the

border controls many migrants arriving on the spanish coast hoping to travel north however as natasha butler reports from the border between france and spain they are meeting unexpected hurdles at the foot of the pier unease in the basque country and estrie divides northern spain from southwest and france and russia and scape and now a new frontline in europe's migration crisis. last year less than ten migrants a day came to the spanish town of iran hoping to reach france now it's near a forty ever hour and gran is part of a growing network of volunteers helping new arrivals their own. we're driving around iran the last spanish town before the border with france and we're looking for people who've just arrived from the south of spain to give them some information. these men from the camorra silence in the indian ocean have tried to reach france the volunteers offer advice and a place at their shelter it's a bit of comfort far from home most here are from francophone africa claude is an engineer from cameroon after several attempts to cross the border he's given up his dream of a job in franc

that threaten the bloke's very existence and its future natasha butler al-jazeera stroudsburg france u.s. president donald trump signed an executive order authorizing sanctions against individuals or countries found to have meddled in american elections trump has faced months of criticism of course for not doing enough to prevent potential foreign interference in future votes remember the midterm elections just weeks away now white house correspondent kimberly hellcat has more. with just weeks until u.s. voters go to the polls who are a vote determining control of congress president donald trump signed an executive order to punish nations that interfere with that election the president has specifically directed us the director of national intelligence made wednesday's announcement along with national security adviser john bolton it follows their briefing last month with other top intelligence and law enforcement chiefs our democracy itself is in the crosshairs free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy and it has become clear that they are the target of our adversar

natasha butler has the latest now from paris. well you see in a very significant statement from the lease a president a man or mark or basically saying that the state the french state had a responsibility in the death of morris or die in one thousand nine hundred fifty seven in algiers during the algerian war of independence now morris all die at the time was twenty five years old he worked in a local here in the local university in university of algiers he was a mathematician also an anti colonial activist and then one evening his wife recounts this tale his widow i should say recounts this later she says that french military came to the door they took him away and she never saw him again now for the past more than sixty years his widow believed that he was tortured in detention and that he died there but she was told at the time that he'd escaped had simply disappeared and it's only now that the french president omar corps is admitting that maurice was tortured by the french military in prison all those years ago and he died be

the future of the block and must be reined in before european parliamentary elections next year natasha butler i'll.

al-jazeera natasha butler has more from the european parliament in strasbourg. well victor orbán hungary's far right prime minister had come to strasbourg to defend himself and he made a defiant speech he accused the european union the european parliament of trying to blackmail him now this is all in the context of any piece debating on whether or not so sanction hungary over some of its policies seen as breaching e.u. values and principles a draft report has been tabled here in the piece are examining it's and it talks about things like detailing people's freedom of speech eroding the rights of minorities and hungry and if you think back to twenty fifteen at the height of europe's migration crisis hungry built a fence along its border with serbia and croatia to try and keep refugees out one on wednesday m.b.p.s. will then vote on whether or not to trigger article seven it is the highest form of punishment by the european parliament it would mean that hungry could possibly be stripped of its e.u. council voting rights that would have caused damage hungary's inte

the future of the block and must be reined in before european parliamentary elections next year natasha butleral-jazeera strassburg france. u.s. ambassador nikki haley has accused syria's president bashar assad and his allies russia and iran of demolishing the last major rebel held stronghold she says russia must act to stop the looming humanitarian catastrophe in a lab where more than three million people reside let's not waste time with the december mation distractions and outright lies that the assad regime and their russian and iranian partners constantly use to distort this conversation let's talk about the facts on the ground in syria this month already the world has seen a clear military escalation in. russian and assad regime air forces launched over one hundred airstrikes they are using barrel bombs rockets and artillery they are targeting hospitals and medical facilities or russia's u.n. ambassador insists that russia iran and turkey are committed to ending what he called terrorism in a lab he also denied reports that the syrian government is planning a chemical attack there yakob it

that threaten the blocs very existence and its future natasha butler al-jazeera strasburg france. the lawyer for malaysia's former prime minister najib razak has been charged with corruption. or appeared in court and dated not guilty to four counts of money laundering and tax fraud is accused of receiving two point three million dollars of illegal funds from the deaves personal account chaffee is the main defense lawyer former d.p. is facing a string of corruption charges linked to a multi-billion dollar looting of state investment fund one and three. the former president of el salvador has been sentenced to ten years in prison for corruption and ten years saka lead the country from two thousand and four to two thousand and nine last month he confessed to money laundering and embezzlement charges relate to three hundred million dollars of public funds which were redirected to personal and company bank accounts. president leading presidential candidate paul sonora is in serious condition in hospital having undergone emergency surgery he was stabbed last week during a street rally o

in france but what they want is to hold on to their rich past and have a say in their future natasha butler al-jazeera. elise sixty migrants were rescued off the coast of spain on saturday. i was spanish maritime rescue ship spotted an overloaded raft with people waving and screaming for help officials say everyone on board the raft was rescued become the latest port of entry for migrants trying to make their way into europe. top immigration official says efforts to repair trade hundreds of thousands of venezuelans who fled to other parts of south america are nowhere near enough every day about one thousand three hundred of them are arriving in peru as they flee a severe economic crisis in venezuela marianna sanchez went to meet a peruvian businessman who set up a shelter in the capital lima to help venezuela migrants. on the floor. alongside each other more than one hundred seventy venezuelans sharing three bedrooms two bathrooms and every single space there is left in this makeshift shelter on the outskirts of lima. says he feels lucky to be here when i when there are few places because a

light on vulnerable people in conflict they'll show their pain but also highlight the courage natasha butler al-jazeera. france. but come back and barbara sarah these are the headlines on al-jazeera a swedish center right opposition leader mr cent has called on social democrat prime minister to step down early election results show his bloc in a dead heat with the center left alliance meanwhile the far right sweden democrats led by jimmy akerson made big gains with more than seventy percent of the vote john the whole is in stockholm yes it's an election that has drawn a new political landscape here in sweden the two big parties much diminished those two dominant with the extremes now having to be listened to jimmy ackerson the sweden democrats the far right party leader saying that the result means his party will have major influence events here in sweden in the coming weeks and in the coming years and i'm sure he's probably right the election has demonstrated that immigration is a big problem in this country. syria's government has resumed its heavy bombardment of rebel positions in a provi

the threats in the blocks very existence and its future natasha butler al-jazeera stroudsburg france. more than three thousand children were sexually abused by over a thousand roman catholic priests in germany between one thousand nine hundred eighty six and two thousand and fourteen that's according to a leaked report published by german news outlet speaker landline the revelation comes just after port francis are senior bishops from around the world to attend a meeting in february to discuss sex abuse in the church the invitation follows new revelations in a number of countries including the us chile and a strain here. well plenty more ahead on the news hour including more fighting in the yemeni port of for they there as the u.s. state department says the coalition has awarding civilian casualties the u.n. says fighting in syria has displaced more than a million people in the last six months and an epic cycling champion christina vogel comes to terms with the injury that left her unable to war. factions in south sudan have signed what's being called a final peace deal after months o

in france but what they want is to hold on to their rich past and have a say in their future natasha butler al-jazeera. now malaysia is trying to revive a language only three thousand people can actually speak fluently portuguese came into existence during the sixteenth century florence though he reports now from the locker room what is behind this revival. the ruins of a fortin malacca stand as a reminder of the portuguese presence in malaysia in fifteen eleven they captured the coastal city and ruled for over a century before the dutch defeated them when the portuguese left they left behind more than just buildings filomena singh who is descended from the portuguese she still speaks the language of her ancestors malaccan creole portuguese derived from the portuguese with words borat from other languages and a grammatical structure similar to the mill a language all here to do was in year zero two of the second it's also known by its colloquial name poppea christan but it's in decline spoken mainly by the older generation so saying host art and using social media to pass on her knowledge w

light on vulnerable people in conflict they'll show their pain but also highlight their courage natasha butler al-jazeera. france. champ stories for you this hour on al-jazeera more barrel bombs have been dropped in rebel held parts of syria in the last few hours on saturday syria and russia carried out the most intense airstrikes in italy province seen in weeks activists and rescue workers say they were more than sixty attacks the intensified strikes are just days after that trilateral summit between iran russia and turkey which failed to agree on a ceasefire the u.n. has been warning meanwhile of a humanitarian disaster. we were living in camps near hammer province close to the front line with the regime and we started getting hit with artillery and rockets so we had to leave with seven families stranded here and with no shelter all we ask is for someone to help us and protect us from all of this violence has intensified in parts of yemen after talks to end the civil war failed to take off on saturday the fighting has taken place in the red sea port city of data a saudi led coalition and yem

all right let's go live to natasha butler our correspondent who's following developments there at the european parliament is there an appetite then do you think among parliamentarians to issue. an end to take it to its logical conclusion because of course it has been done before in the case of poland. well there is certainly an appetite for triggering article seven on the side of the any peace who believe that hungary has been preaching values but then of course on the other side you have any peace who you support and his talk of just trying to protect the sovereignty of his country the sovereignty of voters that was certainly the message he gave parliamentarians here in strasbourg on tuesday he said the e.u. was basically trying to blackmail him to change his policies and changes ways but he said look i was voted for with a majority i'm doing what the hungary people elected me to do and that's my democratic right but any piece here say that hungary has repeatedly flouted principles that it's basically not up holding the rights of minorities and crushing civil liberties in the country

light on vulnerable people in conflict they'll show their pain but also highlight their courage natasha butler al-jazeera. france. novak djokovic shares beaten juan martin del potro in straight sets to win the u.s. open the victory is joke about his fourteenth grand slam title and takes him to thirty quid on the all time grand slam winners list alongside pete sampras the match featured a number of impressive rallies with the final point alone lasting almost thirty seconds this is the second major of the year following his triumph at wimbledon and his third win of flushing meadows. space-x. has just launched a communications satellite on board one of its reusable full connive rockets three two. a. little help boost a broadband performance over the asia pacific region after the satellite was deployed the rocket then returned to earth and landed on a ship in the atlantic just eight and a half minutes after blast. updating the top stories so far today a battle to form a working coalition in sweden now looks to be a certainty sweetness prime minister says he's open to talks with the main opposition

in france but what they want is to hold on to their rich past and have a say in their future natasha butler al-jazeera. scuffles have broken out between police and protesters demonstrating against planned pension reforms in russia three people were detained during the rally in st petersburg which was attended by around five hundred people is the latest protest against the changes that indented president vladimir putin's approval rating wants to lift the retirement age from sixty to sixty five men and fifty five to sixty two women. the russian activist group pussy riot says one of its members has arrived in germany for medical treatment after reportedly being poisoned he also oversee the office said to be getting medical help at a bird in hospital the symptoms which include loss of sight speech and ability to walk off publishes an online news out that affiliated with the n.t. cram and punk band july he and two others served fifteen days in jail for running onto the pitch to in the world cup final in moscow the crisis in venezuela is causing one of latin america's worst migration crises in de

the future of the block and must be reined in before european parliamentary elections next year natasha butler al-jazeera strasberg france. asian leaders are meeting in vietnam for the world economic forum tensions in the south china sea and the growing us china trade war amongst the issues being discussed along with how a growing workforce can compete against automation an artificial intelligence when he has more from hanoi. the fish really the theme of this world economic forum on is the fourth industrial revolution so focusing on new technologies like artificial intelligence and robotics but inevitably attention very quickly turned to trade with china's vice premier who choose giving an early statement an early indication about what he wants to talk about over the next two days saying that countries should categorically reject protectionism in trade he didn't mention the united states bickley it was a criticism of the u.s. image their ongoing trade disputes and it was a sentiment that was echoed last year in the apec summit here in vietnam again when the chinese president xi jinping and don

the future of the block and must be reined in before european parliamentary elections next year natasha butler al-jazeera strasberg france. the u.s. is considering sanctions against china over allegations that it's mistreating members of the week muslim minority in shin jane profits a un human rights panel estimates that one million week is being held in so-called reeducation camps the u.s. state department expressed deep concern over the allegations it's considering economic penalties against senior chinese officials and companies linked to the detentions at least sixty eight people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a large crowd of protesters in afghanistan more than one hundred others were injured in the blast there jalalabad the capital of non-god province the protesters had gathered to demand the resignation of a local police commander this was just hours after a series of bombings in schools across jalalabad see the space of islip tanks in recent months the taliban has denied involvement. papua new guinea has launched an emergency vaccination campaign in an effort to contain a

that threaten the bloke's very existence and its future natasha butler al-jazeera stroudsburg france. ok so let's introduce our panel in brussels peter klepper head of the brussels office for the think that open europe in berlin martin michel ski director of public affairs at the polish based open dialogue foundation and in revenue in france but is all jellicoe the co-founder of. group of geopolitical studies welcome to you all but please let me start with you when when the e.u. says that there was a serious breach of european values what does it mean exactly. but there are two to be sure it's quite hard to interpret it's it's a very wide concept the e.u. law used to sign and an article in the second article of the treaty of lisbon and they cover a wide ranch of values which are human dignity the human rights the rule of law and when you look at the order it was written by this dodge lawmaker you there was interview you can see that there are actually quite a bunch of those values that have been breached at one point or another by the hungry in government and so but the main problem b

in france but what they want is to hold on to their rich past and have a say in their future natasha butler al-jazeera. a member of the russian activist group pussy riot as arrived in germany for medical treatment after what's claimed been a poisoning a fellow activist posted a video on social media that said to show piers a various love on board a plane in berlin to others fifteen days in jail for running onto the pitch during the world cup final in moscow in july and protest against police powers refugees stranded in bosnia say that they've been beaten stripped searched and robbed by croatian police seventeen people interviewed by al jazeera said the abuse took place during attempts to pass into croatia the country's interior ministry denies the allegations malaysia is trying to revive a language that only three thousand people can speak fluently malaccan portuguese came into existence in the sixteenth century florence slowly reports from blocker. the ruins of a fortin malacca stand as a reminder of the portuguese presence in malaysia in fifteen eleven they captured the coastal city and r

light on vulnerable people in conflict they'll show their pain but also highlight their courage natasha butler al jazeera pepin your france novak djokovic has beaten one martin del potro in straight sets to win the us open the match featured a number of impressive rallies with the final point alone lasting almost thirty seconds this is the second major of the year following his triumph at wimbledon and his third win the flushing meadows victories just about she's fourteenth grand slam title and takes him to third equal on the all time grand slam winners list here alongside pete sampras. pete sampras is one of the biggest legends ever to to play the game unease. it was my childhood idol you know he he was someone i was looking up to in the first actually thing i saw related to tennis on the t.v. was his first or second wimbledon championship and that inspired me to start playing tennis so there there is a lot of significance to you know me being now you know shoulder to shoulder in terms of grand slam wins with him i mean it's truly incredible. this is al jazeera these are the top stories a bat

the threats in the bloke's very existence and its future natasha butler al-jazeera stroudsburg france a state funerals being held for the former u.n. secretary general kofi annan in his home country ghana mr annan died last month at the age of eighteen these are live pictures from the capital accra where a large crowd is gathered for a celebration of his life in addition to his family dignitaries from around the world are also there and attendants including the current u.n. secretary general and turning to terrorists. a high level conference on climate change is now getting underway in san francisco and he does of us states and cities will go along with representatives of civil society organizations from around the world they hope to act on their own even if the u.s. government will not for california the world's fifth biggest economy the stakes are high rob reynolds explains more intense fires more devastating droughts deadly heat waves with tens of thousands of premature deaths a rising ocean and disastrous floods that's the future california faces due to manmade global warming over

the future of the block and must be reined in before european parliamentary elections next year natasha butler i'll just sarah strasbourg france papua new guinea has launched an emergency vaccination campaign in an effort to contain an outbreak of polio ten people have been diagnosed since june first case in the capital port moresby was confirmed last week most of the cases are young children living in remote areas it's been eighteen years since the disease was officially declared eradicated in papua new guinea. a medical emergency has been declared it's a bad ways capital after twenty people died of cholera it's reignited fears of a repeat of the outbreak that killed thousands in two thousand and eight ports. patients who are suspected of having cholera have been quarantined in zimbabwe's capital harare health officials say this is an emergency but i realize that the numbers are growing by the way the number of cases in two hundred eight. two thousand over two thousand cases it's not over are is it a big problem problem is that even if it is roll call breakthrough us zimbabwe's health sector

natasha butler has more from. well this is a very significant statement by him at all michael it is the first time that a french president has admitted state responsibility in the death of morris or dan nine hundred fifty seven during the algerian war of independence now more so down was a mathematics teacher at the university of algiers he was a communist he was an anti colonial activist and what his widow says is the one evening he was taken away from his home by the french military taken to a prison and then she never saw him again the french military said to her that he had escaped but she never believed them she believed that he had been tortured and that he'd died in captivity well it's only now more than sixty years later though the french president has admitted that morris or died did die that he was tortured at the hands of the french military and it's a very significant statement indeed closes a chapter for her and it also perhaps opens one one another one for other people because he has said that the fr

future of the block and must be reigned in before european parliamentary elections next year natasha butler al jazeera strasberg france asian leaders at the world economic forum in vietnam have made thinly veiled criticisms of the united states which is what devolved in a west wing trade speed with china criticism is led by china's vice premier who said protectionism must be rejected tensions in the south china sea and the growing us china trade war amongst the issues being discussed along with how a growing workforce can compete against automation and artificial intelligence when he has more from hanoi. officially the theme of this world economic forum on is the fourth industrial revolution so focusing on new technologies like artificial intelligence and robotics but inevitably attention very quickly turned to trade with china's vice premier who choose giving an early statement an early indication about what he wants to talk about over the next two days saying that countries should categorically reject protectionism in trade he didn't mention the united states because it was a criticism of

the future of the block and must be reined in before european parliamentary elections next year natasha butler al-jazeera strasberg france. for more on obama's speech and of course the wider implications in europe let's speak to wojciech she bilski in warsaw he is the editor in chief of visit grad insight an online and print magazine which focuses on central european affairs thank you very much for speaking to us so how will the triggering of this so-called nuclear option we were hearing attash describe in her report this exclusion from voting rights impacts hungry. well. first of all you have to say that. it will rain forest. there are no support for fetus and for bigger organ domestically however it's a short term response because his whole build up of the political ideology behind him is that he represents the opposition to the brussels circles so it's quite natural that words being now observed in. india coming vote likely not certain limits in case or a calling to limit his options in as a member of the european union will reign force the message she has at home. but on the longer run it

questions about the independence of the judiciary let's go live now to stroudsburg and correspondent natasha butler so they've agreed to trigger article seven as it's known what exactly happens next. well that's the question because it is an unprecedented move it is the first time that article seven has ever been triggered by the e.u. parliament so there are a lot of questions on exactly what happens but there are also procedures of course hungary will most likely be given a formal warning to try and change its ways fall back into line with the e.u. values and principles that any piece today said that hungary's been reaching up to now if it is deemed that hungry is failing to do that it means further down the line they could be another vote and that vote would look at stripping budapest of its you voting rights i would be very serious indeed you wouldn't be able to take part in any major e.u. decisions now the only problem with that and this is something that many critics of our school seven actually point out is for that to happen there have to be consensus among member states of the european unio

the future of the block and must be reined in before european parliamentary elections next year natasha butler i'll just sarah strasburg france. that's a variance of having a higher price than ever before in the war in afghanistan seventeen hundred civilians were killed in the first six months of this year the highest figure and started keeping records thousands more wounded and often would life changing injuries. reports from kabul. the clunk of missile against the parched afghan countryside. a village seven children between four and thirteen years old from a single family lost limbs one morning in april. in girl you. might imagine we found a bomb and stored the plane with one of exploded i saw blood everywhere i didn't feel anything at the time when i looked at my leg it was cut off and then i fell to the ground. for the go families villages in eastern province on the frontlines in the fights between the taliban and government forces the children heard gunfire and explosions during the night the next morning they found an unexploded bomb curious they played with us and once they got out to m

so those would be some of the things discussed today in paris by these two leaders ok natasha butler thank you and we're covering our boss the story online and you can head there for more information our online team has also put together some of the most powerful images from the right of return process that harry was telling us about since they began in march and you can find those pictures under the in picture on al-jazeera dot com. a clearly frustrated british prime minister has demanded that e.u. leaders come up with new ideas to resolve the brics at deadlock tourism is just returned from a testy e.u. summit that's where european leaders flat out rejected her proposals over the future of northern ireland may as accusing the e.u. of trying to break up her country i will not over to the result of the referendum nor will i break up my country we need serious engagement on resolving the two big problems in the negotiations and we stand ready now the in joining us from downing street that a series of maize official residence in london so what would you say is the aim off that statement

in france but what they want is to hold on to their rich past and have a say in their future natasha butler al-jazeera. three people were detained during protests in russia over planned increases to the retirement age around five hundred people attended the rally in some pieces broke that led to scuffles between riot police and demonstrators president vladimir putin wants to lift the retirement age from sixty to sixty five for men and from fifty five to sixty four women plan changes have seen putin's approval rating dropped by around fifteen percent. and a member of the russian activist group pussy riot is recovering after being flown to germany for treatment for what the group claims was a poisoning. very of was taken to hospital in moscow on tuesday with loss of sight and the ability to walk very slow of was jailed after he and three others ran onto the page during the world cup final in moscow in july protesting what they describe as excessive police powers well after decades of fighting ethiopia and eritrea have signed a peace agreement in saudi arabia the details of the agreement were

that threaten the bloke's very existence and its future natasha butler al-jazeera stroudsburg france. ok so let's introduce our panel in brussels peter klepper head of the brussels office for the think tank open europe in berlin martin michel ski director of public affairs at the polish based open dialogue foundation and in every new in france but is all jellicoe the co-founder of the group of geo political studies welcome to you all but is that me start with you when when the e.u. says that there was a serious breach of european values what does it mean exactly. but there are two to be sure it's going to hard to interpret it's it's a very wide concept the e.u. law used to sign and an article in the second article of the treaty of lisbon and they cover a wide ranch of values which are human dignity the human rights the rule of law and when you look at the board that was written by this dodge lawmaker you there was interview you can see that there are actually quite a bunch of those values that have been breached at one point or another by the hungry in government and so but the main p

future of the block and must be reigned in before european parliamentary elections next year natasha butler al-jazeera strasberg france. still ahead on the bulletin under pressure from the west russian president vladimir putin looks east for support and the final stage of a ten year battle with the palestinian activists refusing to leave a better one village that will soon be demolished. from a fresh coast to bring peace. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. and in the south china sea is not a place to be for the next week more or less with one a tropical depression strikes storm is hovering between the two it's going to stay of the water but it will enhance the rains along the south coast of china from taiwan and luzon west was of the next day or so in fact it would probably produce too much rain particularly because of what's following it's not on these forecasts but in about five days time a significant typhoon is going to come to the same channel on my head towards hong kong but this is the immediate problem it means that much of the rest of china is dry with the exception

in france but what they want is to hold on to their rich past and have a say in their future natasha butler al-jazeera. the three people were detained during protests in russia over a planned increases to the retirement age around five hundred people attended the rally and some peace broke that led to scuffles between riot police and demonstrators president vladimir putin wants to lift the retirement age from sixty to sixty five for men and for fifty five to sixty four women. i remind and the member rather of russian activist group pussy riot is recovering after being flown to germany for treatment for what the group claims was a poisoning pure turn very zilog was taken to hospital in moscow and choose day with a loss of sight and the ability to walk there is love was jailed after he and three others ran on to the pits during the world cup final in moscow in july they were protesting against what they call excessive police powers. top immigration official says efforts to repair treat hundreds of thousands of venezuelans who fled to other parts of south america are nowhere near enough every

that threaten the bloke's very existence and its future natasha butler al-jazeera stroudsburg france. u.n. human rights investigators say syrian government forces a fired chlorine a banned the chemical weapon on rebel held areas see three times this year the u.n. commission of inquiry also said internal displacement in syria has reached levels not seen before in the seven year conflict more than one million syrian men women and children have been forced from their homes in the past few months president vladimir putin says russian authorities have located the two men accused by the u.k. of the circus crippled poisoning and that they are both civilians the u.k. is issued european arrest warrants for the men who they suspect of working for russian military intelligence. yemeni government forces backed by the saudi led coalition have seized the two major rebel supply route routes in the key port city of a day that fighting has once again broken out in the city who the rebels and fighters loyal to the government are battling for control. and it's one of nature's most spectacular displays a

light on vulnerable people in conflict they'll show their pain but also highlight their courage natasha butler al-jazeera pepin your france. and actually veronica you saw at the start of natasha's report i'm told that she actually won the international red cross prize for photojournalism for her pictures so it is good that you get something a little bit different there is a say we show you some pretty awful images sometimes coming out of places like yemen and syria and gaza obviously life does go on there somehow that'll do it for this newsgroup thanks for joining us thanks for your comments and questions today especially on the serena williams story and you that would be a big one today hashtag a.j. news grid on twitter if you want to reply to our friends at i.j.a. in the streets today go to the live stream at facebook dot com slash al-jazeera or you can hop on your phone and use that telephone number telephone number to be sent from way. on what's that and on that telegram and we will see you back here in studio fourteen it out to zero and fifteen hundred hours g.m.t. tomorrow. on counting t

in france but what they want is to hold on to their rich past and have a say in their future natasha butler al-jazeera. refugees stranded in bosnia say that they've been beaten strip searched and robbed by croatian police seventeen people interviewed by al jazeera said the abuse took place during attempts to pass into croatia bosnia has emerged as a new route to western europe since the e.u. tightened its borders croatia's interior ministry denies the allegations the largest refugee camp in greece is facing closure at the end of this month public health officials describe conditions on the island of less boss as unsafe from there john psaropoulos reports. this is a bathroom in morea camp there's a laboratory for every seventy two people and the water doesn't always run the streets between the tents and housing units of fetid waste water this iranian woman shares a tent with an afghan family and gives the children lessons in first since there is no education for some three thousand children in the camp the government provides one doctor for moreas nine thousand residents but doctors without

that threaten the bloke's very existence and its future natasha butler al-jazeera strasberg france. ok so let's introduce our panel in brussels peter klepper head of the brussels office for the think that open europe in berlin martin michel ski director of public affairs at the polish based open dialogue foundation and in revenue in france but is all jellicoe the co-founder of. group of geopolitical studies welcome to you all but please let me start with you when when the e.u. says that there was a serious breach of european values what does it mean exactly. but there are two to be sure it's quite hard to interpret it's it's a very wide concept the e.u. law used to sign and an article in the second article of the treaty of lisbon and they cover a wide ranch of values which are human dignity the human rights the rule of law and when you look at the board that was written by this dodge lawmaker you there was interview you can see that there are actually quite a bunch of those values that have been breached at one point or another by the hungry in government and so but the main problem

in france but what they want is to hold on to their rich past and have a say in their future natasha butler al-jazeera. a member of the russian activist group pussy riot has been flown to germany for medical treatment after what's claimed to have been a poisoning get a vessel of was taken to a hospital in moscow on tuesday with symptoms including loss of sight fellow members of the group say he was poisoned but his love and two others fifteen days in jail for running onto the pitch during the world cup final in moscow in july protesting against what they describe as the excessive powers of russia's police. the economic and political crisis at home forces hundreds of thousands of venezuelans to flee is an increasing strain on resources elsewhere in the region a delegation from the organization of american states is now traveling through south america trying to understand the impact peru has received more than three hundred fifty thousand venezuelan migrants more than anywhere else except colombia monday on a sunday as they went to meet a peruvian businessman who set up a shelter in the capit

that threaten the bloke's very existence and its future natasha butler al-jazeera strasburg france. me and mars the leader aung sang suu kyi says her government is facing many challenges in rakhine state hundreds of thousands of range of muslims live there before august of last year of course when they fled that massive military crackdown so she admitted the crisis could have been handled differently speaking at the world economic forum meeting in hanoi and why and how use their. aung sun suu cheez appearance at the world economic forum on southeast asia in hanoi was her first international speaking engagement since a united nations report was released last month that called for genocide charges to be laid against me and military leaders for attacks on wrecking your communities in rakhine state that report was also very critical of aung san suu kyi and her government for their failure to condemn the violence something she also refused to do here in hanoi there are of course. we simply too with hindsight might think that the situation could have been handled better but we believe tha