Coming up in the next sixty minutes signs of progress after months of deadlock in talks to form a new grand Coalition Government in germany but more hurdles remain. President donald trump is expected to decide on the u. S. Position on the Iran Nuclear Deal an agreement still firmly backed by the e. U. And russia also this hour more violent protests in tunisia over the governments austerity measures more than three hundred people arrested last. One hundred thomas floating through a jungle in Papua New Guinea but ill be explaining how rainforests like this have been decimated i would just the last seven years on the profits. Of someone from abroad. Thank you for joining us and to months of Political Uncertainty in germany looks like its on the horizon with significant progress made in talks to form a Coalition Government politicians say an agreement spain reached to move forward with negotiations between chancellor Angela MerkelsChristian Democratic Union and the social democrats the parties have found Common Ground on the contentious refugee issue agreeing to limit migrants arrive also around two hundred thousand a year the draft deal also commits funds to bring economic stability to the eurozone and the blueprint outlines plans to eat mediately and weapons exports to countries involved in the war in yemen and speak to aljazeera is david chase and was in berlin for us david so a breakthrough but how big of a breakthrough. Fully though those are certainly marathon talks weve just witnessed more than twenty four hours and they produced a twenty eight page blueprint and the committees for each of the parties involved are still working on various amendments to the those particular paragraphs in the dossier but youve mentioned some of the headlines now important concessions made on both sides of course as we expected that the only way a grand coalition can work but perhaps the most contentious issue for martin chills in the social democrats an angler merkel and her partys was the question of refugees and now theyve agreed as you said that there will be a cap of one thousand per month for looking at family reunions now a lot of conditions have been added to those cases and each one will be considered each month but the one thousand a month will also be the lead in will also be taken against the quota of migrants allowed in taken off that quota which is capped at around two hundred twenty thousand so yes its a complicated deal but essentially everybodys happy with that but the most important point to actually make fully is that this is not the final hurdle this is talk about talks theyve now agreed that they will go into formal talks to to get the grand coalition but theres the delegates conference for the social democrats on january twenty first the vast is the final hurdle before any government can be formed which might take until april that was going to be my next question to in fact david whether this was a done deal and what the next steps were going to be and also what does this agreement tell us about the future direction germany is taking. Well i think yes the social democrats delegates conference on jan twenty first they have to put it to their party base that party listen to martin chills before or after election saying he was going to go into an opposition they wanted to renew themselves in that opposition they wanted to come up with fresh ideas move forward get some new direction the momentum for the party which has suffered its worst loss of electoral support in its history so too for anglo merkels parties they realize that the electorate is wanting more for them theyve allowed the old turn for germany into the bundestag that populist front the extreme right front has got a foothold in the German Parliament they realize theyve got to come up with something now its going to be very controversial debate but they will debate it with their members and i think in the end it will go through so these Coalition Talks will now enter the formal stage at the end of january and the point about it is that all the people concerned realize that theyre going to a grand coalition and for a grand coalition they need some grand ideas theres actually been no real sign of that thats why were seeing these amendments in the twenty eight page document that coming up with these fresh approach is very important the fact that germany is known going to going to export its weapons and arms to any country thats involved in the awful war in the emmen thats just one of the policies that theyve come up with so far well have to read the rest of them when that twenty eight page dossier blueprint is actually sort of published and we can take a look at anything else thats fresh there but also on taxation no increase in taxation for high earners thats something the social democrats wanted but merkel has managed to be back also the reforms to the euro zone very important that for the social democrats they are such ideas for europe they want a future for europe they want the reforms of president of france. Ones so there is a balance there is going to be any real chemistry between the two parties its still not clear theres a lot of Common Ground there but a lot of it is actually sort of cobbled together just for the sake of getting a government in motion again once more in germany after being in this political limbo folly david thank you very much for that david chase every fourteen there live from berlin and other world news after months of political posturing the us President Donald Trump is expected to reluctantly extend sanctions relief the run later on friday the waiver is part of the twenty fifteen Iran Nuclear Deal it was brokered by world powers but the u. S. Congress requires the president we have firm the agreement every ninety days during the last deadline in october trump declined to said if irans compliance but congress didnt act to reimpose sanctions and while the president is expected to sign off on the nuclear deal on friday he says treasury secretary says new u. S. Sanctions are being considered alan fischer has more from Washington Well we know the donald trump has been meeting is National Security team in an doated leave the whole around deal is probably on the agenda we know that in the past Rex Tillerson who is the secretary of state h. R. Mcmaster whos the National Security advisor and to matters who is the fence secretary they have been suggesting that they dont want to stay in this deal they dont want to blow it up what the United States should do is to with to try and amend it while working with the International Partners but there is the possibility that will be no one Nuclear Related sanctions and thats certainly something that treasury sector stimulation suggested when he made a surprise appearance in the White House Briefing room. I am expecting new sanctions on iran we continue to look at them weve rolled them out and i think. You can expect there will be more sanctions coming now we know that donald trump speaks to a lot of people before he makes these decisions he has had from president mark or france who said the International Community doesnt want to see this deal being abandoned horses for him to the israelis and the saudis and we know that donald trump tends to see these things very much in binary terms that any win for iran in any sort of level is a defeat for the United States but what people will be saying to him particularly after the protests in iran over the last month is what we want to do is keep pressure on the iranian government and you do that with non Nuclear Related sanctions rather than dismantling this whole deal if you do that and it keeps pressure on the iranian government and but if you blow up the deal then that gives them some sort of nationalistic totem to rally people around and the focus moves off them and more on the relationship with the United States and the International Community and that could strengthen their position so donald trump has a big decision to make in the next twenty four hours he will listen to all sides and then donald trump being donald trump will make the decision he wants to make when hes ready to make the decision bassam alga same from me to him and National Security project says a failure to upholding iran could have consequences for years to come. It really in the long term undermines american credibility that the United States president s arent necessarily going to Honor International agreements and if our credibility is undermined our influence will likely also be undermined and so it is important that these agreements are honored i think that there are some very legitimate concerns when it comes to iran so for example one of the things that critics of the deal dont like is that the country is still able to develop an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile system as long as it is a conventional system because iran deal really just focuses on. Weapons of mass destruction on Nuclear Weapons and not on conventional weapons i think thats a very legitimate concern however i dont think that this strategy is cracked i think what we could do is show the iranians that were honoring a deal in the Nuclear Space and then that would create an incentive for them to come to the table to potentially come up with a second deal to talk about the threat Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles and i think thats really a broader regional concern and thats an opportunity thats potentially going to be passed by. Turkeys government has dismissed another two hundred sixty Civil Servants and military personnel under its latest sikri president ship type read on extended the state of emergency earlier this week it was imposed after the failed coup in twenty sixteen thousands of people suspected of involvement have been arrested and tens of thousands sacked but more than eight hundred people dismissed in previous purges have been reinstated under the new decree and Turkeys Foreign Ministry has warned its citizens against traveling to the u. S. Risking reigniting a months long diplomatic spat visa restrictions from both countries were lifted at the end of december theyve been in place after the u. S. Accused of detaining two of its consulate staff for suspected ties to the failed coup in two thousand and sixteen but turkey now says its citizens should revise travel plans to the u. S. Jury there found a turkish bank guilty of helping iran evades u. S. Sanctions. Syria now where the u. N. Says Government Forces have stepped up fighting in rebel encase with a warning deliberate attacks on civilians could be considered war crimes speaking on his first visit to syria at the u. N. To monetary and she said hes deeply worried about civilians in it leave and go to more than eighty five people have been killed in the past twelve days a small. This has become the norm in eastern good. Day to civilian casualties as the Syrian Government steps up its attacks and flushing out rebels in the damascus suburb was this is the last rebel held and clay and Regime Forces backed by russian strikes have been intensifying attacks in recent months russia has rejected accusations its been targeting civilians. With turkish president spoke to his russian counterpart putin on thursday stressing strikes needed to stop for peace talks to succeed an unnamed turkish source said ankara had summoned iranian and Russian Ambassador syrian president assads backers to express its discomfort those airstrikes are in what was meant to be a deescalation. From the uns envoy voiced his concern over the level of violence and go to while things. Where maybe he live. Refines you can see. Right. Now. This is his First Mission to sara since his appointment last year. He will brush that is due to host the Syrian National congress in sochi at the end of january another attempt to start up some kind of meaningful dialogue to end the vicious civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people since two thousand and eleven. Is there a Charity Group linked to the main suspect you need two thousand and eight mumbai bombing is holding a rally in the pakistani city of. A series of protests sponsored by the us decision to recognize charles lim as israels capital the demonstrators are also angry at violence in the disputed kashmir region. Is in faisalabad forest joins us now live on the news hour so come on its not just one issue that people are protesting about tell us about who is behind this movement and what theyre demanding. Well the rally has just concluded as you can see the people have already left the ground however theres a grouping of about forty religious as well as right wing Political Parties of banded together to call what they have named focused on Defense Council and of course the main focus of their attention as the u. S. Moves to move the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem which has been condemned by this organization theyve already announced countrywide protest and will be holding protests in other cities also but however say theres also a part of the defense of pakistan. Grouping and he of College Board chair he spoke to the crowd he spoke about the large presence of indian for children Indian Health because media said that those that cross their days what unacceptable that the people of kashmir who are struggling for their freedom and of course also said that the palestinian cause was also very dear to the people of pakistan so this is an attempt to galvanize support across the country right after the u. S. Unilateral action on palestine and as you say these protests these rallies have been going on for some time now how has the government reacted. Well the government has banned or is trying to curtail the funding of poverty shades organization which its people say its prompted more by indian pressure not the u. S. Pressure this is an attempt by the government of pakistan to please the indians according to the defense of Pakistan Council supporters and of caution about the chinese saying that theyre doing this because of their obligations to the United Nations so there is a move by the government as unpopular because however say theres a hugely popular. A man and buggered on the court for far nothing against them its free to roam around however. Because of very Rapid Response whenever theres been a doctored blogger dan rather theres been large or even try to do organization. By the government trying to name and or dryer drifter good movement. Where theres a board for health. In feisal about pakistan thank you very much for that come on and staying in pakistan theres widespread outrage in the country over the rape and murder of a six Year Old GirlZainab Ansari authorities are being accused of not doing enough to keep children safe after a series a similar killings diana karim has more. That. Theyre calling for justice for zainab the girl whose body was found in a dump on tuesday four days after she went missing in the district some of the horn. Protests have since broke out in several cities in pakistan some of them turning violent the there were funerals on thursday for two men killed in the city of pursuer an enraged crowd stormed a police station. Officers responded by firing live rounds on demonstrators Law Enforcement is being blamed here zain ups father says the police did not act fast enough when his daughter went missing last week the local police chief has been sacked for negligence related to the case. If the culprits in earlier gripen murder cases had been caught and punished in this incident would never have happened if they had been given exemplary punishments peoples daughters would have been safe today eleven other child murders have been reported in the area in recent months and in two thousand and fifteen or district was at the center of a child Sexual Abuse Scandal a number of suspects were arrested accused of blackmailing scores of children. Into making sex videos the ficca of child sexual abuse child rape sodomy child murder has forward in the past three to four years in the district of the store and it seems to me that there is an element all. Gang and ring police say theyre still investigating leads in zena murder and have interrogated two hundred twenty seven people in connection with the case the number one suspect the man seen here on the Security Camera with zainab its the last time she was seen alive diana carom aljazeera phantom or head on this aljazeera news hour including fears of worsening hunger in sudan where the rising cost of food has led to violent protests. Hopes fade for any survivors days after californias devastating mudslides and in swart well hear from the american tennis great who is demanding everything at the australian open. First a sedan where rising prices have sparked anger at the government stop subsidizing some items three people have been killed in protests so far have a morgan has more from ca to. Preparing a meal for her family is nothing new. But the portions have changed over the past few days the reason higher prices in the markets. Theres an increase in the prices of basic commodities what i could buy for eighty five dollars in the pasta now cost one hundred seventy dollars even the cost of bread its gone up and it affects my spending on other things so dense economy has been weakening since the United States impose economic sanctions in one thousand nine hundred seven which were lifted in october last year but there hasnt been much of an improvement since then the governments ten to eighteen fiscal budget has a deficit which has forced it to eliminate some subsidies one of them was for a reason thats what got me meals that we used to get a sack of flour for twenty two or twenty four dollars but it was hard to find and to know the price to hire is fifty seven dollars and you can find it because there is a very noticeable increase in the cost i lifting meet subsidies as high prices of bread which led to protests in many parts of the country three people were killed and more than a dozen members of one of the main opposition parties which called for peaceful protests arrested. Protesters they Police Used Tear Gas to stop them and the government shut down newspaper publications and confiscated copies that were already in distribution but the price of bread is not the only reason behind the protests sudans currency has been weakening against the dollar for many years in two thousand and five you needed to put me down to get one dollar in two thousand and twelve you needed me now which is a record thirty for just one dollar on the black market with prices of some commodities more than doubling many fine life and affordable. Sudans government lowered the official rate of the currency against the dollar from six point seven to eighteen pounds in january as part of reforms recounted by the International Monetary fund but it says the reforms have nothing to do with the hikes in prices. That in libya they have been government. But to reduce the prices of staple consumer goods to the rise in prices is not related to the devaluation of efficient Exchange Rate rather its the result of black market manipulation of that rate and the ministry and central bank are working to shut it down but some analysts say the worsening economy is because of Government Policies and the budget proposed for this year. The twenty eight thousand budget presented to parliament was unrealistic it was beyond sudans economic capacity without a vision or identification of the resources to cover the budget the budget may collapse if not in two months then three because the ministry of finance doesnt have the resources for the revenue to cover it to see who doesnt know what the governments next steps will be but she hopes it wont result in more hikes in prices which could force her family to go without some meals he will morgan onto their hearts. Activists in tunisia are calling for a major demonstration against the government over plans to raise taxes and the price of basic goods has been nearly a week of sometimes violent protests across the country with more than seven hundred seventy people arrested so far the government has deployed troops to help contain the unrest with the Prime Minister urging calm some in his government blaming the disturbances on criminal elements aljazeera is in tunis for as protest leaders are calling for people to get back onto the streets will they heed that call in light of the hundreds of people whove been arrested this Movement Gaining Momentum nationwide. And it will also largely depend on the weather condition its been raining heavily over the last few hours. Vast many people are concerned could just deter many people from taking to the streets but we have to wait and see how the weather conditions will improve throughout the next coming hours but as far as the activists are concerned they say that they are determined to continue to protest against the austerity measures for as long as it takes until the government scraps of those. The government says that the protest movement degenerated into violence targeting Security Forces police stations of barbering main roads and attacking civilians is said also that each will prosecute everyone involved in those attacks so far more than seven hundred people have been arrested by Security Forces activists on the on the other hand accuse the government of using those attacks as an excuse to further silence discontent crossed in his ear but this is quite a delicate moment although were not seeing the same law scale protests that weve seen in the past two years but the momentum has been steadily building up across the country so what are the governments options then now and what can it do to ease the tensions. Very few options left had for the team is in government folly it is not a rich country Natural Resources its main sector generate cash for the budget basically of mining and agriculture and tourism and those sectors were affected by the decline in International Markets over the last few years but also by instability and terrorist attacks targeting hotel result and resources here in tunisia so desperate to get cash to keep functioning. Government is now introducing austerity measures new taxes to be able to generate cash at the same time they were trying to get more loans from the International Donors but the International Donors have been saying that they wont commit any cash in the future unless the tunisian government tackles one of the biggest problems is because it has been facing for many years which is basically overstuffing its Public Sector consumes Something Like twelve percent of the. G. D. P. The government says it is willing to. Fire twenty thousand Government Employees in the near future and maintain the taxes to be able to generate more cars but you know for you the problem with laying off people in a country particularly liked it is you discontent is going to be on the rise people will take to the streets of the will be backed by the Opposition Party and the being trade unions if you have more protests youre more likely to see more its ability and more instability mean is that groups across the country could take advantage of the situation and states come back hashim had barricading a close eye on the events in tunisia for us here on aljazeera i think you have. Qatar has sent in airspace violation complaint to the Un Security Council against the United Arab Emirates it alleges an emmy rotty fighter jet illegally crossed into qatari territory on december twenty first the u. A. E. Saudi arabia bahrain and egypt closed their airspace to cut area craft in june after they cut diplomatic ties accuse qatar of supporting terrorism which qatar strongly denies more than four hundred people in western japan were stuck on a train overnight because of heavy snow fall that train left the city of niigata on thursday night and had to stop when it goes where blocked by accumulated snow on the track rail workers decided it was too risky to evacuate the train because it was stranded in a remote area it continued its journey fifteen hours late. Now in a few moments well have the World Weather with everton fox and still ahead on the news hour the u. S. President is accused of making vulgar remarks while talking to senators about immigration last catalonia separatists discussed their next steps that could see their deposed leader become president again and in sports as he that carly crosses borders a former champion makes his move. By this guy now in immigration harbor or off the coast of the italian riviera. Hello has been unusually cool and wet around the malaysian peninsula recently big massive cloud just swirling away here diving down towards singapore towards k. L. And were seeing one hundred thirty millimeters of rain in the space of twenty four hours in malaysia further north and to work thailand even worse is still surround a hundred seventy millimeters of rain coming down in that short period of time now we are going to see a circulation making its way through and that may well develop into a Tropical Cyclone over the next few days a Tropical Storm will keep a very close eye on this one but either way we are looking at damaging winds piling in and some really heavy rain further flooding certainly on the cards here similar picture to refract into the northwest of australia where we have pro cycling joyce has now made landfall just around broome in the process of weakening off now there but still some very strong winds as it makes its way down across the western side of the country very strong winds coming through and also further spells of very heavy rain very wet and windy as one would expect with the systems with the system will start to fizzle out meanwhile weve also seen a very wet weather just around melbourne thats now in the process of making its way away heat breaking rain this one will be fine dry warm and sunny for the start of the tennis on monday. The weather sponsored by cats are at peace. When diplomacy fields and fear sweep then our borders are wide open wide open to drugs terrorists weve proven the barriers are built to impose division and its will to take two instead of being an obstacle to tell wastes into became another almost a quarter to peace in a four part series aljazeera revisits the reasons for divisions in different parts of the world and the impact they have on both sides walls of shame at this time on aljazeera. And. Where every. Youre watching the news hour on aljazeera with me fully back t. Ball a reminder of our top stories now progress has been made to form a governing coalition in germany after months of uncertainty chancellor Angela Merkel and Opposition Leader martin shuls have agreed to move forward with formal negotiations after finding Common Ground on refugees and the euro zone. Donald trump is expected to reluctant to extend sanctions relief to iran later on friday under the nuclear deal with world powers the us needs to reaffirm the agreement every ninety days but the president made a whole separate us sanctions on iran and more than seven hundred seventy people have been arrested across tunisia following five days of on Thai Government protests there are angry about plans for tax rises and higher food prices activists are calling for a major demonstration on friday. Now a small group of u. S. Senators say theyve reached a compromise on Immigration Reform but theyre yet to win the support of donald trump according to several reports the president s made vulgar remarks about haiti el salvador and african countries during the discussions christian salumi has a story. Days after President Trump called on lawmakers to find a compromise on Immigration Reforms a Small Bipartisan Group of six senators say theyve done just that the agreement was expected to include funding for Border Security protections for undocumented immigrants brought to the u. S. As children and changes to the way the state Department Approves visas but in a private meeting a proposal to restore protections to immigrants from haiti el salvador and certain african countries who were until recently protected from deportation reportedly prompted the president to question why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here. He then suggested that the United States should instead bring more people from countries like norway whose Prime Minister he met on wednesday thats the races the women norwegians are white theyre northern europeans he was referring earlier in his vulgar comment to africans and haitians who are mostly of african descent this is these are racist comments who said things like this before when he talked about nigerians who wont go back to live in huts and talk about the haitians who bring aids to the United States these are all confirmations of war a lot of people have long suspected that he harbors racism republican representative mia love a haitian american responded on twitter saying the president s comments are unkind divisive elitist and fly in the face of our nations values this behavior is unacceptable from the leader of our nation they are bringing drugs theyre bringing crime theyre rapists its not the first time the president has spoken disparagingly of immigrants and his spokesperson didnt deny the comments certain washington politicians choose to fight for Foreign CountriesPresident Trump will always fight for the American People he said President Trump is fighting for Permanent Solutions that make our country stronger by welcoming those who can contribute to our society grow our economy and assimilate into our great nation the president says he wants a merit based immigration system not one based on family connections or a lottery and his comments suggest hes not yet ready to accept the compromise reached by senators kristen salumi al jazeera new york while i speak some more about this to adam again who is an author and political commentator in africa he joins us via skype from casablanca in morocco very good to have you on aljazeera again out of a what is more shocking to you that the president of the United States was would use such crude wall words to describe African People and haitians or the fact that the white house didnt even deny that he is a slacker. Lets i think say once in the bergen line is that the person to be disease is mr trump thats where the buck stops is the prison the regular city and he is sure really. Going to need is displayed of this isnt towards africa for instance when i think of leaders met him in the. Seven summit in italy recently even if you need to put a head full listed at six and the years we begin to be talking in a resistor we against not only i think it will or also people come from poor nations i would have wanted to know whether in the time when you were just a business person mr trump look a lot done business with african countries i suspect you may have done business and made money from both countries is not a given issue of also of course the white house is following all the opposite of the need to be a leader and im not surprised by this there are certain can be kenya towards him because they are out only for him as do whatever you want to say you say as you say here he has been known to be disrespectful to african metas as had happened that the g. Seven summit. How should african minutes respond you know should they respond in kind. No they should become a bit more principled and certainly mr africa doesnt need america we have partners from other areas of the world from you know china asia the middle east we dont need a middle class america descends to flourish leadership of research not a mental mindset is just how disturbed decide to get america to work no way i think of it can be distilled so principle instead of sitting no commits its wrong because if you are not skilled with such a huge person you end up being somebody who would believe and do what it will do you i fancy mr trump as not had any agenda for africa you didnt come to the like mr obama. To visit africa you didnt even in africa but global agenda so thats an afterthought you started we looked into it we dont need we move we are indeed not clear we dont know what donna times africa policy is but what about you know because he made these comments as they were discussing integration in the United States what are the fate of those african migrants who live in the us its going to be very difficult for them under donald trump isnt it. You know no because youre going to integrate into the u. S. Constitutions and a little themselves you know. Whether you take the silicon is Business People are coming from interviews in the world only schoolchildren. With a good family that is i think people scholars were teaching in universities who still not have it go calling b. S. Them for you know people are part of it was a minute that is so ho my group going to do well in sixteen student. Came all on board the book. What is it was. Never did it really sick took place four minutes inhabitation it will not only for mr goods. But those of family to come and live there is open to everybody and maybe god doesnt belong to me so dont. Fight but for the rights of the confusion of the you will see this is necessary you dont allow yourself to be bullied in america you go to get money you get. To see thank you so much for talking to us always good to hear thoughts adam again joining us there from casablanca in morocco thank you for your time we appreciate it i mean while President Trump has confirmed his canceled his state visit to london there were calls from some politicians for his invitation to be withdrawn before he made his controversial comments and opponents were planning protests if the visit went ahead but on twitter trying to put it down to this not wanting to officially open the new u. S. Embassy in london next month he tweeted reason i cancel my trip to london is that i am not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps a best located and finest embassy in london for peanuts only to build a new one in an awful cation for one point two billion dollars a bad deal wanted me to cut red then no. Theres a large cleanup efforts underway in Southern California after a devastating mudslide but local police say its unlikely theyll find any more survivors seventeen people were killed when storms sent a wall of mud crashing through homes and washing away cars reynolds has the latest from the. Deliverance from above a coast guard helicopter hovered low to rescue a man a child and their dog from the roof of a house surrounded by mud roads in the area have been washed out or are impassable because of mud and debris another coast guard crew landed on a golf course and shepherded eight people and five dogs aboard their jayhawk helicopter Officials Say five hundred rescuers are combing the hills and canyons using search dogs and thermal Imaging Equipment crews have to work their way through waist deep mud fallen trees and boulders oh my god mark marco farrel was recording at the moment a torrent of mud and debris came rushing down the street where his parents live. Wildfires last month stripped the hillsides of vegetation that usually holds back cylinder rock making the mudslides more powerful ive been a firefighter for twenty six years and for most people that are here on this incident weve never seen an event like this where crews are struggling to clear roads and restore Services Like electricity telephone gas and water some residents shoveled out their own houses and driveway about one hundred houses were destroyed in tuesdays mudslides its just my everywhere and completely across six lanes of freeway. And to peoples homes down there driveways grateful for the nonstop efforts of rescuers and work crews residents of the area they say a long road to full recovery rob reynolds aljazeera los angeles. Catalonia is deposed leader and is meeting his newly elected m. P. s in brussels theyll be negotiating with other process session is parties there drafting a proposal on the composition of a council on Parliament Body that would elect the regions next president but monteux has been in brussels since being forced out as leader and threatened by a rest by the Spanish Government speak to nadeem in brussels so how important is todays meeting. Well fully important and unusual unusual because this is the first real meeting since the december elections between colors pushed them all and those pro independent members of the Regional Parliament from the two main dependents parties his own joints per catalonia and the e r c the republican left of catalonia now in the parliament after those elections they hold sixty six of one hundred thirty five seats and they can count on the support of four other m. P. s but the domination of parliament depends on the participation of several deputies who are actually been jailed and lets not forget that mr put them on himself and several of his deposed ministers have been here in brussels for several months thats why its such an unusual occasion awhile ago we saw perhaps a couple of dozen politicians arrive by bus while waiting for mr put them on himself to a raw even now they there has been there was a arrest warrant by the madrid government put out that was withdrawn but mr put him on and his ministers do still face arrest if they return to spain so thats a Crucial Point to remember todays business notably includes choosing who will be on the Parliament Bureau the body that runs parliament including the speaker of the chamber next wednesday theyre expecting the speaker whoever it is to announce that the name of the person who will be voted on as regional president now everyones expecting it to be colors put them on but it might not be that straightforward so what are the options now nadeem for the probably independence parties. Well they could as mr push the man himself has suggested say that whats going to happen is because he cant go back to spain he will actually make his investiture speech and perhaps continue to govern remotely so that speech theyre saying could and should happen via video link. Its a moot point its certainly something thats rejected by the madrid government and by the party which won the most votes in that december election sudan us. Against independence now the the Regional Parliaments lawyers havent come out officially and said what they think but to many people are saying that they could rule that thats unconstitutional this idea of a video link a video link speech the party might instead decide to appoint a proxy for that speech they might decide to say that somebody will actually take mr putin ones place in person when it comes to Parliamentary Business its all very unknown but for these people they want to tell madrid you need to respect the results of the elections and not put hurdles in our way that seem badly in brussels thank you nadeem environmental groups are accusing Papua New Guineas government of sitting back while the countrys rain forests are destroyed the pacific nation has just overtaken malaysia to become the worlds biggest exporter off tropical heart Andrew Thomas when to pull me off to have a look at the impact. The extremely remote location of this rainforest used to offer its protection but recently that changed. The forests around palmy zero are disappearing fast as they have been right around Papua New Guinea we have lost everything we were been here two years ago we would be standing on a new go to be tree or maybe looking at the birds flowing out all the troops but no look at this so we would have the middle of the forest yes we would be in the middle of the forest. School. Papua new guinea has more of asia pacific remaining rainforest than any other country but special agricultural business leases or a. B. L. Threatened them they were supposed to be issued to Agricultural Companies to clear land they intended to farm on but most s. A. B. Else which now cover more than ten percent of Papua New Guineas in thailand a mass were issued often corruptly to logging companies the timber is processed in china and sold on around the world as kitchen flooring Palm Oil Plantations are eventually planted but there are reports substitute. Is supposed to avoid emotion and reports like this but this scene is just profoundly depressing when i first took my breath away i mean just look at it this is a landscape thats being scarred. Logging Companies Say they brought Jobs Services and roads to poor parts of Papua New Guinea and paid landowners but this satellite imagery with pictures taken in twenty thirteen and again this year shows in just one area the extent of whats been lost. John powell rear helped a Malaysian Company to negotiate its access but he quickly felt locals were being pressured into sunny onesided agreements i feel embarrassed i say i must tell you we were looking for. This is why without considering all the simplifications we offered to bring him and we were in in places looking companies have subsidised the local police those trying to stop the locust say theyve been beaten by them held in shipping containers and threatened with arrest hours given. Some on my farm and by a policeman in uniform carrying a gun and in the night. In Papua New Guineas capital two politicians and officials have been accused of being too close to the logging companies and of taking bribes to help deals go through the countrys new lands minister doesnt deny that but says he is part of the solution its a deals is a disaster its a disgrace theres definitely some that are legal theres no question about it and they will be cancelled they will be cancelled and all logging will stop but its not stopping were just painting these new britain the logging is devastating youre right it is not stopping because of the fact that we still have to go for the process theres a Legal Process lot of the east but its going to stop it will stop in many places logging companies are appealing the cancellation of their licenses but while court cases drag on the trees keep falling under thomas aljazeera pommy oh papa new guinea. A mass burial has taken place in nigeria for seventy three People Killed in fighting between fly any herdsman and farmers the two communities have been locked in conflict for decades over the use of land to graze cattle. Reports cordie in benno states. A solemn ceremony for victims of recent violence between herdsman and farmers as a dead brought in conference and open trucks emotions run high. Survivors say the attacks were carried out by herdsman stephens i am a member of a local militia formed to confront the nomad says it was left for dead when the camp was rated. New drama school we were in a camp around five am without warning without information we started to hear gunshots there was shooting we didnt have any rifle ammunition mary is a mother of two shes alive but suffered a deep machete cut to the phrase attacks and counterattacks between farmers and cattle herders have grown worse in nigeria over the past five years last year alone at least one thousand five hundred have died and more than one hundred thousand displaced as the seventy three victims of the recent violence are buried here the Nigerian Government is sending soldiers to stop the killings and the problem is access to land a changing climate is forcing the migration of moment from the north to the south in spite of past existing lands reserved for grazing have been overtaken my family and some from my possible relations groups and this has created conflict between families and credit cards. Security forces have announced arrests on both sides and some states have enforced a ban on open grazing. The size of my states work. Is where. To me there is no. Two hectares of land. That you can put as a result of that so you cannot work here the rule land is occupied but the herdsman said the law was in bad faith meant just to english their way of life i dont get is it is the grazing is the philosophy is legal right is nigerians thats the way they were brought up when they insist on ranching they should be provided with wrenches if there is no provision for branches how do you want them to live efforts by the Central Government to demarcate areas exclusively for grazing is being resisted some state. This conflict has been going on for half a century or the rising casualties on the scramble for land and water many nigerians say they believe the violence will get worse before it gets better i mean to greece aljazeera mccauley nigeria. A road trip to london doesnt throw boston. Or sad to see it with that story in sports. I temped. Thank you so much for me well the Boston Celtics didnt allow a road trip to throw their championship push off course the celtics are leading the y. In the n. B. A. s eastern conference and i beat the philadelphia seventy six at a game played in london reports. Seeing the stars of the n. B. A. And everything that comes with them has become a regular treat for fans in the u. K. The Boston Celtics facing the philadelphia seventy six is in london being the eighth regular season game in the country since twenty eleven and they could be many more coming up in the future. The demand is there and the interest is there its really more a question of our schedule and whether we can make it work it looked early on that those on hand in london were in for a shock result right across crowds does it matter to see point still be the sixers the seventy six dominated eastern conference leading celtics so much of the first half of the building a lead in excess of twenty points about boston showed just why this serious championship material their star player kyrie irving who scored twenty points on the night not sit down i am i helping get him to come back moving here midway into the Third Quarter the celtics finally seizing the lead. To try to tie us air force to take the weight and they didnt give it up any hopes of an upset in london over boston going on to seal it comfortably one fourteen two one zero three for a seventh win in a row in the sixtys were playing pretty hard to execute. We got off to a good start start something the defense will be more. Its probably just were hoping to be. You know its natural while british fans that have to wait a year to see be n. B. A. At home again its possible theyve already thing this seasons champions in action so hell malik aljazeera some problems for bron james and the Cleveland Cavaliers cleveland losing one thirty three to ninety nine against its wrong to run says that six losses in eight games to the defending eastern conference champions. For most of you know about to begin to see them. Really go on the way to get out of. Here is going to slow mo budgets for the birds who are drawn reported. So fragile in the room i dont know where in the kind of world war would happen in kind of the switch went back but the relationship with your brother for all north American Sports is also part of the plan for the new stadium being built by premier League Football team tottenham this year is a series of n. F. L. Games in london will start there in october the Oakland Raiders will face the Seattle Seahawks at the new sixty one thousand seat stadium which is still under construction talking of signed a ten year deal with the n. F. L. Regular season games have been held in london since two thousand and seven. Or you know were bringing two global force together we wanted not just to raise the profile of thought not to raise the profile of ptolemys an area we want this stadium to leave the regeneration of of told them its a very poor area we need to help now twelve time grand slam went to Billie Jean King believes the australian opens Margaret Court arena should be renamed court is a vocal opponents of gay marriage the seventy five year old australian one a record breaking twenty four grand slams on a string her career and the venue at Melbourne Park was named after her in two thousand and three king says that while she refused to play in the rain if she was appearing at this years tournament she wouldnt be encouraging other players its a boycott its. I dislike shes gotten really derogatory and when but you talk about children of transgenders being from the devil that put me over the edge i must say because we are all gods children and were all be the best we can be and i think its really important to be authentic self it took me a long time but with my own sexuality it took me until i was fifty one to feel comfortable in my own skin and shame based things are very difficult and so thats the last thing we need three time major winner joan spaces five shots off the pace after the first round of the sunny open in honolulu the open championship on a sixty on included eight birdies but was undermined by a quadruple bogey on the eighth hole. Chris johnson and zach johnson of the joint lead is there on seven of. Our science has a one as one stage six of the dakar rally as the rice crossed borders on thursday as the event moved from her roots into livia twenty ten total in a science out the best day of this year is rice defending champion stephanie thats a hansel finished second in the stage and he still has an overall lead of close to hoffa now. Ok in all sports throughout the day for me but that is it for now andy thank you very much for that thats it for this news hour on aljazeera but do stay with us spente more world news coming out after this very show. A new poll ranks mexico city is the pull for worst in the world for Sexual Violence many women are attacked while moving in the crowded spaces of the metro buses and even at the hands of taxi drivers the conversation starts with do you have a boyfriend very pretty and young you feel unsafe threatened i think about how to react what do i do if this gets worse no money on the uses a new service its called learn to drive its for women passages only and drawn by women drivers the apple for some extra features like a panic button and twenty four seven monitoring of drivers. Witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on aljazeera. The un calls the us president a racist over his fall guy remarks to senators about immigration