Weve just witnessed on the floor. Of democrats. Will be called the trump shutdown. For the u. S. President complaints a year in office with a Government Shutdown. The turkish army shells kurdish positions in syria as forces backed by and for a pair for an offensive. Egypts president says hes going to run for a second term as his main rival calls for a level playing field. Pope francis makes a play to protect the amazon and its people during a trip to peru. And on fire a small have the latest from the Australian Open as womens world number one simona halep survives an epic one hundred and forty two minute final sack to reach the fourth round in melbourne. Obstructionist losers thats what the Trump Administration is calling us democrats after the senate rejected a last minute vote to avoid a federal Government Shutdown its now in effect across the country with only essential offices and services staying functional negotiations broke down over a deadlock on the status of young undocumented immigrants known as the dreamers how to call home reports from washington d. C. This is not the end of verse or any leader wants to have it was exactly one year ago when donald trump made this promise and became president. We will face challenges we will confront hardships but we will get the job done he vowed government would work again its clear with this it isnt republicans who control the congress and the white house lost four of their own members but picked up five democrats still not enough to pass the bill that means many nonessential Government Employees wont be coming to work on monday without a deal although most essential federal services will continue the employees just wont get paid until its over it came down to this a program that was in place to protect children brought into this country without documentation President Trump threw it out and said congress should fix it he promised to help if we do this properly docket you not so far away from comprehensive Immigration Reform and if you want to take that further step ill take the heat i dont care i dont care ill take all the heat you want to get. They brought him a bipartisan deal and he refused to sign it so democrats refused to help pass the budget now the white house is saying they still have the weekend to work out a deal i think it will be taken care of the money i can thats why i just said i think i have to you think theres a really difficult to. Fix the problem for the office of the future for now it is a standoff a functioning government held hostage well two parties wait to see which side the public will blame for the very dysfunction that trump promised to end exactly one year ago what weve just witnessed on the floor was a stunning call decision by Senate Democrats or shovel. Millions of americans for the sake of irresponsible political games a Government Shutdown was one hundred percent avoidable this will be called the trump shutdown because there is no one no one. Who deserves the blame for the position we find ourselves in more than President Trump. Aljazeera washington. Or heres what happens now u. S. Government has officially shut down hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be affected but its impact will be felt various the differently rather across different departments more than ninety five percent of employees at the Environmental Protection agency and Housing Department will be out of work that compares to about fifty percent of workers at the treasury the u. S. Defense secretary says training maintenance and intelligence operations will be impacted about half of the Defense Department seven hundred forty thousand civilian workers will have to take a leave of absence now if youre planning on visiting the u. S. Landmark tourist sites like washingtons famous smithsonian museums and the national zoo will be closed but Services Like border and Airport Security as well as air Traffic Control will work the state Department Also says Visa Services at u. S. Embassies will remain as long as funding remains scott lucas is a professor of american and International Studies at the university of birmingham he joins us now by skype from birmingham good to have you with us how much of an embarrassment is this for the man who prides himself as an artist in deal making a person who blamed previous shutdowns on previous president s. It was not good but of course donald trump and the republicans today will say its not their fault theyll say its entirely those democrats who have blocked this and as you heard in the clip harmed millions of americans theres two essential pieces of information behind this the first is which has not really been mention is that were in this position because the Trump Administration has not passed the federal government budget after one year in office it doesnt even have one ready to present so thats the core issue where its had to go again and again back to congress on this occasion for a fourth time to get supplemental funding and then as you highlighted very well the issue on top of that is that the trumpet ministration is threatening to deport almost eight hundred thousand young immigrants the dreamers and the democrats finally said look if you want to keep the funding go when youve got to live the threat of deportation you said in september that you work with us on a deal now do it but trump in the hardline republicans are demanding conditions on top of this theyre saying no no no we wont work with you unless we get full funding for the war with mexico we want to to end all immigrants bring in relatives to the United States and so you go back and forth that until you give the protection for the dreamers without conditions theres a possibility that this shutdown will continue how much impact will it have i mean this is not the first shutdown is going to impact confidence in the u. S. In the u. S. Economy in the dollar etc. Well i think if you had a protracted shutdown were going weeks and months maybe but the last shutdown of two thousand and thirteen and it only after about two weeks i think a far more important issue if were talking about confidence in the economy is the lack of a budget you know how long can a federal government go without setting out its revenue and Spending Plans how long can it go without explaining how its going to pay for that one point five trillion dollar tax cut that it pushed through in december and the longer you have that uncertainty about the fundamentals of the government rather than the shutdown then thats really whats going to shake International Investment plans decisions and the military of course can go on fighting vital diplomatic operations will continue but military maintenance intelligence training things like that will be impacted so will some state Department Jobs and im wondering how much damage does that do to the prestige of the worlds only superpower do you think well you know thats the spend the the Trump Supporters are saying youre affecting our military in fact theyll be very little disruption of military Services Continue to be funded there may be some delay in payments that this goes on to troops but no americas not putting its military on standby and shutting down his Intelligence Services far more important again than this blood is the fact in the state department the trucking ministration has left hundreds of post filled that in the military it has not replaced key personnel who have departed and thats the broader issue rather than the shutdown it is that the trauma destruction at times has appeared dysfunctional in the way that its overseeing the military and Diplomatic Services all right well leave it there for now thanks for your thoughts so much scott lucas that. Your turkey is mobilizing thousands of Free Syrian Army rebels inside syria they were taken in a convoy of buses as part of a military operation against Syrian Kurdish fighters known as the y p. G. In the syrian town of are fleeing in turkey calls them a terrorist group the army has intensified shelling on three and in recent days Officials Say an offensive is imminent Stephanie Decker joins us live from the turkey syria border how does the war look now. Well theres quite a bit of activity that weve seen happen here over the last hour or two bulldozers being brought in gravel also a lot of cement blocks ill just step out of the way in that jimmy will show you how close we are to syria less than a kilometer away youll probably see a slight watchtower this is along that turkey has built with syria and then that syria just further up ahead now villagers here tell us there was sporadic shelling overnight from a base just behind us but far less than has been here over the last couple of days and you did mention reinforcements also in terms of the Free Syrian Army that turkey supporting and this is some of the. Some of the cars coming back without the concrete blocks that weve seen come in so they seem to be doing some form of defensive measure at that border but yes theres also been skirmishes within syria shelling of turkish army saying they shelled from as as and modify these are areas inside syria where there is those Turkish Backed rebels they say they shelled why p. G. Positions in retaliation and selfdefense thats according to them but certainly having said all that a lot of political rhetoric sami over the last week here that this offensive is imminent as you mentioned but certainly at the moment on the side of this sporadic shelling and back and forth the real offensive hasnt started yet and that is because russia holds quite a lot of sway in africa and the turks are still talking to them to see if they can give the green light for that to go ahead and we understand some top turkish officials were in moscow and first day. At least details about how soon is it expected that a ground offensive may begin stephanie. Well this is the thing people dont really know what shape its going to take military analysts in the military you speak she will tell you that what they really need to do first if they want to minimize the casualties on the turkish army side is airstrikes and it gets complicated because russia controls the airspace over afraid so this is why you will have seen the chief of staff and the head of intelligence in moscow trying to iron out these issues and of course when it comes to syria with all the different players sami its all about what will you give me if i give you what you want so these negation negotiations are not going i suppose turkey hasnt gotten the green light yet which is why it hasnt happened despite all of this rhetoric but yes you do have the the Ground Troops that are the f. S. A. Fighters and now youll see were going to step out of some of these concrete blocks coming down from where this base is a lot of sort of defensive activity happening here but certainly when it comes to that operation being launched despite the political rhetoric that that hasnt happened yet but certainly it is a tense situation weve been speaking to the villagers here theyll tell you well at the moment it is outgoing but they are concerned of course if this escalates that the y. P. G. Would retaliate across the border into turkey and well leave it there for now thanks so much Stephanie Decker. Russia has accused the us of trying to undermine efforts to end the war in syria washington has denied setting up a force along the turkey syria border made up of the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces turkey is not satisfied by those assurances and warned it could cause irreversible damage to relations now so veil of dr has a way then to your list that of still using your moods for you is so trying to alternative bodies of authority on the false parts of the syrian territories that is a fact and that does contradict their own obligations now they have even more far reaching plans and will have to keep that in mind and try to find ways that would prevent them from undercutting the sovereignty of the syrian state. Is a spokesman for the un secretary general and turning over terrorism is warning against increased military activity in the region weve seen the reports of shelling in africa and we reiterate our call on all concerned parties to avoid further escalation in any acts that could deepen the suffering of the Syrian People all parties must ensure protection of civilians at all times under any circumstances. Claymore still to come on the news hour including irans growing wealth divide why tens of millions of people are struggling to get by. As Donald TrumpsFirst Anniversary in the oval office nears we take a look at his record on Climate Change and le bron james. On yet another record coming up in sport. Lebanese employees this mist from the Construction Firm saudi organ or are protesting in front of the Saudi Embassy in beirut demanding unpaid salaries and compensation from the saudi government is in the hole that joins us now live from beirut so we understand the company is actually owned by the how do you why are they protesting outside the Saudi Embassy rather than the how do the residents. Well the Company Closed down in the summer of last year and these people the message that happened sation and they were not being paid their salaries for two years now the saudi government was not really paying their juice to the company this is what we understand from Company Sources the saudi government owes the company five billion dollars until that money is paid then these people are not going to receive their salaries now according to the saudi government the oshea company owes them owes the banks money so its a really a complicated case three thousand five hundred lebanese workers caught in the middle of of this case fifty two thousand employees. Employed fifty two thousand people only the french employees received payment but the lebanese and other nationalities have not received any money what so ever and weve been talking to people here and what theyve been telling us is that weve weve spent all our savings we cannot survive even one man has put his children in an orphanage because they had to leave saudi arabia with literally nothing relationship between the really is and saudi arabias been quite dramatic to say the least in the last few weeks where this relationship stand now. Well really this Case Highlights the relationship you said dramatic in november how did he resign suddenly resign from the saudi capital and the lebanese government and many in lebanon even his own supporters and aides said that he was being held against his will clearly his relationship with the new saudi leadership was not the relationship his father refused enjoyed with the Saudi Arabian government it was his father who established how the oshea and the saudi government really gave it a lot of projects and it was a very Profitable Company and people are blaming sardo how do you see as well today is lebanons Prime Minister what this case does really is he loses support he loses popularity just a few months before elections which shows that if saudi arabia really wanted to close this file and help a saddle heidi and support him the way theyve supported him in the past then they would help by you know giving these people their salaries and closing closing this case. And we would. Hold of egypts president of the fact that has sisi is announced hell run for a second term the elections are set to take place in march sisi rose to power in two thousand and thirteen after ousting his predecessor the countrys first democratically elected president in a military coup jhoom reports. The announcement was widely expected now egyptian president obama has put down his sisi has made it official and us that it got a lot of out info to quality a lot of been today as a to members of the size it moments we have gone through and think about as a serious challenges that face our home country and the huge expectations and the hopes that we have for our homeland i find myself standing confused before my National Conscious as i speak to you was the honesty and transparency we have been used to in our dialogue and hope that you would accept me for it is a presidency of the republic. Analysts are hardly surprised by his staying in power this way that way i think of the elections as one source so it is just a missile or a facade of this committee that would say that he won the elections fed and square and he has significant book to support. Sisi who swept to power in two thousand and thirteen after a military coup against former president Mohammed Morsi obtained ninety seven percent of the vote in the two thousand and fourteen Election International observers question the credibility of the results saying the election fell short of international standards. Campaign promises included rebuilding egypt reviving the countrys economy and raising living conditions. But almost four years into his presidency many egyptians are disillusioned with his rule concern has grown that it has brought with it a return to the authoritarian Security State that prevailed under former president Hosni Mubarak rendering the hater square revolution only a brief experiment in democracy. Real opposition to sisi in the march election is likely to be thin on the ground potential candidates have either already withdrawn or seen their candidacy blocked some have blamed an atmosphere of fear observers say ccs tactic is a recognizable. One in the region of the mubarak and a half is less evidence of themselves that agent has used it before they would tell the international and Regional Community that they won with ninety percent or ninety nine percent whatever the percentage by the same time there are no consequences for that so on one end it to bolster that he means that intimacy of the genes on one end and the other and you know there are no consequences for that actions. Rule has been marked by a brutal crackdown on freedom of expression and Civil Liberties economic turbulence and increasing attacks by armed groups human Rights Groups have been placed under severe restrictions and many critics in the media have been silenced. His allies however dismiss accusations of abuses saying his tactics are needed for security in the face of an insurgency in the north sinai region that has expanded to include civilian targets. And does either. A number of parliamentary blocs have already pledged their support to see see look at some of the rivals who could face in march the election one of them is human rights lawyer. Now hes being charged for making a rude hand gesture in public if convicted in march will be jailed and disqualified army colonel ahmed the court was arrested after announcing his intention to run hes serving a six year term for violating regulations banning the military from politics but many say seize main challenger in the election will be retired army forces chief of staff and then he announced his intention to run just an hour after the president on friday. If i am elected to this historic position to save egypt belongs to the people i can all citizens to do their part in their responsibility to the nation. Home worthless that. I can the countrys institutions both private and military to remain neutral towards all who have announcer candidacy and to not take sides of the current president this is against our constitution he is merely a candidate among other candidates maggot mandorla is a political analyst with a focus on egypt he joins us live via skype from zurich in switzerland good to have you with us can there be free and Fair Elections when one president ial candidate has already had to abandon his bid saying he wanted to protect Campaign Workers from harassment and even arrest. You know so so the electoral conditions for for. Any form of free. Elections are just simply not there candidates are being excluded repression is extremely high so the likelihood of any sort of a free or fair. Election is very different very slight one is the fact that perhaps the main if you can call him the main challenger is another former. Military man what does that say about support of the military. Well its very hard to read it because. The military is really a black box but it can be an indication of factions basically trying to buy for power but its not clear until now even if even if you will he will proceed with it so he tried to run in twenty thirty but he i think he pulled back after pressure so its not the first time that semi. I mean actually tried to run. Before i guess where you could call the opening act in ccs rise to power of course were the massacres in. An act that human Rights Groups called the worst. Case of mass killings in modern egyptian history would a c. C. Presidency in its second term be any better at leading the country towards democracy human rights and so on. Sadly not all indications basically point to a worsening of. The record so i dont see that that his elections will lead to any improvement. In any of the aspect actually like security economics political or it will be very sad. News indeed if he wins together how do you think most egyptians view his performance and some of the key issues those who supported him had hope or faith on things like the economy security well the performance has been. Abysmal however i need to say that its very hard to gauge what people feel because of the massive. Repressive. Campaign but but if i would guess i would say the performance is so bad that its very difficult to hide under the. Slogan of fighting terrorism its very very very hard or leave it there for now thank you for your analysis thank you very much. Recent antigovernment demonstrations in iran exposed the growing divide between rich and poor while one or two percent of the population enjoy a lot surely this lifestyle millions of iranians are struggling to make ends meet in two thousand and seventeen irans government set the poverty line at about four hundred eighty dollars a month per household thirty three percent of the population lives below that line thats more than twenty four Million People but its also a struggle for many living above the line the Median Income for an average household is about eight hundred eighty five dollars just two dollars more than the minimum they need to get by that means for most iranians theres virtually nothing left to save for the future then spoke to some of the irans most vulnerable. Buzzard men herself who are says the hardest part of his job is getting people interested in classical music. It makes it more difficult to find work we have fewer fans so naturally we have fewer opportunities to perform and. Still support a says he loves his work and does not need the money so i want out of the streets are not a bad place when you can change the way people feel for a second a minute or an r. And you get back a lot of positive energy from the street. But not everyone of the streets is there by choice. Say the makes about five dollars a day selling flowers fifteen when business is good with eight mouths to feed he says its better than nothing bitches she i have a diploma but i dont have a job my cousin has a masters degree and he doesnt have a job either the situation in the country is bad officials to do something they give lots of promises and we vote for them and then they take office and forget us say the wants the same as millions of iranians a house he can afford a steady job and cheaper prices for everyday goods but hes not hopeful that things will get better any time soon big cities like to her own are experiencing a real estate boom luxury buildings and Luxury Brands are popping up on almost every major street but the very urban development that is bringing the rich and poor closer together is the same thing that is pushing them apart more off to you. For the last fifty years the status of a peoples financial situation has been Getting Better what is harmful is a gap thats being created between poor and rich people and that selfawareness that is being created in the middle class of a society is more dangerous than poverty itself we dont have people who are deeply paul like other countries but the gap between the poor and rich people makes that feeling of being held back more extreme its the kind of discontent that helped fuel antigovernment protests last month. And could be the impetus for more unrest in the future. The hum of this from the north of the country he came to her on to make enough money to send home to his wife sister and mother. He doesnt like what he does and makes at most only ten dollars a day doing. Given what i was going to with dont do that what should i say i havent seen my family in a month i havent paid my rent or the bill all the power bill or the lotto bill im not able to earn enough money business is bad so people dont. Know how much sings us a song but many iranians know all too well about a man who was tired desperate and prayed for help. In the few moments well have all the way there with staff but still ahead an aljazeera. Grows over a plan to repatriate hundreds of thousands of wrangle refugees to me and my. Boss we visit an Elephant Sanctuary in kenya thats going beyond improving the animals lives and this heavyweight fighter is on course to make history tell you why later in sport. From the. Winds to an enchanting breeze. Hello there weve had some very active weather across the region recently in fact in the southern parts of turkey everything has turned a little bit yellow we orange that was thanks to a dust storm that raged for a while and then as that for me too because some of the heavy rain made its way across us and for some of us that brought us some very very heavy downpours and some strong winds mixed in with those downpours as well this is what happened to some of the war days this is in west bank and you can see just how strong that water comes in thats why bodies are so dangerous because they can go from north to roaring fun thunderstorms in just a few seconds so that every area of very disturbed weather is just edging its way towards the east now we were seeing gusts of wind up to one hundred twenty Kilometers Per Hour we were seeing a lot of snow over the mountains and a lot of heavy rain too but all of that is gradually beginning to ease down and this system as it works its way eastwards is losing its intensity some more so for the eastern part of the around there we just see a few breaks of rain still stretching further north as well but again not a great deal left of that system behind it though its not going to stay completely calm weve got one area of cloud thats working its way in there on sunday thats not bringing us too much wet weather across lebanon but the next system for turkey is going to bring us some heavy rain and strong winds once more. There with sponsored by qatar. I am doing this for the benefit of people. So they see the importance of these. Witnesses documentaries that open your eyes. At this time on aljazeera. We here to Jerusalem Bureau covered Israeli Palestinian affairs we covered this story with a lot of intimate knowledge we covered it with that we dont dip in and out of the stories we have presence here all the time apart from being a cameraman its also very important to be a journalist to know the story very well before going into the fields covering the United Nations and global diplomacy for aljazeera english is pretty incredible this is where talks end and what happens there matters. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera time to recap on headlines now republicans and democrats in the u. S. The blame each other for a Government Shutdown following a failed senate vote to fund federal agencies until next month Free Syrian Army rebels are being mobilized by turkey inside syria operations for a Turkish Military operation against kurdish fighters known as the wife p. G. In the syrian town of a free. And egypts president up the fatah has sisi has announced hes running for a second term ccs main challenger will be for my armed forces chief of staff sami. The u. S. Vice president mike pence is on his way to the middle east for a three day trip to discuss moving the American Embassy in israel to jerusalem the u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital provoked International Anger pents will go to egypt and jordan and spend two days in israel where he will address parliament palestinians have made it clear hes not welcome. Alan fischer reports from washington d. C. Americas Vice President flies to the middle east with the country still facing International Anger over its controversial decision to declare jerusalem israels capital among the protests may not be as furious or widespread mike pence will find there is still deep seated resentment at the american position typically these trips are about. Trying to demonstrate support for u. S. Priorities in prerogatives in the region and you know demonstrate how close we are with our allies and demonstrate how close we are with israel and demonstrate that we can come to some kind of compromise with the palestinians its a big show these trips are ostentatious for a reason but the practical kind of nuts and bolts of the Top Administration approach on this issue is a known failure donald trump made his controversial announcement last month it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. A more number of sites had previously been identified it could still take several years for the switch to go through pence will first go to egypt where hell meet with president ill see see other senior figures of told them theyre not interested in seeing him from there its on to jordan and the face to face with King Abdullah finally he will be in israel for two days where he will meet Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and president reagan revelent the palestinians have snubbed the Vice President s visit you cannot meet people when theyre insult you when humiliate you when they ignore you when they sided with your enemy you have to particularly message we are angry we dont accept this and this is cannot continue should not be hypocrisy this is hypocrisy if we meet you we are not on a star on some mike pence is traveling to the middle east to convince everyone the u. S. Can still be an honest broker in the Peace Process there donald trump believes as a selfproclaimed deal maker he can stay. Something together pences visit will test the new waters and when fisher washington. Now in his first year in power President Donald Trump has stripped away many obama era Environmental Policies his announcement last june that the u. S. Would pull out of the Paris Agreement met with world wide disapproval also left the u. S. Somewhat isolated as nick clark reports from paris it was followed by a series of climate related disasters in the u. S. From devastating hurricanes to wildfires that go around the world thank you. December two thousand and fifty the Paris Agreement is forged a historic moment twenty years in the making. That final accord agreed here in paris was a momentous achievement and a unanimous global effort a whole lot of the a bomb of years then things changed. The United States will cease all implementation of the nonbinding paris accord we dont all trans aphids to strip away the Environmental Policies of his predecessors did not end that hes pushed to bring back mining jobs with as he put it beautiful clean coal hes open the way for offshore Oil Exploration and his move to dismantle the u. S. Clean power plant. But then climate disasters that careered across the United States residents of california where rico and texas will need a reminder that two thousand and seventeen was unusually cruel property and livelihoods destroyed on a massive scale from harkens to wildfire the u. S. Was struck by sixteen climate and weather disasters in one year with losses according to one report exceeding three hundred six billion dollars we need to be careful not to attribute any one of these events to Climate Change per se its pretty clear that Climate Change is increasing the odds of extreme weather and events like those weve seen recently hurricanes wildfires etc ive not seen any real indication that the president is necessarily cognizant of that as cities and states have stepped into the federal void in the us to say were still in the Paris Agreement were here where were not going away on the International Stage and president mackerel of friends make planet great again. Just this week macro a ceded to the demands of a long standing environmental protest and abandon plans for a new airport and western fronts in december he has to the one planet summit to raise finance to fight Climate Change donald trump is looking at this Climate Change issue as much more of a domestic politics issue than an actual scientific and National Security problem which he should be but in mandarin my coin is definitely filling that void since the United States is now not. A leader on Climate Change anymore donald trump has recently said he may yet stay in the Paris Agreement should the deal become more favorable but many say that hes never been able to articulate a criticism of the agreement that actually reflects what it says there would no doubt be huge relief should the u. S. Decide to stay within the parents record but who knows which way the white house wind may blow clarke aljazeera parents and later on saturday will have a one hour special at seventeen hundred g. M. T. Looking back at dan transfers year in office and what you might expect from a second term. Pope francis has called for the protection of Indigenous People while visiting the heart of perus amazon forest the head of the Catholic Church condemned the taishan of timber gas and gold in the area which he said is in danger in native peruvians not on the sanchez is following the popes visit. The. The first stop on a three day tour in. Pope francis a champion of Clean Environment but members of amazonian indigenous communities the pope says they are the most Vulnerable People and now theyre living in danger and then you see the native amazonian peoples have probably never been so threatened on the lens as they are at present there is no extract of islam and. By great business interests that want to lay hands on its Petroleum Gas lumber and gold. More than anywhere else than here in the mother the region the government says the gold rush has destroyed more than thirty two thousand hectares of forest nearly eight hundred thousand kilos of gold are produced here every year the pope once here is placed to stop illegal miners dumping chemicals into the river destroying the eco system could affect some of the poorest communities. The government says three thousand tonnes of mercury have been dumped indianness of rivers that the community depends on the river to survive Community Leader says they want the pope to help yes. The river is contaminated with conti fish a primate this would drinkable water would need to take care of the forest would need fish and we want to stop we have to defend our territory. Along the way and mother the peruvians packed the streets to cheer the pontiff eighty percent of peruvians are catholic. At the president ial palace in lima the pope said the environmental degradation cannot be separated from the moral degradation. And how much evil is done to an American People and the democracies of this continent by the social virus a phenomenon that infix everything with the great to be. To the poor and the mother earth. People reference to the allegations of corruption among many politicians in latin america are now proved beyond spit aside their anger at politicians to cheer and welcome their most important religious leader was innocent just just. Now rangar refugees who escaped to bangladesh are due to start returning to me in mon next week more than six hundred fifty thousand are living in makeshift camps after fleeing violence and persecution over the past five months by the un and Rights Groups are raising grave concerns about the repatriation process Charles Stratford has more. These religious men women and children just some of the new arrivals they fled myanmar into bangladesh in recent days and now being provided shelter in a refugee camp close to the border. Says she paid a boat with around seventy dollars to ferry her family across the river into bangladesh. But she and her three sons then got separated from her husband sixteen year old daughter and the boys grandmother she doesnt know where they are my son is a man i knew i wouldnt work for me and my soldiers were demanding girls they said give us girls and save yourselves they have been giving there are hidden cards that say we are from bangladesh was. The myanmar government considers the rich Illegal Immigrants and theyve suffered decades of persecution the latest crackdown began after rick rebel group attacked police posts killing a number of Security Forces in office last year hundreds of thousands of regime joe fled to violence the un has accused me of ethnic cleansing its estimated that the army killed at least six thousand seven hundred range in the first few weeks of the crackdown on someone. We dont want to go back my brother in law and my nephew were slaughtered as my children are still so young they are safe but the i dont see killed our city and. Carrying what few belongings they have to here and songs are taken to collect their shelter kits. The Distribution Center is a twenty minute walk through the camp wimbledon six hundred fifty thousand rahimtoola refugees leave now. The families are handed bags containing basic Household Goods and Health Care Like tombs and although the number of ranger crossing from myanmar to bangladesh in recent weeks has dropped considerably according to the International Organization for migration around two thousand four hundred people crossed in december alone now the plan put forward by the myanmar on the bangladesh governments to stop repatriating ranger that wants to go back to myanmar is due to start in a couple of days but its new arrivals like these that highlight just how vulnerable unafraid the ranger myanmar remain. The u. N. And International Aid organizations say its too early for refugees to return when the security cannot be guaranteed iran is not involved in the tree she lease talks are happening file actually between the two governments but as you can see today we are still having people arriving on a regular basis in desperate need of humanitarian support to here and her boys are taken to the place where aid workers are building the shelter this tiny bamboo and top hole in heart will be home for the foreseeable future i hope my husband daughter and grandmother can find us here she says stratford aljazeera a refugee camp on the. Facebook is launching a survey for members to identify new sources that are on trust that are trustworthy rather chief executive Mark Zuckerberg wants to prioritize what he calls high quality news saying its too much sensationalism and misinformation in the news feed the firm is not expected to release the results of the survey though a Community Run conservation project in northern kenya is working to keep young and vulnerable elephants safe now locals are also stepping in to help save the elephants while working to improve their own livelihoods for me the miller has more. This two month old car is like any other baby she demands constant attention but a few weeks ago it was a near almost drowned in a flooded river in northern kenya shes now at this Elephant Sanctuary where russia linen yeah is helping to settle her after the rescue all of the cars here have either been abandoned or lost their mothers to draw out poaching but unlike any other sanctuary this one is entirely community owned. You know nikkei is from the some blue tribe there are nomadic herders who rely on goats sheep and camels to help provide a livelihood. Before dues. To Community Today do dislike. But for now to come to reality start artists who are no benefits or benefits live in your head goes on to say that work at the century means a better life for many here and so his community appreciates the animals more. Money from tourists who visit the sanctuary also helps to provide local villages with much needed water health care roads and Financial Assistance for students the sanctuary is run by a board of trustees made up of elders who employ local people to work there in a new case says these days people from surrounding villages are increasingly helping with conservation efforts Community Members are often the ones tipping off the sentry when theres an animal in need off to a cough is rescued its a four to the sanctuary and kept separate from the other coughs for five days once the keepers know the new elephant is healthy its introduced to the nursery and its temporary family the sanctuary falls under the number conservancy which is home to about fifty thousand people the same brew of always lived with. Life and although the population has grown and the number of livestock or the amount of livestock in this well as growing they still are happy to coexist with what life because theyre not natural hunters on the no porches and so they feel like its there. It is their role to take care of the environment here. Its estimated that between five and ten elephant coughs are restored in route in kenya each year while the return to the century is just over a year old keepers here say their conservation work will leave a lasting impression from aljazeera some poor accounting. Well still to come an obvious era this years Sundance Film Festival is overshadowed by sex scandals in hollywood and installed photo hall explain why this guy called believe is lot why just out i did not. Rio has big plans to turn its largest for fellows into spectacles. But inside the favelas because of it has big plans of his own. Building since the age of twelve listen trained yet skilled architect has as good a chance as any and seeing his vision come to light. The federal role and the master plan are the concluding part of rebel architecture at this time on aljazeera. Aljazeera and. Where every. Now the thirty fifth annual Sundance Film Festival is underway in park city in the u. S. State of utah its the worlds leading showcase for independent film but this is event has been overshadowed by the industrys recent scandals over Sexual Misconduct while browns reports. This years Sundance Film Festival comes at a moment of cultural change one of the main topics of discussion the fallout from the Harvey WeinsteinsSexual Misconduct scandal the rise of the me too movement and the demands for more representation by women in the Film Industry is kind of a Tipping Point because its changing the order of things so that women are going to have a stronger voice and i think the role for women to be able to step forward and exercise their voices more and more i think is a really wonderful thing and i think the role for men right now would be to listen about one third of the nearly two hundred films presented here this year are by women directors including holiday a film shot in turkey whose swedish director says women everywhere are fed up with keeping secrets as an artist i hate censorship in at any time and it was a kind of thought like no thats too private thats too easy thats too we had we dont want to know the films lead actress victoria son is part of the me too movement i spin right now and theres a lot of. Females who really taking this very seriously documentaries on view here at the festival include biographies of women who fought for their rights and an unflinching look at gender disparities in the Film Industry. Rb g. s the bio pic pioneering female lawyer in the Us Supreme CourtJustice Ruth Bader ginsburg im so proud of all of the women who have had the courage to speak out seeing all read as a portrait of the powerful womens rights attorney gloria old red first of all strategist and publicist Kathleen Mcinnis is an advocate for female Film Industry professionals we have celebrity thats the thing that we have thats different than the other industries i think a lot of the Hospitality Industry i think of the Service Industry they are invisible almost to a lot of people we dont have invisibility we have celebrity which has a lot of visibility visibility and now more power to accomplish change. Park city utah. All eyes balls fans for has to get us all catch up on the sport thank you so much sammy or former champion maria share of hope as comeback run at the Australian Open is over the russian was knocked out in the third round by two thousand and sixteen champion actually kerber sharp over who was back in melbourne after testing positive for a banned substance here in two thousand and sixteen look strong in the opening two rounds she put on a brief comeback in the second set but ultimately fell to the german twenty first seed and straight sets six one six three. World number one small how about last night her opponent in an epic match to reach the fourth round in melbourne the top seed was up against american born davis who is ranked seventy six romanian who lost the first set fought back from the brink at eleven ten in the decider to close out the match four six six four team their team is a match that lasted nearly four hours twenty six of our. First round tie. 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The first ever you have see a heavyweight champion from africa can be crowned later on saturday cameroon born francis and again who is set to face reigning champion state church in boston both fighters made weight on friday and again it goes into it having beaten six other u. F. C. Heavyweight history is also on the line from new york to chew could become the first heavyweight champion to successfully defend the title three time. You know i do this for going to bordeaux and because i go with rudy to morrow ill do it with. Le bron james is on the verge of making more history the Cleveland Cavaliers star is set to become the youngest player in n. B. A. History to score thirty thousand regular season points the thirty three year old is twenty five points away from the landmark and has a chance to pass it later on saturday when the cavs face the Oklahoma City thunder hole join an elite group of just seven players to pass a milestone and cream bar leads the way with thirty eight thousand three hundred eighty seven point. Hundred meter world so roar medalists Christian Coleman has set a new world indoor record in the mens indoor sixty meters the american broke a two decade old record with a time of six point three seven seconds in South Carolina it beats the old record set by fellow american Maurice Greene by point zero two seconds the twenty one year old finished behind Justin Gatlin and had a world record holder the same gold and a hundred meters at last years World Championships but guardiola believes his team has recovered following their first loss of the premier League SeasonManchester City were beaten four three by liverpool on sunday yet still leave the table by Twelve Points they face newcastle later. Whether to drop. Well in the future. Eight games in the e. P. L. On saturday fourth place chelsea face brighten the blues or level on points with second place Manchester United to face seven the place burnley. Spokesperson says reports that brazilian football great was rushed to hospital with extreme exhaustion are fake news the seventy seven year old canceled a planned trip to england where he was to receive an award from the countrys Football Writers Association media reports suggested paley was rushed to hospital but his spokesperson said he is resting comfortably at home pele the only player to win three world cups has been taken to hospital before for a kidney and prostate problems. And porto have fired themselves to the top of the Portuguese Primera League or they got there however thanks to a little bit of help from their opponents taking on friday they got a pretty unexpected assist the opposing defender serving up an inch perfect ball for portos moves out miranda a forward of course kindly oblige scoring the games only goal. And thats all your support for analysis i mean back to you sighing saws thats it for this news hour were back with another full bull news so stay with us here now to zero. Dark thirty. Conservation is helping kick his stove to recover its snow leopard population to see the results i traveled up to the remote nature reserve of saudi chat at a touch camera traps have identified a healthy population of up to twenty Snow Leopards as the Technology Improves were finding all these ways in which our guesses are are getting corrected the latest evidence suggests theyre more cats than previously acknowledged but the Snow Leopard Trust believes its premature to downgrade the cats on the International List of threatened species this is held through a. Dangerous force vicious where the slightest error means a one way ticket over the. Reality is that you may not come back tomorrow holds a lot of meeting on tuesday braving tough conditions facing death at every turn. To make serious here. No gamble with their lives just took on an if risking it all on aljazeera. What weve just witnessed on the floor was a son of god a surgeon son of democrats this will be called the trump shutdown. A political blame game offering us