The next sixty minutes he says his offensive in Northern Syria wont stop until its established a security zone along the border. Friends meet israels Prime Minister hosts the u. S. Vice president as palestinians called his visit over trumps jerusalem declaration. And ending a trip marred by violence from a sex abuse scandal pope francis says goodbye to peru after celebrating an open air mass. With the sport tom brady is a super bowl with the new England Patriots their opponents will be the Philadelphia Eagles fans have been celebrating their first appearance. In thirteen years. Welcome to the news we begin with the latest on the new front in the war in syria now turkeys army and its syrian rebel allies have stepped up their battle against kurdish fighters along the turkish Syrian Border now turkey wants to give kurdish wife p. G. Fighters out of the african district in syria this northwest corner. That plans to create a socalled safe so thirty kilometers deep to protect its border Kurdish Forces say the turkish offensive is a slap in the face considering the success theyve achieved in the fight. Again stars all the Syrian Democratic forces all the s. D. F. Is affiliated to the wire p. G. Fighters under attack a friend and then the statement the us about coalitions said over the last twenty four hours its lost a number of what it calls martyrs in fighting against i still which it says is its only enemy the s. D. F. Calls the turkish offensive sudden and of warranted says the Syrian People need to focus on political reconciliation and rebuilding the country certainly deckers is our correspondent on the turkey syria border and joins me now from there what seems to be happening in africa at the moment because its very unclear about where the turkish offensive is focusing its attack and whether they might have even entered Ground Troops at the moment. Well they have entered just past the border on the western side just a little north of where we are and also on the Northern Front because turkey borders are fleeing to the west and to the north so those are the two sections as theyve sort of started penetrating as of yesterday the front to the east which is i think what most people expected maybe the first front these are the f. S. A. Fighters even though those f. S. A. Fighters are also being used to come and cross the border from turkey into syria but the build up that weve seen inside syria because some of the villages in that area places like dollar to fots which was taken by the y. P. G. Last year at our village there was a sense thinking that that might be the first target so to speak that hasnt happened so its really starting on sort of the Turkish Border i can tell you weve been here all day long changing a couple of our locations because the minute you keep pushing us back but theres been an intensive shelling campaign also heavy artillery going on throughout the day also machine gun fire were hearing now in the distance so it does give you an indication that this is a very active war and certainly for the People Living along these border villages we do know that many of them of also try to flee further in the words of the region to escape this incoming fire and of course it does beg the question about the implications for the many thousands of civilians at the core top in the conflict zone and the avenues for escape if they can find one. Yes and as journalists having to cover this from the outside at the moment its very difficult its been quite difficult over the last sort of thirty six hours to be able to get news out of offaly and we did a while and also on social media there are videos coming out but at the moment its gone pretty quiet from what we understand the call turkey does control some of those columns of. Pretty much nil so what we understood from before is that people were sheltering in their homes and often in basements there is one way out which is into government controlled area but again its not a safe passage corridor so these things are complicated so so its very difficult youve got probably around two hundred thousand people there including i. D. P. s because after he has been a relatively calm area i dont think my microphone picked that up that theres been more shelling so you can just sense a sort of psychological warfare also that this has on the people the fear of this looming offensive because certainly the rhetoric coming out of in about a week before it actually started was very very strong saying that they were going to come in and they werent going to end until they finish what they call the terror which are the why p. G. Which is the armed wing of the idea which controls those areas or leave it with you stephanie to continue monitoring the situation and join you later in the day in the last few minutes of course russia has also spoken about the effort offensive in syria correspondent rory chalons joins me now the russians are now obviously speaking what are they actually saying. Well of course one of the Big Questions over the last few days has been now how much consent have the russians given to the turkish for their offensive there was a last minute delegation sent from turkey to moscow last week it was the chief of staff of the Turkish Military and the intelligence chief coming here to meet their counterparts in moscow and the assumption of course by many observers were that was that this was basically seeking russian permission to launch this offensive and basically asking the russians to grant them control of airspace in Northern Syria. The the russian hierarchy bill so i can actually given the kremlin in the last few minutes being asked about this and has declined to say if moscow knew in advance about the Turkish Operation but of course it says its watching it closely and of course the russian position on the face of it has been throughout the course of this conflict that syrias territorial integrity is paramount and thats it doesnt necessarily want any kind of northern cantonment of the Kurdish Forces being established and set up with any serious degree of independence. But the russians are also watching a another battle thats going on at the moment they have said that they. Are watching the efforts by the Syrian Military and various associated militias to push home an advantage on a on a small pockets of fighters allied with the groups formerly known as in Eastern Libya have been surrounded since an assault began over the weekend surrounding an airfield in eastern the loop and the russians are said that this this attack by the this Syrian Forces against these fighters as their last push to wipe them out in this little kettle that theyve got right there well well leave it there for the moment roaring back to work of course with further update when we hear more from the russians thank you. U. S. Vice president mike pence is in israel for talks with Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu the visit is being boycotted by palestinians angry at the u. S. Declaration on jerusalem pences the most senior american official to visit jerusalem since the u. S. Denounced its decision to move its Israeli Embassy there now the city status is a key point of contention in the middle east Peace Process this is what pence had to say soon after meeting netanyahu. In making his historic announcement on december the sixth president dr did so. By recognizing. Israels capital risk. That we were creating an opportunity to move on a good thing to do. With israel and health. Issues that he hadnt been discovered and president truly believed in. Was Vice President mike pence is the second highest ranking official in the United States he would be the one to take office if President Donald Trump were to fall ill or be impeached and hes one of israels staunchest allies in the white house he stood behind trump when the president declared that jerusalem was the capital of israel attending decades of u. S. Foreign policy major reason for that is the fact that pence is a devout evangelical christian he belongs to a section of evangelicals that believe that jerusalem must be under jewish control as a step towards the Second Coming of jesus christ part of the belief is that all jews will then convert to christianity or face certain death. How the force it is in west jerusalem are ready for that presentation certainly by the Vice President the knesset to talk us through what we expect him to say. Well already there have been extremely warm words between the two men between Vice President pence and israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu mr pence saying that its. It was a great honor to be in israels capital jerusalem at the door on the hopes of a new era the israeli Prime Minister saying that of the hundreds of leaders that have been welcomed by him in jerusalem the first time that both of them both a visitor and a host to be able to call jerusalem israels capital so here at the knesset where hell be in about an hour and a half there will be a very warm welcome for him from almost all of the members of the knesset as well as that there has been an invitation given by the processor to the u. S. Ambassador to israel David Freedman two leaders of subtly groups from the occupied west bank so that will be you know a very warm embrace a very close embrace that theyre giving him at the same time the course the situation on the other side of the divide Israeli Palestinians are seeing this entirely differently members of the joint arab list the members of the knesset who represents the Israeli Palestinian in this country they were planning we understood to boycott the speech entirely theyre now saying they have Something Else planned that they would at least at the start the inside the chamber and they will do something which they state promised us a very Senior Member of the list promised as everyone would notice of course pences making it again very clear about the u. S. Position here harry that they advocated two state solution if both sides agree but israelis and palestinians have now very differing views on that since the jerusalem declaration last december. All of yes absolutely. Israelis entirely welcoming this the Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is is celebrating the fact that he has u. S. And ministration that has been willing to do this even while it is trying to come up with a plan for a potential move forward in the Peace Process between the israelis and the palestinians even before that was ready donald trump went ahead and so as far as as theyre concerned this is an entirely positive move the palestinians as its clear have entirely rejected the United States as any kind of sponsor or mediator of the Peace Process the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas is in europe right now trying to drum up support for an alternative framework using european nations as the mediator or the sponsor sponsor but bettman and you know said that there is no other game in town that he said on the eve of this of these talks with Vice President pence that anyone who didnt sit down to tonight with the United States recognize them as the only route to peace would not be making peace by directing that very explicitly towards the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and as far as. As far as mike pence is concerned this is really doubling down on that declaration while at the same time saying that the u. S. Is open a two state solution and leave the can spin that the time of ministration is put on that is if both sides agree or seawater certainly has said in the knesset in a little a couple hours from now well get more analysis from you how we then thank you. Now the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas is in brussels to ask the European Union for its support is expected to meet or hes expected to meet Foreign Ministers there and the box of Foreign Policy chief frederica model really about us wants the e. U. To officially recognize palestine as a state in response to the u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital. Clearly there is a problem with jerusalem. Say this is a very diplomatic euphemism. We europeans as well as all the other words and the United Nations system such. Still continue to believe that the only realistic solution for jerusalem has to come to negotiations and has to be the capital of two states. We will continue to work to support an international framework. Well plenty more ahead here on the aljazeera news hour including liberia prepares to swear in georgia as president well look at the challenges that hell face in office. And how undocumented students in the u. S. State of georgia are they doing to access Higher Education despite the law. And down to the last day it will tell you whos through to the quarter finals of the Australian Open thats all coming up with joe in sports. Hundreds of thousands of federal employees in the u. S. Will have to stay home on monday as the Government Shutdown extends into the working week money for federal agencies was cut off today after the senate failed to pass a funding bill and you vote on the spending plan is jus in the coming hours heidi to castro is following developments from washington d. C. The shutdown of the Us Government will stretch into a third day this is after the faint glimmer of hope to achieve an overnight compromise was dashed when Senate Democrats announced that yet there was still no deal now the next possible vote would come at noon monday but on an elusive compromise that has yet to be reached a group of bipartisan centrist senators have been working behind closed doors to reach that compromise so far whats been discussed is a temporary measure to reopen the government until february eighth and then to address immigration that may be a hard pill for democrats to swallow they see this as their opportunity to leverage the budget in order to help the eight hundred thousand young undocumented immigrants hold dreamers who were brought to this country illegally as children meanwhile u. S. President donald trump one time said he wished to help legalize those young people has now in recent days turned back on that stance playing to his base and saying he wants a harder stance on immigration with these shifting stances and with the finger pointing coming from trumps account on twitter it remains to be seen when and if a compromise to reopen the federal government will occur. Lets go back to one of our top stories of course the Vice President mike pence of course is in israel but to the consternation of palestinians who are not meeting him lets bring in diane shes a palestinian human rights lawyer and joins me now from the city of haifa good to have you with us on. Again this beauty we have yet to hear what the Vice President has to say in the knesset when he addresses them in a few hours time weve had conciliatory tones from him in amman in jordan does it really make any difference to the palestinians what the u. S. Says anymore. No not at all its in fact what the u. S. Has done which which speaks much louder than the words the fact that the United States and penton somebody whos been pushing for the move of the embassy to jerusalem from tel aviv and the fact that this is it in ministration that has turned a blind eye in fact has rewarded israel for its ongoing settlement construction expansion theres nothing that can say that is at all going to to be welcomed by palestinians but we shall see what he does say in a couple of hours time but King Abdullah has spoken of jordan he said that he had warned the u. S. Against making this decision about jerusalem get the language of our politicians has not been as damning as that of the people on the street why. Well its because of the fact that the politicians big a different language than that of the people on on the street as you put it and not always representative of the people on the street i dont care to speak about jordan or jordanian politics but what i can say is that the reason that this decision was trade was taken by trump and by his administration is because they havent heard very forcefully not only by the rest of the arab brought by the International Community as a whole what should have been done throughout these period of twenty five years of negotiations is that the United States should have been condemning israel and putting sanctions on israel for continuing to violate International Law but instead the International Community had continued to push the palestinians to to get to the negotiating table and we saw what the outcome of this was so did all of this is not at all surprising to me what is surprising to me is that pence and this administration continue to be welcomed in capitals around the world when they should be ostracized from from capitals around the world were seeing a president obviously in europe at the moment speaking to. A leading Foreign Ministers weve seen that not all palestinian factions for example the same page with president abbas and as dr situation continues how difficult is it for the presidency to speak for all of the palestinians Gain International support for a group that has yet to find statehood. Well you know that house today in president s term expired many many years ago in fact today we are marking the day in which he was and what in which he was proclaimed into office in the year two thousand and five his term was supposed to have ended in two thousand and nine and here we are in the year twenty eight hundred so his term expired long long long ago and hes done absolutely nothing to try to ensure that there is palestinian reconciliation that being said its not a prerequisite to have reconciliation before the International Community put sanctions on israel in fact its the opposite there should be sanctions on israel irrespective of what the palestinian Political Leadership is saying because this is a violation of International Law and the fact that its a violation of International Law and countries continue to hide behind the lack of reconciliation demonstrates to me that they simply dont care to do anything against israel and that it leaves us to fend for ourselves and this is a position that is quite precarious for palestinians because all that it is going to lead to is that more and more disintegration in the region and well end up seeing a situation in which people are scrambling to try to impose a new leader on us but believe me palestinians will not accept it and if we saw recently few weeks ago the palestinian leadership state how they felt and what policies should be implemented regarding post declaration of jerusalem by by the u. S. The leadership is in europe at the moment briefing political leaders there on the position of the bus has made it very clear that hes looking for other International Partners to replace the u. S. Is it the e. U. Is that russia is it china is the no one that can replace the u. S. Because of the dynamics the equation that is the middle east and is israel. This is the major problem is that mahmoud our best still wants to get back to the negotiating table when there is no table to negotiate when there is no negotiating table instead what he should be doing is putting into place a strategy that begins to hold israel accountable whether that accountability comes through through International Courts whether it comes through the form of boycotts whether it comes through the form of sanctions or through divestment but instead he keeps trying to replace the players that are seated at the table when we all know that these negotiations have failed and will continue to fail in fact over the period of twenty five years that weve been sitting at this negotiating table weve seen the number of settlers rise from two hundred thousand to well over six hundred thousand close to seven hundred thousand in twenty five short years this is the fact this rate of settlement growth ever and its because of the fact that that israel was given the green light to be able to do so so rather than sitting down at yet another negotiating table or looking for yet another negotiation mediator they should be changing strategies and pushing for a boycott divestment and for sanctions well see what deceptive its always great to get your analysis of the subject so we look forward to welcoming you again on those reserves on through todd. Pope francis has a final mass in lima bringing his six day tour of south america to an end well he was welcomed by millions of catholics in chile and peru his trips been overshadowed by sex abuse cases in both countries Marianna Sanchez reports from lima. More than a Million People joined pope francis for his farewell mass. The last time proving prayed with the pope was nearly thirty years ago here that now. Says the popes visit was inspirational when theyre mostly and im going to im going its been such a wonderful emotion for me you have no idea how much ive cried. Peruvians followed eighty one year old francis from the amazon in the south to the beach front mass in one chuckle in the north. Many like Seventy Eight year old. Made long journeys to see the pope. I believe in the holy father so i started from my back i made the effort travelling twenty four hours by bus im happy. Francis dont prove to not forget the poor. A society that doesnt accept those who suffer compassion toward suffering is cruel and inhumane. The argentine born pontiff criticized corruption in latin america he urged Indigenous People to protect the amazon and condemned Human Trafficking and crimes against women but said nothing about sex abuse by the clergy in. Part of the trip was overshadowed by the sex scandals and with the solution i have both was a revolutionary and the others defending him. In chile at least ten churches were burned more than eighty people. Were arrested for protesting the abuses by the clergy but the pope defended bishop one battles who victims say covered up abuses and yet Everything Everywhere there are people on the day i am shown proof against bishop barrows then i will talk there is not one piece of proof against him its all slander is that clear. To many like domingo sunia say the pope is under a lot of pressure they would never on a not for one or the pope muster reasons for not saying anything about those cases but the judiciary is following up and justice must be done the pope can do it all alone more than that. While the pontiff drew cute crowds during his visit to pay to the victims of abuse say the pope missed a chance to bring them some peace and comfort. The innocent just i just. Now germany social democrats have given the green light to formal Coalition Talks with chancellor Angela MerkelsConservatives Party delegates now only approved the staff at a conference in michaels been unable to form a government since elections last September Dominic came reports. It was a vote with profound implications for the social democrats for germany and perhaps the e. U. By a clear but not necessarily large majority Martin Schulze now has the authority to enter formal negotiations with angloamerican the platform slogans proclaimed a new time needs a new politics but on offer was much of the same old government in a wide ranging speech should spelt out why another coalition with merkel was the best option. Believe me this hasnt been easy for anyone but i never doubted for a moment that we should follow the play of the president was the way out of this difficult political situation as a social democrat it is my Firm Conviction that in this exceptional situation we must at least try to provide the best possible outcome for the people of germany and the euro. But many in the whole and in the wider party did not agree perhaps the most vocal opposition came from the partys Youth Movement lloyd has been absolutely im sure people negotiated well its a reason i and many of those in and outside this room is not happy with his olds its not because they did bad work but because after twelve years of anger and eight years of grand coalition we no longer have the same views on resultant issues this conference is opens up some very clear divisions inside this party between the Party Leadership and the rank and file between those prepared to compromise and those who arent and between the Younger Generation and the older one some analysts believe the current leader has to bear responsibility for what we see today is very good support for markets choice and not just as clearly it is. A part of the future i would say i would actually even call it yesterdays man. And yet as of tomorrow schultz will be the leader who takes his divided party formally into negotiations with the christian democrats but the final deal which then emerges must be passed by a ballot of the entire Party Membership and if sundays vote is anything to go by that may not be easy dominic cain aljazeera bomb. Well in a few moments well have the weather with richard but still ahead here on aljazeera. Bryden and avoid problems with the solar panels that are helping china flow to the top of the green. For guess last minute want t. Wait until the final second to secure all victory in the n. B. A. A rave you. Can use and if. I thought wed take a look at whats happening across europe at the moment we have got two distinct areas of low pressure one across across southeastern errors which will come back to another one across the west of this particular system as again given a lot of snow for across the alps unbelievable amount of snow weve had so far this season well looks as though that as this system runs into water swiss alps in particular is going to be a very high avalanche risk we see more snow this time of year than for many years and that risk is very high with red alerts across much of the swiss alps full of heavy rain at lower levels a whole system tends to tear through as we get through towards chooser now ive been standing in front of the next area of low pressure i want to talk about so lets spin the map around and you can see this big area of platter developing across turkey through into wards the caucasus and here weve got a lot of rain the moment the wrist some snow on the Northern Edge in that particular system is going to spiral its way further towards the east across the caucasus but also down through into the turkey Syrian Border over there are so many refugees of course living under canvas were looking at a lot of heavy rain here so the potential for some localized flooding from this system and sort of a high elevations that snow is likely to prove very disruptive. 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Official to visit the city since president gul trouble recognized it as the capital of israel hence this visit was welcomed by israel the palestinians have protested against his arrival and hundreds of thousands of federal employees. In the u. S. Will have to stay at home as the Government Shutdown continues money for federal agencies was cut off on saturday after the senate failed to pass a funding bill a new vote on the spending plan is due in the coming hours. Now how fairly is wealth distributed among people in your country well you can find out in the latest annual report from oxfam and this year it paints a rather gloomy picture eighty two percent of the Global Wealth generated last year went to the richest one percent of the population while the three point seven billion people who make up the poorest half of the world saw no increase in their wealth the report singles out countries where the gap is widening including the United States and it says that the three richest people in the us own the same wealth as the bottom half of the population thats one hundred sixty Million People brian is oxfams Inequality Campaign manager and he joins me now from our london studio good to have you with us on aljazeera why should your findings surprise us is the really a general perception that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer and no one really cares about addressing the balance why i think it will come as no surprise to anyone that as you say the rich are getting richer was Living Standards wages and so on for the rest of us failing to keep up thats the lived experience of the majority of people now you know were weve got an economy thats doing really really well for the people at the top but theyre getting rich through the exploitation of huge numbers of people at the bottom you know our report shows that a c. E. O. Of a top Garment Company well now were in four days what a Bangladeshi Government worker would earn in our entire life. Indeed i will see people are shocked it will already be by going to time directive and so of charge sorry to interrupt you but im going to expand on that show in a moment as well i mean what was the most startling fact that you feel came out of your reporting that you didnt even realize was happening well weve known for a couple of years now that the richest one percent of the worlds population has more than half the wealth so more than the other ninety nine percent put together so we knew that but i didnt realize that the rate of change was was. So large and i was personally was shocked to see that eighty two percent of new wealth is going to the top one percent i mean that means the gap is widening even quicker than we thought when you just mentioned a moment ago that it takes four days for a c. E. O. Of a top Global Fashion brand to bangladeshi garment workers in a lifetime what do you expect to happen with that information whos going to take note and what impact do you want it to have on the public. We want people to see that you know there are choices this kind of level of inequality isnt inevitable its the result of the decisions of our political and Business Leaders and if businesses want to show leadership that they want to show that they operate in the interests of their workers and of Wider Society not just of rich shareholders you know they can they can make the choice to stop paying out huge dividends to investors bumper bonuses to their top executives until they know that theyre paying at the very least a living wage enough for someone to get by to all their workers that are paying fair prices to suppliers you have specifically even be an option to give more money to the rich if people at the other end can even feed their families you specifically identified in your report the gender inequality which is a hot topic at the moment especially around pay and working conditions continues and women are the main victims is there a disparity between certain continents or certain countries or certain types of work. Globally you see a very similar trend that women are overrepresented heavily overrepresented in the lowest paid most precarious jobs in the other end of the scale nine out of ten billionaires are men so its a global trend we see it in sectors from the Garment Industry to food and agriculture to work you know this is a lot of the people who are who are growing the food we saw in the clothes that we wear very often women and its no coincidence our economy is set up to exploit discriminatory social norms discriminatory laws and policies that make it easier to exploit women. And id say thats a thats a global story indeed its certainly an interesting topic and certainly well worth logging on for International Viewers on to your website to read that report for the moment nick brier from oxfam thanks for joining us from our london studio now the former football star george when is to be sworn in liberias new president in a few hours time hes replacing Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson sirleaf who led the west african nation for twelve years evidence of support from monrovia on the challenges ahead. Liberias president elect arrives of one last set of people. In the mood here is celebre tree but many believe it would be for long. Distance from outgoing president Ellen Johnson sirleaf whose term expired a week ago. But the challenges she leaves behind a huge on employment is going to be a key issue to resolve. And the conditions are not pretty it is all able to find his feet within the First Six Months he will lose attention. Of the International Development community hell lose attention of Global Capital and he will lose the interest of a largely impatient voting base. The youth form one of weirs biggest voting bloc in the last election and this group is largely unskilled and impatient for change he told us opening up the rural areas is a huge priority for. The recipe. But there are several and resolved issues that are equally picking for attention education electricity industrialization and National ReconciliationEllen Johnson sirleaf may have stabilized postwar liberia but like most developing countries it still struggles with the twin problems of corruption and under Development One hundred seventy years after it was founded when jordan where takes the also office of the twenty fifth president of liberia on these grounds is supporters and one of so fun sixty percent of liberias budget will be watching closely to see how he discharges his responsibilities the first will be who he appoints interest cabinet because was that we have been branded as inexperienced he needs to put his best foot forward he needs a stroll minister fire ants that can send a message to the local and International Economic players that liberia is capable of doing business. Georgia where is ticking off these months after International Donors are started scaling down operations in liberia which means the country sees less fording. But some liberians say its time they take their destiny in their own hands. For now they celebrate what is not clear how long the bill would last or how soon the impatience will set in comedy greece aljazeera via. Saudi arabia plans to donate one and a half billion dollars in new aid to yemen but despite its continued bombardment thats pushed millions of yemenis to the brink of famine and cause the work caused the worlds worst humanitarian crisis the u. N. Launched its largest appeal for yemen on sunday has asked for about three billion dollars in donations almost three years of study led airstrikes and fighting with who three rebels have left about half of the population in desperate need of lifesaving assistance. Its not just the people who directly because of the war the conflict itself is those people who died the silent deaths and no villages in the towns where they havent even access good health or Access Medical facilities and die for mental diseases face the children. All of these in sudan her least seven detained journalists they were arrested after covering protests against new government measures which have increased the price of bread and other products activists say the latest arrests highlight issues surrounding press freedom in the country have a morgan reporter in khartoum. Hes been walking through these gates every day for eighty years but as money out of any who runs his own daily newspaper al tayyar says a lot has changed and not for the better he now has fewer staff because he cant afford to pay them all additions of his paper have been stopped from going on sale more than twenty times in the past here four times just this month and i say you know. Press freedom in sudan depends on the political atmosphere when we started working in the ninetys the freedom was much more than it is now there are a lot of restrictions the government uses like confiscating the papers after printing to cause Economic Loss stopping some articles from being published restricting the movements of journalists it comes down to the political scene with no regard to the media laws ill tell you it is one of more than have a dozen newspapers which were confiscated before hitting sudan streets in the past twelve months editors a National Security agents at a Printing Press houses confiscate additions that contains tourists critical of the government some newspaper readers now turn to the internet to find out whats going on in the country thank you for the hike and we thank you for sharing i open social media and. Then i go to the websites i check several websites that can give me the critics news news that i believe is factual all surviving your day theres nothing you can do when the papers are confiscated you cant get a chance to go through the news so we turn to the internet and see whats there the International OrganizationReporters Without Borders ranks sudan one hundred seventy fourth out of one hundred eighty countries on its press Freedom Index and there are concerns its about to get even tougher for journalists in sudan to do their job members a follow months of deliberating a bill to allow National Security agents to shut down newspapers radio stations and t. V. Stations for fifteen days without sizing any reason and if that bill becomes law students press council would have the power to indefinitely ban any journalists who write or broadcast anything that opposes Government Policies that a journalist detained this month were covering protests overhyped. Read prices the government failed to respond to requests for comment on the arrests or on the freedom of the press. At the he got it the right way to regulate the press is through the courts since the laws more than a single law confiscating papers or things like that is not a good idea and journalists who are detained should be presented to court and if they have any fault they should bear responsibility but the shouldnt be put in jail without any clear charge directors for editors like last month the concern is not about being charged for what they report on but being prevented from reporting in the first place and the shutting down of any outlet that doesnt follow a government line he will morgan aljazeera khartoum to europe where workers are only as ousted leader colors pigeon war has arrived in denmark despite threats from the spaying that hed be detained there on sunday spains state prosecutor said it will real issue an arrest warrant for breach of war if he leaves belgium he says will to join the debate at the university of copenhagen and was invited to the Danish Parliament the former president of catalonia fled to brussels in october after his Regional Government declared independence from spain in a referendum ruled illegal by madrid. Well undocumented students in the u. S. State of georgia say theyre being forced to study in secret because of a law that bans them from the states top universities politicians say the rule sends a strong message that Illegal Immigrants shouldnt be able to attend public colleges but activists have decided to fight back with an underground university of their own. Reports from atlanta. In the. Civil rights era songs have a special meaning for the students of Freedom University most of the children of Illegal Immigrants are banned from attending georgias top public colleges the policy enacted six years ago has been described as educational segregation and its a really great room for people to feel comfortable create a circle of chairs to to have dialogue and plan actions but Freedom University an underground institution offers undocumented students a chance to further their education classroom locations are kept secret following threats from white supremacist groups but its this states laws that organizers say are the biggest danger banning young people is morally wrong we are targeting people not based on their Academic Merit but on a social status completely out of their control so we are now in a situation in which we are targeting and punishing kids and and for me this is wrong like many of those who attend Freedom University via letter was brought to the u. S. By her parents this is the only home shes ever known but her status means pursuing a Higher Education is a legal minefield they can be really intimidating researching all of these policies and immigration educational policy isnt china navigate through that. Can be discouraging at times but i feel thats where Freedom University comes in and bridges that gap around you but you know it really is why i charge georgias ground has led to protests alabama and South Carolina have similar laws in place so. All rights activist rosalind pope fought similar battles as a student in the sixtys and says the atmosphere now feels just as toxic its getting to be downright scary. And i think from the top down. People feel free now to express their real feelings towards the thousands of undocumented children continue to attend georgias schools but even if they come top of the class this states top colleges arent an option legal challenges are now being made but for now the students at Freedom University continue to study in the shadows and gallacher of his era atlanta georgia. A motorcycle bomb has exploded at a market in Southern Thailand killing three people and injuring dozens more it happened in the Southern Province of yala no one has claimed responsibility saying in the asia pacific the oil spill from a sunken iranian tank in the East China Sea has tripled in size the slick has expanded to three hundred thirty two square kilometers in a week scientists have warned of a massive environmental catastrophe. Of the iranian tank a century it was carrying one Million Barrels of oil when it collided with another ship earlier this month another vessel burned for eight days before it sank only three bodies from the ships main the arabian crew have been recovered. China invest more than more each year in wind hydro and solar power than any other country and as the worlds biggest emitter of Greenhouse Gases its launch an ambitious plan to replace carbon with Renewable Energy that planning kluges the largest floating solar farm on earth rob bride went to have a look. They float in the winter sunshine shimmering islands silently generating enough power for a small city on the shore new sections of solar panels are bolted together and then floated out to join the others the lake they occupy was formed by the collapse of a disused coal mine underground that would otherwise go to waste to design these sections like this especially for this area they werent you no matter how much the land flowed. The water helps cool the panels and keeps them free of dust to make them more efficient. And hoyt like other provinces is experiencing an unusually severe winter. If its the result of Climate Change its a reminder that a country which is built its prosperity on coal must look to Renewable Energy for its future with its demand for energy china is still burning about half the worlds coal but that is fast changing the government has promised to spend three hundred sixty billion dollars on clean energy by twenty twenty and the difference is clear to see quite literally. Beijing and other cities in northern china have been enjoying blue skies this winter largely because of a restriction on coal burning its a controversial policy thats left many people shivering without enough alternative Energy Sources but its given a glimpse of a smoke free future without coal. Back in the coal mine and power station can be seen beyond the solar panels. And used to work that but says the soul of twice as much and hes happy to work above ground. As. My son also works in the industry its got a job putting panels on people. Pots of a huge force that will eventually number in the millions finding a clean a life in queen energy mcbride aljazeera province china. Still ahead here on the news in such a time will tell you how well the long is getting on this train you know the. Welcome back in time for sport history say thank you very much at the age of fourteen tom brady is off to his a super bowl the new England Patriots quarterback engineered his sides victory in the a. F. C. Championship game brady shook off concerns of an injured throwing hand as the patriots rallied against the Jacksonville Jaguars they overcame an eleven point first half deficit for twenty four to twenty when brady along with pats head coach Bill Belichick got a shot at winning best fix a pro bowl ring in two weeks time yeah we played a lot better in the second half we just couldnt get the drives going and i was sitting in very good on third down. And you know we just got in the world tempo stuff in the second half and play a little bit better so it was great great win happy for our team and. You know its just a great great game so proud of all the guys coaches everyone. Mazing well there are celebrations across philadelphias the eagles to kill the super bowl spot against the patriots they beat the Minnesota Vikings thirty eight to seven in the n. F. C. Championship game the goals have twice played in the super bowl most recently in two thousand and five but have never wanted to be in this moment to share with their family or friends all the people. Of the state of the eagles this franchise my teammates. It is our season and really well. Appending champion Roger Federer is into the last eight at the Australian Open and hes looking stronger than ever for a twentieth grand slam title the second c. Dispatched martin fox a bitch six four seven six six to maintain his impressive record of not dropping a set open during the season told him and hell play to his buddy next and hes excited to be in battle with the tech weve had some good ones over the years going back all the way to the Olympic Games in athens in two thousand and four so. Yeah im looking forward to playing against him he seems in good shape and im happy hes over his back issues and he also had at the end of last year so thats a good thing well right now Novak Djokovic is fighting to stay in the competition the serve his playing in his first event since wimbledon last year after taking six months out from injury is up against him chung the world number fifty eight when he took the first two sets and he leaves three two in the third thomas thirty foot himself a meeting with federer and the last eight by beating italys five year fanie in straight sets the first seeds dominic t. M. Was knocked out by the u. S. A. s tennis sangar and he will play the winner of that much between djokovic and chong. Womens world number one simona halep showed little sign of tiredness the she took to the court against barely a soccer the romanian battled for almost four hours in the third round to get to this point but this match against the soccer was a little easier when in straight sets six three six. U. S. Open finalist madison keys advance to the last eight with a straight sets win over eight feet Caroline Garcia these is the only American Woman left in the drawer shell play former australian and u. S. Open champion angelica for a place in the semis kober is the only grandson singles when i left in the tournament and k. s knows shell be more the same to get past the. I was just playing really smart and i wasnt going for unbelievable shocks and things like that i just was waiting for the right ball in the trusting that it was going to make the right decision when i finally had the option to go for it now spanish champions around the trade have reclaimed fourth place in the standings after thrashing strugglers deportivo on sunday gareth bale scored twice to take his tally to five goals in two thousand and eighteen nacho also grabbed to as did christiane of an elder who ended the seven one victory with a bloody cut to the head after he caught the boot of deportivo defendant had been shot it was the only sour note on a night which appeared to bring madrid out of domestically crisis. This is a goal we only games like this one because to score seven goals here its not something that happens every day so im happy for that christiane who is slightly injured they had to apply two or three stitches but hes ok. Well they may be up to fourth place now but still nineteen points behind the leaders barcelona who themselves thrashed royal besss five nil on sunday to sit eleven points clear of Atletico Madrid by munich looking unstoppable in their chase for a record sixth straight title baby vertebrae and four two on sunday. Scored twice to become by his most prolific known german scorer in the league with ninety four goals Thomas Miller also scored two goals to bring up his century in the bundesliga it was a fifteenth victory in nineteen games for by munich. Im really pleased to be number one but i can still improve and score more goals which is my aim i know we still have a lot of games to play before the end of the season and right now im really pleased to be back and playing the las vegas gold knights are continuing their remarkable debut season in the n. H. L. They beat the Carolina Hurricanes five one on sunday three of those goals were scored in the last thirteen minutes and that gives the Golden Knights the best record in the league theyve won thirty one of their forty six games this season talk about leaving it to the last minute in the n. B. A. The Detroit Pistons had taken the lead against the Brooklyn Nets with four point seven seconds left on the clock but is never too late for a comeback Spencer Dinwiddies jumper with no zero point nine seconds on the clock and secured a one hundred one to one hundred fake tree for the nets crushing the local fans in detroit. And that is all you sport for now ill have more for you later thanks very much jay we continue our News Coverage of the american Vice President in the middle east to stay with us here on aljazeera to learn from me thanks for time and your company. Just. Because you cant. Just. Stand the differences. And the similarities of cultures across the. Aljazeera this is also a dangerous force and the issue is where the slightest error means a one way ticket over the edge which. Is that men are coming back to laura hall is a lot of meat on children braving tough conditions facing death at every turn it into a very serious theyre very worried about it you know gamble with their lives just to an event risking it all on aljazeera. And. Then you look for the arrival of refugees is debated in european parliaments. But the journey itself is little understood. To syrians document the route that has claimed so many lives searching for sanctuary to people in power at this time on al jazeera. Turkey says its offensive in Northern Syria whilst all until its established a security zone along the border