Coming up save the children suspends its operations in afghanistan after an attack that killed three of its staff. President says hes willing to be questioned by a special council mullah whos investigating allegations of russian election. To film the schools widespread protests in india because of its muslim hindu love story. That first brazil is up held a conviction against the former president lewis in the asio Lula Da Silva the corruption and Money Laundering but he was defiant saying he will still run for the presidency in october todays a bove reports now from the Southern City of porto alegre where his supporters have been rally. These people are standing by. Theyre convinced he will be brazils next president despite a courts ruling that makes it almost impossible for him to run. The risk distance will never die we lost the battle but not the war president. On wednesday an Appeals Court upheld his conviction for corruption and Money Laundering even increased the sentence to twelve years and one month one of the judges said there is no doubt that the former president was involved in a corruption scheme. I looked at these questions one by one reaffirming specifically that the issue of culpability is the largest vector for the sentence and i consider culpability to be extremely high in this case it happened in the city of port where extreme security measures were taken to prevent clashes between supporters and those who backed the courts decision. In brazils economic capital many celebrated who. Thinks he shouldnt be investigated because hes god all his companions are behind bars and are incriminating him we want justice should be arrested he must be convicted. Hes now seventy two he was presumed first working class president and is credited with lifting millions out of poverty. The courts judgment complicates his chances of making it to this years president ial race brazilian law bans candidates who have been convicted from running for office. Isnt it well. For me this court ruling is an opportunity to travel through brazil and have a dialogue with the brazilian people now i can see that everything that theyre doing is to close the door to my candidacy as provocation is so shameful but now i want to be candidate for the presidency of the republic. David and that. Is an equivalent to me if you. Say that i couldnt. Make it if it wasnt you might make plans. With congress you dont want to get there are two legal moves you like and make to avoid prison and to fight to be allowed to run in octobers election. But for many that will now be tougher than his supporters would like to what makes. The case how will. The charity save the children has suspended its operations in afghanistan after a deadly attack on his jalalabad office forty six people in the building were rescued a soldier of three Staff Members they were killed several others were wounded i still have claimed responsibility jennifer glass reports from the capital kabul. The attack began with a car bomb at the door of the state of the Children Office in jalalabad eastern afghanistan the gunman stormed the building for more than eight hours they battled Afghan Security forces while dozens of save the children staff were trapped inside the building was set on fire eventually Afghan Police and soldiers killed the attackers and rescued the staff afghanistan is one of the most dangerous places for children to be born following decades of war insecurity and poverty for twelve years saved. Children has worked with afghan communities to help kids arrive but the attack on the agencys office in jalalabad suggest its becoming increasingly difficult for staff to help afghans without becoming victims of the conflict themselves its quite possible to save the children would leave afghanistan and the onus is on the Afghan Government to provide security for the latest to to stick on aid workers security show that over the last fifteen years their jobs have become much more dangerous in two thousand and sixteen there were one hundred fifty eight attacks on aid organizations around the world in which one hundred to one hundred workers were killed ninety eight wounded and eighty nine kidnapped thats almost triple the number of attacks in two thousand and three south sudan is the most dangerous country for aid workers followed by afghanistan and syria the u. N. Humanitarian coordinator calls afghanistan one of the most challenging and dangerous environments for humanitarians in two thousand and seventeen seventeen aid workers were killed and thirty two injured Doctors Without Borders withdrew from the northern afghan city of could use in two thousand and fifteen after the medical charities hospital was mistakenly destroyed by a u. S. Airstrike and last year the International Red cross which is operated in afghanistan for more than thirty years close to clinics and limited his operations nationwide after seven Staff Members were killed and others abducted now were in a very explosive situation i think where we note the Community Says communities can no longer guarantee all safety on our axis and thats now where its becoming extremely difficult to know. Who we can rely on and thats thats the challenge today more so than in the last thirty years afghanistan is dependent on aid organizations if gunmen were to drive them out the Afghan Government cant support the social Services Programs on which millions of afghans depend save the children says it helps one point four million children in afghanistan and its committed to its work here the organization would like to restart its programs but it can only do so when its short staffed can work safely jennifer glass aljazeera kabul. Well save the children see has told aljazeera that she is shocked and appalled by the attack. Well we have for now suspended our activities but rest assured that we are still committed to helping the Afghan People and particularly children in afghanistan we have been there for so many years and we know what we do there help millions of children survive be educated be protected so we will continue to do what we are doing in afghanistan this is a setback for sure and we will take us a long time to recover from this and we should never ever accept at tax on aid workers people who are spending their lives helping children this is very innocent work this is what that all parents would want for children this is work that help children survive and learn and be protected and i hope still am completely saddened by the fact that someone would try to stop this insight violent attack this was very violent issued never happen and of course this is a setback but we remain committed to helping the children in afghanistan and all over the world where save the children is working us President Donald Trump says hes willing to be interviewed by investigators who are looking into alleged collusion between his president ial campaign and russia. After trying to. Well the president told reporters he would speak under oath to special counsel Robert Lerner the former f. B. I. Director is leading the investigation lets talk to our cars one of the heidi joe castro whos in washington d. C. Quite a surprise and the president sounding is. Pretty upbeat in saying that hes looking forward to talking to mr miller. Thats right martine at least publicly when speaking to reporters hes professing this sense of confidence and optimism going on in that recording to say that he was looking forward to this investigation into the interview for this investigation and that he would love to do it as soon as possible and a key here he said he would do it under oath now there was also a cause yet he went on to add that this was subject to the advice of his lawyers and that is key because his top Legal Counsel is very concerned about the president s penchant for hyperbole weve seen that splashed all over twitter weve seen him say this to the media to the American Public with paying no real political consequence but now this is not just the realm of politics it is the legal system and lying under oath is a crime and there is fear here that the president may be stepping into a scenario where he could be charged with perjury and to combat that his top attorneys are negotiating now with those investigators to perhaps do a sit down interview with president or a written statement type interview or some sort of hybrid martin well the impression is that this investigation being led by robot. Has been circling around the president and getting closer and closer and finally seems very much as though get the president in the chair a rather uncomfortable questions. Thats right the talk around washington has been that molar has been working his team very hard and that they have done a very diligent job of doing their homework in recent weeks its been revealed that he has already of his team members have already interviewed other High Administration officials theres the former f. B. I. Director james komi former National Security advisor Michael Flynn and the current u. S. Attorney general just sessions three men very close to trump and now that it is circling in on the president himself the apex if you will of this investigation the indication here is that the line of questioning may not so much focus on collusion with russia which is where this initial investigation started but now has reared into the realm of possible obstruction of justice trump is being questioned for whether he fired the f. B. I. Director in order to get rid of that collusion investigation which that the president has resignedly deny today as well repeating to reporters that he is not guilty of collusion not guilty of obstruction of justice never a dull moment in washington is castro thank you very much indeed former u. S. Gymnastics team doctor has been sentenced for sexually assaulting female athletes and patients for decades under the guise of medical treatment larry nasa was given a prison term of up to one hundred seventy five years john hendren ripple. This staggering sentence mattered less than the statement it made wow. Dr larry nasser was already handed a sixty year prison term for related child pornography last month that will keep the fifty four year old away from children for life perhaps you have figured it out by now but little girls dont see little forever. They grow into strong women that the turn to destroy your world he pleaded guilty to molesting seven girls in usa gymnastics in Michigan State university through intimate treatments that he told them had therapeutic value two thousand and nine. She took her own life. Because you can do with pain anymore but he was accused by more than one hundred fifty women and how dare you say sorry about everything youve done and all the lives youve destroyed we all see right through your bull. Youre a prophetic monster that is only sorry you got caught the accusers included gold medalists some own byelaws alley reisman Gabby Douglas in Mckayla Maroney who statement was read by a prosecutor dr nasser was not a doctor he in fact was in forever shall be a child molester a monster of a human being and a story. He abused my trust he abused my body and he left scars on my psyche that may never go away the victims anger went beyond nasser this monster was also the architect of policies and procedures that are supposed to protect athletes from sexual abuse for both usa gymnastics and the u. S. O. C. Abusers your time is up the survivors are here standing toe and we are not going anywhere on monday three leaders of usa gymnastics the National Governing body for the olympic sport resigned under pressure among nassers latest accuser is byles one of the most decorated gymnast in olympic history on twitter she said she dreaded returning to the Training Center where she was abused this week usa olympics announced it will close the texas center that haunts or whether the organization can regain the trust of dozens of women who say it failed to protect them remains an open question john hendren aljazeera. Still to come here at aljazeera. Im Andrew Symonds in the occupied west bank and ill be explaining why a palestinian is a getting excited about the introduction of three g. All their smartphones its a ten year old knowledge. Through triangle a regime change. And in on can free to use and if any should go until it. At long last winter is showing itself in the middle of china you cant really mistake that kenya full cost of a lot of snow that may what extent as far as shanghai where the maximum temperature on thursday is now will need three is still fifteen if regime is still twenty two in hong kong but thats ok been thats not surprising this is where winter should have been for the last week us or it is drifting slowly sas and thats your precious snow in the forecast for fridays at long last the seasons show self ses were into wet season here and there the malays are should be drying off now in tonga should be dry so indonesia is the place where the which is where there has been has been flooding in bali and some in java but this clouds interesting it suggests theres been a shower stuff in some time including in bangkok not a usual thing for late january or indeed february but thats in the forecast for the next day or possibly two days so the heaviest is for the sas makes a difference to you theres been some action around delhi from the point of view where that weve had showers rolling through thunderstorms disappearing into nepal it has stood at the end the air quality has improved to some degree itll probably go back down again because nothing much else is moving in the next two days. The weather sponsored by qatar at least. Personal stories of lebanese villagers on the border with israel. Their daily struggles when they go to stop us when we go there they should have. The right and peaceful protests. To reason in the place of the interior means defiance and resistance and this new time its means not for night and freedom life on the edge of cross border tension lebannon living on the blue line at this time on al jazeera. Coverage fake a look at the top stories here at aljazeera a brazilian coaches up held a conviction against the former president louis enough c. E. O. Lula da silva for corruption and Money Laundering speaking to supporters though he insisted he will seek reelection in october. The charity save the children has suspended its operations in afghanistan after a deadly attack on his jalalabad office a soldier and three members of staff were killed i sill has claimed responsibility. The u. S. President says hes willing to be interviewed by investigators looking into alleged collusion between his president ial campaign and russia. Well leaders have defense of globalization and multilateralism of the World Economic forum in davos all apparently aimed at one particular guest jonah hull ripple. On the eve of Donald Trumps arrival in denver ass and and t. Trump a cold front has blown into town leader after world leader has taken to the podium this week to warn about the dangers of populism and protectionism. The young french president emanuel macron was to have been the Star Attraction this year until trump announced he was coming to ladies and gentlemen my im my first miss each he said france is back france is back at the core of europe now back on is the resistance. Good good does indicate to me a few kilometers from here there are people who think the solution is to get out of globalization and there are more and more people who are convinced that that is the right option now that means we have a major challenge to meet earlier it was the turn of the german chancellor Angela Merkel who talked about what she called a polarizing state of affairs the examined us absurd once this day that period we believe isolationism will get us nowhere we believe we have to cooperate and that protectionism is not the right answer. But the politics of damn off go beyond this year the spotlight has fallen on new leadership in africa the likely next president of south africa will run a poser is here as is the man they call the crocodile emmerson man and earned his nickname as a fighter in zimbabwes war of liberation hes now the man who plans to put zimbabwe back together again after decades of rubble but garbage rule now we are seeing to the well what. Is now open for business zimbabwe has good reason to be hopeful the Global Economy is doing well for the moment putting a slushie spring in investors steps join a whole aljazeera davus. Egypts last main opposition candidate for an upcoming president ial election has withdrawn from the race. Made the announcement just as president Abdul Fattah Al fisi filed his nomination papers it comes a day after a former army chief of staff left tenant general sami and then was detained after saying he would contest the race a human rights lawyer was the first to announce in november that he would run against president sisi. All this indicators were pointing towards planned intentions to poison and corrupt the entire operation and to evacuated from its presumed democratic meaning and to push us into spaces which we are not able to handle we are honored to not participate more now from our correspondent mohammed jam june. President. Officially launched his bid for a second term in office after announcing his candidacy last week submitting registration documents for his reelection bid in march in a speech to Police Force Members seem determined to project an aura of strings in. All egyptians must remain a learned some people want to divert our attention from the goals we have been working to achieve i see that as people do not listen to their nonsense talk and stay committed to achieving Construction Development and prosperity. The rhetoric was similar in tone to promises made to voters during his first president ial Election Campaign in two thousand and fourteen which the former military chief of staff won with ninety seven percent of the vote observer said that election fell short of international standards. Since then disillusionment with his rule has grown along with a return to the authoritarian Security State that prevailed under former president Hosni Mubarak ccs remarks also came the day after one of his main potential rivals semyonovna was arrested by Soldiers Army commanders say their former chief of staff committed violations when he announced his president ial bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces egypts Elections Committee says he was removed from the ballot because its illegal for military commanders to run for political office. Former Prime Minister and air force general as much if you had also announced his interest lawyers say hes also been detained in cairo another would be candidate behind bars as army colonel ahmed a military Court Sentenced him to six years in prison after announcing plans to run for president some believe sisi perceives the rivals as a threat to his presidency remember this is a country where president s dont leave by elections they either die in power like them out of the knesset that either killed like i said it or the ousted by a Mass Movement like Hosni Mubarak the problem is for egypt for sisi right now is he struggling to find a puppet candide it hes struggling to find somebody that when he wins ninety five ninety six percent of the votes everybody can say oh thats ok thats a legitimate amateur if it is not a puppet candidate semi and then is not a puppet candidate they can call they command weight in the social sphere even before sisi declared his reelection bid it was widely assumed he would win now critics say this election is turning into a farce one more reason why on the eve of the seventh anniversary of the beginning of the egyptian revolution the brief experiment in democracy that began and to have your square seem so very long ago. Does either. A veteran u. S. Diplomat has quit and Advisory Panel that was set up to tackle the crisis Bill Richardson described the boat as a Cheerleading Squad for the me among government the former new mexico governor quit the panel unexpectedly as it was making its first trip to recommend state from where seven hundred thousand have fled in recent months he said he clash with mammals leader unsung cheney over the issue of two journalists arrested there in december. I was very happy and described my. Reaction to my. Pauline that this issue of reuters journalists being treated fairly and rapidly and that brought almost an explosion on her part. Saying there were issues relating to the official secrecy to act that this was not my charter as a member of the Advisory Board and the very Heated Exchange that we had i dont want to be part of a whitewash and i felt it was best but then i resigned immediately rightwing hindu groups in india have stepped up protests against the controversial film part of my fat treys a muslim ruler as the lover of the hindu queen made of a full. Processor intensifying across several Indian States and how close to the capital delhi right wing hindu groups blockaded roads and in the city of Bhopal Police arrested several demonstrates is off they set a car by a number of cinemas across the country have also been vandalized on choose day hundreds of riots is descended on the bowl of the western states of. Vehicles and damaging shops. The escalation came hours after Indias Supreme Court rejected bids to allow some states to ban the controversial film cleared for release nationwide on thursday. Is the patrol of a fourteenth century hindi queen a member of the high raj cost of the muslim. The film depicts a romance between the two characters seen as a step too far for these demonstrators many from the hardline raj hindu group sriracha. They say the relationship between a hindu and a muslim is a distortion of fact and are determined to defend their culture. Their community lives only to protect the country the religion and one selfrespect. Can be noticed in a crowd disciplined never flees a battle and is always ready to die. A story and say the queens very existence is very likely a legend character in a sci fi epic poem this is. Its not. And it is the dead in fifteen for. Most of the set in the thirteenth century. So people forget that this is not. An epic written by. The films director Sanjay Leela Bhansali tonights the movie disrespects the hindi queen hes had to contend with sets in a delay to the original release date hardline hinduism is on the rise in india emboldened believe many by the countrys Prime Minister and hindu nationalist near and dear modi police have boosted security and all the it is screaming the film but many cinemas are reluctant to take the risk. Scientists in china have achieved a world first by cloning two monkeys. And while why are identical twins created using the same process used to clone dolly the sheep more than twenty years ago the technique brings the prospect of cloned human beings even closer palestinians in the occupied west bank of finally gained access to three g. Cell service after israel lifted a ban on the Technology Infrastructure upgrade wasnt allowed in gaza where uses a stockholm flow network Andrew Symonds reports now from ramallah in the occupied west bank. Its been a long haul for everyone in the cell phone business here but now the big switch on has happened intense competition between two Palestinian Companies joe wow and what an ear to give their customers a three g. Service Old Technology maybe but its a first here its a good for the last thing the economy finally or customers have a choice to get Data Services to get connectivity. Theyve rolled out the promotions the Marketing Campaigns and t. V. Adverts until now the internet in palestine has only been available from wife i hope spots or at home to everyones frustration their ten years behind the rest of the world whatever the commercial rise but. Cold reality about most things that go on in the occupied west bank thats because israel has a handle of whatever comes in whatever goes out even the Technology Inside the palestinians smartphone. The green spots marked thousands of cellphone mosques but the bad patches show areas see as sprawl of land in the occupied west bank where israel imposes tougher restrictions the companies do their best to improve the cell phone range but theyre also up against israeli signals available in some places and these services are thirty percent cheaper nevertheless some people believe there will be loyalty to the Palestinian Companies until this moment they choose sometimes to choose some products over the israeli products even that the israeli products and maybe better quality because they still try to make that conscious decision of not supporting the Israeli Occupation but what the cell phone uses think. That the world stopped using three g. And we have just started i just hope we can catch up to the technology. I think it was only through International Pressure that give us. It was outside political pressure some of it from the United States that got Cell Phone Companies this fall and they just want to be on a level Playing Field sooner rather than later and so slow progress maybe but palestinians arent giving up with their demands for human rights and its time rights and drew simmons aljazeera ramallah in the occupied west bank. Travis a take a look at the top stories here at aljazeera a Brazilian Court has upheld a conviction against the former president lewis in asio Lula Da Silva for corruption and Money Laundering its a major setback for his plans to run again for the presidency but speaking to supporters he insisted he will seek reelection in october. For me this court ruling is an opportunity to travel through brazil and have a dialogue with the brazilian people about what they have about what theyre losing and what i will have again in the future. That now i can see everything that theyre doing is to close the door to my candidacy. Was probably cation is so shameful but now i want to be candidate for the presidency of the republic. That. The charity save the children has suspended its operations in afghanistan after a deadly attack on its jalalabad office forty six people in the building were rescued but a soldier and three Staff Members were killed i saw his plane just possibility. The u. S. President says hes willing to be interviewed by investigators looking into alleged collusion between his president ial campaign and russia donald trump told reporters he was looking forward to speaking to special Counsel Robert Mueller under oath. Egypts last main opposition candidate for the upcoming president ial election has withdrawn from the race human rights lawyer made the announcement just as president about oh fattah elsisi filed his own nomination papers scientists in china have achieved a world first by cloning two monkeys. And why are identical twins created using the same process used to clone dolly the sheep more than twenty years ago the technique brings the prospect of cloned human beings even closer right those are the latest headlines from a ferret out coming up next inside story. Is the president of egypt scared of the competition is the latest contender forced out of the race for the president ial election in large the armys film a chief of staff is under arrest and the former Prime Minister has also been forced to drop out this is inside story