Led coalition of war crimes for attacking its fighters. A show of force at a time of apparent unity career stages a massive military parade on the eve of south koreas olympics. Speech the family of a palestinian man being sued by the israeli army for damage to the cheap that killed him. And one designed his pipe dream help people grab a bigger slice of kongs real estate. And im tatiana in doha with all the sports news including the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics might not stop for a few more hours of action and some sports already underway to have the latest from one part. Of the program our top story syrias government has attacked the u. S. Led coalition for a rare as strike on pro assad forces branding it a war crime and a new effort to support terrorism a military source within the Coalition Says that the strikes in there is zero province killed about one hundred pro assad fight has who are attacking the Syrian Democratic forces as a briefing a short while ago a spokesman for the pentagon defended the coalitions actions our forces have the inherent right to self defense. We are not looking for a conflict with the regime any action that takes away from our Ongoing Operations to defeat isis is a distraction. Russias ambassador to the United Nations dismissed the pentagons defense saying coalitions actions are criminal i ask them to remember that theyre. In syria illegally in fact the. They were not invited the they play ball with. The fight the International Terrorism but we see that it goes beyond that. To. To to confront those who really fight with the National Purpose with the glove with the syrians say is is given. To go and joins us live from washington so just airing the russians there essentially dismissing the u. S. Explanation for the strike what else did the pentagon have to say. Well i just got back from a brief you with secretary of Defense James Mattis he sometimes speaks with the press this one of course was off camera which is how he likes to do it but on the record and his quote was that this was seriously perplexing he says that for years the euphrates the Euphrates River has sort of been like a de conflict do not cross line unless we give us give them notification or they give us notification then there have been some operations but he said what they saw was and this was new information about three hundred fighters they dont know who they are filleted with they saw them start to move tanks and heavy artillery and he said that he got within about one hundred. Sorry within five hundred meters of the s. D. F. Headquarters the Syrian Defense forces and dont forget there are u. S. Special forces that are embedded in that headquarters so thats what he said they picked up the phone they called russia they have the de confliction line russia said that it wasnt their fighters and thats why secretary mabus is claiming this is a success he said because two great powers didnt fight each other again he says we dont know who those fighters were but he said that they took out in his words two tanks and the heavy artillery positions and then he said the forces started to retreat and they have not crossed back over that line but the pentagon message is very clear if they continue to try to push towards u. S. Forces or u. S. Backed forces they can expect the same response all right thank you very much patty calling with all the latest on that from Washington Well turning to the broader developments in syria for a full consecutive day bombs have been raining down on rebel held areas of the country which were designated deescalation zones local media say government and russian as strikes have killed at least fifty seven people in eastern guta on the edge of damascus on thursday including children and a medic theyve escalated their attacks and also in aden a province since a russian jet was shot down on saturday killing more than two hundred people in just four days. Reports on the latest violence. By thursday the bombing raids in eastern hold ahead only intensified at least two dozen were carried out and activists say they see no end in sight to this horror from the sky. Oh i was injured because of a plane. The night before fires in the town of modest in the month the target of dozens of air strikes. Thats despite it being in the Northeastern Province of idlib a rebel held area and one of syrias socalled deescalation zones whose borders were agreed to by russia turkey and the on bombing raids carried out by russian and Syrian Forces have only intensified since the russian war plane was shot down by rebels on saturday when another blazes put out rescue efforts begin anew what were seeing is an escalation because isis has largely been defeated the. Zones were marked out around syria escalation while the United States and russia were interested in destroying isis now that isis has largely been destroyed these deescalation zones have become up for grabs you see turkey rushing in to wrap up rain in the north United States say its going to stay for the long haul in syria it owns twenty eight percent of syrian territory and the Syrian Regime is trying to corral the remaining rebel parts of syria including. Which has been surrounded and bombarded last. Eastern huta near syrias capital damascus is also still in the hands of rebels and like it is also under intense bombardment dozens of men women and children have been killed in the last four days. Many residents believe proGovernment Forces are pushing for a decisive outcome to the war in syria while the United Nations has called for a month long truce to evacuate the wounded which that appeal hasnt made a difference even for those accustomed to the carnage of this seemingly endless conflict this most recent bombardment has been terrifying. Well in russia tens of thousands of people have turned out for the funeral of the pilot to is shot down in syria on saturday Roman Filipov was flying over it live province when he had to bail out from his burning plane the Russian DefenseMinistry Says he was surrounded by Al Qaeda Linked fighters when he landed and blew himself up with a hand grenade to avoid being captured more than thirty thousand people attended the ceremony environ edge in southwest russia so lets discuss all of this and more im joined in the studio by. The researches middle east and security inversely of exeter here in the u. K. Thanks very much for coming in to speak to us and so let me start by asking you about the russian jet that was downed its a very complicated situation in this part of syria because you know have turkey involved in affray in with moscows sort of well lets just say that theyre choosing not to intervene to stop it from happening meanwhile you have a lot of different groups operating in the area are these types of incidents likely to happen within creasing frequency i mean youre bound to see some kind of blowback as it were the russian jet that was there was actually shot down at that rate of which is obviously for me known as the missile front or they are part of the this new coalition that coalition is actually opposed by not only russia and the United States but also by turkey so as you know weve heard in reports the russian minister of defense already confirmed those and of car the affiliates and therefore it will not be blamed on the turks so theyve got kind of room to maneuver the theres some room to maneuver there but we also see things changing or shifting somewhat elsewhere in the country even though theyve been long been opponents in this war how unusual is a confrontation between a saddling troops and the u. S. Backed coalition as we saw in Eastern Syria its extraordinarily rare i mean it almost never happens and that was actually one. The failings of the previous u. S. Administration under barack obama you know they had all this talk of you know red lines over chemical weapon use and as we know sadly chemical weapons were used over and over again the only retaliation that we saw was under the trumpet ministration even that was very kind of restrained and very limited so its very difficult to see any kind of major escalation between prous of forces and the u. S. Unless they clash in areas of influence such as in Eastern Syria and this is a strategically important area you have two completely different views of this strike coming from the u. S. And russia today the u. S. Saying that describing it as selfdefense the russians rejecting that these invisible dividing lines where you have you know the eastern side of syria dominated by the u. S. And their proxy will they continue to be acknowledged as they have been i think thats the key issue is that its not exactly clearly defined so you do have areas that are under the different spheres of influence but the danger is that these shifts all the time and on top of that you also have militia forces who dont necessarily answer to the normal chain of command so its all well and good for i should say that the americans overreacted or committed a war crime but its likely considering previous u. S. Actions that this was a limited strike although there are mass casualties its clearly not something that they intend to do in the long term could we though see further clashes between the u. S. And its allies potentially and those groups loyal to a sad. For sure i mean as long as the Syrian Revolution is ongoing then you are going to see clashes between the various rebel groups who are loyal to various different power brokers and the assad regime but obviously also includes groups backed by turkey and as well the u. S. The u. S. Government and that itself is very very tricky situation right thank you very much for explaining that for us though. From x. University thank you. The day before the Winter Olympics has its Opening Ceremony in south korea a Major Military parade has taken place in north korea they did kim jong un told the crowds in the capital pyongyang that his nation is ready to fight to defend itself or n. T. But with North Koreans ready to compete in the olympics the military event was more low key than usual and tosh are going to reports now from the city of new one of the main olympic venues. This was a patriotic celebration at home and a display of north koreas military might for those of brought. Our army defends us and keeps us happy its our peoples army just like its name so this Army Founding day is a great day for all of us thursday was the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the north korean army the military parade in pyongyang comes after the world witnessed advances in the isolated countries Weapons Program last year leader kim jong un praised what he called quote a world class military with the most powerful force despite punishing saying i would say that its a show of defiance but its a soul. Defines. Government wants to emphasize the. Need to remain side. No matter what their fears army parade wasnt broadcast live on state t. V. And no new high profile weapons were displayed the toned down approach was likely response to a criticism of the show of military force on the eve of the Opening Ceremony of the young tang olympics. North koreans participating in an unprecedented way at these games South Koreans are hoping the only suspense and drama will be during competition. I feel very proud that a global event like the olympics is taking place in south korea kim jong un sr is expected to attend the Opening Ceremony in which north and south korean athletes plan to march under a unified flag should be the first member of the ruling kim family to step foot on south korean soil since the korean war in the one nine hundred fifty s. From government leaders to people on the street there is optimism that the young chang games will help rebuild the ties between the two koreas its already being called the peace olympics natasha game aljazeera. South korea. Well not everyone in gone young is happy with north koreas consider tree moves of the Winter Olympics protests have been taking place outside a venue where a north korean orchestra was performing demonstrate to set off fireworks and clash with police they say north korea is using the games as a propaganda tool and its recent overtures are not genuine but they were a relatively small group in the orchestra performance attracted a big crowd of South Koreans. Now three years ago Palestinian Abdullah was crushed to death by an Israeli Military vehicle during violent clashes in the occupied west bank now the israeli army is attempting to sue the twenty one year olds family and his entire village for the damage caused to the military cheap make use of a name out of throwing a fire bomb at the vehicle imran khan reports. The israeli army killed a name in june two thousand and fifteen and now it wants twenty eight thousand dollars for damages to this jeep to crush the twenty one year old after his death ability family filed a lawsuit against the israeli state the case continues then in january this year the army build the family. This is a copy of the lawsuit given to us by the family lawyer. They reopened their so shameless that they are demanding compensation not because they want the money because they want to make it impossible for us palestinians its not about the money they want us to give in but we say we have the right you wont break because. In june two thousand and fifteen that was a raid by the army. That turned violent the israeli say ability through a fireball of the jeep which then swerved into him for over three hours the family says the army wouldnt allow medics to treat of villa as he lay beneath the jeep he eventually played to death the entire village turned out the funeral. Lawyers say asking for compensation is possibly a new israeli strategy to penalize palestinians for any kind of resistance are in slow motion. Honestly were not used to seeing this sort of claim but if you take it in context where israel is going when it comes to killing fines and bills of votes in the knesset i think theyre heading to a level where anyone who utters the word occupation can be harassed arrested and possibly find that he might be considered to insult the state and its inhabitants. Aljazeera reached out to the Israeli Ministry of defense for comment it says it has submitted a statement of defense to the court stating that the event in which the plaintiffs was killed constitutes wartime activity as defined by the law and therefore the state is immune from prosecution in this event in the light of the damage that was caused to the i. D. F. Jeep as a result of the molotov cocktail thrown by the plaintiffs the ministry has filed a counter suit. Remembered very fondly and hes seen as a martyr for the palestinian cause graffiti of his face adorns the walls of the Village People who say theyll never forget about him. The family say they will continue to fight for justice for the love and the name the new to him they say they would rather face whatever consequences that may be than pay the israeli army any money imraan khan. Occupied west point and watching the aljazeera news hour still ahead. Anger on the streets of dakar after bangladesh sentences former Prime Minister holiday to five years for corruption. This will be the end of protected areas in the gary. Gary an activist fighting to stop one of europes most ancient forests being turned into a ski resort. And the posse continues for the Philadelphia Eagles following a super bowl win more from their victory parade coming up in sport. Of bangladesh. Has been jailed for five years around two hundred fifty thousand dollars in donations meant for an orphanage trust eldest son and four aides were given ten year sentences the seventy two year old has served as Prime Minister three times but has sentence could now bar her from running in decembers national election. Zio also faces some thirty all the charges including allegations of orchestrating Political Violence she and the current Prime Minister. Of the country ultimately since ninety ninety one she says the allegations are part of a plot to keep her and her family out of politics there are fears is jail sentence could trigger a political instability. Or protests have already broken out with Police Firing tear gas to support as a party is called to nationwide demonstrations on friday to protest the verdict Tanveer Choudhry has been monitoring events for us and our. From the Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman khaled as the i was brought to this old central jail in a makeshift accommodation basically a Day Care Center this central jail no longer exists here the central jail has been moved to its got off the city she was brought to by a white s. U. V. Accompanied by her domestic cattle chill be kept until from their order now the defense counsel told me they will file for it pill with the high court that depends on how soon they get the start if id write it in their hand that could take weeks or when few days the court dont open til sunday a lot of onlookers there and curious people heavily cordoned off area and i would try to talk to a lot of people didnt want to go in the camera because of heavy security presence and now we know a lot of people on the record told us the country faces a serious Political Uncertainty in the year of the election if the ruling party with a Smaller Party goes into election without the Main Opposition Party critics an expert told us that probably wont be accepted by a majority of the population and the country will go into a turmoil and uncertainty without a inclusive election down the road. Well the stories are following israel has started building a wall on its border with lebanon but lebanese leaders say the structure will threaten security in a way to volatile region tensions are already high in his latin and has pledged to press ahead with controversial plans for offshore oil and Gas Exploration and hundred ports from southern lebanon. Israel is building a wall on its northern border lebanon is warning that it shouldnt pass through its territory yet again there is tension along one of the most volatile borders in the middle east the border was drawn by the United Nations almost two decades ago the socalled blue line confirmed israels withdrawal from southern lebanon but lebanon has concerns on several points one of them is just a few meters from where construction work is underway. United nations peacekeepers are in charge of monitoring the cease fire and maintaining stability in this region commanders are Holding Meetings with both sides to ensure there are no misunderstandings or miscalculations no one wants to escalate the situation both parties committed to decision of a still exist and to take full advantage of our coordination and years on mechanisms like the tripartite meeting. Lebanon is accusing israel of threatening stability in the region israel hasnt replied an extraordinary meeting was held by lebanons Higher Defense Council military and government leaders alike have struck a defiant tone. Levanon however didnt say how it will respond but a visiting u. S. Envoy told government officials that israel doesnt want an escalation. Israel and lebanon are officially in a state of war the two countries dont just have unresolved land border disputes between them they are both claiming an area of sea of around eight hundred square kilometers. An area believed to be rich in oil and gas and which extends along the edge of the disputed maritime border lebanon says exploratory offshore drilling will start next year despite israeli threats. The Lebanese Armed group has said it stands behind the government and the army tensions are high the rhetoric has been tough but many dont expect an all out war as if they think that has been less than meets the main threat to its security is the theoretically speaking but. Theres the problems of the thirtys this will or both ends of both sides to engage in any sort of war. A cease fire has largely held since israel and hezbollah fought a war in two thousand and six but the potential for more conflict is always there so in a. Southern lebanon ukraines president has dismissed his chief economic adviser after an al jazeera investigation show he received millions of dollars that were raised fraudulently or own to ukraines largest media before selling it in two thousand and thirteen as Investigative Unit uncovered documents that show over one hundred Million Dollars in payments for the group was raised as a loan on a company linked to president petro poroshenko. Protesters in the buggering capital saffir have rallied against a plan that could destroy some of europes most important forests the government which carney holds the presidency of the e. U. Is supporting a scheme to turn the pier in National Park into ski resorts activists say those behind the developments are offshore Companies Involved in tax avoidance arent silly explains european skiers enjoying the winter sunshine in the results of may or may not know they will unesco World Heritage sites the beautiful ancient forest here supposedly protected by bulgarian and International Environmental laws. The plans to expand the skiing area by cutting down far more of the forests has been enthusiastic lee backed by the government is economically lucrative but condemned by environmentalists is the rate of nature some of the trees are a thousand years old the bears and the wolves could lose their habitats if we allow this to happen in theory National Park then these skiing projects can start in all our National Parks we only have three plus our nature parks so we will open the pandora box and this will be the end of protected areas in the area. Its as much about how controversial it is that protests against the scheme of being held in cities all over europe and beyond its also claimed to be passed a much wider rotten story about the rule of law in the European Union. The row over the legal and environmental implications of destroying the forests here in the apparent complicity of the Bulgarian Government elites have served to focus attention on this place in a way that the rich and the powerful in bulgaria really dont like at all because it appears the bomb scare was actually a giant Money Laundering operation dressed up as a ski resort. Thats according to people like nick he points a bands goes empty hotels and apartment blocks as evidence of tax avoidance thats the one behind it is absolutely empty that one is empty because the hotelier turned whistleblower whos watched Anonymous Companies build hotel blocks here apparently knowing theyll remain an occupied the central allegation is this a trick to inflate prices artificially and wash dirty money through the pristine resort its a truth the whole of bulgaria seems to know about but is only coming to light because of the ral and for the future of the forest the Biggest Hotels are owned by that offshore company. The gondolas old by the offshore company they they lock down on you know their conditions of work and. Budge at all because for them they have the monopoly the little care who even owns the resort is a mystery it was registered in the tax haven of cyprus under the name of an unemployed local man he is on paper the owner of so Many Companies hes one of the biggest Foreign Investors in bulgaria the government claims to know who the real owners are but hes refused to say apparently it isnt in the Public Interest to reveal he wants to chop down the forests or why the more that. Its the last thing we care about whats important is about gary in business and tourism to be successful every company that wants to develop both gary interest and follows the law and we would support it but on the question of who owns it i cant give an exact answer. The people who run bans go already stand accused of environmental eclectus despite receiving millions from the European Union for sewage disposal human waste is allowed to run straight into the streams coming down from the mountain what they plan to do with the mountain itself if theyre allowed to cut the forest down is anyones guess gloriously aljazeera and sco in bulgaria. And wash was a convoy on the knees out still they were immigrants who didnt speak english and brawl at families with them and they wouldnt be allowed into Donald Trumps america look at the u. S. President s own family tree. Im down there in the far north of argentina where ten thousand people have been evacuated because the flooding roads are impassable communities cut off this is as far as we can get. And a long awaited win at the dubai toll well have that story and much more in this poll later on. How the weather remains very wintry across parts of northern france would have more problems with snow coming in this next band of cloud and rain making its way across the British Isles will if theres some slightly model as we go on through the next couple of days for a friday we still got some snow there across paris for example that is the central areas the france but now just the right on the leading edge moderate talking about high temperatures in london about seven degrees celsius just three celsius there for paris still some snow coming into northern parts of a spa in madrid will struggle to get around eight degrees celsius but the snow say recently around the ball because thats made its way further east was ukraine seeing some snow that will make its way a little further east but still as we go on into sas table by that states six and really heavy rain nostril system swirling away just around central parts of the but its friday so though bring some wet weather into southern parts of the balkans and into greece and whether once again making its way back in across all and while scotland eventually and england nine celsius in london so it is warming up the three degrees celsius once again for paris and physique nine degrees there in madrid and that disturbed weather has also been affecting northern parts of africa particularly frost morocco went out here a small cloud of great coming in here with wes a weather grassy making its way further east. The Marshall Islands holds a toxic legacy from years of u. S. Military nuclear testing. As the sea levels rise one on one east investigates the threat this followed posers at this time on aljazeera. Aljazeera where every. Well if we cannot have palestina my government was suddenly not allowed britain to control french palestine would be an outrage but then we need to find another solution before we come to blows more than a century ago britain and france made a secret deal that would influence the shape of the middle east for more than a century to come and so. Now we can durham a. Psych speak oh lines in the sand at this time on aljazeera. Combine it with the news outlets update you on our top stories in syria russian Government Forces are continuing their assault on two regions held by the rebels as strikes and shelling have killed more than two hundred people in eastern in just four days. Old korea has held a massive military parade a day before the neighbor hosts the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics be to kim jong un told the crowd his nation would fight to defend itself. And the israeli army is suing the family of a palestinian man crushed by one of their cheap to compensate them for the damage vehicle and im a twas accused of throwing a fire bomb at the jeep he was being pursued by Israeli Soldiers when the vehicle crushed him. The u. S. Senate and house of representatives are expected to vote on the budget a state of the foss approach in Government Shutdown immigration is of course one of the biggest sticking points between republicans and democrats including socalled chain migration donald trump wants an end to it but explains the president s own ancestors came to america that way. We need to end chain migration that when the white house uses the term chain migration its meant to suggest migrants yanking a chain and pulling in all of their unskilled extended family to settle in the us but that so migration has worked in the us since the countrys founding researches have dug up some notable examples of families reuniting after settling in the u. S. For example dont trump whose mother left scotland to join her sister whod already settled in the u. S. And whose grandfather moved from germany at the end of the Nineteenth Century to join his sister whod been granted residency the year before he spoke Little English he had trained as a barbers apprentice but there was no critical shortage of barber is in the u. S. Such ancestral journeys are common in the Administration Vice president mike pence two wouldnt be in the u. S. Were it not for what he calls chain migration his grandfather was one of several in his family who took advantage of his siblings u. S. Residency and then theres white house adviser Stephen Miller one of the architects of the tough line against immigration his great great grandfather was pulled into the u. S. By a known blood relative from belo roots assimilation was hard for the family millers great grandmother still didnt speak english for years after her arrival and thats exactly the sort of migrant miller is seeking to prevent from arriving on u. S. Rules so were proposing to limit family based migration to spouses and minor children what will the system look at it will look at does the applicant speak english can they support themselves and their families financially do they have a skill that will add to the u. S. Economy at washingtons Cato Institute their estimate of the effect of the administrations immigration framework will lead to the largest cut in Legal Immigration since the one nine hundred twenty s. A forty four percent cut annually excluding nearly twenty two Million People over the next fifty years in the twentys politicians were overt about their racism but now according to david baer there are also naked Political Considerations so i do believe there is a. Political motivation as well they fear immigrants will come in and vote for democrats and democrats think that the immigrants will come in and vote for their party. Its widely accepted that the u. S. Already near the bottom of e. C. V. Countries for the number of immigrants it accepts needs immigration for its Economic Development tax base as its population ages but of course theres nothing new about u. S. Politicians scapegoating migrants even when they themselves all the descendants of poor unskilled no English Speaking migrants she ever time see aljazeera washington as our speech and fish a he joins us live from washington so congress is gearing up to vote on the budget deal what are we expecting to happen later tonight. Should be a busy few hours on capitol hill first of all expecting the senate to vote on the deal we had both sides of the house seeing on wednesday that they come to a deal which would fund the government for two years the initial step is to fund it for the next six weeks while they hammer out the details of this two Year Spending plan that bill will then go to the house were expecting it will go through there certainly paul ryan the speaker has said that he thinks it will pass but it will need some help from democrats now we know that nancy pelosi the leader of the democrats in the house is very much against this there are people who are with her on that they feel they should be addressing the idea of immigration the dhaka people they are the deferred action for childhood admissions people that came here when they were just children had no say in the matter and i know here that of course is going to be addressed at some point in the future were told but she says because its not being addressed this time around they should vote against it and of course there are those on the right of the Republican Party who for years when barack obama was in the white house complained about the deficit being blown up theyre saying this is exactly whats going to happen the National Debt is going to grow because of this bill that cant be acceptable to them so theyre going to vote against it one congressman saying hes not just a no hes a hell no so with both of those sides taken apart they need people in the center to come together to get it through the house if it does that it will then go to the white house for signing just in the last hour for the White House Press briefing we are told that yes the president is concerned about growing the National Debt and they will present their own budget on monday that will address that but he will sign this bill because mainly it gives the military what they want so all of that expected to come together in the next few hours that is because you remember just a few weeks ago with a Government Shutdown that lasted three days neither side came out of that wealth particularly the democrats and saw both sides are trying to avoid that sort of battle this time around thanks very much allan fisher in washington. Scores of aftershocks hampering rescue efforts in taiwan as the search continues for survivors of cheese days earthquake dozens remain missing after a magnitude six point four trying to kill ten people and injured hundreds in the port city of wiley n. On the bride has more. This rescue team from tight chong in central taiwan is preparing to go into the building for the first time. Chung and his men are used to dealing with earthquakes but this building is in a particularly perilous position. As you can see its very slanted so we have to take precautions and special gear to ensure our safety other emergency crews from across the island have also joined this operation and local media are camped around the building anxiously following progress along with many others you know. We are struggling against aftershocks and bad weather but we will continue to search but we wont give up. Aftershocks have become less frequent but they still occur and alarm sounds each time and eyes turn instinctively towards the teetering structure. That is that inside the tight team stop aftershock one of them shouts. And deep within the structure all they can do is wait for the transmitter and. More steel reinforcement have been brought in to prop up the building it means when the alarm sounds the crews can wait inside until the tremor passes before continuing their work but they know the time for any survivors is running out. A tight young team emerge finding no signs of life and admit the job makes them sometimes fear for their own lives. And us law when the aftershock happens i still get nervous theres nothing you can do but get into a safe corner and pray. If survivors are still to be found alive theyre likely to be in more inaccessible parts of this block harder for the rescuers to get to more dangerous for them to work in Robert Bright aljazeera wily and Taiwan International criminal court has become plenary investigations into a case against the president of the philippines order to go to territories accused of crimes against Humanity Affairs alleged role and death of thousands of filipinos during his controversial war on drugs about four thousand people have been killed in the political crackdown of the activists say the true death toll is more than three times that number to charity he says he welcomes the investigation is it gives him a chance to clear his name. International mediators were attempt to solve the crisis in togo talks next week protests against president. And his government have been taking place since last august as widespread anger at a Family Dynasty thats been in charge since one thousand nine hundred seven as john hull reports. In togo protests and Public Sector strikes have been going on for months the west african country has been ruled by a Single Family for half a century in the nursing bed in a city some president for nursing day has followed father without president ial term limits and many have had enough i was pressure from the streets as broad a commitment by the president to enter constitutional reform talks to go expect concrete results joaquins is a teacher whos drawing destroyed because. I have a professional degree and my salary is one hundred twenty five u. S. Dollars per month its the cost of living is high and were overwhelmed by debts its very difficult. As a french teacher i handle four classes of more than one hundred students each with two different subjects at the end of a semester i have more than a thousand papers tomorrow without any support we lack infrastructure no library to do research in some classes theres no space for all children. Else workers are also on strike. Says the decision to walk out of his hospital job was not taken lightly the Health Service he says is no longer fit for purpose. We have given an oath to serve and see of life but when you take a decision to go on strike you should understand that the situation is appalling and we are not going to be complicit with it refused the police. Departments that function without personnel that night they caught them ology and the pediatric nurse serving in the Recovery Room is the same no us who has to to rush. That and other babies and other. International mediators for. Any say talks between the government and the opposition. To fifty. Zero. The u. S. Has condemned venezuelas decision to hold a president ial election on the twenty second of april saying theres no guarantee of it being free ofat the april vote is also a blow to the opposition which have been lobbying for the election to be held in june they want to time to choose a candidate with the that would run against president Nicolas Maduro opposition members are now deciding whether to field anyone against mature o. As two of their top leaders are made barred from running. More than ten thousand people have fled their homes in argentinas northern salta province after a river burst its banks causing major flooding salter is home to several of argentinas remaining indigenous communities daniel sean reports now from Santa Victoria in argentina as far north. When the waters rise they do so rapidly and theyre ruthless theres just time to save whats essential a place of it. I saved my nephew but then i couldnt get back the water reached seven kilometers from i havent heard anything from my sister more than one hundred members of the Indigenous Community left everything behind when they fled Santa Victoria evacuated to this school in the nearby town about what i that being fed that they want to go home. We were ready to go back but were scared the water is filtered through losing our things would be very we spent our lives there our children grew up. On the few who risk staying behind you know not. Like theres nothing to eat today its been two days since we last eight carlos is waiting for his neighbors to return which they will when this the only road into town is repaired. The water is a subsiding these defenses and constant vigilance saved Santa Victoria this time but life here for the mostly indigenous communities is precarious theyre returning home but wondering when the floods will come again these two were not so lucky their community. Flooded and is now reachable but they were rescued by the provincial Civil Defense force working with police the army and the red cross. Out over the many. Its not about preventing emergencies any more emergencies come by themselves theres no way of stopping them well weve got to do is reduce the risk determine what the risk is and be there. Its a plan that was proper pairing for disaster is one way to deal with ever more frequent flooding in forest fires saul have other ideas. The river is a we are fisherman and we live now. Give you the signal telling us children think of your future so well meet and decide whether to move away from here for the future of our children and grandchildren this is a harsh infertile region eking out a living keeping the Community Together is in secure unpredictable the floods have made that challenge a whole lot more difficult than. Some to victoria northern argentina. And with the news hour. Why a massive lump of fat has made its way out of london and into a major museum. Where the Winter Olympics is about to begin im formally politics. Business updates brought to you by qatar where were going places together. Business updates brought to you by qatar oh were going places together. Thousands of people. Been forum to look at how you make life more affordable and hong kong residents are struggling to buy a slice of one of the most expensive real estate man. In the wild many a force eleven illegally partition flats is typical pollen reports. In the summer an oven in the winter and i spots thats how this mother describes the room she shares with her teenage daughters the sixteen square metre shack is perched on top of a twenty two Story Building there are. Tonys through the ceiling while it rings one of the windows cracked during the thai food and we could only cover it what tape and paper. She moved into this illegal structure ten years ago after her husband died they live under the constant threat of eviction and now the landlord wants to raise the rent from the current five hundred dollars a month we dont have any rent control recitation or any tendency so thats why for the poor people its very human Rights Advocacy groups say more than a quarter of a Million People in Hong Kong Live in the illegal structures are squalid conditions and every year that number rises by twenty percent. Private housing prices have gone up four hundred thirty percent since two thousand and thirteen while the average Household Income has only increased forty five percent in the past decade which means fewer people can afford property in the city and with the average wait for Public Housing at around five years there has been a call for a more innovative approach to the crisis this is one suggestion. To the housing is made from readily available concrete pipes its creators say they can be stacked up and squeezed into vacant spaces in urban areas to provide starter homes another idea being discussed is container homes shipping containers are already used as offices or shops in some areas but these architects say there is another solution one that addresses the fact that only seven percent of the citys land is used for residential purposes industrial uses it is train. You know you dont need so many factory buildings so big stock of them that if you convert that to residential thats going to bring on stream a lot of floor area for residential very quickly experts say the problem is not a lack of space but government policy unlike other cities here the government owns all the land and leases a limited amount to developers and so if property prices drop so does the governments revenue which means theres little incentive to bring down the sky high prices the bigger pollin aljazeera hong kong. Coming. Up tatiana has always forty nine kidding of course all the latest from the Winter Olympics in atlanta thank you very much marion the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics might not take place for another few hours but action in some sports began on thursday one of the highlights of the first day was the debut of mixed doubles curling as an olympic sport and included a match up between the United States and the olympic athlete from russia team featuring a married couple. The u. S. Winning not one nine three. The jumping action also got underway on the first day of qualifying for the mens normal hell event address spelling out of germany got the best score with one hundred thirty three point five points qualifying in second place was tolans kamil stock seen hail. And inferred. Was david back in. Meanwhile the fate of forty seven russian athletes who want to compete in pyongyang will be decided on the morning of the Opening Ceremony a herring continued on thursday at the court of arbitration for sport the group are barred by the International Olympic committee after accusations of doping. Olympic bosses will be happy to see the games finally begin after a troubled build up lee wellings reports now from. Finally politics gives way to sport the twenty third Winter Olympics in pyongyang has been used as a pawn in relations between north and south korea between russia and the olympic bosses to now one hundred two gold medals will be decided across fifteen sports on snow and ice for South Koreans pride can turn to excitement. Here so its early days here because its a for olympic gold are you worried about because i love worries because our passion is so hard so we can overcome any cordys whether. The forecast is for a record breaking cold weather sometimes love with a minus twenty celsius with bitter winds and while you expect that in the Winter Olympics its causing problems for competitors skiers of complaint about the effects on their equipment but american superstar lindsey vonn will be happy to combat the cold of the missing the last games through injury. Fellow american mckayla schifrin is the new talent shes up against the nigeria womens bobsled trio was created a lot of interest and in the spirit of the famous film Cool Runnings yes there is a Jamaican Team too like the nigerians they are turned Winter Sports women and theres the man from tonga peter suffered to for the Opening Ceremony star of rio twenty six thing when he competed in taekwondo hell be Cross Country skiing here but most remarkable is the unified korea womens hockey to announce just one month ago as part of a story in the tension south koreas medal chances lessened by all we could say but this matters more than schools the host nation does have high hopes of medals in speedskating particularly and hope success is always an important ingredient in a successful olympics as long as its done fairly russia face the consequences of a systematic doping regime when it hosted in sochi four years ago controversially when the snow finally settles here theyll be not far short of two hundred socalled elin pick up these from russia and them no fanfare but every chance of medals for them this is the first of three consecutive Olympic Games in this part of the world in so years time theres a summer games in tokyo and then in four years time a Winter Olympics in beijing but this next fortnight is chungs time after some failures to the guy previously and its to be hoped that the sport is as fresh and clean as the landscape. Chang in south korea. If you go to our website you can find a dedicated section on the piano chang lympics head to aljazeera dot com for slash twenty eighteen. An investigation by the International Cricket council into allegations of match fixing during the ashes has found no evidence of corruption in december a british newspaper claimed that bookmakers in india had offered to fix parts of the test between australia and england in perth but after a two month investigation i. C. C. Confirmed there was no sign any matches players or officials had been involved australia won the match on their way to regaining the ashes in. There was a long awaited return to the top of the podium for Mark Cavendish on thursday is he one stage three of cycling did by top the british try to beat stage two when ellie ever vianney in a sprint finish its cavendish his first victory since taking as stage of the abu dhabi top twelve months ago after which illness and injury hampered his season he moves up to second in the Overall Standings behind viviane. The party is continuing for the Philadelphia Eagles following their super bowl success over the new England Patriots last sunday fans flocked to the streets of philadelphia on thursday to be part of the eagles victory parade schools government offices and even the city zoo were shut down for the celebration the eight kilometer route finished with a rally on the steps of the art museum made famous by the rocky films. Oh i dont think words to really describe what is going on here today. Ive never seen so many people on one spot so gritty in unity one thing to do for the Philadelphia Eagles you pour these guys on the greatest things ive ever done in my life is hard for us to agree josefa. We finally did it were super bowl champs. Formulator lovely thank you tatiana well its a snapshot of modern city life part of a massive lump of fats that was clogging up london sewer is going on display in one of the u. K. Capitals museums curators hoping itll give residents second thoughts about what they flushed down the toilet. Held his nose and went for a look historians often say that you can judge a civilization not from what it builds before it gets rid of which is why the museum of london has a brand new exhibit on display in extremely strange brace yourself. Lots a name cumulus some of called it the beast of white chapel after it was found blocking up an east london sewer to us though its a fun bug and this is just the tip of it in its entirety it was two hundred fifty metres long the length of two football pitches and weighed one hundred thirty tonnes sixteen african elephants. So what is it made of well as you can probably imagine a vast amount of fat to that sprinkling of human excrement and then all the cities in the just a bulls things like summer tile what wipes cotton buds things that can easily be broken up on the ground and it smells apparently like the rotting meat of the dirtiest toilet you can imagine its also highly toxic to this Case Scenario if you handle it incorrectly it staff through something that involves the ses we thought about whether supplants or presents but in freesat but instead what weve decided is to add try and that has we achieved some of the risks are the same. But its all over for the beast of one chappal over most of it has been carefully destroyed some of it was so rich in fact that it was also rich in energy has been transferred into bio fuel to power londons number twenty four bus like all good stories this is a cautionary one because thames water that looks off to the drain spends more than a Million Dollars every month to keep it strains blocked and most of that budgets gone on shifting this mother of all blockages so if theres a lesson to learn from all of this is be careful what you pour down the drain be careful what you flush because it could really appear to haunt you. Sirrah london. And hes out but out and back in a few minutes time with a full list and hes free. And hundred forty twelve on i g z. U. S. And British Companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped Natural Resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking for water for the dry riverbed like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their countries havent truly been able to escape the war. A young so mali refugee thrilled to gain u. S. Residency and twenty sixteen. Was told i was lucky to get. I was a really really high god answered my prayer but with anti immigrant sentiment under the Trump Presidency aljazeera world asks ali was whether his American Dream is still alive. In america at this time on aljazeera. Newsstand the differences. And the similarities of cultures across the world. Aljazeera facing realities growing up when did you realize that you were living in a special place the socalled secret city getting to the heart of the matter why is activists to live in jail just because she expressed herself hear their story on talk to aljazeera at this time. As bombs rain down on east and go to for a fourth consecutive day syria accuses the u. S. Led coalition of war crimes for attacking its fighters. I know i Maryam Namazie youre watching aljazeera live from on