Product coming out the next sixty minutes flames from the sky activists say rockets are being used to spot fires across syrias Eastern Ghouta on the floor of a sister started running to give that she fell and i fell down but someone picked me up and that was the last time i saw her she was taken aljazeera is on the ground in Northern Nigeria as officials try to establish what happened to nearly one hundred schoolgirls. International dollars pledged more than five hundred Million Dollars for a Security Force in africa saheli region and. Turkmenistan and its neighbors and all great a multibillion dollar pipeline that will go through territory and of goddess. Im joining the sport a second olympic athlete for russia fails a drug test in chiang have all the details coming up for you in the program. The United Nations envoy to syria has called on russia iran and turkey to urgently reinstate deescalation zones that were designed to reduce violence the Un Security Council is set to vote on a draft resolution demanding a thirty day ceasefire in the rebel held on claims both east and go at least four hundred sixteen people have been killed and government is trying to hit this week and now activists say forces loyal to president bashar assad have begun firing rockets to cause fires. Lets bring in our correspondent a solid binge of aid he is joining us live from gaza along the turkish Syrian Border sama weve heard from the Opposition Syrian National Council about the situation and eastern goodfellow what are they saying. Well weve been hearing not just from the Syrian Opposition but the turkish government as well which is a gotten door off to us than the peace talks with bridge deescalation zones for which were established in syria turkey was supposed to guarantee the oppositions part of the bargain by iran and russia was supposed to make sure that the regime the assad regime complies and we heard from the Turkish Foreign minister who said that turkey is trying to keep its part of the bargain but. On the rise in moscow needs to rethink its strategy in syria and these violations must stop the airstrikes must end and that was something that we heard from the Syrian Opposition as well who directly blamed russia for what is happening in eastern libya. How to whats taken place in eastern is a genocide and a crime against humanity in violation of international and humanitarian law and the perpetrators should be held liable accountable and cannot escape punishment under any circumstances russia is to blame for directly being involved in the military campaign and even apartment. Of course continues to deny any involvement but they are. Also blocking that u. N. Security Council Resolution for a cease fire approach proposing amendments to it you know while the bombardment continues and were hearing of rockets causing fires and. Absolutely that is that and the latest development which weve heard since last night going into friday morning thats rockets which crossfire incendiary bombs have been used which when they land create a fireball which engulfed everything in its surrounding there have been very few casualties because of the fact that a lot of people have been going to underground shelters because of the intense bombardment in the eastern bloc we heard last night from the u. S. Diplomats in the in the United Nations the haiti saying that it is preposterous when russia says that it is going in that there is no link between killing civilians and fighting terrorism and one has to be separated from the other the u. N. Has been insisting that it is their right for people to have humanitarian access it is not one of the viciousness it is supposed to be their right and they should get it but inside the east and the besieged eastern voter situation has become much more grim weve heard multiple attacks in areas in various parts of eastern where people have not been able to come out of these shelters that theyve been living in and people especially parents are finding it extremely hard. To look at them with their look at those. Most of the smallest coffins are the heaviest busy to thirty i mean there are dozens every day for parents saying goodbye to little children is not easy but almost every family has lost someone the number of dead is so high that trenches are being dug for quick burials. If people linger outside for too long they risk becoming victims of the next bombing. Living rooms and offices are now makeshift morgues. For those who survived the attacks medical facilities are not available thanks to Doctors Without Borders says thirteen hospitals have been hit in three days. Since sunday the Syrian Government and its allies have stepped up their strikes in terms of the converging on the field and. Supposed to be blown off or deescalation zones agreed upon by russia iran and turkey but the Syrian Government says its getting what it called in an area home to four hundred thousand people and russia denies its involved in the relentless from bodman of civilians. The situation really leaves much to be decided well as you know the responsibility for the situation in eastern huta rests with those who support the terrorists tunnels like these have been crucial for rebels who have stopped multiple attempts to storm the Eastern Front in the past get off numbered and their supplies have been cut off but the residents say they will not surrender without a fight each month. Or capabilities a week but god willing we will deal with this the regime will lose again would face similar attacks and it didnt fall and now again we will survive this. Besieged city and say none of the words from people in power have done much to protect them. Messages for help from eastern who have been nonstop street after street there are bodies and parents have been trying to pull their children out of the rubble the United Nation calls it hell on earth for besieged people in eastern huta who feel abandoned by the outside world they might as well be living on another planet some of the job with aljazeera. Lets move on to other news now and government leaders and North Eastern nigeria have apologized for telling the parents of missing schoolgirls that their daughters have been rescued the announcement turned out to be false and has sparked outrage the girls were taken from their school in your bay state on monday well our correspondent our common interest was the First International journalist on the ground and sent this report from dutchy disappointment induction i was after parents were told that daughters have been rescued the State Government apologized saying the information was not true for the relatives of more than one thousand students the wait has just begun some say its all over again. These sisters have not only escaped the kidnappers but their older sister wasnt as lucky the incident leaves them devastate. The number living as they came just after we broke our monday fast we heard gunshots there was chaos everywhere she tried to comfort us but it only got worse four of us sisters started running together she fell and i fell down but someone picked me up that was the last time i saw her she was taken. Neighbors poor into their home to offer support. At the go school we were refused access to film inside i would miss is that some of the attackers dressed in military fatigues drove through the school gates but before they got in many of the girls alerted by the gunshots fired early on scaled the perimeter friends of the school and escaped but some girls say they saw some of their schoolmates being led into a waiting truck. So lee and his family thought they too were received fourteen year olds and up but she was one of the school girls taken in to tell us the mother is in hospital she fainted on hearing to her daughter was and found a greek is too much for her thank you but there isnt much is expected of the second Year High School student for now they continue to wait hoping to hear good and definitive news about the return of their child residents hope the tragedy will be as long as a twenty four incident where more than two hundred seventy goals like kidnapped from their school more than a third of them i had to be found one hundred reese aljazeera duction. As the author of brides and child kong scripts and haven is the nigerian governments strategy of paying ransoms to boko haram as partly to blame for the latest abductions. By given them woman. By the nigerian government. Then. And see a greeting and a comprehensive Peace Agreement is one of the agreements. We need if we. Begin or they want to agree on one but. Were going to. Try to address them so if theyre not. Agree on how to deal with them then there. Is change with them then we can now see we are looking at ending the war well then with one hundred minutes it does not help. To the u. S. Now where president don trump is not backing away from his controversial proposal to teach us to prevent School Shootings has even suggested that they should be paid a bonus but trump is under pressure to pass tougher gun laws off last weeks man shooting at a Florida High School i want health costs. Has more. Arming teachers in the classroom is a controversy allied being promoted by President Donald Trump to prevent School Shootings if you harden the sights youre not going to have this problem because these guys who lack courage will never go into the schools he says he wants to encourage educators to become comfortable with the gun even offering bonuses for those with firearms skills i want my schools protected just like the. Im sure protected trump made the comments on thursday at another white house listening session following the shootings in parkland florida that left seventeen people dead most of them teenagers. Since the School Shooting fellow students have made their voices heard and brought pressure to bear on trump and other right of center politicians to tighten gun restrictions Arming Teachers is not what they have in mind thats their plan anyway mark barden lost his son in two thousand and twelve when the sandy hook School ShootingSchool Teachers have more than enough responsibilities right now then to have to have the awesome responsibility of lethal force to take a life on twitter trump attempted to clarify his position and floated other proposals such as background checks for those buying a gun raising the legal purchasing age to twenty one and again suggesting the end of the sale of socalled bump stocks that increase a weapons fire power not all but some of those ideas are at odds with the biggest Gun Rights Group in the United States with National Rifle association or n. R. A. Pushing back against any effort to limit gun ownership the elites dont care not one whit about Americas School system for them. Its not a safety issue its a political issue they care more about control. And moreover gun owners agree every right to protect ourselves protect our children so if theyre properly trained why not be able to use that i think that it would send a message across the nation that we are taking it in this into our own hands were fighting back and we will be the first line of defense and while there is support for at least some of Donald Trumps proposals even the most basic limits on gun ownership will require congressional approval of accomplishment that in the past has proved difficult can really help get aljazeera washington and about two hours from now donald trump is expected to address the largest gathering of conservative leaders and activists will be speaking to them in maryland lets go to our correspondent alan fischer he is joining us live from there so allan what what can we expect from the president and what kind of reception can we expect especially given the events around the Florida Shooting and the head of the n. R. A. Is addressed to see pat yesterday. Well lets talk about what reception is going to get first he will get a very good reception here thats because a year ago see part wasnt quite on board with all that donald trump was trying to do one year on do you see that there are talks because they see that there has been a change in some of the registration in regulations around the u. S. So theyre back and live of course seeing the number of conservative judges given high profile positions including one on the Supreme Court so that all plays very well here they might be some concern about the way he acts on twitter but hes delivering a conservative agenda still be very happy what sort of thing will we hear from donald trump well it depends will we hear from script to donald trump who sticks very much whats on the prompter or will as weve seen before in an arena where he feels safe and comfortable unloved will he go off script and start to see other things will he talk about gun control almost certainly but what hes going to talk about. Its Arming Teachers as weve heard he may not raise the issue of raising the age of people having automatic weapons he may not talk about banning bump stops he may not talk about even increasing Gun Legislation so he background checks because there are many pro gun advocates in this audience and so he doesnt want to upset his base essentially doesnt want to get booed at a sea Party Conference so he may well steal away from those controversial issues so it really sort of depends on what sort of mood donald trump is in to do it which will dictate what sort of speech we get from the president in the next couple of hours and we might expect more consensus because we say alan if he speaks about International Issues away from the domestic front that were expecting him to talk about like north korea and more sanctions. Exactly dont trump is going to go through his greatest hits which weve heard from twenty sixteen during the Election Campaign that hes repeated it piers points that the iran deals a terrible deal and he wants to renegotiate it and hes told congress that he wants to do that north korea has got to be stopped and they will take action if that is necessary that nato needs to step up and start contributing more and all the usual things that weve heard from donald trump over the last eighteen months we will hear again is the part thats because that plays very well here and of course hes going to lord his own domestic achievements such as neil gorsuch a Supreme Court justice such as tax cuts as well which he says look the democrats were talking badly about that everyones getting the tax cuts everyone seems to be very happy donald trump likes talking about the things hes done well and the crowd here will love him for that so he will get a very warm reception which is in contrast to a year ago as a see when they like donald trump but no hes delivering on promises that hes made mike pence the Vice President said yesterday promises made promises kept they will go. Who are very very pleased at what donald trump has got. All right allan thank you very much for that now thats alan fischer joining us live from maryland thank you we have plenty more ahead on the news hour including a forgotten crisis five years into the conflict in the Central African republic half the population on needs urgent humanitarian aid. Some high profile but controversial officials from north korea and the u. S. To attend the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics games in south korea and a fifteen year old ones the first gold medal of the games for the olympic athletes from russia joe will have the details and scored. International donors have managed to raise more than five hundred Million Dollars in pledges for an African Military alliance aimed at combating armed groups across the sahara region where leaders of five african countries sort of funding at a gathering in brussels the socalled g. Five so how joint military force works alongside french and u. S. Troops and is made up of soldiers from mauritania mali. And chad correspondent joining us live from that conference in brussels so they raise the money natasha thats needed is that an indication of concern among european leaders about the situation in the region. I think theres no doubt there was a lot of concern on all sides its an International Conference on all sides express their support for those who are trying to bring some form of stability to the region in fact the president of the tone at the beginning of this conference he said if nothing is done to try and stabilize this region it will simply descend into violence and into chaos and he brought up the fact that the soil is what he called at. The frontier of europe and that is something the city hasnt been lost on european leaders here with an in creasing number of refugees leaving this west african region and arriving on european shores and the e. U. Foreign policy chief. Greenie said a little bit earlier that of course that is something that most european leaders want to stop so theres really this realisation that the situation is particularly urgent for the african nations who war on the front line if you will who are dealing with an insurgents with an increase in violence i should say and will european leaders who want to try and stop the flow of people to their shores and that is why we heard from the e. U. Policy chief a bit earlier pledging to double european funds and really try and reach that target that the g. Five style forces it needs to be fully operational. Premier the e. U. Contributed first of all back in june with an initial figure of fifty Million Euros about sixty Million Dollars thats money was made allies for the creation of the chief five so held group today we announced a doubling of that figure to help increase its strength but the most important figure which i am pleased to be able to share with you today is that weve been able to mobilize support worth four hundred fourteen Million Euros or five hundred ten Million Dollars which goes well beyond expectations. I said that there was this very close link between security and development and in combating terrorism in the short term we need a military victory but in the medium and longer term the important thing is of Course Development because its poverty that is then the feeding and breeding ground for terrorism. Well the president of new jail also said that of course there are challenges ahead the money has been raised five hundred Million Dollars a little bit more least for the g five force to be operational but in the coming years it will need more financing each year will mean more money will have to be found and raised by International Partners in the presence of nisha said thats going to be absolutely essential if this region of west africa is going to even have a chance also another issue is the fact of Development Poverty these issues which need to be dealt with on the ground because without dealing with those you cant just have military solutions there have to be Global Solutions so its about trying to fit all those pieces of the puzzle together social Economic Development and try and do what can be done to try and stabilize a region which increasingly has seen violence spread and of course millions of people displaced natasha thank you very much for that thats the pledge running as live from brussels thank you. Now scuffles have broken out between Palestinian Protesters and israeli Security Forces and the gaza strip lets go live to. The childs track said charles whats going on there. But this is one of five confrontation points along the gaza Israeli Border jaime weve seen. People gathering for the last couple of hours theyve been throwing stones at Israeli Forces close to the feints on the other saw i was just in the last few minutes that a second person has been injured we understand was shot by Israeli Forces and in the process of being taken away in an ambulance the first person we understood around twenty years old was shot in the leg and has been taken to hospital now weve been seeing these kind of protests in the gaza strip every friday since Donald Trumps announcement in december that he thinks that jerusalem should be the capital of israel but its important to recognize that these protests here today its much more than just that lets not forget that the people in gaza have suffered for ten years of an sea and land blockade this being opposed them by israel the ruffo Border Crossing with egypt has also been closed since two thousand and fourteen and very occasionally opens up the egyptians saying that they keep that closed because of security concerns ongoing security concerns with darsheel eisel on the other side of the border so these people have suffered horrifically and that suffering continues to escalate i mean lets just look at the facts around about fifty percent unemployment no possible walter the municipalities chief here in gaza in the last couple of days has said that services have been reduced to fifty percent that means very little electricity throughout the day and night very little access as i say. And then theres the political question there are these only go and see last fall failing and foot said reconciliation between the Palestinian Authority or fatah and hamas there are currently freed occasions of hamas in karo those negotiations ongoing and theres very little that has been seen so far that has come from them so these people are deeply angry deeply frustrated two Million Dollars and living in a strip of land forty five kilometers long around ten kilometers wide yes these protests were initiated by that announcement in december but this story is a lot more to do with the kind of suffering that they have enjoyed for around a decade now yeah and continuing to enjoy a challenge thank you very much for that finale that is telstra for joining us live from those latest protests in gaza thank you. Now north korea is sending one of its highest ranking generals to the closing ceremony of the winter and picks on sunday the former intelligence chief kim young child is believed to have plotted several attacks on south korea his attendance as a sign of a Foreign Relations with the south meanwhile u. S. President dollar terms and daughter ivanka will be leading the u. S. Delegation but south korea says the two sides will not hold a formal meeting that the name has more from chang. Theres a growing wave of discontent among some South Koreans were guarding president policy of engagement with north korea they say that he is offering concessions without getting the appropriate compromises from north korea one of the things fueling the anger is the leader of the next north korean high level north korean delegation arriving for closing ceremony he is a hard line general his name is him cold and hes believed to be responsible for attacks that have killed South Koreans most notably the thinking of a warship in twenty ten that killed forty s. Six sailors now the moon government is saying that this is precisely the right person at the right time that right now general kim is responsible for relations with south korea that he does have a say in north Koreas Nuclear program and theyre asking the public to look at the Bigger Picture to look towards the future and see how this could help rebuild the relationship between the two koreas this is not the first time that kim has been to south korea that happened in two thousand and fourteen when he came here for military talks now on the u. S. Side tromp the Senior Adviser and daughter of President Donald Trump is leading the delegation president trunk asked her to come here he says she is here to cheer on american athletes and to stress the u. S. And south Korean Alliance and that she is not here to speak to the north koreans its time for the weather with everton now and its getting cold again across europe at whats going on yes right temperatures really taking a tumble at the moment even moscow is on the cold side around because below average so cold even for them and that cold air is coming in from siberia from russia you see firm ounce of cloud showing up on a pitch but its really low clouds and fog this is the same in alexia where the river has frozen over people actually able to walk across the ice it is cold and well see more of that colder as we go on through the next few days you got some rain around of the island thats maybe coming in from the south bumping into the cold into snow and even in croatia then hey we have seen schools and roads closed because of the basically cold weather some very heavy snow fall in the process further north High Pressure in charge who is quiet but that means cold as modest while the top temperature in moscow to minus three months for this time of the year further over towards the west is cold enough as well so go on into sun the bat. He needs leeway and were really setting in with the top just struggling to get to about one degree above freezing in paris four degrees celsius there for london down into the southeast we are going to see showers long spells of rain and some snow coming in pushed further south its an ace was we got some snow fall cost as well liz doesnt look too heavy rain coming into northern parts of the middle east as we go on for the next couple of days and there will be some right and possibly flooding and. Thank you very much evidence to the head on the news hour with that why chinas government is taking control of a major insurance. Normal hand me down from east african countries banned secondhand clothing employ from the west. And stay in sacramento and the dying seconds jealous will have more on that coming up in sports. The way we communicate is what defines us. You dont ways has been. As innovation in technology continues to shape our lives. 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And International Donors have managed to raise more than five hundred billion dollars in pledges for an African Military alliance aimed at combating armed groups across the region five african countries funding at a gathering and. The United Nations is making an appeal to the International Community to help with humanitarian efforts in the Central African republic the agency says heart of the population requires urgent assistance of fighting between various groups plunge the country into civil conflict in two thousand and thirteen Catherine Sawyer reports from the town of brega. Says she and her family anyone for their basic needs before. She leaves in briana a town in north east and Central African republic that was considered relatively peaceful but then conflicts between several groups started. All her neighbors had to flee so now they leave here in a conflict displaced people but hes on one end of the town and drive to the un peacekeepers be. The gunfight started at night we hid everything a vase was. Destroyed i came here with nothing. More than seventy thousand people in brianna have been displaced in just over a year theres a religious element to the fighting but the rebels are also in conflict of a minerals cattle and trade routes and what they leave behind is a trail of death destruction and misery its really hard to imagine house dead people as they fled from this neighborhood both christians and muslims used to live here before the fighting intensified last year different groups blame each other for their destruction. Was the power also in the north is another area where there was no fighting until recently displaced people receive food aid at the town square around sixty thousand have fled from violence and moved into the town that already had forty thousand residents the fighting in Central African republic is spreading fast with many armed groups and forced un peacekeepers in the National Army are overwhelmed so are aid workers who are often unable to reach many of those leads one out of two people in the Central African republic are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection and due to the resurgence of violence and the fighting of armed groups particularly here up in the north of the Central African republic in power that has led to a massive displacement of people the u. N. Is appealing for just over half a billion dollars this year money that will help people i could to suzanne who says she has nothing left to go back home to. A man came to my religion a sunday and well skip the next three my husband and her neighbor were killed i dont even know where my nephew is their situation is desperate many of those we spoke to said they would rather be home fending for themselves by right now home is not an option catherine saw aljazeera Central African republic. Now construction has begun on the afghan section of a major gas pipeline linking it from turkmenistan to pakistan and india the project will cost ten billion dollars and run through thousands of kilometers of southern afghanistan and kandahar are controlled by the taliban while in pakistan as a regional hotspot where the group is present the taliban a supporter of the plan as well as the governments of the u. S. Pakistan and Afghanistan Afghan leaders hope the transit fees earned from the pipeline will help stabilize the economy lets get more on this now were joined by Martin Semple visiting professor at the institute for global Peace Security and justice at Queens University in belfast is joining us via skype mr sample great to have you with us on aljazeera so weve heard from afghan president as for afghani who said that the south asia is now being connected to central asia through of ghana fan after more than a century of Division Just how significant could this pipeline be for afghanistan for the region it is potentially both economically and symbolically significant it really symbolizes that you know the choice between the two for afghanistan. Will afghanistan continue in a perpetual civil war as one of the poorest countries in the world or will afghanistan take that long to job the other many can operate Economic Opportunities open to it. Will it play a role in connecting central and south asia reaping some of the benefits of ups this is a this is a fundamental choice and there are very high hopes for the project because as well as providing Energy Leaders and saying that they hope will lead to development of road you know Rail CommunicationsCommunications Networks the taleban have said that they support the pipeline it doesnt go through taliban territory as weve mentioned is that surprising. Absolutely not and while it is absolutely correct that this pipeline holds immense opportunity for afghanistan it also highlights the challenges of dealing in a situation of conflict there is something we call the the war economy the taleban have stated that they they welcome this project as a national and vestment but the taliban have also developed a system of taxation of Economic Activity inside the country the taliban does not primarily depend upon those are some secret donations from foreign governments or of jihadi organizations or on their operations they depend upon taxing both legal and illegal Economic Activity inside afghanistan if the taliban the house. Have welcomed this firstly they want the cute also they want to say you know we we have a stake in the future of afghanistan but in reality they expect to get a share of the revenues generated from this project thats the reality on the challenge for the government will be how do they deal with this expectation of the taliban are they going to do some kind of deal and provide them revenue or are they going to try to resist the taliban and what do you think the government will do. Both options are you know are open to it i cant speak for the government on this one if the government decides to resist the other taliban on this one and we know that the taliban have a they have a whole commission which is devoted to collecting such illegal type sation it collects from other days if the government decides to resist this it will face a major security challenge they will essentially how to fight their way through and we will see that progress on the project will be slow if they decide if they decide to go along with those demands if they made some kind of secret payoff a certain percentage going to the taliban the project will proceed more smoothly but the government will then face the demo that essentially they end up funding the telephone and continuing the conflict very interesting project for a number of reasons most assemble thank you for everything very much for breaking all of that down for us that is Michael Semple joining us live from belfast thank you. Now lebanon has signed some of its first offshore oil and Gas Exploration agreements but tension is running high because one of the areas is being disputed by neighboring israel saying a hunter has more from beirut gas and oil reserves are believed to be underneath these waters lebanon hopes to start exploratory drilling but a maritime border dispute with israel is causing a problem israel is laying claim to one of the energy blocks. These are you the enemy is trying to violate our sovereign rights in our modern time borders but exploration activities will begin. And International Consortium which was awarded drilling rights to two of the five blocks up for tender says the dispute between israel and lebanon will not affect the work they say only a small section of block nine is disputed drilling will target the northern part which is around twenty five kilometers from the disputed zone its in no ones interests go into some sort of conflict over a small area of the sea i just think theres a kind of heated war of words going on between. Lebanon and israel now that its not just about the sea its about a border war its about has its about iran. Here much hezbollah has produced a video clip threatening israeli gas platforms if according to the group lebanons oil and gas rights are violated hezbollah is stronger than lebanons military and has fought wars with israel in the past. The israeli threats have united lebanons divided Political Class which ordered the army to confront any assault both on land and in the sea at the same time the government sent a letter to the un but resolving the issue legally may be hard. The problem is that israel has not signed any related conventions so far including and this is the most important the convention of the law of the sea israel is of the International Communitys rules. The u. S. Has tried to mediate but lebanon has rejected its proposal to split the disputed area that would involve giving up over three hundred square kilometers of sea lebanon says it will not allow anyone to prevent it from taking advantage of its wealth the government hopes developing the oil and gas industry will create jobs and boost the economy but it will take years before lebanon can benefit drilling is not expected to start until two thousand and nineteen. Israel has already discovered Major Offshore Oil and gas reserves lebanon wants to do the same the two countries are officially in a state of war they talk tough but they also say they want to avoid an escalation after all commercial interests are at stake center for their own city to beirut. Chinas government has seized temporary control of one of the countrys Largest Insurance Companies the founder and chairman of the and banker is facing charges of fraud and embezzlement in shanghai the take all of the seen as an attempt at protecting chinas economy from financial risk the big gopalan has more from hong kong. Most analysts are applauding the move saying the company was at risk given its high profile buying spree to around the world amounting to billions of dollars the takeover of management though by a Regulatory Agency is unusual on bhang was founded by was a man with Strong Political connections within china an answer nationally the company had a Humble Beginnings just over a decade ago it was a provincial car and sure and now one of the chinas biggest Insurance Companies and hong kong its offices are in prime Financial Products to chinese consumers using that money its wrapped up its profile by buying extravagant axes that. Around the world like the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in new york now if the company crumbled it would have meant that thousands of ordinary people who had parked their cash would have lost their money and many of them there and higher savings a collapse would also impact chinas Financial System a whole. And had set the tone for many chinese conglomerates which of snapped up major assets around the world at exorbitant prices and this is a huge concern for the governments the growth in debt in Chinese Companies is one of the Biggest Challenges for president xi jinping but there are concerns about where that where the line should be drawn when it comes to regulation and there are goods who call this intervention chinese capitalism where the government is still the government guardian of the markets while it is still unclear whether this will set a president analysts say this serves as a warning and Many Companies in china now which have been going on International Buying sprees amassing debts will start being more cautious the japanese composite supplier talking to has agreed to a six hundred fifty Million Dollars u. S. Penalty to settle claims that it concealed defect and its airbags botched the forty four us states of gold in the investigation agreed not to collect the pavement instead they are allowing customers to recover as much money as possible the defective adds inflated with too much force causing at least twenty two deaths. Astray as deputy Prime MinisterBarnaby Joyce is stepping down after weeks of pressure the conservative leader campaigned on family values but has come under fire. It was revealed that he had an extramarital affair with his press secretary joyce is also in the media to stop reporting on his strange wife and new partner. That its absolutely important its incredibly important to be a Circuit Breaker not just for the parliament but more importantly that to be a Circuit Breaker of the day he would be a Circuit Breaker for my unborn child if youre a Circuit Breaker for my daughters and to be a Circuit Breaker of the net its got to stop it has got to stop and its not fair on them. Politics at Murdoch University and he says that despite being relatively popular figure. Could not withstand the pressure from scandals. I think he was hyping it things would die down the people would get tired of of to repeating it the media would start circling him is that ive been doing over the last weeks but its just a show no signs and its clearly a distraction for the government thats part of the reason all containable was somewhat sort of disappointed if you know if not a little bit critical about to be joyce so i think its mostly just the fact that its just dragged on so long here Malcolm Turnbull it just was so wholly bit of a bum to be joyce. Then clearly i think the mud was sticking as he sighed so he had to withdraw thats a poet and so its left malcolm tamerlan it in a difficult position that if he didnt coming out criticizing about to be joyce in the first instance it took him some time to move to a sort of critical position with respect to joyce so i think it does once again sort of applying to the problem of Malcolm Turnbulls having a real strength of leadership in the extent to which people are seeing him is you know perhaps not the strongest leader that weve had as Prime Minister so i think that it will be Malcolm Acoma who will take it over and. A conservative you know a very conservative person spoke very strongly against same sex marriage during you know your recent post a plebiscite so hes a hes a very much conservative morally conservative leader and and you know often temple is generally perceived to be progressive by his within his own party and so i think them want to use him to help me cite moments of difficulty between marco mccomb act in malcolm tim. Now or wanda tanzania and uganda have banned for import of secondhand clothing which has led to threats of trade sanctions from the United States welcome what has more from ugandas capital kampala. They found counterpart. Deal on fracking tank close to these markets in ugandas capital kampala people take that pick from a pile among the more than one hundred fifty million u. S. Dollars worth of. Poor africa yeah mostly can the u. S. From the u. K. Import uganda rwanda and tanzania create the band to support their own textile industry. Margery can e. K. Doesnt agree she looks after three orphans and gas sector loads here i think its wrong because not everybody can afford. The fuel people are not allowed most of them when they can thats actually about that so its not going to come up with the idea that some east african governments think it is good to support a few local producers like this factory in kenya they hope to create much needed jobs i mean crease exports. For the us as a band violates free trade agreements since it threatened trade sanctions kenyas pulls out. Back in uganda just next to the second hand market there are many new clothes on sale almost none a made in east africa almost all made in china many of the new clothes imported from china are made in western style several african countries are used to have driving textile industries making fabric has patents like the as industry has suffered in recent decades and many of those fabrics clothing all the ones here and now made in china are instead the reasons why its cheaper to manufacture in china than most other places on many real. Economist. Says several things are needed to revive the local industry to not just banning secondhand imports. It would one day a mixed economy but in the longer term. In the sense that will support domestic manufacturing now domestic manufacturing is something that you cannot boast. Decision. Because you need to you need to the industry you need attendant at the fork doesnt it in the g. E. Back in the market the traders make a run for it when a city official arrives they dont have a trading license. Minutes later theyre back in forcing a ban on imported used clothes might look a lot like theyre the trade employs tens of thousands they might wish to one day have a job in a clothes factory but this is how they survive malcolm web aljazeera. Uganda they have a sports news still ahead. Now says another we got. Hit by pakistan the Students Campaign for the gun control. Thank. You thank me. For weeks a pub. Because. Its time for sports now heres Joe Elizabeth thank you very much a Second Russian athlete has tested positive for a banned substance at the Winter Olympics in pil chang the announcement took the gloss off the countrys first gold medal of the games elise holeman reports. Day fourteen of competition started in a victorious manner for the olympic athletes from russia fifteen year old elena zagat tarver put them on top of the podium for the first time in pyongyang after a victory in the womens singles biggest game i was. The celebration was short lived with russian tame officials announcing their bobsled competitor in a dish just agave or had tested positive to a bad hard drug shed finished twelfth in the two woman event on thursday russian cola alexander crucial netsky was stripped of a bronze medal after a positive test if you will critics of russias participation in. One hundred sixty eight athletes were allowed to compete as neutrals without tame uniforms or flags after accusations of state sponsored diving the action continued away from the storm on friday and the netherlands collected their gold medal of the games in speed skating killed noice won the mens one thousand meters the first skater to win two golds at these games the only to canadian defending champion Marial Thompson crashed out in the heat of the women ski cross compadre at kelseys so were took advantage she led the field from the start of the finals winning gold ahead of britains feeling was its been an emotional winter games for american ski star lindsay vonn on and off the slopes after finishing lockley her last olympics with a bronze medal she met with a group of south korean men who wanted to thank over the service of her grandfather during the korean war dont kill del who told vonta skis died three. I think that i made my grandfather proud and it was definitely the most emotional ive ever been a race for for it was difficult to control everything and be focused for my competitions but in the end i gave it absolutely everything i had while another olympic seems out of bonds reach she will return to the world cup circuit next season ulis home and aljazeera. Well canada have now supports their best ever medal haul at a Winter Olympics with twenty seven but its still norway who took the table with thirteen gold medals germany in second place also have thirteen gold with two days of competition remaining well the United States havent enjoyed their best winter games they had plenty to cheer about on thursday when they won womens ice hockey gold for the first time in twenty years beating great rivals canada it capture remarkable twelve months for the team last march they threatened to boycott the World Championships over a lack of fair wages and support from usa hockey this team as has gone through so much we stood for so much. And ultimately we wanted to achieve this goal together and we didnt i dont think that we would be standing here today sitting here today if we hadnt gone through some of the things that we have gone through definitely made us closer. Bonded us united us as a group i think united our country. And were just were so far out to be certain of here you know its greatest moment of our lives we were calendar on the verge of missing out on a place in the mens hockey gold medal match they are trailing germany for one in their semifinal the winner will face the olympic athletes from russia in the decider after they beat the Czech Republic three nothing no n. H. L. Players were allowed to compete. Well Sporting Community has been deeply moved by the shooting at a Florida School just over a week ago many stars have paid tributes including floridas n. H. L. Team who before the game with the Washington Capitals on thursday illuminated the ice with seventeen circles of light around each victims name but alongside the emotion came a call to action panthers goalkeeper Roberto Longo whose family live in parkland where the shooting took place back surviving students who are campaigning for tighter gun control. No child should ever have to go through that its terrible. Its time for us. As a community to take action its not enough is enough were going to take action thank. Thanks ive been watching the news and i dont see what the kids. From douglas storm and doing. And i am very very proud of you guys you guys are brave. Guys are inspiration to all of us and the day you guys are was giving us hope for the future thank you. On the ice it was the panthers night they came from behind to beat the capitals vincent trade check scoring with eighteen point seven seconds left in the game for free to win. A spanish policeman has died after a riot broke out between fans of athletic bilbao and spot at moscow before the euro police match the riot officer died of a cardiac arrest as fans clashed in the streets need the stadium at least struggle to control them five people have been arrested european footballs governing body weight it says it strongly condemns the violent clashes while spots like won the match but bilbao advanced for three on acar get in the play most say in the last sixteen the big game sees ac milan take on all snow while Atletico Madrid have been drawn against Lokomotiv Moscow the first leg of those toys takes place on eighth of march. In the n. B. A. The Oklahoma City thunder one danger of an embarrassing loss to the Sacramento Kings until the reigning most valuable player stepped in the thunder blew a twenty three point lead and as the clock ticked down they were level one hundred seventy point. Defs until Russell Westbrook stored this three pointer to the buzzer that was enough to secure one hundred ten to one hundred seven point when i actually found the fish that you know west. And that is least for now more with pizza later elizabeth thank you very much joe now that does the turf of us al jazeera news hour but i will be back in just a couple of minutes with another full news fathers and back you very much for watching. The sky what they should be no borders up here was only horizons when as an airline we dont believe in boundaries we believe in bringing people together the worlds better that way. It is a right for all of us to go where we need to go to feel the things we want to feel. To see the people we want to see. Thats why well continue to fly the skies providing you with everything we can and treating everyone how they deserve to be treated we do this because we know the trouble goes beyond borders and prejudice. 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