Transmitted from human to human. Becomes a city chiefs reach the super bowl for the 1st time since 1007 think theyll face the 49 is after the player that nobody wanted to lead San Francisco the biggest guy even american school. Fellow we begin this news hour in iraq where there are reports that protesters have been killed in the capital baghdad thats after police tried to break down barricades on the outskirts of the city dozens are said to be injured rallies have also broken out in several southern cities including as often also the protesters have cut off the south. Major roads lets bring in it is joining us from baghdad a cautious as weve been reporting taking place osama are the numbers getting larger. Absolutely dreamed throughout monday weve been hearing more and more protesters gathering where we are in tehran square weve been hearing gunshots being fired from a distance been seeing live ammunition is being used let me move out of the frame and if we can zoom in and show you where the clashes are happening now theres been a steady stream of protesters have been going in blockading destroyed one of the main arteries in baghdad this is just one of the negations of the several places where protesters have been coming in and blocking the roads burning tires. The Security Forces have been using tear gas and steve biko to drop the bullets as well weve seen at least 2 serious injuries one in the newer abdomen and one in the head where protests to say they were injured by the live fire that is being used by the Security Forces and it is not just baghdad as the deadline for reforms expired on monday we heard from protesters saying that they will continue to come out in force in afraid of what has been announced by the Political Leadership of something that on friday it is going to be another protest and they want to show that they have been camping out this since october they want to tell the government that unless their demands are met they are going to stay here whatever it takes and any sign that the government is hearing that message. It doesnt look like it we havent heard from the government directly but i did speak to somebody in the government just 24 hours ago on the condition of anonymity and they said that they are hearing this but it is up to the parliament to decide what they are going to do they are not sure how long its going to take for the interim government to actually relinquish power the politicians to agree on the name of a person who can be iraqs Prime Minister and take it out of this crisis and again as you mentioned these protests are not just happening in the capital back that there happen. In much larger numbers in the south which many probably since have been cut off by road there have been multiple clashes there has been and people are out people say theyre frustrated with the government has. The government they havent seen conjugal results since october. And according to the protesters here everyone whos part of the political elite needs to go and on that issue off the road closures in the south what effect is not actually having. What weve been hearing from people whove been stranded for hours on on the motorway is there have been at least 9 arrests that the police have made Security Forces have made here in baghdad they have been trying to open roads as when theyve been in anticipation of these protests in many provinces in the south declared a day of holiday so life is essentially come to a standstill in the southern parts of iraq people have not been able to go to work in the schools are closed and it is it is believed to this this monday which was a weeklong deadline by the distance that many of the camps when attacked the men who were hiding their faces attacked these tents that have been set up in syria in bus in the rania in many places weve been hearing reports of intimidation tactics that many of the protesters have been saying that they have been seeing from militia factions as well as some Security Forces because the Security Forces have been denying that it is them what intimidating the protesters d these protesters are demanding that they want an end to all foreign influence whether it be a trump the United States or iran ok asama well let you go for now thank you for that update from baghdad. Now the e. U. Says its considering ways to support a ceasefire in libya including a possible military led mission on the ground Foreign Ministers are meeting in brussels one day after a brillant his conference brought together libyas warring sides and several world powers fighting broke out south of tripoli just hours after that summit came to an end use top diplomat Joseph Burrell says any peace settlement will need the block support. Is joining us from berlin for more on that what do you think they eat you is hoping to achieve. Well daryn yesterday when they were talking about the need to put an end to the conflict in libya they were to keep thinking about 2 things here to ensure the cease fire holds for as long as it takes until the trust is built between the 2 warring factions in libya but to have a genuine ceasefire you have to ensure that arms are not flown into libya the foreign intervention must come to an end and this explains why the e. U. No is thinking about new mechanisms a force of the ground to ensure that this is fire holes and reactivating the naval the mission there was off the coast of libya it was established in 2015 but it was abandoned in 2019 against a backdrop or huge device particular between france and italy about how to deal with the libyan crisis i was talking to libyans yesterday about particularly the presence of peacekeeping forces in libya and they were categoric they were saying basically that theyre not going to tolerate the presence of foreign troops operating on the ground even if that is going to be to ensure the cease fire holds there might be another option for the e. U. A vet could succeed in the near future which is encouraging military commanders from the east and from the west to come together negotiate the more than it is the procedures about implementing the ceasefire that could be conducive to a permanent political solution to the crisis in libya. How somewhat are we to read into the fact there at the berlin conference you had a number of regional and International Powers who have come together to discuss the future of libya and you had half that as well as satirised in attendance both men not meeting each other and having these powers discuss the future of libya well the conference that it was basically essentially about showing a united stance among key players particularly the europeans and the wanted to give a message to the libyans the the International Community is this time determined to end the conflict because they are concerned it continues it is protracted it will spill over and this would pose massive security concerns for the later this week by the end of that we are all in 10 days from now theyre hoping to convene in geneva where all the factions from the president ial council from the parliament and from the Civil Society will come together and talk about the possibility of relaunching the political process in libya where they would have a new government or with that we negotiate the mortalities overseas fire taught by different sources that this could perhaps be the single most important thing to happen to the libyans in many years and there is pressure from all the parties to convince phases and war more thoroughly for have to come together with all the factions all that are present it is and make this succeed and must think yes go ahead go ahead part of the e. U. Faces when it comes to libya. Yes so there with the e. U. Faces a new different political reality overgrown the little the turks and the russians of the ones who will dictate the terms of whatever happens in the near future libya and you know how some for those critics though some of them who say well you can dictate the terms off a cease fire for example that weve agreed upon in berlin or possibly upcoming in geneva but how do you actually enforce that mechanism on the ground. Why this is going to be a huge challenge facing the e. U. In particular now in practical terms you have russia which has huge levers in the eastern part of the country particular with warlords holly for health or and you have turkey which has stepped in recently changing the dynamics of what is happening in libya to the point they were instrumental in preventing. From taken over tripoli i was told yesterday by a senior libyan official that had it not been for the turkish intervention tripoli would have been captured by a family for house or so the turks and the russians will be key players when it comes to implementing the cease fire but then ultimately you have to convince the 2 warring factions in the east and the west that its about time for them to negotiate a settlement i was also told that in there there is now a coordinated effort to try to convince the militias of the armed groups operating in the western part of the country and in tripoli to come under a unified command perhaps. A Senior Member of the tripoli based government will take over if that happens it will be extremely easy for the west and the east to come together along with the u. N. And the International Community and say for the 1st time we have to commanders for peace and from the west who can ease the task for everyone and who can help bring about a genuine lasting cease fire in libya ok hassam had better think you for that from berlin. Last month prosecutors froze the Bank Accounts and assets of africas richest women as part of a corruption probe is about the santos spoken exclusively to aljazeera earlier this month where she dismissed the corruption allegations as a basis. This is a politically motivated attack theres no doubt about that my father was the former ruler of angola he was president for a very long time but its very important to me that my father was a truly democratic leader and he chose not to stand for this elections he chose not to stand in 2017 believing that it was important to have a transition it was important for someone new to come and unfortunately the new clean bill who came on board has now trying to. Deliberately motivated attacks on his family and specially on his children but since then new leaked documents suggest santos siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars of angolan government money to offshore accounts and the International Consortium of investigative journalists obtained papers which it says implicates the former president s daughter lets not speak to is about the santos is joining us now again exclusively to discuss those new allegations against her thanks very much for your time with us on the aljazeera news hour so lawanda leaks as theyre being called reveal that youve got access to lucrative deals involving not involving lands oil diamond telecoms all of these industries now up until now youve called the charges in the allegations against you politically motivated as we heard you say just a moment ago but with these leaks do you still stand by that statement. But thank you for having me and to allow me to actually speak to you its very important to understand is a very concerning time. Worried about whats going on 1st this is a very concentrated attack it is an attack that has been very very well coordinated is an attack that is very much for it is a foreign media that is acting together with the engelhorn of thirtys to try and we ate a false perception of my business my business is a private business i work in the private sector i have built over 10 commercial companies in Angola Companies in retail so supermarkets cinema and shopping malls media. These are commercial companies that work every single day ive built 50 vandalism lost love brands i have over 20000 employees greenly im one of those largest taxpayers so these companies are companies or commercial companies they work every day they sort of thousands have been bought this is a politically motivated tack and it is an orchestrated attack a missile scientists are learning though only it has already allowed me allow me for a moment i mean these leaks are based 1715000 financial and Business Records emails charts and audits as well hundreds of interviews then and theyve been reviewed by more than 120 journalists from 37 Media Outlets so surely you can say that this is coordinated are they all in correct. Well i have to say it is great it is documents were given by a very small paris outfit so theres a very small paris are going to see a ship led by 4 people who went away and leverage those documents and when you actually read the documents themselves theres not a single one of them that points to these false allegations let me give you an example the actual report is sloppy is sense things like i mean my company said gun land addictions weve never done any land evictions to anyone and us so this is blatantly false and what concerns me is now that that land rights that that land and yes sure that lag effects in your photo is in the document its in relation to the foot developments whats sad is that you did foresee a big share of local angolans from from that you know what i meant they were building on what i was going to show and i wonder well its forbes thats what im saying there was no line of action and its fast and yes a. J. Received our interview show where it clearly stated that the road that theyre talking about was going to be built in the water so the world would do that its like its a reclaimed project you have to clean the land from the sea ok so lets look at another i guess i dont what it was so this is the problem the end here and you have refused all right this is what worries me refused to put to good in their report i responds ok then why dont you know where the clowns use to use those other games and let me ask you about this allegation and feel free to give us your response the documents show that when you left the Angolan State Oil Company that was back in 2017 you approved a payment of 58000000. 00 of payments to a Consultancy Company in dubai at the time the documents also revealed that it was run by your Business Manager and it was owned by a friend of yours is that also false well the restructuring project for asylum laws the restructuring funding percent of involves a large group of consultants this project is a very well known project i was even criticize. The media for get you over 130 consultants on a daily basis working with me at the National Oil Company now i was a natural oil company for 18 months which means from june 2016 and till november 2070 my job was to restructure a company that was broke the company was completely bankrupt it had 20000000000. 00 of debt so i had no money i went in there when the price of oil was at 29. 00 a day thanks i dont know gash i had to restructure the company there were a large number of consultants that were hired and all these payments you refer to there being ones that went to consultants and these consultants are people like Boston Consulting Group brice b w c these are Big Companies all of these all of this money is on their accounts theyre clearly have stated or they have the clear did many times so these are allegations but i see a way that this work was not conducted and that these consultants were not be is simply false if there are 2 invoices in fact the know the documents particularly pertaining to the oil company and the company in dubai they seem to suggest that 670000 euros were signed off on the same day 2 invoices the same amount. Well the my lawyers and myself we have written to a c. A. J. Repeatedly saying please give us the occasion drove you the documents that youre mentioning now when youre talking about 715000 documents 1st i doubt very much that in just a matter of a few months people had the opportunity to read them all i dont think its possible 715000 documents im sorry this is just a very very large number of documents for it to be reviewed in such an amount short amount of time thats my 1st concern or my 2nd goes around consuming of these documents or at least we never had an opportunity to even some ticket is documents and there are standing i dont know we have asked for these documents we said can we see them can we have any information and simply refused our rights well let me ask you about the allegations of the diamond industry in which you have a stake in as well the leaks so that your husband signed an agreement with the angolan state Diamond Companies sodium and which they were both going to buy a stake in a swiss luxury jeweler and now what weve seen from the documents is that youre described as the shareholder of the luxor and draw or by your own Financial Advisors is that not a conflict of interest and are you denying again like i said again like i said unfortunately and i think all of this could have been avoided if the chosen to provide as these documents for us to come and im not a shareholder ive never been very happy to state in which business im a shareholder ive been to far front of all my businesses you know that ive known for creating thousands of jobs providing opportunities to many young people if you go to any of my companies you will find me there whether its behind a tailor where there is a managing being an adept where there is talking to my engineers on the field building grabbing samantha doing something im there i never hike so i mean categorically when i you know what you are never going to go. Collards so i would i dont need to be a hidden shareholder if i was a shareholder i would have stated so ive not been a shareholder in this company now my husband has given several interviews public interviews and he has himself stated that he has invested in this company and that he hasnt invested significant amounts of fees on money are you categorically then denying that you directed hundreds of millions of dollars of of loans and contracts to your companys. Im sorry the question that youre asking if youre asking me did we have a consultancy agreement to work and restructure sangatte with a number of consulting firms and they were paid yes it was a consultancy agreement for 18 months this isnt lowest cost of consultancy that the National Oil Company ever had now or p. M. O. Which is like a Management Change its something that a lot of the National Oil Companies had to go through in 20152016 saudi aramco had to do would not have to do it so at that time all of these National Oil Companies were going through very very difficult times and many chose to hire consultants to help them restructure their business to streamline the business and to cut and to cut costs so indeed there were a very large number of consulting firms that were involved in helping son of god and thanks to that work a lot was achieved 40 percent of course were what the government should stay afloat to do the company is still there is robust its working so a lot of positive things q out of the restructuring out of the consultants work that they did for the National Oil Company i mean you call it consultants but in fact we did speak to the i c i j just less than 24 hours ago and they they say you were aided by a number of western advisers who helps you find a hundreds of 1000000. 00 into offshore companies and from there that into all kinds of assets thats what they are accusation against you know im sorry to say that is that is completely false and again it is a biased way that i see it and im not sure whos book and you sanjay i hope its not everybody and were supposed to be better for you as i was about you getting on to do ok so there is a manipulation to try and bridge train my business in a different way ok there is a thought theres a way that you know that they want to betray my business in a different way. Oh my companies in europe without exception all european registered i dont work with a single Archer Company in europe now that is very important and secondly in angle the law the tax law does not differentiate between taxes for an offshore on for a company which means that companies in angola were gross for that their own store of sure whether theyre registered in our rural or registered in paris they all pay the same tax being the same tax so again even though we offer those explanations i see ajay i feel its a pity that they chose not to incorporate them and i think they did that because they desperately wanted to show all of the different a different business didnt want to show the real business they didnt want to show the real funding but maybe just there was a lurking out there we had a number and number i mean the real facts however access is that you are also paying Interest Rates very high Interest Rates to banks and i feel that its a beauty that there is this very. Constructive thing to do is that there is you know this campaign it is definitely a Concerted Campaign because this is nothing else than a concerted attack a little attack to really try and create and wrong narrative of what is in fact one of the best driver groups you know and that is a group that has provided a lot of jobs a lot of development over 100000000 in taxes last year just to the authorities again and again and again i think a lot of people will be wondering why a team of 120 journalists and more than 37 Media Outlets would be out to get you in that way but let me just finally ask you this because you speak about the facts and the facts are the facts are that in the one. In the one there are millions who live without adequate sanitation they have no housing they have no food in the World Bank Says 2 thirds of the countrys population survive on less than 2. 00 a day so it really its one of the poorest countries in the world so how do you square having the largest fortune in africa with these kind of statistics from your country well 1st i have to say that. I am someone who is extremely concerned in developing my country. Have been educated and the 1st thing i did was not to stay in europe or in a brutal city i went back to my country and i worked and i built a business i created jobs at the taxes and i think that thats the way to make a difference the only way that we can make sure that those people start earning 2. 00 a day and earn 2000. 00 a day 500. 00 a day is by really making a difference to the private sector and this is what i believe in and i think that only by example i lead to serve i believe in my country and i believe that currently my country has no vision because you are right we need to do something we need to have much better urban planning we need to plan our cities we need to believe them to deliver utilities such as water and electricity and i want to do that i want to be part of that but please let me remind you i have never been part of the angle of government and never been a minister on government ive never been part of any public functions in anger that i was working for 18 months 18 months. As a manager to help restructure one of angle the National Companies now those 18 months all of my track record is in the private sector and i agree with you angle it doesnt show just it should address these challenges and right now my concern is that the current government has no vision we have the worst economic track record for the last 2 years or a congress for the sake of time let me ask you this if youre out somehow and have now been frozen dont have jobs youre sorry i dont hear you apologies just for the sake of time a final question your assets and Bank Accounts have been frozen so what happens next. Well i knew a lad has they can in the angle and us are ease have take in and then precedented historic decision to go ahead an issue an expiry tea which means at decision did the not consult yet the side we were not offered the opportunity to present our evidence or the friend ourselves and to eretz a number of companies that are is why said commercial company its of this is super markets banks Media Companies the work every day in the Liver Services every day so we are or we are hoping that were going to have of your cage an resent are the fans i have to say that the engle and or it system has been criticised in the pads by and Many International organizations so i dont think that im done concern have to be fair im going strength that we might not get a fairer to be able to present our evidence in our the fence but one thing im very certain off angle a needs a vision angle and hes a vision for its future and go needs a vision for a to develop and im a patriot i love my country ive built 90 percent of all the business is i have in my country and i believe in my continent and i will continue to do this are ok well leave it there we thank you very much so is about does santos is morris cycle through us your on aljazeera thanks for your time thank you so much for having me think. Now the spread of a new and potentially deadly virus appears to be accelerating in asia the corona virus has killed 3 people since 1st being detected in the chinese city of han it has since spread to 3 other chinese cities including beijing shanghai and shuns and near hong kong 217. 00 new cases have been confirmed its also spreading internationally south koreas centers for Disease Control and prevention has now reported its 1st case a chinese woman who flew into city from rouhani on sunday has now been quarantined im not follows one case being confirmed in japan early in january and 2 in thailand 6 days ago the chinese president xi jim praying says the virus must be resolutely contained lets speak to Nicholas Thomas hes an expert in asia Health Security hes joining us live from hong kong via skype thanks very much for your time with us on the news hour how concerning is it that now it is spreading beyond chinas borders thank you for having me. I mean. It is a major city in china its a population of 11 you know you people it has as. Time space show it has International Trade and travel links around that well its like many major cities in china it was to a very large extent inevitable. That a virus of this nature would eventually be on chinas borders but how do you explain the jump in cases as well. I dont think this is a jump i mean youve got 3 people who have died the 3rd one we dont have the full history on yet the 1st 2 already have compromised immune systems. And a rapid growth to be fair of infections but these range from fevers basically that flus sensually all the way up to. Quite critical in different hospitals so it fits the pattern of a seasonal flu outbreak in many respects something similar to what we may see in the states with the current 201920 season or flu. Which has resulted in many thousands of deaths right so this fish fits a pattern that was just simply to be expected the w. H. O. Says that its still trying to find out how this virus is actually spreading but is there real concern now about the spread and the impact of it with the upcoming Holiday Season in china and the. Travel amongst millions of people. Well i think theres 2 things that we need to i mean the 1st is that although we know that the live Seafood Market in rouhani is the epicenter if you like to the transmission points we still dont we still havent actually identified how the initial cases got sick. And because we dont know how those patients initially contracted the virus its very its impossible therefore to actually address how we actually fight the virus down the line but then you have to realize that the chinese c. D. C. From my medical practitioners as well as and up your show and others are actually quite active handout trying to address this and indeed to so in the missing blanks if you will right now with Chinese New Year just around the corner well looking at hundreds of millions of people traveling and yes that will be most likely a vector that will enable the virus to spread more how much more i dont have a crystal ball and its worth remembering with 2016 olympics there was a big concern that everyone going in and out of the country would enable the zicam virus to spread now thankfully in that particular case that didnt enable the secure virus to spread so we can really say point is yes its winter in china peoples immune systems are being challenged by regular flu shots as well as now this Novel Coronavirus and how do you think the Chinese Government has dealt with this crisis i mean it has weve heard from the president seeking to reassure the public that the situation is under control have they been transparent enough. Yes i think they have i mean if you go back to 2003 with us youve always got big issues of transparency you jump forward to the age 7 and 9 outbreak a few years back now and china showed remarkable transparency engaging with the International Community in these issues in these areas the issue though that we have to look at is how local people on the ground for example traders and poultry people who purchase the poultry frontline medical practitioners how theyre responding to this concern its not so much a government level its more at the level of market and Civil Society that we really have to see people aware enough of this virus and at the moment at least because its relatively small and relatively contained compared to other viruses that are currently circulating in china seasonal flu for example there isnt a great deal of widespread concern and certainly not a great deal of the moment ok we thank you very much Nicholas Thomas 1st speaking to us thank you thank you for having me. Lets get a check on the weather now with kevin thats right we have a lot to talk about in europe we have some very High Pressure as well as a big storm down here towards Arabian Peninsula if you look at the satellite image its hard to determine what were talking about let me put the isobars on you can actually see where this area of High Pressure is located this is the the strongest High Pressure that weve had since 19571050 millibars over parts of the u. K. Very strong what that means is well you get some very gusty winds around the center of High Pressure and also down here towards the south we have a very strong area of low pressure look at has what it has been doing here across parts of the appearances particularly parts of spain where we have seen some very heavy snow across much of the area a lot of flights have been canceled as well as course problems on the roads very slick conditions the snow is going to continue over the next few days this is what we are dealing with very gusty winds down here across the coastal areas and because the winds are pushing up against the coast very likely were going to be seeing some coastal flooding along parts of spain as well as towards france so that is going to continue for the next several days we could be watching this very very carefully but in terms of that snow i wanted to queue a little bit closer and over the next 3 days we do expect to see substantial amounts of snow across the Higher Elevations actually we could be seeing about 150 plus centimeters in some locations so well be watching this story very very carefully back to you daryn kevin thank you very much for that while oil prices have risen above the 65. 00 a barrel mark on concerns over supplies in both libya and iraq germanys foreign minister says. Both agreed in berlin to solve an oil blockade which is threatening to choke the countrys production but without really giving a timeframe in recent days forces loyal to warlords 24. 00 have to have forced the closure off an oil pipeline and 2 of libyas Largest Oil Fields theyve also blocked several eastern oil ports oil is the countrys largest export and a financial lifeline for the un recognized government in tripoli and the state oil firm has warned the blockade will slash output by more than 90 percent from 1200000. 00 barrels of oil per day down to just 72000. 00. Thats right so i my bad hes an on resident scholar at the middle east institute hes joining us on skype from florence thanks very much for your time with us again on aljazeera to what extent is oil and the oil sector being used in some sort of bargaining chip when it comes to. A political framework or a way forward in libya. Well the latest closers of the late this latest blockade is carried. Live in our armed forces and the narrative surrounding them is that theyre choreographed lets say to look as if its a social movement that is protesting turkish support or turkey sending mercenaries to the bit while the Popular Support is definitely there after all is a civil war how star actually is the one responsible enough there is the person to enable this essentially thought that this power play lets say would put the g. N. A and its sole ally on the International Stage turkey in a tough spot the main concession i suspect he wants out of this is the removal of the head of the libyan Central Banks of the could be with someone else and ultimately what that does is that it politicizes one of libyas most sovereign institutions and will ultimately fuel the conflict again so clearly the aim here is to begin a bowl of those offensive enable a military solution but not just enable it politically but also financially so is this something that he will succeed in having can he succeed in using the arleigh sector and the closer is off the plants as some sort of power play as you call it. Well its unclear if he will succeed so far theres that theres nothing that points to that this article is been a success yesterday to a certain extent whats cern however is the fallout from this in terms of lets say depletion of reserves and rise in the. Dollar rate against the d. N. R. Especially in the libyan black market all those effects will be borne out by libyan citizens living ordinary citizens so clearly the price outweighs the benefits for so i dont think that it will work and it will definitely also tank qatars Popular Support at least in western libya and over time in libya altogether i think and put this into context for us if you may and tell us how important these funds are from Oil Production for the u. N. Recognize government in libya. I dont think thats a very its a pretty reductionist lets say approach to put this in a way where these funds are vital for only the Government National court libya is what is a cadet at the known as a distributor stay so essentially its all in the source of income is oil it receives oil income through its sovereign institutions its central bank the sides fiscal financial policy and then distributes that store an overcoat over broader public sets that the result of the grievances that existed in libya are partly due to wealth mismanagement lets say unsustainable economic model with a over bloated Public Sector shoot through which is oil income is distributed the problem is half that doesnt really offer an alternative to all this the only seeks to politicize the system and perpetuate it. The side effect of this blockade right now is that the oil income or oil d lets say not the oil income but oil itself is actually vital in terms of supplies the power stations ospital and other Key Facilities that libyan citizens use daily so i expect also deterioration in humanitarian terms in libya in addition to what weve seen throughout the month im ruling war since april 2001 thing all right im a bad and thank you for a 2nd to us from florence. Thank you for giving time. Lebanons president has urged Security Forces to prevent violence during going antigovernment demonstrations michel and met with security chiefs on monday and pledged to prevent vandalism and protect Peaceful Protesters as commons followed 2 nights of unrest thats left more than 500 people injured on sunday there were violent confrontations between riot police and demonstrators outside Lebanons Parliament lets bring in a photo from beirut to unpack the statement made by the president s michel and after his meeting with security chiefs and. President bush chaired a meeting that group of chiefs of security agencies as well as the Army Following 2 days of violence in central beirut we are outside Parliament Square you can see there reinforcing the security barricade outside Parliament Building last night protesters tried to storm the Parliament Building they were prevented from doing so they were hurling stones and sticks and Security Forces this bonded with tear gas rubber bullets and Water Cannons now president bush saying that the security agencies should differentiate between the Peaceful Protesters and those who value those who carry out attacks this is causing some concern among the protesters who told us that they believe the authorities could use this as some sort of an excuse to carry out even more or to use even more force against the protesters because what the protesters have been saying is this is us there are no infiltrators we have decided to change the protest movement from a Peaceful Movement into a Violent Campaign because those in power are not listening to our demands are not listening to our voices i have to say that the Security Forces have come under a lot of criticism by human Rights Groups especially when they were using rubber bullets late yesterday they were firing at close range and they were targeting the protesters eyes a number of injuries in hospitals people have lost their eyes. So human Rights Groups are saying that they could have been targeting the lower half of their of the of the protesters bodies instead but Security Forces have issued a statement as well saying that well when when the public or private property has been vandalized and we are assaulted then we have the right to respond but so far there has been no further calls for protests at least for today yeah which i want to ask you about santa because it was announced by the protesters and those who have been coming out that this is in fact a week of rage so what do they do next. Well you talk to them and they say we have no other choice but to escalate and to continue with this protest movement its not clear why there is no protest action today will they wait for a few days as politicians continue to bicker over the formation of the next cabinets are they regrouping people are tired there are 2 days of intense battles an hour long battles. 500 people injured a lot are still in hospital people are concerned what what is what comes next so they really but at the end of the day these are just a few 100 people the balance of power is still in favor of the Security Forces it is in favor of the state what we understand is that sometimes they discuss amongst themselves what is the best way forward is this unrest the best way forward its still not clear but like i mentioned the balance of power is not in their favor ok xenophobia thank you. Hundreds of people have protested in the indonesian capital against a bill that unions fear would weaken protection for workers president djoko we doto is looking to relax laws that businesses say make it costly to hire and fire employees the government believes thats hampering investments and job growth unions say the changes would enjoy a minimum wage and force people to work longer hours. The number of ships being hijacked in the gulf of guinea has doubled in the past year the International Maritime bureau warns the region has become notorious for piracy with 90 percent of attacks taking place there naval chiefs from west african countries are meeting in senegal to try and find a solution as they close half reports from the car. Its a calling she often finds hard to explain it comes from a deep desire to defend her country and its waters after visiting senegals naval headquarters on a School Field Trip 16 year old has made up her mind shell be joining the navy and will its a noble cause protecting the ocean from polluting vessels and saving peoples lives at sea even if its dangerous i want to be part of the mission the navy is on a drive to recruit more soldiers at sea while piracy globally has dropped the number of boats attacked in the gulf of guinea has doubled in the last year this has become the worlds most dangerous waters not only is it a major Transit Route for cargo ships the shores of senegal are also rich in marine life attracting illegal deep sea Fishing Vessels that are polluting the sea floor shows promise of a problem 90 percent of the worlds trade happens on water we need to protect the oceans to protect our economies and the trade most attacks are taking place off the coast of nigeria in angola to Oil Exporting Countries the attackers are gangs often made up of poor fishermen frustrated in seeing this wealth they have no access to taking away from their shores senegal discovered 50 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and a 1000000000 barrels of oil it has just allocated exportation rights to multinationals. The drilling has been started by theres this expectation that this newfound wealth will be equally redistributed among all senegalese especially among the fishermen communities who have suffered from Illegal Fishing on these waters they say the ocean is a Precious Resource that needs to be protected. The trumpet says its pulling back u. S. Troops in africa in march the u. S. Navy organized its Largest Naval games in africa and the gulf of guinea with 3000. 00 troops 33. 00 countries including senegal. There are no physical boundaries to retore all waters and so to protect it we need main power and soldiers willing to take action and neutralize the enemy we needed. And so this will require a new strategy for senegal and the region with fresh recruits willing to take risks needed to protect the ocean and its untapped well. Because. The car wrongs foreign minister is threatening to pull out of the 1970 treaty on the nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons if its Nuclear Activities are reported to the un iran has denied claims its violated the more recent 2015 nuclear deal despite having rolled back its commitments to the pact Irans Foreign Ministry has also criticized european powers for failing to salvage the agreement its been scaling back its commitments under the deal after the us withdrew in 2018 britain france and germany triggered a dispute mechanism this month citing iranian violations now in the us a state of emergency is in effect in virginia thats after the governor warned that far right groups plan to join a progun rally at the State Capitol virginie all 30 is fear mondays rally will bring a repeat of the deadly far right violence in charlottesville and 2171. 00 person died then when a participant at a neo nazi rally round counter protesters with a car the democratic controlled state legislature is considering a range of new gun control measures after 12 people were killed in a mass shooting last year. Fed as well as Opposition Leader one who has defied a travel ban flying to colombia ahead of his meeting with the u. S. Secretary of state michael page on monday its the latest show of support from washington would say. Is the rightful leader of venezuela hes been barred from the even venezuela since proclaiming himself president a year ago and trying to oust president Nicolas Maduro more than 70 inmates including members of brazils most powerful gang have escaped from prison impaired life to retire no government says prison officials must have been aware of the operation as hundreds of bags of earth were uncovered in some cells prisons director was fired along with 6 other prison officials part of wise interior Ministry Says the tunnel may just be a ruse to make sure no officials involved are held accountable as many of the inmates walked out through the main gates spacex. Has completed the last major test of a crew capsule needed before it can launch astronauts from u. S. Soil. I there you just saw the transgender stand again i really loud cheers here in my car in california this task is looking great so far the American Aerospace space manufacturer makes a launch failure off the florida coast it was testing whether the capsule would separate from a rocket and return the crew if something went wrong spacewalks found on musk says it was a picture perfect mission. And im super fired up this is great you know its really great here anyone who has an adventurous part of the body is going to be very excited about this and i think it will help breed a great interest in space still ahead on aljazeera other sports news is coming up including this gentleman although steals the show yet again in the italian leave all the details in a moment. Move the already. Low down time for the sports is what paul thank you very much the Kansas City Chiefs of reach the super bowl for the 1st time in 50 is they beat the Tennessee Titans in the a. F. C. Championship game chiefs quarterback patrick my home string for 3 touchdowns this was the games turning point his twinkle tide dashed down the sidelines to running one of his own. Hands a city winning 35 to 24 back in the big time for the 1st time since 1970. San francisco running back right my stats proved a lot of people wrong on sunday he was cut by 6 teams before being signed by the 49 ers most at leading them into the super bowl with 4 touchdowns in a 37 to 20 when over the green by packages. Yeah its crazy ive been on 7 different teams i actually still have. You know the cut days and i look at every every before every game when i got i did have a lot of doubters and naysayers and. You know and now i get to actually tell me look look where im at now you know i never gave up on my dream. After the smoke from bushfires its now rain thats disrupted day one of the Australian Open tennis more than 30 much is on the outside courts have been postponed today too but there was plenty of action under the roof david stokes reports. So we know williams might have needed extra time to tie his shoe laces but she took next to no time to win the 1st set of her match against Anastasio Potter pobre 6 love in just 19 minutes. Gave her. She didnt hang about in the 2nd set either dropping just 3 games on the way to a comfortable when the 7 time Australian Open champion just happy to be out on court nearby bushfires had barred the build up to the tournament but Rainy Weather although disruptive has at least improved air quality. That is still a concern for think pretty much everyone in you know every single day we get updates so thats been really good to see the. Australian open take that stance on that defending champion amy osaka was also in action and like serena showed off her power game sometimes a bit too much power. This serve in the 2nd set actually ended up breaking the net but after a quick patch up job by the officials or soccer went on to wrap up her 1st round match against members kober in straight sets. After which the japanese star responded to a woman on twitter who unprovoked had heckled are calling her boring and annoying more all of her children think hes going to come on the internet for no reason in doing t. V. I always wonder like people like this if they see you in person but wonder what they would do another rising star of the game is 15 year old american coco golf for the 2nd time in a grand slam the youngest player in the tournament beat the oldest 39 year old Venus Williams golf won in straight sets and heads through to the 2nd round at her 1st Australian Open top seed and home favorite ashley barty made a shaky start to her campaign losing the 1st set against lacy a soaring coach. But shes top of the World Rankings for a reason and recovered brilliantly to win the next 2 sets 6161 to storm into round 2. In the mens draw defending champion Novak Djokovic also dropped a set in his match against young men its true but he came through in 4 to stay on track for a record extending 8 Australian Open title Roger Federer is chasing tuttle number 7 in melbourne in grand slam number 21 he too is safely into the next round the swiss breezing through his eyes in a match against american Steve Johnson david stokes aljazeera. In football christiane arnaldo scored twice as you ventas opened a 4 point lead at the top of its lease area are up against 7th place parma ensuring an all the opening score in just 4 half time. But just after the break how much managed to level things up with this had a from undress cornelius. Celebrations didnt last long both 3 minutes later but came eventis on rinaldo with another goal to secure the 21 win. These has been 7 straight games. In germany youre going klinsmann start as head to berlin coach cant have been much worse they were thrust for knelt by his former team by new nick one of his form proxies thomas moore got one of the goals klinsmann gave milan his 1st born as leaders start back in 2000 right to old play off rivals butted heads in the n. B. A. Regular season on sunday the miami heat and San Antonio Spurs havent done so well since their last finals meeting in 2014 but competition is still famous san antonio giving no ground on the home court as the heats rise towards the top of the eastern conference was slowed down with 8107202 defeat spurs still outside the playoff spots in the west by. Englands cricketers lead the test series in south africa after their biggest overseas victory for 9 years the tourists won by an ns and 53 runs with one much to play in the series. Everyone is going to share. In the field making sure that when those chances came the ready to take and thats so thats true that you need consistently if you want to keep improving and want to get well as you can harness that and then take that fall that says well like we did this week then well start to be more consistent now to the 17 year old golfer who just booked his place at the masters and the british open argentinas. Hold this putt to win the Latino American and its a championship in mexico from a small town outside going to saris go now compete on the biggest stage in golf alongside the likes of tiger woods the sport of bull riding looks difficult enough at the best of times but one bull surprised its rider with an extra trick at this meeting brazils Josie Vito Lemay it was going great guns on this beast that is until he was suddenly slung straight on to the fence. For oculus lee he looked like hed planned it all along at least he avoided the usual fight of defeated riders demonstrated by fellow brazilian amodeo campus silva. That sawyer sports and i will have more lights at the rink ill see you later paul thank you and thanks for watching the news hour on aljazeera were back in just a moment with much more of the days news see you then by. Aljazeera explores prominent figures of the 20th century and home libraries influence the course of history the souls that did not get enough credit for it in the budget if you want to be the big historical figure but he was mandela the biggest con in the world the prisoner and the president who came together to end apartheid in south Africa Nelson mandela and f. W. De klerk prigs to free on. One of the really special things about working proud is here is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else would be what it is you know its that it shouldnt be about it but to do it because you have a lot of people that are deployed their own political issues. With the people who believe to tell the real stories are just mended used to do the work in dead journalism we dont feel inferior work to the audience across the globe. A searching investigation into gun culture in the philippines. And the new rules that were put in place to control it in this country it is not yet right so if you restrict the rights of light of god orders youre not solving the problem of criminality of the kind of peace because these are not the people who work with people. Who are your customers a lot of people but has the violence actually got worse rewind stray bullets on aljazeera. The latest news as it breaks this bushfire season is far from over but its coldest so much devastation across a stray. Detail coverage campaigners say that 106. 00 and seen ages of sleeping on the streets of tires and feel is journalisms senators are preparing for a briefing on the u. S. Military strike and whatever response it may bring. Luke. The. Protesters and Security Forces clash accosts iraq has antigovernment demonstrations intensifying. Watching all just their ally from a headquarters in doha im doubting navigator also ahead as world powers back a cease fire in libya the European Union says it will consider military support to uphold any peace deal. As a deadly new virus spreads beyond chinas borders there are a fears it could be transmitted from human to human