doha with all your sport the u.s. women's football team the man 66000000 dollars in damages in the discrimination case trust me a male may see it's back up to barcelona boss to blame the players for problems at the club. 18 years of war in afghanistan could end in a little more than a week an agreement that calls for a 7 day reduction of violence is now in effect and after that the taliban says it will sign a peace deal with america the u.s. involvement in afghanistan began in 20011 month after the $911.00 attacks washington watched our strikes and a ground invasion to remove the taliban from power. or than 12000 american soldiers still in afghanistan thousands more from nato allies and partners countries are also there some 2400 american troops have been killed since the operation began and the u.s. is estimated to spent more than one trillion dollars during its mission. or when jordan joins us live from washington d.c. . a lot resting on this reduction of violence do we know how it will be judged to be a success. we still do not know lauren and that's really something that will put a lot of onus on whether or not we can actually get to this signing of a peace accord between the united states and the taliban on february 29th neither the u.s. nor the taliban want to say what the metrics are what the actual us standard is for saying that the violence has been stopped if stead of 10 attacks per day by the taliban is it just want to attack does that constitute cutting the violence if there are no offensive operations carried out by the us or if one offensive operation is carried out in those 7 days is that enough to scuttle the deal those questions of questions really do make you wonder if they were actually going to see the signing ceremony in doha qatar a week from saturday now of course the other big question is the role of the afghan military they're also supposed to put down their weapons for the time being what standard are they being held to him basically it does appear as if this gives some space to all 3 parties to basically saying the other side isn't holding up its end of the deal so we're not going to engage and sign this peace accord on february 29th it's an important question because it does go to the matter of how much are both sides actually trusting each other to try to get to the subsequent stages of bringing peace back to afghanistan and if you don't there's a head what timescale would there be for any potential u.s. troop reduction. well that's the other big question the u.s. president donald trump campaigned in 2016 that he wanted to pull u.s. forces out of the middle east and out of south central asia saying that the time for the u.s. as a country that wages war was long over and that u.s. forces needed to be back home with their families certainly that was something that did attract support for donald trump in 2016 and now that he's running for reelection it would make sense that he would want to show significant progress if not an outright completion of his promise to bring u.s. forces home now the question is from a security standpoint what realistically makes sense there are more than 12000 u.s. forces in afghanistan right now the pentagon has said as recently as last week that it's called for double if some 858600 u.s. forces remain in country one to help train the afghan military to to provide backup support for the afghan military and really to was safeguard u.s. security interests across south central asia and into the middle east but if the president who is known to try to take big sweeping moves wants to cut the number of u.s. forces to just a couple of 1000 or even a few 100 could that jeopardize the security situation in afghanistan and that is something that has really set off yet another political argument here in washington doesn't jordan thank you very much. i mean to have such so sit at the think tank chatham house he joins us via skype from cambridge thanks very much for being with us what's your assessment of this deal has significant a moment is it for relations between afghanistan and the u.s. . in my view this is a very significant moment certainly because it shows the tangible outcome to the dialogue that's been happening between the united states and the taliban at least formally for the last or 'd their area period so from that angle that it's a tangible goal that they're working towards it's certainly very significant but i think a lot of officers also say that for all the human cost of this war which is the afghans on the ground there will be a tremendous success if it's achieved where violence is reduced and people's lives are threatened on the streets so how likely do you think they were the reduction of violence is to hold this time around. i think it's very clear from my assessment of the united states obviously as we all learned and follow the news it is quite committed to this deal with the taliban at least in pursuit of it not least because president trump needs this as a foreign policy success story for his reelection the taliban recently as recent as yesterday their deputy head us published and in the new york times there and out there where he says they're tired of war there's clearly a fatigue all across various artists everyone wants the war to end but i think the trouble is that you know how's that going to be portrayed so if the taliban turn around and say that they have won that you have and they are beaten the was the last of the butler how does that then look on the american side where they would like to obviously say that this is a our policy success for them so there's a lot of uncertainty but in terms of something that they're working towards this is certainly very important moment and how could harry and as a group on the taliban these days to negotiate with. what the last trial of the cease fire bish showed a sense of unity it was true that there had. quite a bit of uniformity across the board but no violence being inflicted but if we kind of goo back to the ninety's even when the taliban were in power and this is our different alibi group they have had a generational shift in their fighters you know the taliban have never been comfortable in the spotlight they do not have that amount of experience so it is very interesting as we get to see more and more of the taliban to see all sort of recommendations that out there's a lot of speculation about their filing rank and various kinds of you know categorizations of they have got their office and their representation and pakistan those that have been based and the shower cities so all of this we have speculated about but i think once they come out into the political sphere and they're given that safe space to to be questioned and be put under scrutiny i think we would see more and more at this stage it looks like they have less fragmentation i would say than what we see on the afghan political elites side currently with the with the problem around the announcement of the presidential election outcome where both dr up to learn president of money and have claimed victory so certainly you can see that there's more 'd political fragmentation on this up but i think with that we can only really see it once they're out and they save space of their politics that they're hopefully be given any taking me thank you very much indeed for analysis polls have closed in iran's parliamentary elections the result is expected to change the face of the country's legislature as thousands of moderate and reformist candidates were barred from running so basic reports from tehran. he said it's a religious jew to vote and iran's supreme leader didn't lead by example casting the 1st ballot and 700 conservatives have much of their support base they followed through the round of voting well sure that. this is the 1st time i'm voting my reason to vote is to have a share in the future of my country and help it. voting doesn't solve any problems and conditions could deteriorate if we don't vote we should vote for the way it is so the new lawmakers can fix some problems. this 88 year old says he has been voting for 70 years as an adventure in trouble i have voted from the very 1st election in the islamic republic 81 parliamentarian tougher disqualified from standing of the reformist hopefuls also told they cannot standings elections it means conservatives could benefit from a lower turnout and lack of opposition and this will have also referred cautions for you when a foreign policy and i think this will bring more support from the parliament side for ukraine and regional policies but more importantly it will decrease the chances for the life the hood of any direct negotiations between the ron and the united states there are those who have stayed away upset at a lack of change and an economy reeling the u.s. sanctions are solomon right. i voted every year but i saw no effect to convince me to vote this time i finished my studies i have a bachelor's and finished ministry service but there's no job for me for what i see no reason to want. now for granted i know i'm not voting because previous lawmakers did nothing they had no effect on the country so it gets told it's not me alone many to vote. results are expected later in the week at this polling station where we have permission to film it's been relatively busy but there are others across the city that were fired but we weren't allowed to film a lower turnout will leave whoever wins this election. the task of rebuilding confidence and trust in the system as a al-jazeera run. a solution is a lecturer admitted modern middle east history at the university of st andrews he joins us via skype from edinburgh thanks for being with us what difference do you think it will make to have those candidates barred from this election well clearly the conservatives wanted a clean slate and there is talk of the former tehran mayor and conservative whoa wait mama barra ghalibaf aspiring to be the speaker of the new parliament he's a close ally of embroidery see the head of the judiciary and they're forming a power block. in order to all be reading pretty much if supreme leader ayatollah ali harmony's tenure comes to an end the foreseeable future so it is it is a sort of. grab on the on the remaining sort of the institutional positions that the conservatives the rather hard line conservatives do not have control over yet despite the fact that parliament is not a very powerful institution of state an islamic republic and doesn't have much say in in the major questions that now would you say the dispute with the u.s. or the nuclear deal and the the killing of customs or money has affected these elections. well that's only as has caused. the guardian council who are on the side of a hard line not to do when it came to excluding candidates but i think that the reformists have been on the. on the decline for of for for quite some time now they haven't been able to put forward a coherent platform with regards to the latest on rest between stable society we've seen a lot of. people on the margins of cities workers in the pen and trade union rise and their formis really haven't been able to to provide. an answer to this challenge and so they were seen in a way as being expendable by the guardian council i think that is also why the border no problem in reform is boycotted the election we saw former president carter i mean going and voting and everybody else went to vote and despite lambaste in the way the guardian council excluded and can't vote will effect beating in terms if it is it does become a more conservative parliament will it will effect in terms of iran's relations with the world well there will be uniformity now in decision making the previous parliament for example approved the f a t f bills against money laundering but these were of course blocked by higher bodies i think we will see more uniformity between these bodies but parliaments in iran still are quite fickle despite the fact that this one is going to be conservative dominated but by and large we are seeing a. sort of alignment behind the supreme leader i see on all these conservative figures who now clearly have the operand in this very restrictive political system so thank you very much indeed for unicef thank you but more still to come on the al-jazeera news hour including stranded in syria we meet the families displaced by war and in desperate need of aid. russia denies claims it's already trying to interfere in the 2020 us election in favor of donald trump. and a 16 year old gives india a flying start and that is the at the end t 20 world cup details in sport. are tax on civilians and booking a fast so displacing more than $4000.00 people a day that's according to the un's refugee agency which says armed groups are carrying out raids with increasing frequency many you've escaped have reported murders rapes and the pillaging of villages 700000 people have fled their homes in 12 months in a quarter of those have left in just the past 3 weeks. david autor is a counterterrorism expert at global risk international he joins me here in the studio thanks very much to become instructors there why do you think the situation has deteriorated so badly and. i think booking the 1st 2 has now become the weakest link in the looked at google my region which you know comprises of the mali and that has been principally because of the influx of these that have taken advantage of the porosity of the borders since the collapse of the islamic state we have seen experience jihad the east you know coming towards mali and because of the influence of the french or british in a back a in but also the g 5 most of these jihadist fighters have moved towards booking fassel that they see on prepaid you know to convert them with govern species you know that's i mean how prepared is the government then when you look at us it was one of the g. 5 you mentioned that organization was brought to france recently to have a meeting with the french president about i suppose it's been part of trying to for him to say you do you actually want the french intervention in the area and they seem to say they did have prepared military and otherwise is to improve the situation i think it's not really as prepared as you think you know because you know you have to understand this isn't a symmetric warfare it's not a conventional warfare and i think what they need to do you know obviously i've seen the visit that you know president of nigeria you know with the president of the 1st so they had this similar situation in nigeria where you have these other kapadia northern part and from 2015 with the let in on. the middle of games i think they should actually have those lessons learned from african countries like nigeria that they are fighting because right now because of faster is really being run down by the jihad the east in this area and they have seemed to have no answer to that and the fringe is actually not really helping as they were should have been doing and is there any particular group that has mentioned you had this in general or is there a particular group that you think is the most dangerous is of course you know i says in west africa province. it's towards an area that has it's the ngs within that region so there is some kind of a concoction of jihad these organizations which has been made worse because you then have militias which are coming out you know linked to the militia the full in the end from i have a crisis within the region so i think there is a mix of jihad these organizations that have taken advantage of the porous areas that you know that they've been have in my region and i think looking a person really needs to do something to actually drive away these jihad these at the moment and what and then in the short and they're also going to huge problem with displaced people where the people going to do something to leave their villages and what's what's in store for them when they go on i think this is one of the key areas you know because what is happening is insecurity it leads to displacement and then these for that leads to for that insecurity because a lot of people good to areas where they already stretched and overstretched by you know these poor verty and inequalities so what is happening now is this is now creating communal violence between settlers and people that come in as refugees and displaced persons so i think the situation is really really bad you know and that is where the u.n. is really calling for a an intervention within that within the region of universal but i think it's quite important for the book in a faster government to get its act together but work alongside regional powers and regional states that are already facing the same problems as well in that region and get their act together specifically what they need to have a national counter to insurgency strategy you know which i think they don't have of the moment and and that is actually course in that you don't have a a comprehensive strategy to deal with the problem because you then have you know the distinct between the military leadership and the civilian component you need to win the hearts and minds of the local people these are the people that give intelligence to the military in order for them to carry out the operations right now there is no plan there is no strategy for that and that's where the military's losing the love grounds to the jihadist they don't have a 0 interest in church thank you very much and thank you very much. italy has ordered the closure of public spaces in 10 towns after the number of corona virus cases quadrupled in just one day 14 new infections have been reported in the wealthy northern number the region with another 2 in next door beneteau it's not known if the 2 clusters of cases are connected many of them that represent italy's 1st cases of secondary infection in they caught the virus locally without traveling to china. or south korean city of daegu is in a state of lockdown with millions of people urged to stay indoors schools closed and some mass gatherings banned 204 cases have now been confirmed in the country and 2 people have died well the bride reports from daegu. the city of daegu is at the center of an outbreak of the corona virus that has the whole of south korea worried with nearly all of the new cases of infection linked to this church a branch of the shin changi church of jesus it's believed people attending services here became infected some of whom then travel to other towns and cities in south korea infecting more people daegu in the neighboring city and now the focus of a national effort to contain the outbreak children hooked into the government will take special measures by designating the daegu enchong areas as special care zones as a sudden hike in numbers of the confirmed cases have been reported from there it's thought many of the new cases of infection were due to one woman member of the church who also travelled widely around daegu city before finally being diagnosed the man has ordered everyone to remain at home bringing the city of 2 and a half 1000000 to a virtual standstill special medical centers have been set up to treat the expected increase in new cases in the capital seoul preventive measures are being taken while other branches of the shin changi church of jesus have been closed. and large scale rallies that usually take place at the weekends have been banned. with the spread of the virus we plan to take momentous measures in order to protect the elderly who are vulnerable to this contagious disease solved ban the use of public squares where many citizens gather back in daegu people anxiously wait to see if this outbreak has been contained or if this is the start of something bigger usually on a friday evening this downtown shopping going to entertainment district would be packed with people on this evening it's nearly deserted as most tuesdays stay away and wait to see what happens next rob mcbride al-jazeera daegu south korea. in ukraine the fears over the spread of the virus have turned into violent confrontations with police protestors set up roadblocks and threw rocks at bosses carrying evacuees returning home from china ukraine's health minister has joined the evacuees in quarantine in a show of solidarity for a chance reports. this is what can happen when fear and misinformation collide on these buses are evacuees from china headed for corona virus quarantine in central ukraine 45 ukrainians 27 argentinians and people from several other countries to the angry crowds from the village of nabi santa jari trying to keep them out riot police talking to people. they'd arrived in kiev earlier on thursday president volodymyr zelinsky tried to reassure ukrainians that there was no danger officials said everyone flown in had been screened twice for the virus and criticized the growing process not as. we can see how such people are treated in other countries whether it is the disease or what is going on in ukraine in my opinion we cannot allow such attitudes towards our citizens. but one hopes e-mail claiming to come from the health ministry was already stoking fears it had falsely stated that there were 5 coronavirus cases in the country when actually there were none of the anxiety spread with diverters but why drive down 350 kilometers from kiev across half of ukraine to an inhabited area where people live right next to the building where they will be accommodated isn't there any other place in ukraine that can have 50 people that is located in a more or less remote villages or in far areas where there is no fret to the population like here and why do we need them yes why do we need our children good their children with a brief to restore calm the prime minister was dispatched an obvious i was already where evacuees are now in 2 weeks quarantine is before the border as a gesture health minister has agreed to stay with the citizens in this medical institution this way her example will prove that there is no danger to ukrainian citizens which is a very decent position we are very grateful to our colleague from the government. friday has so far seen no repeat of thursday's panic or thorough tease we'll hope it stays that way will reach alan's al-jazeera. in china several health and communist party officials have been fired after hundreds of people were infected by the corona virus while inside prison most of the 258 cases are in 2 jails in shanghai province's 271 cases are also been reported in prisons in who bay province the epicenter of the outbreak but officials did not say when they were diagnosed kuwait has barred all flights to and from iran amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus to more people have died from the onus there bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 5 iran is the 1st country the middle east to report fatalities from the virus it has 13 other confirmed cases. facemasks have become a part of everyday life in countries hit by the corona virus in the philippines hundreds of last couples tied the knot at a mass wedding in the city of a whole lot of couples had to fill out forms declaring their health status for the past 14 days as well as their travel history the philippines reported 3 cases and one death virus. still ahead on jazeera policing deployed to germany's mosques as the government warns the threat of far right attacks remains high. thailand's constitutional court dissolves a major opposition party for the 4th time in 13 years. and another running record is smashed by an athlete playing a controversial brand of shoes details coming up in school i mean. hello again or welcome back to international weather forecast well we're still going to be dealing with those very gusty winds here across much of the northern part of europe over the next few days the next round of storms are pushy and right now across the u.k. and with it we are going to having more rain here across the u.k. on saturday as well as into sunday but really take a look at these winds that we are watching right now across parts of scotland as well as into southern scandinavia that will continue pushing into the baltics as well and with it we are going to be seeing some rain over the next few days now down here towards the south across much of the benelux region heavy rain is expected here on sunday but for denmark we have not seen any snow all winter long and that's going to continue take a look at the 3 day forecast as we go towards copenhagen we could be seeing some very gusty winds possibly flight delays here on saturday winds start to calm down as we go towards sunday as well as into monday but the rain will continue over the next 3 days here for the northern part of africa clouds across much of a libya as well as into egypt over the next few days particularly on 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bring programs to inspire you. on al-jazeera. among the top stories here now to syria a 7 day reduction of violence agreement between the u.s. and taliban has come into effect it's seen as a significant step towards lasting peace for the war torn country. votes are being counted in iran's parliamentary election with a result expected on saturday that will see a more conservative legislature elected office hours and of candidates were barred from running. italy has ordered the closure of public spaces in 10 towns after the number of coronavirus places quadrupled in just one day 14 new infections are being reported in the wealthy northern region with another 2 in extra advantage. in stop language the un has warned that fighting in northern syria could end in a bloodbath fighting has been continuing in italy province with as strikes it in the town of some in near the front line government forces assisted by russian aerial cover have been steadily regaining ground in the rebel held region in a phone conversation to president richard one as urged russia's vladimir putin to rein in syria's moves to avert a humanitarian crisis the regime advance means that close to a 1000000 people have fled towards turkey and they are in desperate need of assistance russian hobart reports from a tight near turkey's border with syria and it led problems. asim is the head of an extended family his originated from s.m. the town in the south of italy when the town was have a little. him and his family fled a few days ago they arrived here in a rebel held village in the countryside north of italy destitute he's planning to join the thousands of poor and displaced syrians living in olive orchards here in a live city. i need at least fight and form a large family there dog me to buy them but it's cost around $250.00 in pinellas fatima malise from hellfire a town in the rural hama when syrian government troops advanced closer to her village she says the family left a rebel stronghold in aleppo fatima's husband was killed 3 years ago now she lives in this brick built by turkish charities with financial contribution from germany. the place doesn't provide any protection from the rain and cold but when i remember what we went through and the day to bombardment this feels fine for me and for my kids this is what it looked like. in some other 3 months ago civilians converged on this town north of it live hoping for shelter food and warmth but when some of those attacked a few days ago the displaced dishpan till their talents and flat. the school this struggle to settle is now deserted for now thousands of syrians seem to continue their long journey looking for shelter and these for the hundreds of thousands of people who have recently been uprooted by the fighting the only way they can go home is if there is a ceasefire agreement one that guarantees syrian government forces will and the military campaign but cease fire agreements have never lost long in syria and this explains why people have lost hope in international efforts to solve the crisis diplomatically possible al-jazeera how tight the kremlin has denied claims its interfering in the upcoming 2020 u.s. presidential election to boost donald trump's chances according to u.s. media reports intelligence officials warned members of congress last week that russia was meddling in the vote russia has repeatedly denied the u.s. intelligence community's assessment that it interfered in the 2016 presidential election let's go now to practical hane in washington d.c. now to tell us more about all of this and where it all came from. well that we're hearing this from the new york times in the washington post and before i get to what we're hearing about russia the house briefing and president trump the washington post just put out snap wire basically saying that the candidate that they campaign for going to democratic senator bernie sanders for president has been told that the intelligence community believes the russians are trying to help him win the primary to that scientist to told the washington post quote i don't care frankly who putin wants to be president my message to putin is clear stay out of american elections and as president i will make sure that you do so that's the breaking news in the bernie sanders front as for this house briefing this happened last week and we believe the intelligence community basically gave a briefing to this house committee and said they believe that russia is interfering in the 2020 alexion to their preference to be president again is donald trump now donald trump really didn't like this story reno the whole question of whether the intelligence community's assessment that russia interfered in 2016 to help him win the election that rankles them every time it's brought up and this is doing the exact same he's responding with tweets and on the campaign trail let's listen i see these cronies these the do nothing democrats they said today that he wants to be sure that trump gets elected you we go. here we go did you see it. are people born i was told that was happening i was told a week ago they said you know they're trying to start a rumor it's just information that's the only thing they're good at is not good at anything else they get nothing done do not think democrats did just that. once you make sure i get elected. now there is a broader backdrop question to this just this week we saw the president make moves when he came to his director of national intelligence he got rid of joseph mcguire who had had a long time intelligence basically work experience he was there in an acting role so he and the president announced that he was leaving and richard gere now the ambassador to germany with no intelligence experience was going to be temporarily taking on the job now we can't directly say it was because the president was upset that this briefing happened because as an acting capacity he was going to mcguire was going to have to leave at the beginning of march anyway because they can only serve for so long in that job that said the president is announcing on twitter preaches this is caused a lot of controversy i mean this is a position where you're in charge of the 17 intelligence agencies making sure they coordinate made sure the president has the right intel to make sure they can avoid another 911. having no experience was controversial so the president's tweeted out that he is for good candidates for the job and he'll be announcing those in just the next few weeks. thank you very much indeed germany's interior minister says the far right poses the country's biggest security threat that comes up to 9 people were killed when a gunman opened fire at 2 shisha bars on wednesday extra police are now patrolling mosques train stations and airports government came reports from how now where the attack took place. so many of these friday prayers have a particular resonance wednesday night's murders have taken their toll on the congregational several were killed those wounded those who were not fearful damia says he worries for his children's safety rules that it can be. popped my son said to me daddy i feel afraid if i go outside will someone try to hurt me. that sentiment is widely shared among han ours muslim community and across this country the flag is the view of the question that we are all asking especially the affected people of the muslim faith in our land is what has to happen next in order for something like this to happen many among the wider community also feel revulsion at the attacks carried out on wednesday the floral tributes here in the main market square a clear sign of the rejection of the violence of the far right. but there's no doubt this atrocity has shocked the political classes and forced the government to act. police say prisons we will increase the police presence across germany and we will increase the protection of sensitive institutions especially in mosques. meanwhile the investigation into the murder is concentrating on his social media postings and what was on his computers office is admit he contacted them several months ago as an attention seeker but no action was taken this is comments were not openly racist they are clear his motivation for wednesday's murders was from the far right separately the f.t. party has caused its own controversy by including a link to the murderous manifesto in a tweet while saying it deplored the shootings the far right party has itself now been condemned for its link to the site the current christian democrat leader says the f.t. is to blame for creating a basis for exactly the kind of thinking that led to the shootings but back in high now such thoughts pale in comparison with the suffering of the victims and their relatives many of whom had come to germany with the hope of a new life and instead found themselves targeted by a racist murderer dominic cain al-jazeera hanau. in togo thousands of armed security forces have been deployed ahead of saturday's presidential election the government says it wants to avoid violence but some opposition leaders have signaled they're not happy with preparations for the vote. reports from the capital nomi. these stalker lou security forces cast their ballot days before saturday's election. they are part of several 1000 armed personnel who are providing security as more than $3000000.00 togolese come out to choose their president the election commission which dismissed criticism of its preparation says it's ready. some of its with effective u.s. military we've taken care of logistics including the delivery of election materials to voting areas our staff have been adequately trained to conduct a credible election we've also set up polling booths at 6 countries including france and the united states for us citizens to cost their votes. and he's happy with the security provided nearly $10000.00 policemen including special forces have been deployed throughout go to provide security during this election although no one is the structed in most parts of the country obviously i say they are not taking chances the 7 presidential candidates have ended their campaigns and there's been no major incident throughout the country. incumbent president. has been in power since 2005 after taking over from his father is running for another term possibly extending his family's grip of power which began in 1967 voters can also choose from 6 opposition candidates. but the opposition has largely failed to present a united challenge to the president there but the point you can do with your all the opposition thinks the ruling party has wasted 53 years and should leave and allow others to lead the ruling party on the other hand is haunted by the term limits it succeeded to remove although there have been modest reforms the president imposed himself to run for the 4th time and is unpopular with some voters. and that has discouraged some talk with his many of the 1st time voters who say they would come out to vote whoever wins the presidency however will have to find a way to heal divisions and quickly improve the economy and create jobs how many trees al-jazeera. thousands of algerians have rallied to mark the 1st anniversary of protests that toppled the rule of former president of the lizzie's bitter flicka protesters have demonstrated regularly since he was forced to stand down last year demanding the removal of allies who are still holding on to power they also want greater democracy and better living standards but. a popular opposition party in thailand has been dissolved by the constitutional court it ruled that future forward had violated electoral law by accepting a loan of $6000000.00 from its leader as the 4th major opposition party to be dissolved in less than 15 years when he reports from bangkok. there was anger and sadness his supporters gathered at the headquarters of the future forward party to watch the verdict the constitutional court judges ruled that the opposition party be dissolved and that 16 leaders banned from politics for 10 years. the case surrounded the more than $6000000.00 given to the party by its leader thomas on john room ruling kit the party said it was a loan which was being paid back and therefore exempt from laws in thailand that restrict the amount of money that can be given to a political party by an. the joule the judges disagreed and ruled that it was a donation while in excess of the legal limits future forward says it will now become a political movement and fight on. don't glide out they wanted to destroy us this is the time to prove them wrong we have to become stronger they want to stone person to the ground before this is the time to stand firm it's not the time to be said oh crikey we don't have time for that. this body delved into areas that others have and like going to reform one of the most powerful political forces in thailand the military but their ideas proved popular with many thais perhaps too popular and the military and the courts moved against them. the election last year the 1st since a 2014 coup was also future forwards 1st and it won more than $6000000.00 votes. it was an outcome that perhaps surprised the military that had spent the preceding years devising a new political system that many believe was designed to maintain its grip on power it now seems inevitable that thailand's fight for democracy will once again be taken to the streets your language i know when i am we can't live like this thailand is going backward we have no choice but to stand together please come out people we cannot only rely on tanna torn anymore this was the 4th major opposition party to be dissolved by the court in 13 years most of future forwards m.p.'s will be able to continue in parliament under a different party name but the ban on the leaders will increase the majority of the government which perhaps coincidentally faces a vote of no confidence next week wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. journalists in the philippines are protesting against attempts to stop them from discussing the possible closure of the country's largest television network the government wants to cancel the license of the broadcaster a.b.s. c b n which has been a fierce critic of president we're going to turn to jimmy fallon again reports from manila. on any given day the a.b.s. c.b.s. news room functions much like any other around the world hours before prime time there's a rush to get stories to air but these are uncertain times the philippines biggest t.v. network we soon lose its right to broadcast on free t.v. unless congress renews its license president a very good authority has indicated his wish to shut down the network entirely read around 162480 the government's top lawyer has accused a.b.s.e b.n. of what he calls highly abusive practices in its operations during the 2016 presidential election ab a c.b.s. allegedly failed to broadcast the terror displayed campaign advertisement congress which is dominated by the terror to loyalists will have to decide before end of march activists say these are becoming familiar scenes over the last few years where journalists take to the streets demanding for better protection of something already guaranteed under the philippine constitution press freedom and freedom of speech. outside the headquarters of a b a c b n hundreds of protesters from different rights groups as well as employees of the network are speaking out. it's not just me. anymore that's it's even the basic right of people to be expressing themselves and it isn't the 1st time that a.b.s. c.b.s. faced this type of action it was forcibly shut down during the time of former president for didn't mark was resuming operations at their the people power revolution in 1986 protesters say this human chain is a symbol of resistance against with the called creeping authoritarianism. an attack against journalists they say is a direct attack against democracy here in the dogon al jazeera mandela. protests have been taking place in mexico gets think creasing number of murders of women more than 10 women a killed every day but 2 particularly graphic attacks this month spark renewed outrage with calls for a national strike on home and has more from mexico city. and chanting no more move women who've taken over this toll booth on the outskirts of mexico city to protest against years of femicide the most and there's so much violence i don't know any woman who hasn't suffered here on the outskirts where the forgotten ones he is where they come to ferry the bodies. more than 10 women are killed every day across the country and it's getting worse in 2090 the number was double 4 years previously. but this month the she came to a head with to her think murderous ingrid. who stabbed him flayed 7 year old fatima to get was kidnapped outside her school then raped and strangled. after ingrid's murder this is what president lopez obrador had to say. i don't want the feeling of this press conference to just be about femicide says very clear. bottom media those who don't like us take advantage of any circumstance to generate campaigns of defamation. supply mission and social decay caused by new liberalism it outraged many skep what it is to be to know was it a can't describe it we're talking about a national emergency with femicide and we had 3 cases get really blew everything up and then the president says don't get distracted this isn't important so what is important. women's rights advocates say on paper protocols exist to deal with violence against women but in practice they're often ignored by authorities who can the so the abusive. men think i've been sexually assaulted by police and you know that you're facing up to this alone in part because the people who have solidarity with you are in mexico city not here. but in the last year women have been coming together more and more to demand change there's a relatively small number of women here but protests like this one have been increasing across the country off the years in which authorities are pretty done not very much to prevent femicide and abuses against women now the pressure is on. the 9th of march and national strike for women has been called the movement is only growing john home and. he cut the path. canadian prime minister justin trudeau says protestors must stop blocking rail services across parts of canada or police force should be used to this so set up blockades in ontario quebec and alberta in solidarity with indigenous communities who oppose a new pipeline project the coastal gas link pipeline would cross large parts of natively. and in northwestern british columbia some rail lines have been blocked moving 2 weeks for. european union leaders have failed to agree on the blocks next budget after a 2nd day of fraught talks french president emmanuel mccourt says he deeply regrets it could not reach a deal on the german chancellor angela merkel says the differences between the $27.00 nations were too big denmark austria sweden and the netherlands dug in their heels insisting that spending mustn't top one percent of europe's economic output threatens exit from the e.u. is left an 80 $1000000000.00 hole in the $20.00 to $21.00 to 2027 budget. coming up in sports might be no more faceoffs these 2 heavyweight fighter let's take a see what started it's gone it's. time for sports his preacher and lauren thank you so much players on the u.s. women's national football team also going for more than $66000000.00 in damages as part of a gender discrimination case. the players who are the world cup champions are suing the u.s. soccer federation alleging institutionalized discrimination that includes an equal pay between the men's and women's teams the damages were requested in papers filed in a los angeles court on thursday ahead of a trial that is should be will to start on may the 4th little maisey has spoken out about his dispute with barcelona's technical director erik but it's one that seems to continue during the club's troubled season basically trained on friday ahead of a home game against a bar but it's the bigger picture that still on his mind 2 weeks after the social media post criticized rb doll for claiming it was the players that got coach nestore vale the very sacked last month the guards and. i felt like he was attacking the players too many things i said that we control everything that the players put in and throw away coaches and they talk especially about me that i have a lot of power i was angry that it was said by a member of the club putting the players in the middle of the decision of sacking the coach seemed crazy to me that's his responsibility i couldn't let him attack us that way. is not showing any remorse the frenchman on the right here saying that messi should have spoken to him in person rather than resort to instagram. to say many things during these past years like internal issues should be sought behind closed doors and not through social media the most having said that there is a lot of the future to get the course. heavyweight boxer tyson fury and beyond say while they will weigh in later on friday head of the w.b.c. title rematch in las vegas but they won't be a repeat of seems like a means from thursday's news conference from houses have announced they will keep the fight as a part of the way in as they look to avoid the teams clashing again and to reduce the chance that while the whole theory could be cut forcing a delay to the event boxing journalist gareth a davies is in las vegas for the fight and he says it is highly likely fieri and while there will not see the last album on saturday the loser has the right to contractually reactivates a 3rd fight or activates a 3rd fight rather so it's down to the loser i do think they'll have a trilogy because if there's a close fight if it goes 12 rooms if it's a thriller people will want to see another one because everyone will know if it's wild in which it's it's wild or when it's people will say well fury did win the 1st fight and many of us believe we did win the 1st fight on points this is the rubber match really to decide it so sure it's all. you know a very false knockout the beginning or a very quick ending and i think we'll have a 3rd fight. wimbledon champion simona halep is moving on from her semi final defeat at the australian open she reached the final of the dubai tennis championships on friday with a victory over american jennifer brady the remaining and at the top of the screen punishing any loose shots from her opponent. brady just on able to deal with hallett's power all precision the world number 2 winning 626 love to go through to a final against kazakhstan's and then. another running world record has fallen to an athlete wearing a controversial set of trainers ethiopia's. they smashed the women's half marathon mark by 20 seconds in the u.a.e. she was wearing nike's bate of life shoes which are featured in several road and track records they have not been banned but they did prompt tighter regulations last month. india's cricketers have defeated defending champions australia in the opening game of the women's t 20 world cup 16 year olds are fairly verner helped to get india going up front she had the 6 before school 60 runs again over a full straightly as talk though megan shot the all these had something of a lucky break when they wake up people got a run out without really trying they go india 132 for 4 in reply australia's a list healey scoring a half century but she was out soon after that as india won by 17 runs. trey young has scored a career high 50 points to help the atlanta hawks beat the miami heat the 21 year old sank more than obvious 153 point attempts the heat were leading late in the game that allowed atlanta to score the last 10 points to secure the narrow win the hawks remain 2nd last in the east while miami have lost 5 of their last 6 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