Hello im this is al jazeera live from london also coming all the president of the multis declares a state of emergency as the countrys political crisis deepens. Samsung ad j. Y. In the is freed after his jail term for bribing south koreas former president is unexpectedly suspended. Supporters and critics of jacob zuma clash as a. N. C. Members need to discuss the South African president s preying. On the only surviving suspect in the twenty fifteen paris attacks refuses to answer questions as he goes on trial for a shootout with belgium please. Syrian refugees are. Risk of being forcibly returned despite the conflict still raging in the country aid groups are warning six leading agencies say neighboring countries as well as european and u. S. Governments are putting pressure on refugees to go back but for every syrian who went home last year three more were displaced the u. N. Predicts another one point five million will be forced to leave this year Syrian Air Force and russian jets are continuing to carry out asterix on rebel held areas of italy province and Eastern Ghouta there are reports that chlorine gas was used in an attack on sarah have in over the weekend that follows three suspected Chemical Attacks in duma any single in the last month well young egeland is the un humanitarian adviser on syria and also the secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council the pressure across the middle east and in europe and elsewhere is. Syrian refugees now you should return this is the time to go back and not consulting them not informing them and especially not looking at the real conditions in syria we the humanitarian organizations that are on the ground in syria and in the neighboring countries we call this report dangerous grounds for the simple reason that these women children and men have to be informed of the conditions and we have to assure that it is voluntary when they go back and then we have to assist and protect the return. Well at least forty nine people have been killed as the government and russian airstrikes intensify in rebel controlled parts of the country. Province thirty people died and dozens were wounded russian jets targeted a hospital in the countryside the second in as many days to be hit on sunday on the red lips largest hospitals was damaged and at least nineteen people were killed in as drawings on besieged Eastern Ghouta near damascus the rebel held area has also come under increasing attack in the recent days there is growing International Concern over acute food and medicine shortages the u. N. Says child malnutrition in eastern guta is the worst its seen in the nearly seven year war. And in the last hour members of the United Nations Security Council met in new york to discuss the suspected chlorine gas attack in italy province u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Nikki haley criticize russia for blocking a statement condemning the use of chemical weapons in syria she urged moscow to adopt the Security Council stance lets go over to our diplomatic editor james space whos been listening into that debate and James Nikki Haley this thing to spend most of her time criticizing russia rather than actually president assad in syria. Yes very much a war of words in the u. N. Security council that meeting is continuing as we speak and in fact the Russian Ambassador salena benzine is speaking to the Security Council now this was a meeting that you were not supposed to see a regular meeting on chemical weapons in syria that happens at the Security Council supposed to be what they call here in consultations behind closed doors but the u. S. Said no we want this meeting to be public because of these latest allegations of new chemical weapons use the Russian Ambassador in the last few minutes very angry about that it seems he said for return from his Security Council colleagues very little truth and mountains of lies referring particularly to the u. S. Arm to the u. K. Who he said were mounting in the Security Council a campaign of slander and he said they were both the u. S. And the u. K. And france artificially heating up this issue one of those hes referring to of course is the u. S. Ambassador this is what nikki haley had to say so far russia has delayed the adoption of the statement a simple condemnation of syrian children being suffocated by chlorine gas i hope russia take the appropriate step to adopt this text but if we cant even take the first step of a stab us in accountability for chemical weapons use we have to seriously ask ourselves why we are here. Came to feel that weve been here before is there anything that could give those people in Northern Syria an entire province in eastern goes to hope that theyre going to get any further forward with this current debate. Im afraid not snow and that theme of the impotence of the International Community was also reflected by the french ambassador who said this was all a challenge to the un Security Council and the dutch ambassador the host of the o. P. C. W thats the International Body that deals with chemical weapons so this undermines the whole convention on chemical weapons which he said was one of the biggest successes of recent years of the International Community and all that and undermined by whats continually going on in syria these blatant chemical weapons attacks on the Security Council has no power to deal with them there was a mechanism in place the joint investigation mechanism which was set up but then when that found that syria the assad regime had been responsible were guilty for some of the Chemical Attacks russia decided that it didnt want that mechanism continued russias come up with its own version of a mechanism a draft Security Council resolution or matt i can tell you most of the western nations say that ones not going to fly they say its not tough enough by far many thanks for that update from the United Nations there are reports that u. S. Forces have begun to with your their chips from iraq and iraq a government Spokesman Says the move began after it declared victory over i sent last year says some soldiers will stay for logistical and training purposes u. S. Troops have assisted in the battle against i thought twenty forty. Thank you. A fifteen day state of emergency has just been declared in the maltese by the president of delhi a Main Parliament is under military control stopping opposition politicians from filing impeachment motions against senior government figures this as the president defies calls from the Supreme Court to release nine Political Prisoners including the countrys former president whos currently in exile for more on this we can speak to john and mohammed a journalist with the maltese independent he joins us now from the capital molly thanks very much for coming on aljazeera it really does feel like a crisis is evolving now in the multi with is it a standoff really between the judicial process the Supreme Court and the presidency. Yes it is very much so it is. Explicitly when you look at the rights that have been suspended under the state of emergency these rights include fundamental rights and shine in the constitution twenty of those and. In addition the procedures act and some parts of the judges act specifically article two and fourteen of the act has been suspended by the administration now one of these articles article two is very important because article two of deals with special privileges just judges and justices have when it comes to can still i miss them so article two. It stipulates that if you are sitting in a judge you need a warrant from judge of a higher court than the judge that you are testing and if its a justice of the Supreme Court that youre honest and you need. A warrant signed by the rest of the Supreme Court bench before you can i just Supreme Court justice i cannot cut this bubble up on to the straight how we want to people thinking out on the street should they think that the current president is out of order and that the president should be coming back or do they have sympathy when the president. I think right now most of the people. Against this and we have seen that on social media and on the streets as well especially on the night that the Supreme Court ordered the current ruling that has led to this crisis those hundreds gathered outside the Campaign Center and mamma and i just know i will go before the president nasheed he to attend everyone to get out on the streets against the government and i have not been able to go out yet but i think position is preparing for our lives a strike now thank you very much for that update on what is that developing story mohammed. Still to come this half hour former sports doctor laurie now say sentencing fourteen to one hundred twenty five years for molesting Young Athletes in michigan if the prison term. On moscow struggles to keep moving after its blanket chain by its heaviest snowfall since records began in. That it must feel really cold the moment in hong kong the daytime High Temperature forty is below what the average night time low is this time years or winter is really throwing itself down shanghais marxists three is also below where it should be a not much changes the next twenty four hours so its cold throughout this part of china as a Long Time Coming but its now settled danes just cold and like their currency still poor in new delhi hazardous in places and despite the fact youve got clouds tricky across he is not actually affecting very much is very much high level cloud of the most part it will catch some part of the himalayan and youll find snow falling here but otherwise its still a dry and quiet picture which again is typical for this time of the year nothing much will change the next day or so recent snow has been reported in the mountains in the eastern side of a man theres nothing much in the forecast that when this thing happens to the winter every now and again with the wind lightning now its warming up in bahrain and qatar twenty four as a max thirty three still in mecca of course and that streak of clouds also just that a streak of cloud nothing much more than that suns out in iran twelve degrees and baghdads warmed up at twenty two degrees its also fun sunday night in the levant. Counting the cost some of the biggest names in tech out with record earnings but theyre also under scrutiny by regulators in whats being called a. Look at business relations between the u. K. And china plus another scandal in the german Auto Industry counting the cost at this time. Ill come back to remind all of the top stories here on aljazeera at least forty nine people have been killed in syria as government and russian ass strikes intensify in rebel controlled parts of the country the u. S. Criticizes russia as the u. N. Security Council Discusses the use of chemical weapons in syria this after chlorine gas attack. On sunday and the political crisis in the maldives worse than this with the president declaring a state of emergency. And a Surprise Court ruling the vice chairman of Samsung Electronics has been released from jail he was convicted last year on a number of corruption charges and sentenced to five years in prison and i reports from seoul where South Koreans have been watching his case very closely. J. Wiley was smiling as he walked out of a sore courtroom out of jail and back to his life as vice chairman of Samsung Electronics after a year in prison an Appeals Court freed him and dismissed most of the corruption charges against him. I think if you can get out. For economic reasons overall i think it was a good decision. Lisa as hes used his time in jail to reflect. Again i feel very sorry to everyone for not showing my best side and it has been a really precious time for year reflecting on myself. The first thing he did after being released was visit his father in hospital hes been incapacitated for three years prosecutors say it was least strategy to succeed his father as chairman of Samsung Electronics that got him in trouble. Hes one character of many in south koreas largest Corruption Scandal in recent memory. It led to millions of koreans protesting and the impeachment of President Park geun hey last year prosecutors say lee paid or promised to pay forty Million Dollars to approve a merger of two samsung units he considered that important to a succession. Many people got angry about these Political Economic ties and you know the political power of the president to use it to a personal. And the economy powar always homes and used to kind the opportunity to take the personal advantage or at the cost of. Many hoped please conviction last year would usher in a new era of accountability for big corporations and politicians now some are wondering if once again its simply business as usual. To come in and. Do this it is by the lower court and the epic court are so different im not sure what is good or bad but yeah im suspicious about how the decision can be so different leas lawyer say theyll launch an appeal to dismiss the remaining charges against their client now people are looking at the developments in least case and wondering how it will impact former president ha hes in jail and in the midst of a corruption trial of her own a verdict is expected in the coming months this washington Ayman Al Jazeera sole. American olympic. Gnostics talked to larry nasa has been sentenced to forty eight to one hundred twenty five years in prison and a third sentence related to a series of child molestation cases in michigan hes already been sentenced to more than two hundred years in prison after he pleaded guilty to sexually abusing girls while working as a doctor for the usa Gymnastics National team hes also being convicted on child pornography charges well john hendren is now live for us in chicago just give us an idea of what happened in the court today john. Well so larry nasser gave very little emotional reaction when that sentence was read and you explained why this is the third time hes been in court and the third sentence hes received and he knew long before today that this meant he was never going to get outside of a prison again and that was exactly what the judge in the case intended she said that he had caused women to think of suicide as cause and depression eating disorders self harming sleep disorders anger and loss of self worth he said they have robbed them the judge said that he has robbed these women of the ability to trust in their lives and she said you wanted to make sure that he spent the rest of his life in prison well now hes got a total of three hundred sixty years in sentences thats up to three hundred sixty years and its very unlikely ever to get out of prison again he made a short statement to the court in this suit is what he had to say. Words expressed by everyone that has spoken including the. Impacted me too to my innermost for. That being said i understand now that it pales in comparison to the pain. And emotions that you are a few. Its impossible to convey the depth and breadth of sorry and to each and every one in all. Visions of your testimonies will forever be isnt my thing. And joe whats been the fallout with the us Olympic Stadium on the other organizations this month. What. Well its been very slow moving and that its frustrated the women in this case it was in two thousand and fifteen after allegedly years and years of abuse that the usa Olympics Committee decided to report this to the f. B. I. That was after their own internal investigation it was another year before Michigan State university began to report nasser and that is in part because the usa Gymnastics Organization did not report it side of the f. B. I. So that has caused major problems since then the entire board of usa gymnastics has stepped down the head of Michigan State university has been forced to step down as well and now there are calls for action at the u. S. Olympic committee theyve already had to shut down their Training Center for gymnastics in texas because simone biles the olympic Gold Medalist among others has said that she felt haunted by going back there so now there are a number of civil cases people are going to be suing larry nasser but theyre also going to be suing these organizations as well diggs asians is well because theyre the ones with the deep pockets so the end is not in sight for the usa Olympics Committee and of course larry nasser himself is supposed to pay back these women for the harm that hes done to them so this case is not over many thanks tom hannon that life for us in chicago. Russia has condemned the International Olympic committees decision not to allow its athletes cleared of doping to compete at the Winter Olympics starting in south korea this week the i. O. C. Made the announcement despite the lifting of the lifetime bans on fifteen russian athletes and coaches by the court of arbitration for sport last week russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev says its a shameful political decision he sports minister has also spoken out who is it really it is even more dangerous that this decision by the International Olympic committee is i think a little bit weird i think it violates their own rules im sure it will adversely affect the sports and deliberate movement directly rival factions of south africas ruling party have clashed during demonstrations outside the partys headquarters in johannesburg it came ahead of an urgent a. N. C. Meeting to discuss the future of president jacob zuma after talks failed to secure his departure is we under pressure to resign since there are opposed to replace him as leader of the party of family there miller has more from johannesburg. The African National congress is continuing to grapple with what it calls a transitional period after sil remark was i was named president of the party while jacob zuma remains president of south africa and thats amid intensifying calls for zuma to step down this of course relates back to allegations of corruption and his relationship with a prominent family in south africa who are accused of influencing president zuma as well as a government policy and appointments now that still remark was a is president of the a. N. C. Would appear that zuma has position has weakened to some extent and they are calls from within the party and also from outside for the president to step down now unconfirmed reports indicate that zuma has said he wont resign that hes done nothing wrong and that he will indeed make the state of the nation address later this week opposition parties have requested the speaker of parliament to perspire own the address and if they dont have an answer any time soon they say they will approach the courts to have this address possible until after a motion of no confidence on them and scheduled for the twenty second of february zuma appears to be facing increased pressure to step down to leave office but he appears to be Standing Firm thats despite what appears to be an increasing rift within the within the ruling party. And plans to turn off the taps in cape town have been pushed back by nearly a month to mayor the eleventh authorities have called that day is zero semifinals to an extensive drought but now Officials Say veritas appraising a reduction in agricultural demand for water so there may not need to take the drastic move destructions for water use are still in place with residents only allowed to use up to fifty liters a day. An american investigator into the illegal ivory and rhino trade has been stabbed to death at his home in the kenyan capital seventy five year old as broadly martin led investigations into the Legal Practice that threatens the two species with extinction is work found asia and africa and he also served as the u. N. Special envoy on Rhino Conservation Police Investigation into what happened is now under way. Two of the three Kenyan Television stations shut down by the government six days ago for broadcasting an event held by opposition leader. And now back on the air it comes as police in nairobi have fired tear gas at protests against the governments decision to forcibly halt live coverage of a mock inauguration last tuesday the t. V. Stations and t. V. And katie and news have both now resumed. Although Citizen Television is still off the air. Salah the only surviving suspect from the paris attacks and twenty fifteen is on trial in belgium is charged with attempted murder for trying to kill police during a shootout in brussels nearly two years ago. Refused to rise when the session began and told the court my silence does not make me a criminal he was arrested four days before bomb attacks killed thirty two people in brussels that is at a court in brussels and has this update. All solid dislodging told the judge that he would not stand up that he was too tired he also said he would not respond to any questions he said that silence remained his defense and that muslims are often tried and judged without pity that there was no presumption of innocence well this was the first time that solid disarm has been seen since his arrest back in march twenty sixth and he is being tried over his alleged role in a Police Shootout which happened just a few days before that arrest there is of course the highest security surrounding this trial at the time that he was caught he was of course europes most wanted man so each day he is being brought from a prison in northern france sported by elite Police Officers both belgian and and french across the border to brussels and each day he returns there nothing we are told is being left to chance. The European Unions chief breakfast negotiator says the u. K. Urgently needs to clarify what relationship it wants with europe after leaving the e. U. Michel barnier is on his First Official visit to the United Kingdom since negotiations began banja has been speaking to the u. K. Brecht sic secretary david davis and Prime Minister to resign may at downing street hes warned the time has come for the u. K. To make a choice over the nature of its future trade or barker is at the house of parliament in london. There has been some decision on the Customs Union but with Michel Barnier werent warning this is possibly going to be a bumpy ride. He did indeed well ahead of this meeting theres been a sense load of allegations swirling in the British Press about a possible rebellion to oust the Prime Minister to resign may from members of her own party hardline breck city is who were worried about to resume a conceding things to the European Union and not clarifying whether the u. K. Did indeed tent intend to leave the Customs Union well ahead of this meeting to resume a clarified that indeed categorically the u. K. Would leave the Customs Union as if to somewhat satisfy those dissenting voices from when within her own ranks but what does this all mean while the Customs Union allows countries within the e. U. To trade freely without any barriers or tariffs between countries also imposes a a standard tower if when it comes to importing goods into the e. U. From outside the block but the bric city is a saying well look we need to need to go it alone we can cut our own deals with the rest of the world it will be much better for it for us in the long run by those who want to remain who have repeatedly said well that will simply mean that the e. U. Will start to impose tariffs that didnt exist on us in the future and thats exactly what Michel Barnier hinted he said that any kind of barriers any kind of terrorist would quote be somewhat unavoidable so it may not be as smooth the transition as the British Government hopes they hope for a frictionless arrangement with the e. U. That would be favorable to both the e. U. And the u. K. Post brechts it but it may be a little tougher when it comes to trade later down the negotiations line than they first thought and even any closer to pinning down how long the implementation paling is going to tank. Well we know that the suggestion from the British Government has always been for two year implementation period but how long it would take to come to an agreement over that period itself is very difficult to know there are several key sticking points hard line breaks or two years are worried about being simply a continuation of the status quo that the e. U. Will essentially be in charge in that two year period they want to see greater sovereignty also hoose of other sixteen points that need to be overcome within seven weeks ahead of the next e. U. Council summit less than any of those arrangements of settled out dealt with and its impossible then to move on to trade and thats where the British Government wants to be good to get your thoughts on this new back of their life or as a westminster. Italian place have clashed with protesters in rome angry at turkish president type erdogan is meeting with the pope around one hundred fifty may need kurdish protesters staged a demonstration close to the vatican which turned violent after an attempt to break through police lines there unhappy at the Turkish Military action against the kurds in syria and on the street is the first by a turkish president to the vatican since nine hundred fifty eight the two men discussed their opposition to the u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel russias capital moscow is buried under snow falls after more than a months worth of snow in just two days flights have been delayed and one person was killed by a falling power line the army has been called in to help clear the snow schools are being closed a highly unusual occurrence in a city well used to bad weather and more snow is forecast. Lets get the top stories now on aljazeera at least forty nine people have been killed as government and russian airstrikes intensify in rebel controlled parts of the country in italy province thirty people died and dozens were injured russian jets targeted a hospital in the countryside the second in as many days to be hit. Members of the United Nations Security Council in new york are discussing i suspect a chlorine gas attack in a province on sunday u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Nikki haley criticized russia for blocking a statement condemning the use of chemical weapons in syria so far russia has delayed the adoption of the statement a simple condemnation of syrian children being suffocated by chlorine gas i hope russia takes the appropriate step to adopt this text showing the council is unified in condemning chemical weapons attacks a fifteen day state of emergency has been declared in the mold the president of delhi young mean parliament is under military control stopping opposition politicians from filing impeachment motions against senior government figures the president is defying calls from the Supreme Court to release nine Political Prisoners including the countrys former president s in a Surprise Court ruling the heir to sampson has been released from jail jay wiley was convicted last year on a number of corruption charges and sentenced to five years in prison prosecutors accused him of paying bribes to the then President Park geun hye. America that limping gymnastics dr larry nasa has been sentenced to forty two one hundred twenty five years in prison in a third sentence related to a series of child molestation cases in michigan hed already been sentenced to more than two hundred years for affection abusing girls all working as a doctor for u. S. Gymnastics team those are the headlines counting the cost is next. A lot has a secret this is counting the cost on aljazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week some of the worlds Biggest Technology names out with earnings
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