They call the west coast solve the u. S. And canada after a powerful earthquake triggered tsunami warnings. Also the Campaign Team for egyptian president ial hopeful something in iran says hes been arrested and. Turkeys offensive against kurdish fighters gathers pace in Northern Syria as rebel allies capture villages i mean plus. The. Legendary antiapartheid activist and jazz singer Hugh Bassa Kayleigh loses his battle with cancer. Im joined again with a sporting pleading its over and out of the world number one. Calls it quits in the Australian Open quarter finals because of an injury. Welcome to the program tsunami warnings along the u. S. And the canadian and west coast have been cancelled after a powerful seven point nine earthquake hit two hundred fifty kilometers southeast of the alaskan town of at a depth of ten kilometers. In kodiak people were woken up in the middle of the night by the tsunami warning sirens and those warnings. What he did with people flocking to Evacuation Centers like this one in tofino in Vancouver Island canada danniella Health Correspondent joins me on the phone line now from toronto in canada was all a fisherman saying at the moment daniel about the west coast of canada and the potential tsunami. As you mentioned late probably have already made it clear that the tsunami warning has been canceled for the canadian west coast not at this point for the alaskan coast that must mean that officials are confident that there isnt a way bracing for the coast of Vancouver Island where you know is the truth. As far as the last turn there were reports from there that the dummy boys were recording disturbances in the ocean of up to ten meters officials caution that there was a storm a meter area as well so were still waiting more information some of the more remote areas we do know that the major cities major towns in western canada they have cancelled the tsunami warning came in the middle of the night people had to move quickly Text Messages siren get to shelters get to Higher Ground fortunately all these communities do have a back to haitian plan and they do take paid six million right people with well well leave it there with you for the moment daniel will cross over now to our other correspondent rob reynolds whos in the American West coast city of Los Angeles Rob of course the authorities will be erring on the side of caution regardless of those tsunami warnings being counseled. Yes of course the the warnings that and watches that went out were out of an abundance of caution this was a very powerful earthquake in eight point two magnitude located about two hundred fifty kilometers off the alaskan coast and of course a people do remember the terrible tsunami that struck japan in two thousand and eleven and the even more destructive indian ocean tsunami in two thousand and five two thousand and four so. These types of events the do merit a lot of training precautions and warnings when necessary it must have been a very terrifying evening for the residents of kodiak alaska when warning sirens blared and Text Messages were sent out to phones to get to Higher Ground we saw pictures of. Cars and trucks streaming to higher areas people trying to get out as quickly as possible but fortunately as dana mentioned the a warning has now been lifted for all of the continental United States and British Columbia as well as those areas of alaska the harbor master in kodiak reported a wave surge of about a meter but nothing higher than that so fortunately for all concerned this does appear to have been. A powerful earthquake but no tsunami waves of any destructive extent and no reports by the way of any injuries on the mainland people said they did he feel the rumble and the shaking but no real reports of any damage as well but well leave that phenomena up of course well continue to keep a close eye on the situation with you and our colleagues bill to the bordering canada thank you. Pakistani police have arrested a man suspected of raping and killing a seven Year Old Girl then urban sorrys body was found in a rubbish dump earlier this month the suspect was arrested near the city of course or where the girl was found her death sparked massive protests across pakistan with many calling for justice. Years Vice President mike pence as does to the western wall in occupied East Jerusalem during the second and final day of his visit its one of the holiest sites in judaism pense was shown around the site by a rabbi early in the day he met israeli president in and told the Holocaust Memorial hari forsett joins us now our correspondent in occupied East Jerusalem and of course the pence Vice President did visit. The various locations that one would expect a person of his stature to visit on a visit like this is not the first time it had added significance given the tenor of his speech in the knesset just what twenty four hours ago. Well thats right i mean that the western wall is a site which has been visited on in a personal capacity by president obama before he became president by donald trump when he was here last year as president without israeli officials again mike pence visited without israeli officials it was a visit which was as you say led by the chief rabbi at the war but after what he said yesterday after the what donald trump said in december in terms of the of declaring jerusalem as far as United States was concerned the capital of israel saying at that time that the final boundaries within jerusalem of israeli sovereignty would still have to be. Agreed at a later date and then having a white house official say shortly after that that they couldnt see any future in which a western wall was not part of israel it does become because it is here in occupied East Jerusalem more of a political issue for mike pence of course someone who has a long held evangelical Christian Faith it was a religious visit in in his in terms of the way that he was looking at it and he said he was inspired by the visit one other thing to note there was a separation between male and female journalists at the site there was some protest over that it was said to be in accordance with jewish traditions some of the female journalists who were there trying to observe and report on the on the visit of mike pence complain that that was not necessary and prevented them from doing their jobs properly of course the nature of the visit has also impacted directly on the palestinians but has really changed the position that the palestinians find themselves in. Yeah i mean is it that it is really cemented i think what they felt from the declaration on december the sixth by donald trump it has been a visit which has been marked by incredibly. Supportive language for israel in that speech of the knesset and again just repeatedly. Emphasizing the fact the United States could now come here in the person of mike pence and call jerusalem the capital of israel it may not change the actual material situation which the power seems find themselves in they had already said many weeks ago that they would no longer view the United States as a potential sponsor or broker or mediator in the Peace ProcessMahmoud Abbas are sitting president in europe looking for alternatives but it does really that the tone of it all segments what they have been saying since then and indeed the chairman of the executive committee of the p. L. O. The person the person Liberation Organization he said that it was a messianic kind of attitude that might present tense brought with him and just emphasize once again that they viewed the United States now as part of the problem not the solution for the momentary well leave it there thanks very much now turkey says its armed forces and rebel allies are making advances in their offensive against kurdish y. P. G. Forces in Northern Syria they say theyve captured several villages in the are free region turkey wants to create a thirty kilometer deep buffer zone to protect its border from fighters in regards as terrorists Stephanie Decker has in antakya forests are on the turkey syria border it seems that its it ebbs and flows as far as news about where the villages have been taken or not stephanie what more do we know about the situation. Thats right we had two days ago the f. S. A. Captured a village to the northwest about fifteen and then a day later the y p g took it back so it is a very fluid situation on the ground however weve just had the announcement that the Free Syrian Army fighters these are of course the Syrian Rebels that turkey supports took a village a large village we can call that called how man now why is this important because it lies very close to the Turkish Border search close to where we are on the western front of africa and so that plays into sort of you know the message that we heard from the Prime Minister that the emir is to create that sort of security zone pushing the white keiji initially back from the border so yes as you mentioned it is a fluid situation on the ground when it comes to the fighting but of course turkey has superiority when it comes to air power theyre flying jets theyre bombarding from the sky and that of course carries with it a massive advantage even though the y. P. G. Fighters know the terrain well and theyre well trained that the weather has certainly impact the military operation in the area stephanie but also it would impact all the civilians the conditional the those that are those that are trying to escape. Yeah its hard to establish homes but we have managed to speak to a couple of sources most people we speak to will tell you that people are not leaving and also that the white p. G. Is not keen for people to leave because they say they fear that turkey will flatten the city of our freedom if there are no civilians left inside and we do understand from other sources that some people women and children have managed to leave to the aleppo area this is now under the control of the government however other reports say that government checkpoints are not allowing people to pass its a very murky situation as always when it comes to syria so when were reporting from the outside in depending on many different sources it is also a propaganda war but what is clear is there are hundreds of thousands of civilians in this area it is a military campaign and even though turkey tries to take its utmost its says it does nothing to target civilians only the y. P. Gee we know in a war situation that of course is a very difficult thing to keep things absolutely separate it for the moment well leave it there stephanie continues in a volatile situation with you thank you. But weve got breaking news coming out of egypt now where the military is arrested the former chief of staff some eight and nine days after that he announced to candace and his candidacy in the president ial election planned for march not according to another Campaign Team that earlier in a televised statement the military said that an uncommitted violations when he announced his president ial bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces hes also accused of committing forgery to being clued in the voter database well for more on this we can bring in a shoot a professor of Security Studies at the Doha Institute could have you with us in the studio. Why would he throw his hat into the ring potentially knowing that he could upset the current regime in cairo. Its actually quite a courageous move we did not understand why they do that he obviously had president ial ambitions im not sure what his calculations was because if you had not if youd not have loyalists within the military and the security if you not have loyalist within the hard power institutions of the state then you are most likely to get arrested we saw that with. Some kind of harassment because that was several president ial candidates the last of them was actually a general in the air force and mubaraks last Prime Minister. Was held in a hotel that were reading into this that he wouldnt have thrown his hat into the ring if he didnt have substantial support in the armed forces or those that are serving in the armed forces all those that are ex armed forces. Yes but until now we dont know his strategic conclusions he may miscalculated because obviously hes arrested now so its either counterreaction but theres a very important with. The Armed Forces Council now which from which he should get permission its not the armed forces that he was the deputy head of back in twenty eleven he was the deputy head of the Supreme Council of the armed forces with the one thousand generals that took over to egypt after february twenty eleven now things have changed all of these nineteen none of them are serving aside from the the current chief of staff and so the current minister of defense official who is a loyalist to a city so whether they are in power or laws whether in service or not how damaging has it been to have someone like throw his hat into the ring as a challenge to adult fattah elsisi. It is quite damaging it tells you that someone not just from within the ruling establishment or formerly from within the limits. But also a military commander of a higher level of a higher caliber than the c. C. And in an attempt to as he said you know the game you get on the right course regains some form of national and conservation regain some form of egyptian pride in very nationalistic sense gets arrested in that way and i think it was the way he tweeted this or whoever tweeted death for him from his account was basically its the c. C. And his gang arresting a general general sami on and so it was a very powerful statement its hard to know exactly what the egyptian people are thinking because aljazeera cannot report from egypt independently but do the egyptian people generally from the contacts you have really care whether a nobody is a former military man or a current military man because its one military man after another what they still are looking for is a person they could have belief in regardless of their background and every time a military man appears that the alarm bells start to ring this is partly true but you know there was a military man who came in the form of much if you came after twenty eleven he still managed to get twelve million votes so it doesnt matter really i think what matters is someone who inspires and someone who tells them that you will give them a solution for their freedom problems with a problem social problems and economic problems i think the current regime did not really deliver on many of its promises since twenty fourteen on woods and represents like a part of the military establishment with different promises could be the same vicious cycle but we will never know with this current condition but well just have we will have to wait and see what all is there to counter the action or the counteroffensive because i dont think it will end that point well see what does happen for the moment i washer thanks for joining us in studio three a plenty more here on the aljazeera news hour including. For them to say that theyre not willing to protect us its a betrayal. Donald trumps political opponents are accused of cave again after a deal to end the u. S. Government shutdown plus. Why the growing divide between the rich and the poor will be the focus of the World Economic forum has just opened in switzerland. And install russias unofficial olympic team unveiled the look for pill. Indias Prime Minister has opened the World Economic forum in switzerland with a warning that protectionism is gaining ground while globalisation is losing its appeal the hundred movies at the annual three day summit in the resort of davos donald trump is expected to join seventy other leaders not the growing gap between rich and poor is expected to be a major talking point after oxfam report said one percent of the population and eighty two percent of the global wealth. Globalization give you pretty instead of globalization the power of protectionism is putting its head up their wishes not to favor them some globalization but to change the natural flow of globalization. Out of this is that we are seeing new. Ways of barriers being imposed by lack of multilateral plea negotiations appeared to come to a halt well john has our correspondent force in davos and of course while the madrid modi opened that session the first time i think that an indian Prime Minister has been there for nearly twenty years all eyes are really on the potential for President Trump to arrive at the end of the week. Yes i think thats true sila hes certainly donald trump the big ticket attraction here hell become in a couple days time the first u. S. President to visit down or since one thousand nine hundred ninety when bill clinton came here but he probably shouldnt come expecting much of a heros welcome remember as a candidate for the presidency donald trump had railed against and dismissed the sort of people who gather here at davos the global elite hes dismissing them as the party of divorce he will go after a year in office now as i say be here hell be making the closing address on friday probably the most anticipated moment of the week and wha