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and welcome to. headquarters and. also ahead. under. the president and. continue. and dozens of flights canceled as. volcano. smog. and russians prince harry an american actress announced their engagement. a bombardment of government artillery and russian air strikes have killed nineteen people in a rebel held on klav of syria's capital damascus as the second such attack in forty

eight hours and eastern sunday twenty three people were killed by shelling and russian airstrikes including several children while the attacks come at a key moment in the conflict a new round of un backed talks began on tuesday aimed at ending the six and a half year war opposition groups and government representatives are due to meet in geneva but u.n. officials have been unable to confirm that the government delegation is planning to travel a diplomatic editor james bays reports. it was supposed to stop this bloodshed. but as we've seen many times the timetable of failed diplomacy is actually. the people of syria. and the. it's of damascus bombarded the assad government has been intensifying its onslaught in the days and hours before talks to to start

a lot of envelopment assad didn't leave a single corner that hasn't been destroyed if you want to fight it don't target civilians instead take on the armed groups at the front lines god willing they'll teach you a lesson briefing the u.n. security council in new york the man who's supposed to lead the talks on tuesday stefan de mistura condemned the violence he noted that the syrian government had perspire its travel to geneva but he said they needed to attend naturally we hope indeed expect that the government will be on its way shortly but to get in i don't break that into of commitment to prevent importing when they met in sochi that meeting part of intense diplomacy in recent weeks the russians who turned things around on the battlefield for assad are supposed to bring the syrian government to the geneva table and the saudis created a new opposition group ing to go to the talks out are key players like former

leader riyadh his job in a figures closer to moscow some of which were previously even derived it as a side stooges a number of western diplomats have told me they're concerned about the way stefan de mistura is handling this process they fear it's becoming russian flavored with a focus on a new constitution and elections rather than on political transition. geneva . meanwhile the u.s. says it's considering adjustments to how it gives military support to kurdish led forces fighting isis and northern syria turkey considers the kurdish seven fighters known as the wife tell us on friday the turkish government said u.s. president donald trump told his counterpart range of five adelong that supplies to the kurdish led groups would hold for the state department now says such decisions on military support will be based on battlefield requirements. woman

not all done. we are allies of the us under nato and we have made it clear several times to us with the right method with the right rhetoric that this was not the right thing to do what we were told in response was that they attach a lot of importance to the fight against eisel and as a result they have to assess all options but of course it is not a choice for us to work with these organizations to fight against arsenal it is a necessity they told us but we are having difficulty understanding this since when do you need to work with one terrorist organization against another terrorist organization it's not fitting of a serious state and not behavior that suits a country such as the united states let's move on to other news now and for teen people have been killed and thirteen entered in a suicide attack southeast of the iraqi capital baghdad it happened near a market in the one hundred mani area by still has claimed responsibility and wrong

has more from baghdad but the sources are telling us that all after the explosion took place a small improvised explosive device that a number of gunmen at least full they say fired from the rooftops of buildings adjacent to the market and that's where we saw a lot of those that's taking place now we are hearing that i still have claimed responsibility for this is attacked now this will shock a number of people in baghdad i guess through a relative period of calm the last major suicide attack like this that we saw a bombing that we saw was actually in may you know the happiness you very small incidents outside of baghdad in the south but nothing in the south of baghdad story but nothing the scale of their star as i say i still have claimed responsibility for this it's likely that they're striking back because they've suffered defeats in mosul in iraq in syria and also in the north in anbar province sorry in iraq. now only results have given on opposition leader

a lead in the presidential election supporters of salvador have been celebrating after the announcement by the electoral court where more than seventy percent of the votes counted he's on forty five percent five points ahead of the incumbent president won orlando and as both candidates are declaring victory and the election money on the sanchez has more from the. candidates. pressure the. president. that. they're still waiting for. from a. bargaining

. been elected. president or something. now senior military general has denied that religious discrimination exists in his country the comments were made after a meeting with pope francis the head of the catholic church is on his first visit to myanmar and has been advised not to use the word for her during discussions a military crackdown and racan state has forced more than six hundred thousand one hundred to flee to neighboring bangladesh scott hardly has more from a young girl. word coming out late on monday here the first day of the pope's visit

to myanmar that he met with the commander in chief general men now this is a meeting that was supposed to take place on thursday caught some people off guard because this word came out late on monday that was originally described as a rest day for the pope now. the general posted a statement on his facebook page say they met for about fifteen minutes now he said also in that meeting he got across the idea he said to the pope that there wasn't religious discrimination in the country but that it can press office said that the discussed several issues and that the pope got across to the general that there is great responsibility for the authorities here in myanmar during this transition period no there's no word from either side if the range of issues was brought up now obviously that's a very sensitive topic during the pope's visit here now on tuesday the pope will travel to naples or the capital where he'll meet with the civilian leader and other members of the government and other members of the religious affiliations now it'll be interesting to see how those meetings go and if they'll be any mention of or

hinge it but this first high level meeting that the pope had unexpected high level meeting the pope had with the commander in chief of the military no mention of a hinge a but we'll see if that changes when the pope goes the neighborhood or on tuesday. well authorities on the intimation island of bali have expanded the evacuation order from the immediate area surrounding mt volcano as fearing smaller cop to three thousand meters into the sky mohammad john june reports it could lead to a major eruption at any moment that's what indonesian officials are saying about the volcano on the island of bali now a gong has been rumbling and spewing ash into the atmosphere since the weekend on monday a mass evacuation was ordered and the danger zone was expanded on the possibility of a large eruption is very high some indications show they will indeed be an eruption since yesterday the eruption that happened has been accompanied by the sound of explosions and vibrations that can be heard and felt within

a distance of twelve kilometer as. the indonesian officials say they will continue to search all the villages in the area and force residents to evacuate if need be. done so until now based on incoming reports that eruptions and trim is continuous and the love is filling the crater the lava will flow down the slopes after the crater is full. bali's international airport was closed hundreds of flights were canceled and tens of thousands of travelers were stranded after tests indicated ash had reached its airspace with. everything and we can back it like make. bali is the top tourist destination in indonesia and plays host to millions of visitors each year the volcano last erupted in one thousand nine hundred sixty three when more than one thousand people were killed mohamed and does either. but still ahead on the bulletin how the impending

trial of a turkish trader is testing u.s. turkey relations plus. protesters in pakistan when their weeks long battle against the government forcing the modern minister to resign. from brisk. to the war. of southeast. welcome back as we look at the weather across central eastern china and taiwan it's all looking to me find the moment from shanghai down to hong kong draw in bright same goes for taipei. china well fine across northern parts of vietnam as you come south is somewhat cloudy we've still got showers affecting the central areas but it doesn't look as heavy or threatening as out in previous days across the rest of indo china for weather conditions expected to be draw and fine continue through

wednesday but other stage you see we know it's developing system across more central parts of china south of the yangtze river valley so that's move south into southeastern parts of asia and here we've got well let's start with bali and the eruption of mount agung jerry the winds are from the west so it's blowing the cloud and smoke and ash away towards the east and heavy showers are likely to precipitate some of that could get very muddy underfoot so a situation to watch heavy showers for jakarta going to circulation around the south china sea and that's going to give some heavy rain across much of this region extending across into the gulf of thailand so very wet conditions possible for kuala lumpur further so singapore at least through wednesday should be largely dry and bright with highs of twenty nine. the weather sponsored by cat time race. in syria thousands have disappeared without

a trace. forcibly taken from their family right near the most terrible things used to be. this has been the invisible weapon of the syrian dictatorship for some time as the told you can be better to die continued to be surely to go to. the disappeared of syria but this time on al-jazeera. stories for the. capital damascus.

people died in the attack. in the presidential election the center of the votes counted. forty five percent five points ahead of the incumbent president. declaring victory and thirteen people have been killed and injured in. the iraqi capital baghdad. markets in the area has claimed. baghdad had been going through a relative period of calm the last major attack they're. now. charged with conspiring to evade u.s. sanctions against iran will be going on trial in new york this week it has dropped out of sight in the two months leading up to his trial that's prompted turkey's

prime minister to suggest that he's reached a plea deal with the u.s. authorities shihab rattansi has moved from washington. president. of turkey has repeatedly trying to get this trial scrapped lobbying then vice president joe biden and twenty sixteen and president trump in september of this year he maintains of this is a politically motivated prosecution intended to discredit and ultimately overthrow his government on behalf of and islamic cleric who lives in pennsylvania to learn. these steps are purely political i hope we'll get a chance to discuss this issue the united states needs to revise this decision there are very peculiar smells coming from this issue. but drew prosecutors have dismissed that contention and in court filings say they anticipate that the evidence introduced at trial will show that the turkish government and banking officials were integra to the sanctions evasion scheme raisers are is among several turkish men charged with operating

a billion dollar money laundering scheme to evade u.s. sanctions against iran only two of the accused are in u.s. custody however there is widespread speculation that zurab has flipped and is not cooperating with the prosecution he was abruptly released from prison in early november his whereabouts publicly unknown authorities say he remains in federal custody and that's led to speculation that he entered the witness protection program there is another strand to this case the special counsel robert mueller looking into alleged russian meddling in last year's presidential election is examining former trump national security adviser michael flynn's on the lobbying for the turkish government it's been alleged that flynn was offered large sums of money at the very least and lobby the trumpet ministration for the extradition of good if not kidnapping himself and transport the cleric to ankara he's also alleged to have been asked to get this legal case dropped now there are questions as to whether i will be able to provide any further information about turkish lobbying of u.s. government officials like flynn if there and can provide documented evidence that

would be a huge break in the fight investigation but also possibly and i think this is the most. interesting angle to the case is a potential criminal investigation of the president of turkey for violating irene sic iran sanctions. that could be what. got him released with turkey describing this case as an attack on the country the trial is seen as yet another blow to u.s. turkish relations already under strain she abrahams the. five people have been injured in southern tell of evolved from a blast caused the building to collapse footage from the scene shows cars and buildings dumped in flames emergency services at the same searching for anyone trapped in the rubble the cause of the blast is being investigated. senior hamas official says the group will not give up its weapons which as a kid amount of as

a rival palestinian faction fatah as part of a reconciliation deal under the agreement brokered by egypt hamas is due to hand over the administration of gaza to the palestinian authority on friday malcolm webb has more from gaza. a senior hamas official told journalists that i must believe in the reconciliation reconciliation between palestine's two main political parties fatah and hamas as well as twelve other political factions it's being brokered by egypt and it's meant to lead to the handover on friday of the administration of the gaza strip from hamas to the palestinian authority but one of the big questions surrounding it is what's going to happen to the weapons and the armed wings of hamas and some of the other factions here going to least ten thousand fighters and many weapons here in gaza during a press conference to senior hamas official said this was not up for discussion he

said that if the u.s. or any other government tried to pressure hamas into disarming or taking any such action that it would not work yesterday a factor official had said that the reconciliation progress was going way too slowly because of hamas said that only five percent of what was meant to be achieved had been achieved a mass official refuted that he said it is going ahead he said that regarding the reconciliation there is no turning back now the un security council has observed a moment of silence for the victims of egypt's mosque attack more than three hundred people were killed in north sinai last week after gunmen stormed a sushi mosque the worshipers have gathered for friday prayers the attack was the worst in egypt's modern history. protesters in pakistan have officially ended this one near the capital after the law minister gave into their demands and resign they wanted to step down of the what of

a parliamentary bill which they described as blasphemous. after more than three weeks this sit in has turned into a celebration. supporters of pakistan's blasphemy laws were able to force the government into giving in to their demands. not only has the federal law minister step down but the government of pakistan muslim noon has also agreed to investigate itself. a crowd of just thousands brought cities of millions to a standstill here by choking a main artery in and out of the capital city and this really is becoming a common way and all too common a way of achieving any kind of power here in pakistan by being a disruptive force on the streets and effectively laying siege to islamabad and then making political demands but the threat of force. leaders of this fringe group have been bolstered by their newfound influence on the country's political affairs

pakistan was great on the basis of the belief that there is no god but allah and mohammed is the messenger of allah we know that for seventy years forward has been committed against the religion so now we should place religion on the throne called the most sane rizvi is the man at the center of all this a one time preacher at a mosque in lahore he was removed by that city's governing religious body for his hardline views he's built his support base by being a staunch advocate for the country's blasphemy laws he's even run for a seat in parliament so what's next for this fledgling political party asked the crowd and the answer is more or less stay the same. they are the latest whatever god lines like your best we will follow accordingly going forward whatever our leaders tell us to do we are completely out of this paramilitary units were on standby to prevent any more unrest and while protest leaders agreed to end their sit in hours later people here were still not ready to leave and more demonstrators

were arriving. it's the kind of do or die loyalty that political parties campaign for decades to achieve something rizvi has been able to accomplish in a few months just ahead of next year's elections zain basra the al-jazeera islam about well it is a new president. expected to form his cabinet this week and all eyes on whether he'll break with the past to name a broad based government will select. how to me toss of a ports from hadi. nearly two weeks says the military takeover zimbabwe security forces say the situation is getting back to normal the police who haven't been seen on the streets of iraq for days. for now that means doing joint patrols with soldiers to try and maintain law and order law enforcement are already receiving reports of looting and illegal occupation of other people's properties

particularly farms in houses. it is criminal in the spirit of man. and it will be made by the people of the law the announcement comes days after innocence and i got the new president urged citizens not to take matters into their own hands by punishing allies of the former president robert mugabe there are reports that robert mugabe and his wife grace have been given immunity from prosecution the police won't say how many of mugabe's allies have been arrested so far the most high profile is a gracious shomer the former finance minister he's accused of corruption going back at least ten years. some say selective punishment could be a sign not much is going to change under the new administration we might have had one person removed but the higher. remains in place so for me the more things change the more they remain the same and you know if i'm against you and i think

you are challenging me. you become fair game human rights abuses the high court recently ruled the military takeover which eventually saw robert mugabe resign was lawful zimbabweans who were tired of having macabre as their leader for thirty seven years have welcomed the court's decision. but others worry allowing the army to legitimize taking over the functions of the state sets a dangerous precedent. but i'm. not going to the defense minister is facing questions over a controversial seventy nine million dollars arms deal with saudi arabia that is now on hold the disputed my pose a threat to the left wing government of prime minister elect to suppress johnson has more for american. the government is fighting for its political life because if the defense minister is found to be leaving questions unanswered regarding his

conduct conduct if there should be something like a vote of confidence in the government then the entire ruling coalition comprising the left wing cities and the minority coalition partner led by the defense minister the independent greeks party would have to rally and bring all of their votes to bear in order to. get mr come through any censure motion or the government through any no confidence motion and that is because only together can they form a mij majority in the three hundred seat legislature and remain in power but the fact is that the defense minister has left gaps in his responses to the accusations he hasn't fully addressed why the government was trying to sell three hundred thousand tank shells to the saudis through a middleman because the saudis apparently were only interested in one hundred thousand tank shells and he hasn't addressed why

a middleman was being used at all given that greek law prohibits this the implication as far as the conservative opposition is concerned is that mr comey was intending to offload the difference of two hundred thousand shells through the middleman to buy on the black market with a value of approximately two hundred fifty million dollars and that implies that he himself or his party or the government may have stood to gain from kickbacks or bribes from such a sale one opposition m.p. called the entire affair a sad dark and disgraceful matter for the government and for greece. now britain's prince harry and his new fiance us actress megan mock all have given their first television interview following the official announcement on their engagement comes in here and a half after they first met in an introduction by nature friends peter shop reports . prince harry and meghan markle together outside london's kensington palace

the thirty six year old actress brings a touch of the twenty first century to britain's royal family she's an american who describes herself as mixed race which came under scrutiny in media coverage of their relationship and some of that scrutiny and you ended up making a very public statement about it some of that scrutiny was centered around your ethnicity making when you realize that or to think of course it's disheartening you know it's. it's a shame that that is the climate in this world to focus that much on that or that that would be discriminatory in that sense but i think. you know the end of the day i'm really just proud of who i am and where i come from and we have never put any focus on that we've just focused on who we are as a couple and so when you take all those extra layers away and all of that noise. i

think it makes it really easy to just enjoy being together and to know all the rest of that out. it was in september two thousand and sixteen that they made their first public appearance a sports event for wounded veterans later prince harry was incensed by the press coverage of their relationship his office issued an unprecedented rebuke his girlfriend meghan markle has been subjected to a wave of abuse and harassment a smear on the front page of a national newspaper the racial undertones of comment pieces and the outright sexism and racism of social media trolls this is not a game it is her life and his prince harry who's fifth in line to the throne so permission from the queen to marry this is a royal family that from the top that means with the times and sage to say to its members and you harry is a modern going he's a guy he's grown up in the modern world he wants to do things his way he's not bound by tradition he's following his heart as opposed to any form of protocol that

people think he should marry the world's media had set up outside kensington palace but on the streets of london news of the engagement was greeted with a mixture of delight and disinterest there were actually there. time to get mad when you think. so much of her interest. don't you. think but well done. missing gauge and speaks volumes about how the royal family has changed an american actress of mixed race will become a duchess unthinkable even a few years ago peter shot al-jazeera in london. i don't again i'm one of the prominent of the headlines on al-jazeera for the second time in forty eight hours the syrian government has bombed

a rebel held enclave of the capital damascus and nineteen people died in the attack twenty three were killed on sunday meanwhile a new round of un. began on tuesday aimed at ending the six and a half year war meanwhile the u.s. says it's considering adjustments to how it gives military support to kurdish led forces fighting in northern syria turkey considers the kurdish syrian fighters known as the wife terrorists on friday the turkish government said u.s. president donald trump told his counterpart to egypt. that supplies to the kurdish led groups would hope by the state department now says that such decisions on military support for the based on battlefield requirements will. not all done. we are allies of the us on the nato and we have made it clear several times to the u.s. with the right method with the right rhetoric that this was not the right thing to do what we were told in response was that they attach

a lot of importance to the fight against and as a result they have to assess all options but of course it is not a choice for us to work with these organizations to fight against i so it is a necessity they told us but we are having difficulty understanding this since when do you need to work with one terrorist organization against another terrorist organization it's not fitting of a serious state and not behavior that suits a country such as the united states. thirteen people have been killed thirty injured in a suicide attack southeast of the iraqi capital baghdad it happened during a market in the one hundred mana area claimed responsibility. now early results of the presidential election and under as have put the opposition leader ahead with more than seventy percent of the votes counted. on forty five percent five points ahead of the incumbent president orlando and nando's both candidates declaring victory. five people have been angered in southern part of evolved because the

building to collapse from the scene shows calls and buildings and golfed and flames emergency services at the same searching for anyone trapped in the rubble those are the headlines and sad story is coming up next. in the protests and then the. government in pakistan has stepped down after days of protests and accusations of me it was organized by a new political movement so how powerful groups like this is inside story.