to get. to. the truth. this is zero. i'm richelle carey this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes russia's foreign minister says his country will expel british diplomats

after the u.k. order about twenty three russian embassy staff over the spy poisoning scandal. and united states imposes new sanctions on russia over its alleged election meddling. thousands of civilians leave the seeds eastern gouda with another round of talks on syria's war beginning an astonishing plus. i'm catherine saw in nairobi i'll tell you about keep their superheroes and every other child he wants to be just like the . russian foreign minister sergey lavrov says moscow will expel british diplomats it's in response to britain ordering out twenty three russian embassy staff over the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in the u.k. last week moscow denies any involvement last rough out of that moscow had stopped paying attention to comments from u.k. after the u.k. defense minister told russia to quote go away and shut up so

a moment we'll go live to barnaby phillips is standing by and london first though let's talk to john hall who is in the russian capital moscow so jonah a couple of times now lever office and announce the intention to expel diplomats in response to the expulsion of the russians when do we expect an actual concrete and now about how russia is going to respond. well it's pretty interesting i think is that two days in a row now so again lover of has said pretty much identical things yes i'm going to expel british diplomats and soon i promise you that but without going so far as to outline concrete measures who are these people how many will have to go when will they have to go and so on now why is that well what has to theorize a little bit but there is an election here in two days' time of course putin is going to win that election it's not a true competition in any sense but the kremlin cares very much about the

legitimacy of his victory that means turnout at the polls and there are already signs that there degrading their expectations from seventy percent what they'd hoped for in the last twenty four hours talking about possibly sixty five percent being acceptable and even that might be shooting pretty high with a deeply apathetic political audience here in russia now it may well have been the sense a few days ago that this sort of spy drama of this sort this sort of crisis plays well in russia the idea of russia under siege and president putin the only man able to protect it from the west but i think now it is possible that they're calculating that there is perhaps too possible to have too much of a good thing because the u.k. has now in the last twenty four hours seen a rallying around of its nato allies france germany also of course the united states it's caused hysterics on national television here and the calculation may well be let's take this part off the boil for the moment let's allow people to

focus again down on the election to come in forty eight hours time before revisiting with our big official announcement sometime next week. that that quote shut up and go away i think i got that right any response to those words from the u.k. defense minister. i think it was go away and shut up. oh my they don't tell it at this point look so of the foreign minister may be russia's chief diplomat but he's perfectly capable when he needs to have taking his diplomatic hat off particularly when confronted with that sort of language from a counterpart abroad he called this to williamson's comments where he called mr williamson a fishwife and he said that all his comments that whilst he may want to go down in history perhaps he didn't have much of an education and that was the end of that he made these comments in astronomy at a conference on syria where he also went on to say that look basically isn't taking

any more notice of what the u.k. has to say about all of these accusations as far as russia is concerned the u.k. has acted out of order it has gone too far too fast it hasn't followed procedure under the chemical weapons treaties that both countries are signatories to they need to go via an established procedure at the open c.w. that's what russia wants to comply with anything else as far as britain is concerned it basically is no longer interested in hearing all this thing to ok town hall live for us in moscow china thank you arni phillips joins us live now from london so about that point barnaby that johnno was just talking about the criticism that perhaps u.k. has been quick to judgment has not gone through the proper procedures is that particular point of view getting getting any more momentum. a little bit and this is the interesting thing the significant lone dissenting voice here in the u.k. is the leader of the opposition jeremy corbyn dissenting it should be said from large

parts as you would expect of the government but indeed from his own labor party and he has written an article that's in the british newspapers this morning and just quote you a few a few significant lines he warns the british prime minister of the dangers of rushing ahead of the evidence he says we need a car on measured approach that a fevered parliamentary atmosphere serves neither justice nor national security significantly he mentions past what he would characterize as mistakes in british foreign policy rushing to war in iraq in libya for instance he warns of the danger of of a mccarthyite atmosphere of intolerance of dissent he talks about the possibility that russian matthew groups might have been involved in the attack in salzburg which he does characterize as appalling and he does say that he is in favor of the expulsion of the russian diplomats it is interesting that germany is saying that of

course within the government they will attack him very hard they will say that this shows that he's unpatriotic that he's weak and there are people within his own party who share those concerns and the received political wisdom here in britain is that the prime minister to reason may have had a good week she's put the woes of bret's it behind she's appeared strong but jeremy corbyn will know that received wisdom about what the public make of him and his ideas hasn't always been right in the past and he'll take comfort from that. barnaby phillips live for us in london barnaby thank you. that's not just britain taking action against russia across the atlantic the u.s. announced new sanctions this time over moscow's alleged meddling in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election white house correspondent kimberly how could a ports on washington's latest measures last july the g twenty summit when u.s.

president donald trump met with vladimir putin he said it was an honor to meet the russian president days or ninety eight and in august when the u.s. congress passed legislation to sanction russia iran and north korea trunk grudgingly signed it into law but failed to sanction moscow for alleged meddling in the twenty sixteen u.s. election until now on thursday the us treasury sanctioned twenty four russian entities and individuals including two russian intelligence agents for interfering in the twenty sixteen presidential vote the announcement coming just as the white house issued a joint statement with the united kingdom germany and france blaming russia for the nerve agent attack in the u.k. leaving a former russian spy and his daughter comatose it's a very sad situation it certainly looks like the russians were behind it something that should never ever happen and would take an adverse seriously the u.s. says thursday's sanctions are part of

a broad effort target what it calls russia's malicious cyber activity and critical infrastructure clued in america's energy grid nuclear facilities water supply and aviation industry but also targets in the alleged russian troll factory the u.s. justice department recently singled out for the reported interference in the twenty six thousand vote for months members of congress have been pressing the trump administration to act questioning why it has delayed responding to what it calls russian aggression and we're still waiting for the president president trump. to order one word of public criticism for what putin is doing to the u.s. and democracies around the world i say to president trump your silence speaks on this issue the white house disputes that accusation i think you can see from the actions that we've taken up until this point we're going to be tough on russia

until they decide to change their behavior this move by the trump administration will immediately freeze russian assets in the u.s. and block the sanction to individuals from traveling to the united states only adding to the tension between the two countries kimberly healthy at al-jazeera washington aside from the latest sanctions against russia the investigation into whether the kremlin meddled in the two thousand and sixteen election is turning its attention directed to president obama trump's business interests special counsel robert mueller has reportedly said pain at the top administration to hand over documents particle hang imports from washington d.c. . robert miller once you know what business the trump administration has done in russia president donald trump often says none but the special counsel wants to see if that's true according to the new york times he has sent a subpoena to trump's business requesting all documents miller could have just asked for them but a subpoena sends a message everything has to be turned over or else legal scholar bruce fein says

this sends a message that the investigation won't end with the indictment of russians that he was building his case step by step yes now he's got one side of the equation with regard to the russians who he's indicted for attempting to influence now he's looking at the trump campaign to put the puzzle together who was the recipient and beneficiary and what kind of orchestration or coordination there was between trump officials and and the russians it's not clear if he's asked about businesses outside of russia but president donald trump has indicated that could force him to act this from a previous interview with the new york times. it would be your money your family's finances right there right. for that be it really what is actual i would be you know i would say it but there isn't much the president can do about the investigation he could try to fire miller directly but that would likely end up in

the courts or he could try to dismiss the people in charge of mahler but that would be politically risky. the last president to do that was richard nixon the political backlash led to him quitting before he could be impeached trump is still reportedly thinking about taking some steps to stop the investigation with the hope history won't repeat itself al-jazeera washington. scott with us as a professor of american studies at university of birmingham he joins us from there now thank you very much so these are the same sions that did the u.s. has finally pulled the trigger on as they've been sitting to the side why now. well right now doesn't have as much to do with the white house or donald trump as it has to do with the agencies we're talking about the state department even after the firing of russ tillerson the national security council the pentagon department of homeland security who of course have been concerned about the russian meddling in

the two thousand and sixteen election but also now you have the catalyst of the nerve agent attack in southern england and suspicion that russian officials may be involved in that you have russians to vicki's in the middle east and concern which was expressed yesterday by national security adviser a chart master about that deepening crisis in syria including a long term russian foothold there and you also have of course the ongoing concern over russian activities in eastern europe including ukraine and pressure on the baltic states so the agencies really have orse the white house as hand these sanctions were supposed to be implemented in january now two months later despite troops doesn't see the agencies of what out whether they win in the long run however is dependent on whether trump makes more firings in the near future or whether the agencies can really get control the white house playground ok so how. how concerning is that to you and perhaps even to the u.s. as allies that the president of the united states has not been very forceful on

this in people that have for example as you mentioned mcmaster until are sent tillerson as god master may be gone soon. well they did was concern about trying to silence specific layover for example the nerve agent attack in russia there's been concern about the fact about his general lack of condemnation of moscow and failure to implement the sanctions but i think the greater concern beyond that is just chaos i mean we wake up each day with a new story of disorder in the white house a new story of who might be gone now the specific where we are now is russia tillerson is gone seven of nine top state department posts are empty and now the stories are coming out i think probably from the camp around your question don thompson law that h.r. mcmaster is not just now if mcmaster is fired as national security advisor the lone person who represents stability the only person and i say this knowing exactly what i'm putting out there is defense secretary jim matheson not us aster and tillerson we're supposed to contain the white house keep along on trump over his tweets and

over his off the head statements if master is gone that defense line is gone and we have no clue what us foreign policy will do next week let alone the summer or year from now what does that say to the rest of the world is that is is it an overstatement to say that that's dangerous in your opinion. it is what it is i mean it means that we have instability we have uncertainty but i think that some in the rest of the world are taking the lesson which is we can't wait on the white house i think you've seen this week over the nerve agent attack you see in the u.k. working with european allies saying we've got to take the lead here i think more broadly you're seeing a manual knock on fronts and the america and germany start to talk about foreign policy and defense policy beyond washington although they didn't like u.s. agencies to come and work with them i think we're talking even about countries in the middle east who are either trying to play the united states to be at leverage up on them for example saudi arabia or who are saying look when it comes to the

syrian crisis when it comes to israel palestine we have to stop thinking that washington has this ongoing superpower status that it claimed after nine hundred forty five scott lucas thank you very much for your voice on this we appreciate it thank you. plenty more ahead on the news hour including i meet the russian reality t.v. star whose political ambitions are raising some serious questions. and doctors in zimbabwe on strike for a second week of the first big challenge for president emerson an envoy. and as for tiger woods is smiling again as he tries to win his first tournament and five years . russian media reporting that about two thousand people fled syria's rebel held on klav eastern ghouta on friday that's on top of the twelve thousand who left on thursday making it the biggest exodus of the seven year war is triggered has been

under heavy bombing by the government and its allies for the past month on friday twelve people were killed and russian strikes according to the syrian observatory for human rights alan fischer is live now from near the turkey syria border so this mass exodus continues this this bombardment day in and day out continues where do things stand and go to with any type sation at least for a little bit of what's happening there. well what we're seeing is people coming out of how maria and that's the the tone where most people left on thursday we've seen about two thousand in the last few hours there are people suggesting that that number will increase as the day goes on and perhaps as many as twenty thousand people may use this humanitarian corridor that has been established by the russians to leave the toilet but not far from home area we're also seeing is strikes and we're told that a number of people have been killed in the air strikes. so there is

a great discrepancy in what is happening in eastern guta in one area we're getting people who are leaving given the chance of survival obviously they have a big choice to make believe time uncertain life or stay under bombardment and most people are making the decision that they have to go where others are still under bombardment which may suggest some point in the future another humanitarian corridor will open it would certainly fit in with russian tactics which the syrian government forces have employed up to this point not something that will obviously keep an eye on in the coming days but just a real. mixed message in eastern guta one of safety for some but still of continuing despair for many many others. stay with us we're going to come back and just a moment for us i want to update our viewers on this other story also happening in syria where at least thirteen people have been killed in a frayne as turkish forces try to take the town from kurdish fighters turkey

launched an offensive in january to remove the kurdish why p.g. and establish a buffer zone along its border to turkey considers the group a terrorist organization this is salt has forced tens of thousands of people to flee again this happening all over syria let's go back now to allan who is in ghazi on tap for us so what is the latest with this offensive and frayne and particular sense turkey has announced that once they accomplish their goals there they're not going to release the city. or what we're hearing from our friend in the last few hours is that people are leaving from a route to the south which has been set up by the free syrian army obviously by the turkish military and people are taking advantage of that again we're talking in terms of thousands of people that are moving out of the city but also the bombardment of our friend has extended so a greater area is no being covered and we're also hearing reports that the free syrian army has started an offensive to the north of the city this would be the

first steps in the effort to retake afrin city itself that's led to some very bloody exchanges from what we can gather and as you've said there were a number of people who were killed and injured in strikes overnight and early this morning we're talking. around a dozen people but that number the feeling will go much higher because of the number of people who were injured in these attacks what's going to happen if and when the turks take control of our friend well as you see they've already indicated through the president's office that they have no intention of giving that back to syria at the moment so it doesn't seem to be bothered about that they've got much more to concentrate on in the damascus suburbs and eastern ghouta but this is going to be a flashpoint either diplomatically and militarily in the coming weeks and months ok alan fischer life pressing causing on top on the turkey syria border thank you allan. turkey's foreign minister. who has warned that syria's eastern headed

towards disaster and his call for the violence to stop he has been holding talks with iranian and russian foreign ministers and capitalist honor nations are on opposing sides of syria's war but have been working together for more than a year to try to reduce the violence. joins us now from astonished so what is what is on the agenda today to perhaps get to that goal at least lessening the violence dana. well yes we heard from the russian the iranian and the turkish foreign ministers they held a meeting here in the us they are cooperating with each other like you mentioned they support different sides in this conflict but they have enough common interests to cooperate with each other through this asked on a process where we heard from these ministers is praise really that this is the process that is working this is the international initiative that can achieve peace that can bring about a political solution that is what the iranian foreign minister said so basically

saying disregarding the u.n. led process in geneva disregarding the participation of of the united nations and western countries saying here is where peace can be made they also praised the agreements that were reached in our stand over the past year namely the deescalation agreements now the deescalation agreements undoubtedly reduced violence last year but many in the opposition will tell you well those this deescalation agreements allow the government to freeze the western front engage in fighting in the east of the country secure areas close to the iraqi border and now that that's over they have the conflict trying to recapture eastern so these deescalation zones should be one of them is now a battleground. right to know how to live for us and astonished and i thank you. kind of a skater a star kissing syrian government forces of raping thousands of people during the war they say was part of a campaign to punish opposition communities and crimes that really are crimes against humanity even though incidents of sexual and gender based violence

throughout syria comprise violations of the most fundamental human rights and humanitarian laws perpetrated by most parties on the ground nowhere has the phenomenon been right than in instances perpetrated by government forces and affiliated militias this school says it perpetrated rape string ground operations house raids at checkpoints and in detention the most severe cases were recorded in the early years of the conflict with fewer cases being recorded in two thousand and sixteen and two thousand and seventeen well the rates at checkpoints have been recorded this latest september two thousand and sixteen. voice former president robert mugabe says he never thought a new leader and mr emerson minako would turn against him the ninety four year old has been speaking for the first time since being pushed out in november he told foreign journalists at his home in harare that his removal was a coup and then and i will assume the presidency legally.

we had. been brought into government. so this is. to say he. was treated. we had. turned against. staying in zimbabwe doctors are striking for a second week over pay conditions and also drug shortages it is the first major labor disputes since president managua took over. more from the capital harare. harare central is one of the largest hospitals in zimbabwe doctors have been on strike for two weeks to demand more money and better working conditions patients say they don't know when things will return to normal. some of us pain

if the doctors don't help us then our health will deteriorate think about what we are going through many state run hospitals across the country are struggling financially doctors say it's frustrating working in them with a lack of equipment and drugs the doctors are some of the worst paid in africa. and he said that's. far too good. to be able to. afford the particular services that we offer as a junior doctor and not able to pay for my medication. or. let alone the. health minister david needs more than one billion dollars to increase salaries and improve resources for the government's broke and there's a shortage of foreign currency nurses and doctors trying to keep things going after

patients in some of the wards the doctor strike is getting quite serious is now into its second week in some public facilities across the country don't even have access to a sink children's. the main opposition leader nelson chamisa to zimbabwe's health sector has deteriorated since president in a similar robert mugabe in november you can come in and say you are open for business things are happening when they're not happening there. that is an acceptable. and was the man god ways accountable for every day that we've recorded and then god was the biggest challenge is fixing zimbabwe's economy ruined by decades of corruption and mismanagement government ministers are talking to leaders of the striking doctors trying to convince them to return to work overworked and underpaid nurses in public hospitals are also threatening to down tools if that happens the already die situation could get much worse.

and just a few moments will be here with the weather on al-jazeera also. there's hazards in the death of a popular politician the president calls it an assassination and thirty years after a chemical attack killed thousands in the iraqi city of a larger survivor say the pain is never far away. and sport the west indies are in danger of missing next year's cricket world cup sonisphere with that story. from the waves themselves. to the contours of the east. we have flooding rains now making their way across eastern parts of madagascar you can see the circulation here this is that tropical cycle and. looking at winds of

one hundred one hundred kilometers per hour but gusting to around one hundred thirty kilometers per hour that's the location of the storm made landfall the eye of the storm made landfall around about five or six hours ago but it's really going to be about the range that we see over the next couple of days ninety six millimeters of rain to the northeastern corner for the past twenty four hours and we could see similar values as we go on through saturday there is a system slowly making its way further southwards rather on that eastern side of the country so there will be widespread flooding crop damage cetera coming through then in the coming days so a pretty poor conditions coming through him a while we're seeing some of the wet weather making its way across northern parts of australia just around the top and we have tropical side marcus not quite as intense says the previous one but we are looking at some very heavy rain coming in across northern areas darwin for example we'll see some flooding strong winds also likely to cause some damage strong winds into the southeast as well so hot dry one

there for melbourne thirty one celsius bush warnings in falls across victoria it will ease as we go through sunday but warm in sydney. the weather is sponsored by cattle race. we are witnessing around the word this whole remind me which is only looking at how to make the next profit devastating economies devastating ecosystems putting a price on the protection of nature green economy is sound good but it was all privatized sation of nature should our environment be for sale what we're trying to do this destroyed was the crunch given a financial incentive to pricing the planet at this time on al-jazeera when the news breaks. on the mailman city and the story builds to the forest so it would just be all when people need to be heard women and girls are being bought and

given away in refugee camps al-jazeera has teams on the ground to bring new award winning documentaries and live news and out of iraq i got to commend you on hearing is good journalism on air and on mine. you're watching al jazeera let's recap the top stories for you right now russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov says moscow will expel british diplomats its interest in the u.k. ordering out twenty three russian embassy staff over the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in england last week also denies any involvement and russia is promising to retaliate after the u.s.

announced new sanctions over moscow's alleged meddling in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election than a stray sions threatening to keep the tough policies in place until moscow changes its behavior. and russian media are reporting that about two thousand people have fled syria's rebel held on klav of eastern india on friday that's on top of the twelve thousand left on thursday making it the biggest exodus of the seven year war . victory is almost inevitable for vladimir putin russia's presidential election on sunday but there are seven other challengers on the ballot and one is a reality t.v. star check an opposition candidate who has ties to the kremlin she held a rally in moscow and announced a show create a new liberal party john hall reports from moscow. previously at home on russia's reality t.v. screens the one time party girl can send you a soap jack turned political clock to go challenging. for the presidency now i.

still want to thank you guys we need them to stop stealing our freedom and to stop stealing our common future not. bullish. these days less impressed by bleeding jewelry and branded clothing more interested in what she can do for russian democracy i don't know whether. you are. going to start out maybe or maybe it was some of it was definitely. good start for you out there what you're hearing about the russian opposition but that word she won't win of course not of the seven kremlin approved candidates in this election have any chance of toppling are already at me uprooted so what is he taking. politics although it seems a long time since t.v. shows like blood and in chocolate featured soap jack as a spoiled rich kid with dubious morals and of the racist spending habit to turn

towards opposition politics in the street protests of two thousand and twelve was as sudden as it was unlikely yet she swapped sports cars for police vans seemingly with these telling al-jazeera that her mission was to save the underdog it's like you know when you see a fight with. a guy pulling. you go in and tried to to help. a normal person her name is political solid gold because then his father anatoly sobchak was putin's mentor before he died in two thousand. jack protection from corruption charges already some believe the younger subject might one day succeed putin able to pay back an old family death by keeping him safe from future prosecution it's an idea to send his mom herself a senator in russia's upper house rejects. we know the circle of putin's friends

who are everything they have to him me and my family and i'm not a part of his circle. do you believe she has what it takes to be president of russia not now but in the future i'm sure. she'll need to prepare for more of this reduced to tears by a barrage of gender based insults in a televised election debate it remains to be seen whether to send yourself. to swallow dirty dancing for the sometimes dirty world of russian politics showed a whole al-jazeera moscow. prime minister has resigned following nationwide protest over the murder of a journalist robert fico faced it's a man's for a thorough investigation into the killing of young chris siac and his partner last month. program links between slovak politicians and the italian mafia the president has asked because deputy to form a government al-jazeera correspondent elaine

a clue shack says demonstrators are unlikely to be satisfied with his resignation. the biggest question now is this going to be enough because when. he saw he said i will resign but only if the next prime minister come from my political party so this is what's happening now we have. any food on samina so we have the same political party in the same ball it just two different the names and even the president. said ike step to this but i'm not sure if public will. thousands of brazilians have been mourning the death of a city county councillor after what the president calling an assassination franco and her driver were shot dead in their car on wednesday in rio de janeiro the thirty

eight year old was a critic of police killing. four districts the military took charge of policing in that city last month. the murder of council member mary ellen though dr anderson gomez is unacceptable like other associations that happened in rio de janeiro it's an attack against the rule of law and against democracy. president is facing impeachment for a second time over its ties to a brazilian construction giant. narrowly survived the first to remove my office and december. from lima. oh. most of these politicians want to remove president. from office for moral incapacity eighty seven voted in favor fifteen against and fifteen abstained in a motion that paves the way for me pietschmann debate next thursday was it's been less than four months since he narrowly survived the last month to oust him at the

moment a young you know a lot now that a decision has been made to admit for debate i can see marshall that has adequate basis that writes facts that have already been evaluated and a cry of vacancy the only thing that remains to do is invoke the seriousness of parliament. to avoid impeachment last december made a political pact with congressman kennedy for humanity in exchange for votes. to nutter he pardoned can just father his former president then right before he was in jail for human rights violations. supporters say opposition parties are now claiming revenge they may feel lucky the truth is that we're going to debate a new vacancy because there are political groups that do not agree with the party and that president bush gave to mr alberto fujimori but opposition members of congress say this is not a witch hunt not in your no sir we are very clear this is nothing to do with. this

apparently incapable plea means we can't defend those even occurred in corruption the president has strongly denied any wrongdoing he first said he did not know the brazilian construction giant other bridge paid his miami based private consulting firm nearly eight hundred thousand dollars or he was serving a spitters finance minister more than ten years ago then he said the consulting fees were legitimate all the rich has admitted to pay in millions of dollars in bribes and bid to former president in jail it was seeking to extradite former. precedent. from the u.s. for taking bribes and several top politicians and presidential candidates are being investigated for to keep money from all they would it show in addition to impeachment proceedings kaczynski is also due to testify before a congressional committee about his dealings with all the rich but many politicians already believe he received bribes and will vote for his impeachment next thursday

the motion needs eighty seven votes to pass in the opposition dominated congress the same number who backed the renewed moves to oust him. and argentina relatives are crew members of a missing submarine are demanding answers from their government they don't think enough is being done to find the vessel which disappeared and the southern atlantic ocean and november serious about reports are going to. a small group of protesters in front of argentina's presidential palace most of them relatives of the forty four crew members of the at a found one submarine. and so we feel abandoned not only by the government but also by society in general we've been along this whole time as if nobody kid is it's been four months since a submarine went missing in the southern atlantic it was feeling from the southern argentine city of. the commander of the vessel told his home base water had

entered resulting in a battery function. and the water listening devices scattered around the world's oceans identified the hydro acoustic anomaly in the area the navy believes it was an explosion. at a sun that was part of the crew he has been pushing for the government to continue with the search and the vesta geisha and into exactly what happened there with almost. it's been one hundred twenty days when supposedly an explosion was detected and we have more doubts than ever because over two hours after the supposed explosion there is an attempt to contact base nobody has been able to give us any answers we want to know the truth because there is an attempt to hide what happened the government says it has done everything possible to find the missing submarine but people here are desperate and they're coming bands but not enough has been done some of them are even asking for small donations so that they can hire

a private company that will help them find their loved ones. there's been an international search for the missing sub russia and the united states provided ships and technology but weather conditions were difficult at the time no trace of the bethel has been found the search is continuing though with a reduced number of ships but after that on monday believes there might be another reason why finding the submarine has become even more difficult. most probably the submarine got stuck in underwater canyons with enormous currents and very probably the submarine could be covered with sediments which makes it more difficult to find now we need to continue coming the area change the top of technology it could take years to find. and that's what these people want they've lost hope their relatives will be found alive but say they need to know what happened no matter how long it takes. iran's foreign ministry spokesman has

described the saudi crown prince as a delusional naive person who has no idea of politics was reacting to mohamed first u.s. television interview during a discussion on c.b.s. the crown prince said his country will develop nuclear weapons if iran does you've been rivals for centuries at its heart what is this rift about is it a battle for islam they are and they said iran is not a rival to saudi arabia its army is not among the top five armies in the muslim world the saudi economy is larger than the iranian economy and iran is far from being equal to saudi arabia but i've seen that you call the ayatollah khomeini the new hitler of the middle east we know shit absolutely why. you did it because he wants to expand it he wants to create his own project in the middle east very much like hitler who wanted to expand it at a time many countries around the world and in europe did not realize how dangerous

hitler was until what happened happened i don't want to see the same events happening in the middle east does saudi arabia need nuclear weapons to counter iran asserted erupting into the saudi arabia does not want to acquire any nuclear bomb but without a doubt if iran developed a nuclear bomb we will follow suit as soon as possible. as a political commentator he says there is no evidence to suggest iran is developing nuclear weapons. everyone is just watching iran's nuclear case the so these have been very you know silently and covertly developing a military nuclear program there have been reports in the media outlets in the middle east so facing since last year there's always have been budgeting over a billion dollar in the military nuclear program of pakistan and in return for a number of nuclear warheads and a following and pursuing reports have been stating that the saudis have been

importing these nuclear warheads already so they are going nuclear and nobody is paying attention to this fact despite the fact that the saudis are the real cause of tensions in the region eisel has been trained you know provided with backup and financial backup and arms. from seoul the arabia and they are to be blamed for rising tensions in the region and now they want to go no nuclear has spent thirty years sense iraqi forces killed five thousand people and the worst chemical attack in the iran iraq or people in the kurdish town of a lot share are still struggling with health problems believed to be linked to that attack a warning some viewers may find the images and as some avenge of a support distressing. this symbolic graveyard is as close to closure as some can get to the two years on the horrors of the chemical attack on their hometown in northern iraq still haunt her. so. on the sixteenth of march we were

having a mail we heard fighter jets they struck the area and then we were hit by a chemical attack in the afternoon we ran towards the hills we were so scared every one of us went on our separate way some of us went to neighboring iran others who couldn't make it died in the city it was like dreams day i lost four of my children and on that day there are still many cases of psychological disorder skin diseases and respond to problems for the survivors and fortunately no one is taking care of them thousands of kurds were killed when the iraqi army said it attacked reunion forces in the closing stage of the iran iraq war. a peace museum aims to keep alive the memory of those who died and to raise awareness about the horrors of chemical weapons kurdish doctors say three decades later the effects of sarin and mustard gas are still causing defects and ailments. we don't have enough medical centers or medicine to treat these people who are still affected we need more specialized

doctors in these fields and further cooperation about the baghdad and erbil governments to treat them as. a chemical weapons convention was signed in one thousand nine hundred seven hitting the manufacture and use of chemical weapons the vast majority of countries signed up but despite that chemical attacks have not stopped there have been more incidents of men women and children being killed in large numbers dead from breathing in poisonous gas none of them had any wounds trauma or injury. in hutto near the syrian capital damascus president assad's forces killed more than fourteen hundred people in a chemical attack in two thousand and thirteen since then most of the syrian chemical weapons stockpiles have been destroyed but the assad government has been accused of using concentrated chlorine gas on opposition held areas doctors say at least eight attacks have been reported in syria at the cia. in there are people like sabra say they can relate to what's happening in syria victims in both

countries want the world to put words into action and stop more attacks some of the job aid is there. still head on al jazeera and sport two decades on from power breakout performance at the indian wells time that biggest audiences in the title contention again.

thanks. the scene for us where there are online what is american sign in yemen that peace is always possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there are people that are choosing between buying medication and eating this is a dialogue i want to get in one more comment because this is someone who's an activist and has posted a story join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera.

children in kenya as largest long are on a mission to change their neighborhoods through a local arts project called super heroes of. workshops help children create their local superheroes to deal with issues that affect them in the slob catherine so as far from the capital nairobi. it's saturday afternoon and a handful of children get creative with a spray paint brushes and convo says what they like most about this author project in the heart of the largest slum in the country is they get to be who they want through an initiative called superheroes of kibera squid one is undoubtedly the

head of the pocket. the same gallic to look at my superpower is to help out when there is fire in the slum i bring water and help people to get to safety. the green arrow tackles baugus and he shows us how. wonder woman says she has the power to get the truth out of people. this could be a real has lots of lawyers and criminals if i can get people to be honest we could live peacefully. the workshop which has also opened its doors to many practicing artists in kibera was started by two are to groups whose founders were born and bred here we have an artist we have guys who do for three. games with lots of creative about things so it is a collective obsidian it's a community. the room itself can only take about ten children of the time the

project accommodates just forty children every few months and only when there's money to buy the tool to work this afternoon they get to go outdoors where they make model search shanty walls their canvas this is their suit of kit there are children here gets to express themselves in whatever way they see best and on any of the little space their mentors tell us it keeps the ground that's. the idea is to have the children deal with everyday problems that affect their neighborhoods. have the skills to delist become heroes in their own community so like. superman we want to show these kids you can be the black man in the community you can transform your community many children who live in slum areas have few opportunities to make it out but this superheroes of kibera say they're determined to succeed and as long as they're here they want to make their lives and many other people they interact

with a little better catherine saw al-jazeera nairobi kenya. time for sport now us ana thank you very much it's been a good day for the veterans tennis indian wells tournament the williams a roger federer both into the semifinals in california that six year old federer has equalled his best start to the season in more than a decade his sixteenth straight window of the year came against young chunk of south korea today closing in on a wreck or six title when i had one of the most important tournaments outside of the four majors. there's always going to be up and coming players some are better than others same as your older players some are better than others i'm just happy that i'm able to keep up a good level the same for venus i'm really happy for you know that is really consistent easily making all these sami's and finals and winning tournaments it's

great. well father face a curry she is a born a korea chair and the last full twenty one year old came from a set down to beat world number one kevin anderson in three sets. time grand slam singles champion venus williams there has reached into well semifinals up for the first time in seventeen years the thirty seven year old is yet to drop a set to at the event and sister serena three williams never looked troubled against carlos wires in the far winning in straight sets she will now face said that the process to know. surgeons all of tiger woods for one has continued his once again in title contention this time of the arnold palmer invitational in florida which sought an opening round of sixty eight to move within four shots of leader henrik stenson the highlight of his rondo was that this seventy one foot putt on the seventh hole after injuring a series of long term injuries at woods has hit form again this year he finished

second at his last tournament his best performance in five years. i've been away from them for so long. when i first when i first came back this is a matter of just getting my feel from term and off again i think i think i feel like i'm not really thinking as much around the golf course it's like going to see that feeling go. and that's just because. we're not football now arsenal have is the pressure on their on the fire manager our seven english team are through to the europa league quarterfinals danny welbeck scored a double as arsenal won three one on the line to secure a five one aggregate victory this is arsenal's last chance to win a trophy this season the winners of the competition of qualify for next season's champions league. so it's new for the climb with the wrong team it was

a vital lose our trust tonight. you know. part from that. we have targets as well you know to finish as close as possible to the top performing why not. in the field from american. focus on the quarterfinal no spanish political my dude are through to the last eight at the tournament a favorite thrash the host lokomotiv moscow five one diego simeone his side advance eight one on i get that set a goal won this competition two thousand and ten and two thousand and twelve. elsewhere brucey a dark menorah limited by salzburg moscow go through on a way goals. and a sporting is far also through the quarter final draw will be held later this friday. argentinian team india into ben t.n.t. who picked up a crucial when he called by labor after doris on an emotional night in buenos iris

or before this group game against you know not just of colombia one of the independent is all time greats it was remembered former player movement died earlier this week as part of the team that won four straight corporate titles in one nine hundred seventy s. he also won the world cup with argentina nine hundred seventy eight independent one this match one nil as a bid to win south america's top club competition for the first time in more than thirty years. thirty five points from le bron james couldn't prevent the cleveland cavaliers sliding into their fifth straight loss important brands cavaliers that have won the eastern conference championship but for the last three years but the spite his efforts the team are down and fourth this season trailblazers extended the n.b.a.'s longest current winning streak to eleven games with this one hundred thirteen two hundred five when both teams are set to reach the playoffs. and the

biggest name in moto g.p. has signed a contract extension one time world champion valentino rossi is now set to race for a further three seasons the new season begins on sunday. and in a way it be because. when i signed the last contract. the moment that they signed it may be the last one or more. i will decide to do in these a new season and. you might be in my mind the idea was. very very clear like i said i want to try to continue for. the challenges he's very very high. still and with a chance of qualifying for next is that world cup in england the final two places up for the event are up for grabs as a tournament in zimbabwe afghanistan beat the west indies by three wickets on says day six countries are up paying off in the final round of the qualification despite

this defeat the windies are still second in the table behind scotland. and that's it for me back to a shell on i thank you very much and thank you for joining me for this in his hour here now to syria keep it here on the other side of the break my colleague peter dhabi will be all be up to keep you up today.

morales was just ten years old when a devastating earthquake struck mexico city in one thousand nine hundred five the quake damaged her family's apartment and the government moved them to distant shack around seventy families who lost their homes in that earthquake still live in this camp will be up at the gala the government raised our hopes and then abandon us politicians have promised that they won't allow a repeat of what happened after the earthquake in one thousand eight hundred five but the cost and complexity of housing hundreds of people living in camps is a major task and one that many people here think the government will fail.

subzero temperatures to stream altitudes. this is where the hard part because of the extraordinary journey from polish to tajikistan braved the ordinary joins us. to high oh there's no oxygen. just to experience life simple pleasures. risking it all. of this time on al-jazeera. russia's foreign minister says his country will expel british diplomats off to the u.k. twenty three russian embassy stock for these poisonings go.